Gothenburg 27th July 2012 - show 51

The largest shopping mall in Europe is ‘Nordstan’ in Gothenburg.

Way back in the early days of our fandom I found a site (not Badlands as far as I remember) advertising a trip to Sweden to see Bruce. The blurb said that the Swedish people adored Bruce and there was no place quite like Sweden when it comes to a Springsteen show.

The Backstreets  review seems to confirm this.

While Bruce may be something like the king of rock 'n' roll in Norway, he is simply God in Sweden

I was really tempted at the time (not sure that Mike was though) but we didn't go... and although I've never forgotten that advert we never even considered a Swedish trip on this tour.  Well what a missed opportunity! I knew it was a big mistake when I heard Bruce had soundchecked Drive All Night and Where The Bands Are. Both these songs would feature somewhere in my top five.

As it turned out Where The Bands Are didn't appear in the set and the big story of Gothenburg night 1 was  Drive All Night.  I'm gutted to have missed it but the video on brucespringsteen.net  is amazing and almost makes up for not being there - no it doesn't - who am I trying to kid!  Fabulous video anyway but dare I say it - I like the MSG 2009 ending better - no that's not sour grapes!

Stan Goldstein says 

Some fans had wondered if Bruce Springsteen would play "Drive All Night" again.

The song ... having been played at only five E Street Band shows since 1981.

It was at today's venue, the Ullevi in Gothenburg, Sweden, on July 5, 2008 where "Drive All Night" was played for the first time in more than 27 years at an E Street Band show (Bruce did perform it several times on his sole Devils & Dust Tour in 2005).

The songs features a haunting sax solo by Clarence Clemons, and since the Big Man's death last year, this song, along with "Jungleland" were ones some fans wondered if they would be heard again...

So here's the full set list.


A good set for me.  Nothing there I don't like and it would have been great to hear Girls In Their Summer Clothes again.

	Bergen 24/07/12 Time 7.55 to 11.20	Gothenburg 27/07/12 Time 8.32 to 12.16
1	Long Walk Home (1)	Promised Land (32)
2	We Take Care Of Our Own (50)	Prove It All Night (16)
3	My Lucky Day (1)	Cover Me (2)
4	Out In The Street (24)	Something In The Night (4)
5	Wrecking Ball (50)	My Love Will Not Let You Down (5)
6	Death To My Hometown (50)	We Take Care Of Our Own (51)
7	My City Of Ruins (50)	Wrecking Ball (51)
8	The E Street Shuffle (13)	Death To My Home Town (51)
9	Red Headed Woman (1)	My City Of Ruins (51)
10	Proud Mary (1)	Spirit In The Night (28)
11	Fire (2)	Girls In Their Summer Clothes (1)
12	This Depression (2)	Jack Of All Trades (45)
13	Youngstown (11)	Youngstown (12)
14	Murder Inc (9)	Murder Inc (10)
15	Johnny 99 (16)	Johnny 99 (17)
16	Working On The Highway (22)	Working On The Highway (23)
17	Shackled And Drawn (34)	Darlington County (11)
18	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (50)	Shackled And Drawn (35)
19	You’ve Got It (1)	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (51)
20	Racing In The Street (7)	Drive All Night (1)
21	The Rising (48)	The Rising (49)
22	Radio Nowhere (6)	Radio Nowhere (7)
23	Badlands (43)	Badlands (44)
24	We Are Alive (44)	We Are Alive (45)
25	Born In The USA (26)	Born In The USA (27)
26	Born To Run (50)	Born To Run (51)
27	Rosalita (7)	Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (8)
28	Seven Nights To Rock (15)	Seven Nights To Rock (16)
29	Dancing In The Dark (50)	Dancing In The Dark (51)
30	Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (49)	Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (50)
31	American Land (7)	Twist And Shout (14)
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And here's the 2008 version