Show a little faith there's magic in the night
Being a Springsteen fan often feels like being part of a big family. In Grab Your Ticket and Your Suitcase: a personal Bruce Springsteen concert history, my dear friend (and fellow Bruce fan) Dan French shares his story of a life spent chasing the music he loves. The title is a line that every Springsteen... Continue Reading →
As we had decided to go to the New York area for the Easter holiday I knew I wanted to book the Rock and Roll Tour of the Jersey shore. On the website there were two tour alternatives; the 2 hours tour and the 4 hours tour. We picked the latter one. When the details... Continue Reading →
We went to see The Dead South at Gothenburg Film Studios last night, not really knowing what to expect. Bluegrass and folk aren’t genres I usually listen to, but I had heard a few songs before and was curious. The Dead South is a Canadian band known for their mix of bluegrass, folk, and a... Continue Reading →
This post is long overdue. It has been almost three months since we came home from our trip to Canada and in another three months the Bruce Springsteen 2025 European leg starts. Anyway, here is the last part of the story of our Canadian adventure. The first two parts can be found here. Vancouver turned... Continue Reading →
As I mentioned in my last post, the coincidental placement of the Zach Bryan concerts a day and two ahead of Springsteen’s in both Edmonton and Vancouver brought us on the trip to Canada in the first place. We didn't get any affordable tickets for Zach Bryan in Edmonton, but for Vancouver we had better... Continue Reading →
It was finally time for our long awaited trip to Canada! Routinely when we travel our points of depature differ, but luckily we always and eventually arrive to the same destination. This time I had a morning flight to Amsterdam, where I changed to an Edmonton bound carrier. Oliver first flew to Munich, where he... Continue Reading →
“Hello, London! It’s Saturday night!” That is how Bruce Springsteen chose to begin the last concert of this year’s European leg at Wembley Stadion in London. What followed for the next three hours was more or less what we’ve been used to see the E Street Band do this whole summer: the first part offering... Continue Reading →
Next to the Strawberry Arena (formerly known as Friends Arena) there’s a big mall, “The Mall of Scandinavia”. Oliver, who had arrived the evening before, and I were having a meal and a couple of beers in a pub there before the concert. Someone had done a really good job creating the setlist that was... Continue Reading →
In a venue with a closed roof you are able to use the lighting more effectively than outdoors. That was something that was very noticeable last night in Strawberry Arena in Stockholm compared with Helsinki, where it was naturally light the whole night (which is normal that far north). For starters, it was totally dark... Continue Reading →
If you arrive as early as two days before the show, as I did, it is a great opportunity to do the roll calls. You are early enough to get a decent number and it is also a chance to meet old and new friends. That is what I did together with my friends Ann-Sofie... Continue Reading →
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