Bergen 24th July 2012 - show 50

I'm hard pushed to find any interesting facts about Bergen in Norway... but did you know Bergen County is in New Jersey?

Johanna's Visions  -  I linked to this yesterday and here is the track by track thoughts of the writer on Bergen night 2.

From Backstreets again :-

With Bergen being one of the few cities on this tour with multiple-night stands, hopes were high that Night 2 would have something new and special to offer, especially for the high number of fans attending both nights. To say that we got a different show would be quite the understatement: no less than one world premiere, four tour premiers (and that's not counting the first full-band version of "This Depression"), and in all 17 songs not played the night before...

a show which did prove, all night, exactly why there is a very good reason to attend more than just one show in one city.

So to the set list.

Long Walk Home would have been a very nice opener for us - one of Mike's favourites. Wouldn't have been disappointed to miss Spirit In The Night.  Its a song I like but not every night !?
The reviews say This Depression was a full band version and much better than the solo version of the night before.
I liked You've Got It on the album although like a lot of people I couldn't really see how it fitted in with the other tracks. Anyway I would have been chuffed to hear it live.
Proud Mary isn't a favourite of mine and Red Headed Woman is one of those songs that I can't decide about. Overall I don't care for it but some of the lyrics make me smile.

	Bergen 23/07/12 Time 7.55 to 11.03	Bergen 24/07/12 Time 7.55 to 11.20
1	Who’ll Stop The Rain (3)	Long Walk Home (1)
2	Downbound Train (5)	We Take Care Of Our Own (50)
3	Cover Me (1)	My Lucky Day (1)
4	We Take Care Of Our Own (49)	Out In The Street (24)
5	Wrecking Ball (49)	Wrecking Ball (50)
6	Death To My Hometown (49)	Death To My Hometown (50)
7	My City Of Ruins (49)	My City Of Ruins (50)
8	Spirit In The Night (27)	The E Street Shuffle (13)
9	Seaside Bar Song (3)	Red Headed Woman (1)
10	This Depression (1)	Proud Mary (1)
11	Atlantic City (8)	Fire (2)
12	Because The Night (20)	This Depression (2)
13	The Promised Land (31)	Youngstown (11)
14	Darlington County (10)	Murder Inc (9)
15	Shackled And Drawn (33)	Johnny 99 (16)
16	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (49)	Working On The Highway (22)
17	For You (2)	Shackled And Drawn (34)
18	The River (25)	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (50)
19	The Rising (47)	You’ve Got It (1)
20	Radio Nowhere (5)	Racing In The Street (7)
21	Badlands (42)	The Rising (48)
22	I’m On Fire (3)	Radio Nowhere (6)
23	Thunder Road (27)	Badlands (43)
24	Born In The USA (25)	We Are Alive (44)
25	Born To Run (49)	Born In The USA (26)
26	Bobby Jean (12)	Born To Run (50)
27	Dancing In The Dark (49)	Rosalita (7)
28	Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (48)	Seven Nights To Rock (15)
29	Twist And Shout (13)	Dancing In The Dark (50)
30		Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (49)
31		American Land (7)
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Bergen 23rd July 2012 -show 49

Bergen is Norway’s second largest city with 240.000 inhabitants. The city was founded more than 900 years ago.

This  is a nice little post. The reviewer goes through each song and gives a very personal opinion.

I can only find a couple of reviews so I'll fall back on the always reliable Backstreets set list pages.  From this review I see there were some unusual moments in the show - some quotes here :-

Bergen is known to be a rainy city, and tonight was no exception. Following two hours of heavy rain it came as no surprise that "Who'll Stop the Rain" kicked things off. What indeed was a surprise, however, was the arrangement we were offered: just Bruce, at the mic, and Roy, at the piano, delivering a soulful version that felt fresh and fitting for the occasion.

As Bruce gave the usual five-finger sign to start "Death to My Hometown," Max started playing "Badlands," and the song had to be restarted. After the song, Bruce noted that "We've actually got a setlist, but I tend to go away from it, showing mysterious signs to the band members." A really funny moment.

As in Bergen in 2009 when Steve's acoustic guitar did not work during the intro to "The River," this time he played the wrong notes during the first few bars and they had to start all over.

During "Dancing in the Dark," Bruce was pointing at a sign saying, "I want to dance with Max while Bruce is playing drums." What actually happened: Bruce picked a girl to be his dance partner while the girl with the sign ran up to Max's drum kit, got the sticks, and started to pound away.

So the set list is here as usual.  I'm not sure about This Depression myself.  I can imagine this one being  better live than on the CD. There is a You Tube video but the sound is awful. Looks like it could be really good though.

A pretty good setlist for me - nothing there I don't like.

	Oslo 21/07/12 Time 7.34 to 11.21	Bergen 23/07/12 Time 7.55 to 11.03
1	Promised Land (30)	Who’ll Stop The Rain (3)
2	No Surrender (16)	Downbound Train (5)
3	Two Hearts (7)	Cover Me (1)
4	We Take Care Of Our Own (48)	We Take Care Of Our Own (49)
5	Badlands (41)	Wrecking Ball (49)
6	Wrecking Ball (48)	Death To My Hometown (49)
7	Death To My Home Town (48)	My City Of Ruins (49)
8	My City Of Ruins (48)	Spirit In The Night (27)
9	Spirit In The Night (26)	Seaside Bar Song (3)
10	Ain’t Good Enough For You (1)	This Depression (1)
11	Hungry Heart (14)	Atlantic City (8)
12	Streets Of Fire (1)	Because The Night (20)
13	Prove It All Night (15)	The Promised Land (31)
14	Johnny 99 (15)	Darlington County (10)
15	Working On The Highway (21)	Shackled And Drawn (33)
16	Shackled And Drawn (32)	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (49)
17	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (48)	For You (2)
18	Raise Your Hand (6)	The River (25)
19	Rocky Ground (31)	The Rising (47)
20	The River (24)	Radio Nowhere (5)
21	The Promise (5)	Badlands (42)
22	The Rising (46)	I’m On Fire (3)
23	Lonesome Day (17)	Thunder Road (27)
24	Land Of Hope And Dreams (35)	Born In The USA (25)
25	We Are Alive (43)	Born To Run (49)
26	Born In The USA (23)	Bobby Jean (12)
27	Born To Run (48)	Dancing In The Dark (49)
28	Glory Days (13)	Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (48)
29	Seven Nights To Rock (14)	Twist And Shout (13)
30	Dancing In The Dark (48)
31	Tenth Avenue Freeze (47)
32	Twist And Shout (12)
33	Night (5)

Oslo Memorial Concert

Here's the article from The Telegraph 

Oslo 21st July 2012 - show 48

The prestigious Nobel Peace Prize is awarded annually on 10 December in Oslo City Hall.

Here's  the link to 'Backstreets' full piece about the show.  I've copied the first paragraph:-

Norway is reportedly the country where Bruce currently sells most albums per capita, and his visits here typically make for front-page national news on the days surrounding his shows. For this one-off in Oslo, two major competing newspapers were giving live online song-by-song reviews as the concert unfolded. And of course Steve Van Zandt has become a massive media personality here most recently, with his unique Lilyhammer series that broke records with viewership of around a million (in a country of only five million). Introduced as an "honorary Norwegian," Steve has become bigger than Bruce himself, or at least more widely recognized and appreciated, giving high profile interviews on various topics days before the show. 

Interesting to see that Bruce is such big news in Norway and great stuff about Steve.

Here's the set list.

Ain't Good Enough For You is a surprise.  I would still like a tour based around 'The Promise'.  

	Dublin 18/07/12  Time 7.30 to 11.04	Oslo 21/07/12 Time 7.34 to 11.21
1	This Hard Land (2)	Promised Land (30)
2	No Surrender (15)	No Surrender (16)
3	Two Hearts (7)	Two Hearts (7)
4	Ties That Bind (11)	We Take Care Of Our Own (48)
5	We Take Care Of Our Own (47)	Badlands (41)
6	Badlands (40)	Wrecking Ball (48)
7	Something In The Night (3)	Death To My Home Town (48)
8	Adam Raised A Cain (3)	My City Of Ruins (48)
9	Wrecking Ball (47)	Spirit In The Night (26)
10	Death To My Home Town (47)	Ain’t Good Enough For You (1)
11	My City Of Ruins (47)	Hungry Heart (14)
12	Spirit In The Night (25)	Streets Of Fire (1)
13	Jackson Cage (3)	Prove It All Night (15)
14	She’s The One (17)	Johnny 99 (15)
15	Jack Of All Trades (44)	Working On The Highway (21)
16	Atlantic City (7)	Shackled And Drawn (32)
17	Because The Night (19)	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (48)
18	Darlington County (9)	Raise Your Hand (6)
19	Easy Money (16)	Rocky Ground (31)
20	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (47)	The River (24)
21	The Promise (4)	The Promise (5)
22	The River (23)	The Rising (46)
23	Backstreets (6)	Lonesome Day (17)
24	Land Of Hope And Dreams (34)	Land Of Hope And Dreams (35)
25	Born In The USA (23)	We Are Alive (43)
26	Born To Run (47)	Born In The USA (23)
27	Glory Days (12)	Born To Run (48)
28	Seven Nights To Rock (13)	Glory Days (13)
29	Dancing In The Dark (47)	Seven Nights To Rock (14)
30	Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (46)	Dancing In The Dark (48)
31	Rocky Ground (30)	Tenth Avenue Freeze (47)
32	American Land (6)	Twist And Shout (12)
33		Night (5)