Check out the Photos page, there are some new pictures there. Mostly I’ve added pictures taken during the ticket release in September 2007. Enjoy!

If you arrive at the line and nobody is awake you have to sign the list to get your queue number. Nobody shall be able to jump the queue!

Matte is dancing his heart out to Radio Nowhere in the middle of the night.

The web site has enjoyed a much needed face lift. Go check out the Photo-page, to see some pictures taken from the ticket hunt and the Magic Tour in 2007. Keep a look out, because there will be more pictures posted here soon!

On April 17th came the sad news that Dan Federici, organist and keyboard player in the E Street Band, had passed away. Federici died after a three-year battle with melanoma at a hospital in New York. Springsteen and the band postponed three shows to attend to Federicis funeral, but now the band have resumed the tour.

This picture of Springsteen and Federici is taken during the show in Pittsburgh on November 14th, 2007 by photographer Guy Aceto/Backstreets.

Read more about Federici at Backstreets and at Bruce Springsteen’s official site.

On the different forums fans from all over the world are paying their respect to Federici and his contributions to the E Street sound. And maybe this will be something that is reflected in our documentary, I am not sure yet. We’ll see by the time the tour reach Europe. Two shows are scheduled at Ullevi in Gothenburg on July 4th and July 5th this summer.

This poor blog has been left unatended for a while eventhough things has happened on the filming front. This has largely happened because of technical problems with computers, servers, spam protection and a thousand other things. But hopefully we have overcome the troubles. The blog has a new appearance and some new information.

Last December Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Globe Arena in Stockholm. Ingela and I were there, doing our best to film, but we didn’t really find the pictures. It is hard trying to work and at the same time standing in line to get in to the show. I tried to take some stills during the concert, but the pictures didn’t turn out very well.

Bruce Springsteen at the Globe Arena, decemer 10th 2007.

After the show we did an interview with a swedish fan who had been in in line for days. About an hour or so before the gates were about to open he discovered that he had sent his ticket home with the other stuff that his daughter came to collect. There were a lot of nervous waiting for her return, but her father got his ticket and he enjoyed the show very much. When all this was happening he was very emotional, but when we turned on the camera it was hard to get the same feeling.

About a week later I went on a mini tour, I flew to Paris and caught the show and then took the train to London for the tour closer. Unfortunately I also caught the worst cold I had in years, so the experience was rather mixed. It’s not easy to enjoy oneself while you’re coughing and sneezing your lungs and brains out, but I managed to get some pictures in Paris.

Yes, Santa came to Paris in the form of The E Street Band.

In London I had a seat high up in the O2-arena, wich made it hard to conect to the energy from the band far, far away.

The seats in the back at the O2 in London is nothing for people with vertigo.

Ingela and Olle is filming a fan from Finland.

Two weeks ago we found ourselves outside the Globe Arena, waiting for the ticket sale for the next Bruce Springsteen tour to take place.

Johanna was first on the spot, Thursday morning she showed up, camera in hand to capture people in line, queing for tickets. On Friday morning Ingela showed up and the last 24 hours we did a lot of filming also. Olle Sjöström was our talented sound tecnichian once again, he had helped us during the summer when we did an interview with Niklas and Mattias. We have been filming on two occasions earlier this year, first we met Inger and Dan again, and then Niklas, Mattias and Michel who joined us for the last part of the second shoot.

The tickets were released on Saturday September 1st and we got a lot of good material when we filmed and took stills. Ingela has put together a short trailer which will be showed during the Umeå Film Festival next week, where Igela also will talk about the making of the documentary thus far. We hope that will bring a lot of attention and hopefully some sponsoring to our film.

Erika is the proud owner of a ticket to the show on December 10th, 2007.

We’re also planning for some sort of party for the fans after the Springsteen concert that will take place at the Globe on December 10th. And we’re of course looking forward to the release of the new Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band album “Magic” that will be released in October. (The US release date is set for October 2nd, the swedish one will probably be October 3rd.)

It’s been a while since the last report. A lot of things has happened, I feel a bit embarrased that I haven’t written a single line about Mission:project, and all that I’ve learned during the sessions at Kamera&Bild.

To make a long story short, we met five times during the spring and had discussions about our various projects with Olof Glemme, teacher in Photography at Konstfack and Anna Clarén, teacher at Nordens Fotoskola Biskops-Arnö. We showed our pictures to them, got comments and advise how to proceed, and talked a lot about how to finish a project. It was very helpful, especially the comments from the mentors, but everybody helped to push one another and we all made great progress.

I have somef ew chapters left to write, some more pictures to take, but the book is on it’s way. The layout and the editing is in progress, but the difficulties lies in how to find the money to print it. Should I try to get the book accepted by a publisher or should i print it myself?

It’s been a while since we last updated this webbsite, but we’ve been laying low, having our hands full with everyday life.

But now this project is moving into a new position. Johanna has been selected by the swedish magazine Kamera & Bild to participate in something called Mission:Project. The magazine is doing a series of articles about how to complete a specific photographic project. It’s not a competition, not a docusoap, but a chance to make a dream come true with the help of professional photographers.

The plan is to develop the text and still photographies to make a book about the swedish Springsteen fans. It’s not a project that will replace the tv-documentary, which still will be made, but a way to present additional material in another medium.

The five of us that have been selected to participate, will meet the staff of Kamera&Bild once a month (approximately six times) and they will follow our progress and write about all the difficulties and joys we encounter.

You can learn more about Mission:Project and watch webb-tv here:
Hopefully this will help us in the process with the filming also!

Finally we’ve recieved a positive response to our search for money. Film i Västerbotten has agreed to support us! We get to borrow camera, light- and sound equipment and we can also use their computers for editing. But the best part is that FiV will be supporting us with 27000 SEK!

We’re so happy for the money because this means we can actually begin filming again. This is great news for us and it gives our project a long deserved boost. We’re back on track!

We like to express our deepest thanks to Film i Västerbotten and this coming weekend we’ll be doing som further planning when Ingela comes to Stockholm to see her very first Springsteen concert.

Stay tuned!

The activity on this page has been rather low, we haven’t succeded in getting any financing for our film yet. We recently got turned down by Konstnärsnämnden, so we haven’t done much since we don’t have any money to film or edit.

But Mr. Springsteen himself has been all the more active. The new cover album, The Seeger sessions will be out on April 24th and he’s coming to play in Stockholm, at Hovet, May 21st.

The release of the tickets is due tomorrow, and because of the short notice we won’t be able to film this event. Johanna is going to be there, take some still photos and do her best to get hold of some tickets. If we can get our respective schedules together we might do some filming on the day of the concert, that’s not decided yet.

See you at the box office!