The next shows on my mini tour was to be the double in Göteborg. Scheduled for the 4th and 5th of July this naturally brought high hopes concerning the setlists, and my – we surely got something out of the ordinary.
For the first show I arrived at the arena just before six in the morning. I got number 348 and it turned out to be a good one, since the first 419 people were the ones who first got the wristbands. The communication with the security staff went very well, we had our roll calls, and the usual stuff.
Ingela came around lunch time, she did some filming while I was being interviewed by the local tv for their news programme. Then we decided to leave the filming to the next day, because I soon had to take my place in the line.
It’s always fun to be in Göteborg for a big stadium show, last time in 2003 the two concerts were incredible. There were many people from the swedish fan forum, Springsteen.se. We chatted with friends and then got in line. Finally we got our wristbands and the first two hundred people were let in, they walked in number order. In my group, people weren’t that disciplined, but we all walked calmly and I got a very good spot anyway. I was in second row at the left corner of the right catwalk.
The waiting in the pit was not so boring, I spent time talking to a couple of forum friends next to me. Everybody in the pit was excited, we had heard Born in the USA and Drive all Night during the sound check. When the band came on stage they started with BITUSA and everybody just went nuts. For me it was a great moment, just being at Ullevi, hearing the 1985-version of the song and thinking about that those showes actually broke the stadium… Wow! I had goose bumps all over. 😀
Ingela was a bit further back, but we both had a great time. The band played Independence Day, 4th of July and This Hard Land in honor of the american National Day and they were truly beaming with joy. We also got Be True, Atlantic City and Cadillac Ranch. The encores brought Rosalita and Seven Nights to Rock, so it was a real house party.
