Every good circus is a bit smelly and there’s always the chance something will go horribly wrong. The same thing goes for Rock ‘n Rave.  Joost van Bellen tells us about how he decided to pour a full bottle of wodka over his head, which seemed like a good idea to him at the time. See video above.

“At the end of my set, I have to sing ‘I Did It My Way’, originally by Frank Sinatra. Of course I can’t sing, so that was a bit of a problem already. On top of that, I kept forgetting the lyrics. “I did it my…?” Oh, right. “Way!” The whole act is completely over the top. All limits are gone and everything is beyond any shame. I love that, so at the grand opening in the Melkweg I decided to go all the way. At the end of the song I noticed Monsieur Plastique standing in the corner with this full bottle of wodka in his hand. I grabbed the bottle, opened it and poured the whole thing over my head. It looked great! But it hurt like hell. I was blinded for a full 15 minutes.

Even when Boemklatsch put a net around me and dragged me of stage, I couldn’t see a thing. So I stumbled backstage, fell over and decided to lay there and rest for a while. I must have been on the floor for more than ten long minutes before somebody even noticed me… They probably didn’t recognize me in my dress and with my make-up running down my face. The next day, In Utrecht, I did it again. Yes with wodka, because you have to keep it real. And you know, 7-up would be even worse because that is some nasty sticky stuff!”