2003-06-22 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden

Scheduled: 20:00 Local Start Time ??:?? / End Time ??:??

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Great show. "The River" and "Growin' Up" are full band arrangements. "Badlands" sees the double ending again. "Mary's Place" includes "The Monkey Time", "Dancing In The Street", and "Baby I've Been Missing You". "Detroit Medley" gets a rare outing. "Twist And Shout" sees the band ending the song, leaving the stage, only to return doing the song as the crowd won't stop chanting. First ever performance in Sweden of "Growin' Up".

Intro to “Growin´Up”
´´This is for all the old fans out there…..´´

Middle of “Mary´s Place”
´´Are you ready ?…are you ready ?….are you ready ?….are you ready ?…. are you ready ?….are you ready ?….are you ready ?….are you ready for a house party ? (cheers) are you ready for a house party ? (cheers) if you´re ready for a house party, raise your hand….alright, that looks pretty good, what do you think, C ? (Clarence: ´Yeah´) is that good ? (Clarence: ´Yeah´) that good enough ? (?)(chuckles)(?)….wait just a minute now, I believe that some people are ready for a house party….but some people are not completely committed yet….oh, oh no, we got to have full commitment (chuckles)….and three conditions have to be met, how many ? (Clarence: ´Three´) that´s right, that´s right….condition number one (?) the music has got to be righteous, baby (chuckles) condition number two, the music has got to be (Clarence: ‘Righteous´) righteous!….condition number three, you´ve got to get your (Clarence: ´Ass´) ass out of your seat….come on….it´s time to come on up for the Swedish ass-rising…. bring ´em up….and condition number (Clarence: ´Four´) you´ve gotta break the stadium…. that being said I wanna get ready to introduce to you, ladies and gentlemen, on this stage the greatest little houseband in all the land….starting on the piano, we´ve got the (?) Professor Roy Bittan…on violin and vocals, out of New York City, Sister Soozie Tyrell….on the guitar, keeper of all that is righteous on E Street, Brother Steve Van Zandt….on the bass guitar, the Tennesee Terror, Mr.Garry W.Tallent….on the drums, the man that brings the power hour after hour night after night, Minister of syncopation, Secretary of the big beat and star of ´Late Night (crowd : ´Television´) Mighty Max Weinberg…..on the guitar, one of the greatest guitarists in rock and roll….a man of Swedish ancestery….and yesterday was his birthday….let´s have a big round applause for Brother Nils Lofgren….this is your town, man, your town….you the man….on the organ and accordion, Minister of mystery, keeper of all the secrets on E Street, Brother Dan Federici….to the far side of the stage, on guitar and vocals, the First Lady of love, and my sweetie baby honey child, Miss Patti Scialfa.…you (?) baby ….and last but not least…..don´t hold back now….Minister of soul, honorary Swedish citizen ….on the saxophone, you wish you could be like him but I´m sorry folks you cannot because under the sun there is only one Clarence ´Big Man´ Clemons…..rumble, young man, rumble …..(?)….that´s the heartstopping, pants-dropping, houserocking, earth-shaking, booty-quaking, Viagra-taking, lovemaking, legendary E Street Band….that´s right ….´´

Middle of “Ramrod”
´´Big Man walking….Big Man on the move….
(….) Is it right, Steve ? (Steve: ´Sure enough´) are you ready to roll, Brother man ? (Steve: ´That´s right´)….Steve (Steve: ´Yeah baby ?´) I do believe….I do believe (Steve: ´What ?´) I do believe (Steve: ´What ?´) that it´s quitting time….I think it´s time to go home….(Steve: ´Say it ain´t so´) well, Steve, if it ain´t quitting time….then tell me, man, what time is it ?… (Steve: ´I believe we still got some stadium-wrecking to do, it´s Boss-time !´)….
(….) Mr. and Mrs.Sweden, all I wanna know is what time is it ? (crowd: ´Boss-time !´)….´´

Intro to “Detroit Medley”
´´This is for you, Brother man, this is for you…..´´

Intro to “My City of Ruins”
´´Thank you….I wanna thank, I wanna thank everyone for coming out to the shows we´ve done here in, in Sweden, in Gothenburg, thank you very much for coming down and seeing us….so I wanna say, uh….we´ve had just incredible audiences here both nights and you guys´ve just been absolutely fantastiskt (chuckles) and uh….this is a real home away from home for us and we appreciate that and I wanna say that vi vill tacka Sverige för den kärlek och (?) till vårt musik….thank you….(?) tack, Sverige….´´

Intro to “Twist and Shout”
´´We got one more…..this is the stadium-breaker right here…..this is the one….are you ready ? (cheers)(?)….´´

^{Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi.}

André Fosse	What a show, what a show, what a show. Better than London, yes, the second night as well, even better than Manchester (that's a tough one to beat), far better than Oslo (even though I managed to bring my mum to the front row, center.) The audience was terrific, Bruce, Clarence and… yes, you know the names, they were all great. Best version of Darlington County I have ever heard (thanks Clarence and Soozie). Did I mention we got Growing up? Full band version? 3 hours and 15 minutes. I could go on telling you about this show for hours but I'll save some space for the rest of you. I'm gonna take a month-long vacation in the stratosphere. Thanks to the sweetest little girl called Sanna for great company on first row. I hate to tell you this but the Swedish audience, best there is, and I'm from Norway.
Lars Petersson	Absolutely amazing shows at Ullevi Stadium. The best I've seen Bruce & the band since 1981. The absolute highlight both nights was an incredible "Twist & Shout" but lots of other highlights: the Detroit Medley, Racing in the street, 7 Nights to Rock, Waitin' on a sunny day a.o. Also fantastic versions of Thunder Road and BTR.
Peter Nilsson	The show on Saturday I knew was gonna be the best show I've ever seen, and I was right. No Big surprises (I was sure Twist & Shout would be in the list before, thanks to the 1985 shows), but each song was played in the best way, and the sound was amazing and the band rocked, which is an understatement! I asked myself after the concert, if it can be better? And it could!!! What a setlist on Sunday, I cried when I heard Roy begin playing Racing….. The question is can it be better?
Marianne Riltoft	I attended both shows and they were so fantastic that when I think about those nights they seem UNREAL. 18 years ago the Ullevi Stadium was very close to collapse during Bruce's concerts. I know - I was there! Never thought that I would experience anything better than that special concert. But the two concerts last weekend were even better. By the end of the Sunday concert the crowd urged Bruce and Band to come back on stage to do Twist & Shout a 2nd time! 27 fantastic songs, many of them old favorites of mine. I'll never forget these nights! THANK YOU BRUCE AND THE E-STREET BAND, I LOVE YOU ALL. Bruce is for sure the best live artist ever!!!
Hakan Tendell	Standing on the pitch this time, I enjoyed my first Springsteen concert inside a stadium. Marvelous. Also very special moment when Bruce sang Empty Sky and we in the crowd sang with him with almost whispering voices. The grand and everlasting finale, Twist and Shout, was the best rock experience I've ever had (and I have seen many concerts with Stones, Bowie and U2 et cetera, so I can really compare).

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