The concept is this: A menu of 200 familiar classic rock songs scroll constantly on the giant video screen behind the stage. Occasionally, Max Weinberg walks out into the crowd and take a batch of requests from audience members, who stand and shout out their picks, and the band play them - creating an interactive... Continue Reading →
Grab Your Ticket and Your Suitcase [Cologne part 2]
What strikes me when visiting Cologne this second time (read about my first visit here) is that it's such a vibrant and cool city- things are happening on every corner. In this blogpost I'm going to summarise an eventful week in the beginning of July. The Sights From my last visit I only had one... Continue Reading →
With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin’ kinda older
Four months after my shoulder surgery, where my torn off tendon was re-attached to the upper arm bone, I'm still struggling with rehabilitation. The first six weeks my shoulder was, with help from a sling, kept immobilized. Since then my physical therapy program has gradually evolved from passive exercises, in order to improve range of... Continue Reading →
Where the Bands Are (Eddie Vedder, 30 June, 2019)
Sometimes the hardship of getting to a show makes it even more enjoyable. Travelling to the Eddie Vedder show, in Düsseldorf on June 30, was an adventure to say the least. My friend and I were booked on different flights from Sweden to Germany and although we did our very best to try and persuade... Continue Reading →
Where the Bands Are (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, 21 June, 2003)
On this date, 21 June 2003, eighteen years after the cult-declared "Stadium Breaker"-shows in 1985, where Bruce Springsteen and a crowd of 64 312 spectators made the entire venue (built on clay) sway, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band returned to Ullevi, Gothenburg, this time with the Rising Tour. It's Midsummer Day and most... Continue Reading →
Waitin’ on a Sunny Day
I'll hand it to you directly, Waitin' on a Sunny Day is not one of my favourite Bruce Springsteen songs. What ruined this song a little bit for me is the live show arrangement, where a child is (reluctantly) pulled up on stage to sing the simple chorus with mr Springsteen himself. However, it wasn't... Continue Reading →
Where the Bands Are (Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, 1 June, 2019)
Little Steven and The Disciples of Souls' show in the venue "Cirkus" in Stockholm was vibrant and powerful, both musically and visually. With its oversized production; a full fourteen piece band consisting of a five piece horn section, drummer, bass player, bongo and percussionist, two keyboard players, three backing singers and a guitarist plus Steven Van... Continue Reading →
Stolen Car
Stolen Car is one of the more serene songs off the River (1980), but it's quite heavy lyrically. It tells the story of a man who seems miserable and forlorn. He once had a little house with a little girl on the edge of town, but something has gone wrong and the relationship has failed.... Continue Reading →
57 Channels (and nothin’ on) The Summer of Sorcery (auf Deutsch)
Gestern habe ich mir im Kino Asbury Park: Riot Redemption Rock 'n Roll angesehen. Es ist ein Dokumentarfilm, der die Geschichte von Asbury Park und dessen Musikszene erzählt. Genau dort haben u.a Bruce Springsteen, Little Steven und Southside Johnny ihre musikalischen Fähigkeiten verfeinert. Der Film ist absolut interessant und sehenswert aber, für mich, war die... Continue Reading →
Where the Bands Are (Mumford and Sons, 18 May, 2019)
Mumford & Sons’ Delta World Tour rolled into Gothenburg Saturday night to Scandinavium Arena and from the minute they walked on the stage the band wasted no time at all. They opened with well known up-tempo songs; Guiding Light, Little Lion Man and Holland Road and the crowd was clapping and singing along from the... Continue Reading →