Peter Beense has been elected Night Mayor of the Netherlands 2019 by the Dutch hospitality industry. The well-known Amsterdam singer was presented with the chain of office on January 9 during the Horecava Feest Mooi!2019.

Peter Beense takes over from Tino Martin. Other predecessors include Wolter Kroes in 2014, Gerard Joling in 2015, Lange Frans in 2016, and Andre Hazes JR in 2017. The jury chose Peter Beense because he is one of the most booked artists in the Netherlands. He was also praised for his involvement in the hospitality industry. Peter himself ran a hospitality business in Amsterdam for many years and knows the ropes like no other.

Peter Beense: I am proud to have been elected as the new Night Mayor of the Netherlands in 2019. I consider it a great honor to hold this title.

Peter Beense can look back on a successful 2018 with, in addition to many performances, two particularly well-received new songs, "Het Mooiste Deel Van Mij" and "Alles Draait Om Geld." These two contrasting songs represent what the Amsterdam native stands for musically: fun and celebration, or a cheerful note, alongside the songs about life with which Peter knows how to touch so many people. He will continue to be heard frequently in 2019. Think of the concert with his "Echte Vrienden" (Real Friends), Django Wagner and Frans Duijts, which will take place on January 11 in Eindhoven. He will also be present in mid-March during "Holland Zingt Hazes" in the Ziggo Dome, and later that month he will once again turn the après-ski huts in Tyrol upside down.