Oslo Night 2

Another day another Bruce show....life is nice

7am Roll Call....not so nice....but the sun is up

Oslo Night 1

7am roll call in the rain, you gotta love summer in Norway.
Next one is at 10.00, hope the rain is gone by then......
Can't wait for tonight, the show in Finland last summer seems so long ago



The sun is out so the 10am roll call was nice, the next one is at 12.00 and then we get more info about the rest of the day

The arena that will be the temple of Rock N' Roll tonight

 

 

Meet the nice and sweet Marta from Spain at the 12.00 roll call, next one at 14.00......but now the rain is back :-(

 

Then it was time to line up for the show, and the rain was back.....but all was forgotten when we could hear the band soundchecking....Better Days (I was jumping up and down) and the real big suprise Follow That dream....then they start moving us forward and opening the doors an we walk inside in one line......

 We just got inside and found our spot and sat down.....

 

When the first big suprise came....pre show.....bruce came out to say Hi to the diehard fans

 

He playde 4 song for us including All That Heaven Will Allow (first for me since 1988) and The Fever (never heard before).

The follow an amazing show, with both Better Days (first for me since 1993) and Follow That Dream (never heard before).

 

Before we ran to get a number for tomorrows show.

 

 

 

 

 

 



Have arrived in Oslo now after a long car drive, it's cold and rain.

But meet up with some friends and got my number....a 169....not to good but not to bad either

looking forward to tomorrow night so much

Hi

need to get the rest of last year down.....but now it is the summer of 2013 and the tour starts in Oslo tomorrown and I'm getting ready to leave for Oslo now

Part 4: Paris

I meet up with Alexander on the train to the airport; Benny was meeting us there for the flight to Paris. After landing there we took a long walk for one end to the other to meet up with Promise.

We took a cab to Bercy to join the line; we got numbers 127 to 130, so not bad at all since the line was started on the Thursday and it was now Tuesday.

There was about 1½ hour to the next roll call so decide to go for a late lunch around the corner, there we meet Bruce and the 2 women are taking him around Europe.

 After the 17pm  roll call it was time to go on the metro to find the apartment we were staying in, it was about 30 minutes ride on the metro and with one changes. The place was huge so not problem getting room for everybody.

After at little relaxing and a change of clothes it was time to go back to the 20pm roll call and meeting up with the Laugesen clan, after the roll call we went across the street to eat dinner with them. After the last roll call it was time to get some sleep before the big day ahead.

Manchester

After the show it was straight to the car and on the way to Manchester.

We got numbers xxx to xxx, then off to the hotel and sleep before the 7am roll call, the rain was coming down all ready and would not stop before show time, but at this time we were happily unaware of the heavy rain and cold there were ahead of us.

 Back to hotel for 2hrs more sleep, then back to the 9am roll call where the rain got really heavy and we all got soaked. Then back to the hotel for dry clothes, breakfast and check out before the 11am roll call. After the 11am roll call we went to check into the next hotel for 1 night- 5miles away but 100gbp cheaper!! Additional rain gear was also purchased before the 1pm roll call.

At the 1pm roll call we all lined up in rows of 50 at various entrance gates where they kept us in the lovely rain until time to open the doors. We got wristbands at around 3pm and then approx 30mins before the doors were to open we learned the asshole security people were not going to honor  Bruce’s system and they would open all doors at the same time- as this was allegedly the safest way to get 3,000 people in!! We all agreed that it was too dangerous to run and we would take a place at the side or the back of the pit and just enjoy the show from there. However when we got in there was no-one at the far left side walkout so we all went there and got to be with some other friends also.  The pit did not completely fill so we had very few people around us and had the freedom to dance and get back to the walkout if Bruce visited….which he did 3 times ;)- show was amazing also with standout s being ’78 intro for Prove It, lots from the River and a stunning  solo piano of The Promise. Also Curt became the flying trumpet player!  In the end a completely rain free show!

Then back to the hotel for much needed sleep and feet rest, before taking a week’s break….missing the Isle of Wight festival.

To The UK + Sunderland

We got the rental car and left Montpellier for a road trip to Marseille to fly to Newcastle via Gatwick.

After some tries we got out of the city and on the way.

And with the exception of the disappearing toll road ticket it was a nice trip

Not much time in the airport so after a little food shopping we were on board and in the air.

But they came around with free coffee and cookies, and we were lucky, there was no pork fat in them!

We arrived in the cold UK, compared to where we came from; there was no rain….yet!

We had dinner at the airport and I got the biggest chicken burger ever.

 Then we found out that our 20.05 flight was now being 2.5 hours delayed!

Now info besides “we hope to fly”, then around 22.00 we got free voucher for drinks, not a good sign. But after a short meeting with Mr. Jack D, they were ready to board us.

The nice rental car man in Newcastle stay at the office waiting for us, so we got the car and went straight to the Sunderland line and got number 105.

Then we went looking for our hotel, and after scaring the poor guy in reception when we arrived 5 persons, as Kathy from OZ now had joined us, with all our bags as he was only waiting 1 person and was fully booked, we found out we was in the wrong one.

We found the right one and could finally get a few hours of sleep before the morning roll call.

We had the roll call at 6.00 in nice UK rain. Then we had breakfast and shower and packing the bags as we were going straight to Manchester after the show.

Then back to the line to be told we should be back at 14.30 for wrist bands.  Then the security staff said wristbands at 14.00, so we decided to be back at 13.30 to see what was happening.

We then went looking for waterproofing and a place to park the car, before we rejoined the line at 13.30, now everything was chaos, they just gave us a grey wristband and say that they would soon let us into another area where they would be food and drinks to buy before they would let us into the stadium, but they would not respect the numbers.

When they open the gates people was running and fighting for they spot, nobody seem to care about food and drinks everybody just wanted a good spot in the new line.

After sometime in the new mass line, Graham showed up and he was not a happy man!

Then they started to line us up in numbers in a new line outside the “new” line, but faith was restored and we knew that with the G man in charge everything would be all right.

Then they finally let into the stadium in numbers and walking, again we got a spot at the rail in front of the video scream on the right side.

 The band was in very good mood and a bit loose after a few drinks celebrating Nils birthday with a few drinks.