Editing Golden Earring (section)

===International fame (1970s and 1980s)===
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In 1969, drummer [[Cesar Zuiderwijk]] joined the band,<ref name="LarkinHR"/> completing what has become Golden Earring's classic line-up. The band enjoyed brief international fame in the 1970s when the single version of "[[Radar Love]]" (1973),<ref name="LarkinHR"/> from the gold-certified album ''[[Moontan]]'', became a hit in both Europe and the US.<ref name=huey/> Golden Earring embarked on their first major US tour in 1969–1970. Owing to American influences, their music evolved towards hard rock,<ref name="LarkinHR"/> and they performed along with [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Procol Harum]], and [[Eric Clapton]]. Between 1969 and 1984, Golden Earring completed 13 US tours. During this period, they performed as the opening act for [[Santana (band)|Santana]], [[King Crimson]], [[the Doobie Brothers]], [[Rush (band)|Rush]] and [[38 Special (band)|.38 Special]]. During 1973–74, when "Radar Love" was a hit, they had [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] and [[Aerosmith]] as their opening acts.

Golden Earring released the ''[[Live (Golden Earring album)|Live]]'' album in 1977.<ref name="LarkinHR">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1999|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0257-7|pages=187/8}}</ref> The album was recorded at London's Rainbow Theater.

Golden Earring enjoyed a brief period of US stardom, but were unable to secure further chart success until 1982's "[[Twilight Zone (Golden Earring song)|Twilight Zone]]".<ref name="LarkinHR"/> The music video of the song, directed by [[Dick Maas]], was played on the recently launched [[MTV]], and helped the song to become a US hit, spending 27 weeks on the Billboard chart.<ref name=internationale>{{cite news |url=https://www.nu.nl/muziek/6114669/het-internationale-succes-van-golden-earring-van-nummer-1-tot-gebande-clip.html |website=NU.nl |access-date=8 November 2021 |title=Het internationale succes van Golden Earring: van nummer 1 tot gebande clip |date=5 February 2021}}</ref>

"[[When the Lady Smiles]]" became an international hit in 1984, reaching No.&nbsp;3 in Canada and becoming the band's fifth number one hit in their native country, but was not successful in the United States, reaching no higher than #76 on the US Singles Chart. The video was banned from MTV because of its "unholy desires about a nun and a lobotomy";<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tampabay.com/nothing-to-smile-about-in-this-truly-odd-golden-earring-video/2213316/ |newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |title=Nothing to smile about in this truly odd Golden Earring video |first=Kevin |last=Wuench |date=12 June 2015 |accessdate=8 November 2021}}</ref> this was [[Dick Maas]]'s second video for the band, and helped launch his career as a film director.<ref name=internationale/> While touring the US in 1984, the band played at the Great Arena [[Six Flags Great Adventure]] in New Jersey on May 11 and were in the midst of their performance when a fire broke out at the [[Haunted Castle (Six Flags Great Adventure)|Haunted Castle]] on the opposite side of the theme park, killing eight teenagers. Following this tour, Golden Earring turned their focus toward Europe where they continued to attract standing-room-only crowds. The group paused briefly after the release of ''[[The Hole (album)|The Hole]]'' in 1986 to focus on other projects, with Hay and Kooymans both releasing solo albums (''Victory of Bad Taste'' and ''Solo'', respectively) the following year. The group then reconvened to record their final album of the 1980s, releasing ''[[Keeper of the Flame (Golden Earring album)|Keeper of the Flame]]'' in 1989.<ref name="LarkinHR"/>