In Conversation With Guy Pratt
at the Hard Rock Hotel Amsterdam American
Leidsekade 97, 1017 PN Amsterdam
Saturday 18 March 2023
8.00 PM
An evening in conversation with Guy Pratt at the intimate setting of the ‘Mata Hide Away’ inside the Hard Rock Hotel Amsterdam American.
Why not combine the event with a night at the historic hotel. Check the official Hard Rock Hotel Amsterdam American site for details.
ORDER INFORMATION (please read carefully)
No physical tickets will be issued for this event. All you need is to bring an ID. We will have a list of ticket purchasers available at the venue.
A few things to make it easy for all of us.
The event will take place in the beautiful intimate space called Mata Hideaway which is inside the Hard Rock Hotel Amsterdam American, Leidsekade 97, 1017 PN Amsterdam.
Doors will open at 7.30 PM with event starting at around 8.00 PM. There will be an interval.
The venue is partly seated (unreserved) and partly standing.
Guy Pratt will not only talk us through his impressive career but also play a few tunes.
Trams 2, 11 and 12 will bring you to the Leidseplein from Amsterdam Central Station.
The nearest parking garage is Q Park Byzantium.
about GUY PRATT
World renowned Bassist, Composer, Comedian, Author and Podcaster, Guy is perhaps best known for his 35 year association with Pink Floyd, having played bass for them, David Gilmour, and currently Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, in which he shares lead vocals with Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp, with who he co-hosts the No 1 Music Podcast, ‘The Rockonteurs.’
Guy also played Bass on classic records such as ‘Like a Prayer’ by Madonna and ‘Earth Song’ by Michael Jackson as well as working with countless other artists including Elton John, Tom Jones, Pete Townshend, Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Robert Palmer, Jimmy Page, Whitesnake, Debbie Harry, Iggy Pop, The Pretenders, and Sophie Ellis Bextor. He also co-wrote the classic England Football song ‘Vindaloo’
He has won a Grammy and received 2 Ivor Novello award nominations for his composing work in film and TV, having composed and played on countless film and TV scores, including ‘The Road to El Dorado’ ‘Hackers’, ‘The Last Action Hero’, ‘Don Juan DeMarco’, ‘Johnny English’ (and Johnny English Reborn) ‘Still Crazy’ and ‘Spaced’. (Series 1 and 2)
His autobiography ‘My bass ands other Animals’ is a cult classic, still in print more than 15 years after publication, which stemmed from his successful one man comedy show of the same name, which Guy has performed all over the world.