> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://alxndrr.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Four Unforgettable Music Moments - URL: https://alxndrr.com/four-unforgettable-music-moments/ - Published: 2010-02-28T00:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2010-02-28T00:00:00.000Z - Author: Alex van der Weij - Tags: Music 💬 This is an old blog post I found again. I thought it would be fun to put it back on my site. Please keep in mind that this was written by a younger, naive version of myself, and that it may contain opinions and remarks I no longer stand behind in 2025\. Some posts were originally written in Dutch and were automatically translated. I once wrote that music is the very best diary, because it preserves all memories. My love for music has led me to many beautiful moments. Most of these moments I will never forget. ### Editors Live At Lowlands 08 It was my very first Lowlands festival. After three days full of music, frikandel sandwiches, cans of energy drink and nice weather, there I stood. It was pouring rain, and for the very first time I heard the lovely sounds of an indie rock band called Editors. It was so crowded that I was not inside the Alpha tent. I could not really see the band properly, but I could hear them and, above all, feel them. I still get goosebumps when I think back to that moment. The music and the rain. A perfect ending to a perfect weekend. ### On Stage With Green Day, October 16, 2009 Ten years after listening to **Dookie**, I finally went to see one of my favourite bands live. Hours in line beforehand, and perfectly at the front. During the third song, [singer Billie Joe Armstrong pulls me out of the crowd](https://alxndrr.com/billy-joe-made-me-fucking-stage-dive/). After singing along incredibly out of tune, it was time to leave the stage in style: stage dive! ### A Completely Normal Conversation With A Band In McDonald's We were all exhausted. Tired, wrecked, but definitely satisfied. Two hours earlier, we had seen a great concert by **The Script**. And now it was time for round four at McDonald's, because it would still take a while before the train left. Despite the tiredness, some of us were still sharp. They spotted the band we had seen play a few hours earlier, in McDonald's! Quickly over there. A chat, a photo and an unforgettable moment. ### Crying At Coldplay Not everything in life always goes the way you want it to. Fortunately, music is *always* there for you. After a few less good weeks, there was the Coldplay concert in Nijmegen. I had secretly never listened to the song properly, and I did not know the lyrics. And because we were standing too far away to see anything, I closed my eyes to really listen to the words. After a few weeks of pretending I could handle it, something loosened. I let go. And during "The Scientist", a few tears quickly rolled down my cheeks. Unnoticed, of course. Imagine if your friends saw.