For the final day the weather was actually decent, sunny, but still cold. Me and Peppe got into the line at noon, that was good, because mer people were in line and they were a bit pushy when the wristbands were handed out. Peppe got one last, I got really worried, but I managed to get another one. We got nice spots in the pit, maybe 6 rows from the stage. We were close to the right catwalk. 🙂

The show started as the other ones with Idas sommarvisa. Then we got No Surrender, Badlands and Night. Spitit in the Night was a nice addition and we got a beautiful Ther River. Bruce picked a sign for Mony Mony, that was a great song, as was Trapped. After that we got Fade Away. That was just incredible. Tobbe, a guy we have interviewed early on for our film requested it and got it on the Devils & Dust-tour. Now he had interviewed Steve for a radio show and asked him for it. Steve apparently must have told Bruce, they saw the signs and they played it! The first full band version of the song since The River-tour! Bruce had a long talk before it, talking about how you sometimes must swallow your pride and get down on your knees if you don’t want to lose your loved one.

After that I lost a little inspiration and energy, but I got it back when we got Jungle Land. The encores included Ramrod and Twist and Shout so it was a beautiful show with many great moments.

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On the second night the weather was much better, no rain, but still cold and gloomy. I got in line later, shortly before 4 o’clock. But it all went well, me and my five friends got our wristbands and a spot a little futher back than yesterday. But it was still good, we could see well!

We got Dowbound Train as a starter, that was really great. Then all the songs we had been talking about were just popping out. First came Candy’s Room, then Darlington County and Youngstown. good Lovin’was a nice surprise, as was Growin’ Up, but Queen of the Supermarket wasn’t as good as good as I hoped. It swayed a little on the drums, Jay Weinberg almost lost the beat, but they picked it up again. Jay is really great filling in for his dad Max, and nobody can believe he’s just 18 years old!

But the biggest surprise of the evening was Lost in the Flood. I had a secret wish for that song, but I hadn’t made a sign, because I thought it would be useless. But others had made signs and we got it! Peppe and I was just screaming madly at each other when Bruce picked it out. The performance was really strong and very moving. We also got the Detroit Medley, with Land of 1000 Dances at the end. Great! A fabulous night!

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So it was time for the first of three shows at Stadion, Stockholm. The weather was really bad, cold and rainy. I got to the line at just before 2 o’clock and I met with Peppe shortly after. It was drizzling to and fro, so it wasn’t so nice to stand in line, but we got our wristbands and we could walk in easlily to the pit. We got a spot about 10-14 rows from the stage, inbetween Bruce and Steve, to the right of the stage.

We thought the band would be early because of the bad weather, but they came on at 20.10. Nils started on the accordion and he played Idas sommarvisa, a wellknown swedish tune. Thanks to the weather we got Who’ll Stop the Rain as a starter, and other great moments was I’m going Down, Cadillac Ranch and Wild Thing. I also enjoyed My Lucky Day and Outlaw Pete from the new album.

The encores ended with Glory Days, Twist and Shout and Dancing in the Dark. By that time I was soaked, not from the rain but from all the singing, jumping, clapping an shouting. What a finale! And I’m sure Bruce and the band didn’t do it just to make us stay warm in the cold night. 😀

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