Lee Towers (NL)
From Bolnes
Popularity
Lee Towers has one upcoming show in the Netherlands: on December 18, 2026 at Gelredome, Arnhem.
About
Also known as: Leen, Leen Huijzer, Leen Huyzer, Leendert Huijzer, Leendert Huyzer
Lee Towers is the kind of act that turns an arena into a Las Vegas production, and Rotterdam has claimed him as its own for decades. Born Leendert Huijzer, he was working as a maintenance worker at the Boele shipyard in Bolnes when Willem Duys introduced him on radio in 1975 as the singing crane operator from Rotterdam. That origin story stuck, and so did the music. His cover of "You'll Never Walk Alone" became his signature hit, spending weeks in the top 10 and earning a permanent home at Feyenoord's De Kuip, where it rings out after every major trophy. He has performed over 50 Vegas style gala shows at Rotterdam Ahoy, which now has a bronze bust of him at the entrance. His range spans pop, soul, country, show tunes and gospel, and he has recorded for events as big as the 1992 Summer Olympics. In 2017 he received the Edison Oeuvre Prize, and Rotterdam has named residential towers after him. A documentary, Lee Towers: The Voice of Rotterdam, captured a year in his life and premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2013.
