Helsinki 31 July 2012 - show 53

Helsinki is one of the coldest cities in the World

Well just when you thought it couldn't get any better Bruce comes out and does an acoustic set before the show

Helsinki Pre Show Acoustic Set

I’ll Work For Your Love

Leap Of Faith

No Surrender

For You

Blinded By The Light

Well what can I say!  How amazing for everyone there.  There's a great first hand review here

It's been translated from Finnish so doesn't quite read right in places

I've been musing lately about never being in the right place at the right time to meet Bruce but how unlucky can you be? - so near and yet so far.  She says:- 

After this set Bruce walks along the front rail (and manages just skip the part where I was)

This part of her review is for all of you who were In the pit in Helsinki. It would be interesting to know if you agree.

That means there are still going to be at Least one more song, and now I finally get why this show feels so weird: Tonight Bruce Does not have an audience of 43 000, but about 3000. He is playing for the pit! Well, of course there are Those hits Which are aimed to the rest of the audience, but tonight they is playing Mainly just for us in the pit. For us, who 'have Queued Waited and no matter what the weather is. Us Die Hards. He knows we wait for him under scorching sun and heavy rain, travel abroad and pay for flights and hotels we might not exactly afford,, or even sleep in Tents. He respects us, and that's why they does this for us. Holy fucking shit. Could you imagine Madonna doing this, or U2? 

and her final sentence perhaps says it all

This is what a show is all about. This was true of the Church of Bruce sermon. This show is never going to be topped. And I was there Thurs witness it is my very own home turf. My humble thanks to you, Bruce. 

So to the Four Hour set list. 


Well would you believe it another of my top five - Loose Ends!  but more extraordinary than that was Back In Your Arms. This is the one and only song on Mike's wish list - not in the right place at the right time again.  

I Don't Want To Go Home was interesting. Southside Johnny was playing Helsinki 1st August.  I wonder whether the sign was made with him in mind?  In any event it seemed wholly appropriate as Bruce obviously didn't want to leave.

	Gothenburg 28/07/12 Time 8.48 to 12.25	Helsinki 31/07/12 Time 7.53 to 11.49
1	Who’ll Stop The Rain (4)	Rockin’ All Over The World (1)
2	Ties That Bind (12)	Night (6)
3	Out In The Street (25)	Out In The Street (26)
4	Downbound Train (6)	Loose Ends (2)
5	I’m Goin’ Down (3)	We Take Care Of Our Own (53)
6	My Lucky Day (2)	Prove It All Night (17)
7	Lost In The Flood (1)	Wrecking Ball (53)
8	We Take Care Of Our Own (52)	Death To My Hometown (53)
9	Wrecking Ball (52)	My City Of Ruins (53)
10	Death To My Hometown (52)	Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street? (7)
11	My City Of Ruins (52)	Be True (3)
12	It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City (2)	Jack Of All Trades (46)
13	Frankie (1)	Downbound Train (7)
14	The River (26)	Because The Night (22)
15	Because The Night (21)	Lonesome Day (19)
16	Lonesome Day (18)	Darlington County (12)
17	Hungry Heart (15)	Light Of Day (2)
18	Shackled And Drawn (36)	Shackled And Drawn (37)
19	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (52)	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (53)
20	Where The Bands Are (1)	Back In Your Arms (1)
21	Backstreets (7)	The Rising (50)
22	Badlands (45)	Badlands (46)
23	Land Of Hope And Dreams (36)	Land Of Hope And Dreams (37)
24	Thunder Road (28)	We Are Alive (46)
25	Born In The USA (28)	Born In The USA (29)
26	Born To Run (52)	Born To Run (53)
27	Ramrod (4)	Detroit Medley (1)
28	Dancing In The Dark (52)	Glory Days (14)
29	Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (51)	Dancing In The Dark (53)
30	Jungleland (1)	Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (52)
31	Twist And Shout (15)	I Don’t Want To Go Home (1)
32		Higher And Higher (1)
33		Twist And Shout (16)