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Golden Earring (tot in 1969 The Golden Earrings) was een Nederlandse rockband onder het Red Bullet label. De groep werd opgericht in 1961 en was op het moment van opheffing in 2021 de oudste nog bestaande rockband van Nederland. Het was op dat moment tevens een van de langst bestaande bands ter wereld. Golden Earring heeft internationaal succes gehad met de hits Radar Love, Twilight Zone en When the Lady Smiles, en hun albums Moontan en Cut.

Golden Earring were a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as The Tornados. They achieved worldwide fame with their international hit songs "Radar Love" in 1973, which went to number one on the Dutch chart, reached the top ten in the United Kingdom, and went to number thirteen on the United States chart, "Twilight Zone" in 1982, and "When the Lady Smiles" in 1984. During their career they had nearly 30 top-ten singles on the Dutch charts and released 25 studio albums.

The band went through a number of early personnel changes until settling on a stable lineup in 1970, consisting of Rinus Gerritsen (bass and keyboards), George Kooymans (vocals and guitar), Barry Hay (vocals, guitar, flute and saxophone), and Cesar Zuiderwijk (drums and percussion), which remained unchanged until the band broke up in 2021 when Kooymans was diagnosed with ALS. A number of other musicians also appeared in short stints with the band over its history.

The band will play a series of five sold-out farewell concerts at the Rotterdam Ahoy in 2026.