DI-RECT in Groningen

DI-RECT is a Dutch rock band formed in The Hague in 1999. Early singles included “Just the Way I Do” and “Inside My Head”; after Marcel Veenendaal became lead singer in 2009, the band released songs including “Times Are Changing” and “Soldier On,” as well as the albums This Is Who We Are and Wild Hearts. In 2022, DI-RECT performed at Pinkpop in Landgraaf, returning to a festival it had first played earlier in its career. Three years later, the band gave its own stadium concerts in Rotterdam at De Kuip.