2007-12-08 Forum København, Copenhagen, Denmark

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

Info & Setlist | Venue

Tour premiere for "The River". First ever performances in Denmark of "Radio Nowhere", "No Surrender", "Gypsy Biker", "Magic", "Livin' In The Future", "I'll Work For Your Love", "Devil's Arcade", "Last To Die", "Long Walk Home", "Girls In Their Summer Clothes", and "Kitty's Back". Patti Scialfa is not present.

Intro to “Radio Nowhere”
“(?) is there anybody alive out there? (crowd cheers)…”

Intro to “Magic”
“Good evening (crowd cheers)(speaks Danish)(crowd cheers) (speaks Danish) it´s good to see you…alright, this is a song called “Magic,” this is, uh…where we, uh…where we come from, we´ve seen…six years of truth getting twisted till it sounds like a lie and lies get twisted till they sound like the truth and the wheel of history turning ´round and ´round (crowd cheers) it´s been a great tragedy back at home and, uh, that´s why this isn´t about magic, it´s, uh, it´s really all about tricks…”

Intro to “Livin´ in the Future”
“That´s right…hello, Kopenhavn! (crowd cheers) I´m so glad to be here in your beautiful city tonight (crowd cheers) that´s right!…oh, that´s right, this is a song called “Livin´ in the Future”…but it´s about what´s happening now…back in the U.S…how along with all the things that we love about where we come from, we´ve had to live adding to the American picture things like rendition and illegal wiretapping and the rolling-back of civil liberties and no Habeas Corpus – the right to defend yourself against charges in court – these have all been attacks on our Constitution and this is a song about sleeping through changes that you never thought that would happen at your home but have happened…so the mighty E Street Band is here tonight to do something about it! (crowd cheers) we´ve been trying to think of things, all, all Europeans should vote in the American election, we´ve decided that, that´s right (chuckles) (crowd cheers) it´s everybody´s ass! (crowd cheers) so let´s sing about it, Max!…”

Intro to “I´ll Work for Your Love”
“Do we have any lovers in the house? (crowd cheers) do you believe in love? (crowd cheers) do you believe in love? (crowd cheers) one more time: do you believe in love? (crowd cheers)…”

Intro to “The River”
“(?) this for a friend of mine…”

Intro to “Girls in Their Summer Clothes”
“Oh yeah…I wanna thank everybody for coming out to the show tonight, thank you (crowd cheers) we´ve been coming here a long time and we deeply appreciate your support for our music over all the years and, uh, we´ll be coming back in June (crowd cheers) a big outside party, alright…but until then, this is gonna have to hold us till summer, this is, uh, (says “this is to all the Danish girls” in Danish)…kvinner, let me hear you (crowd cheers) kvinner! (crowd cheers) kvinner! (crowd cheers) kvinner! (crowd cheers) kvinner! (crowd cheers)(chuckles)…”

Middle of “American Land”
“Mr. Garry W.Tallent (crowd cheers) Little Steven (crowd cheers) Sister Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) the mighty, mighty, Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) sitting in for Dan Federici, Charlie Giordano from the Sessions Band (crowd cheers) Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) Clarence “Big Man” Clemons (crowd cheers) and Miss Patti Scialfa sends you her regards…Kopenhavn!… you´ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, earth-shocking, hard-rocking, booty-shaking, earth-quaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary (crowd: “E Street Band”)…”

^{Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi.}

Anders Krogh	PURE BRUCE!!! I've seen all his concerts since 92, and this one tops em all. Got into the pit too about same time as Hebri, 2 meters from center stage! I couldn't have dreamed for more showing up as late as I did for the concert! The sound was much better than anticipated! I must admit I wasn't quite up to date yet on Magic songs… but I am NOW! Damn hearing them in concert made me go home rip out the CD's from the player and stuff in the Magic! and I too loved Devils Arcade! been wearing it down ever since hehe. Well to all you danish Bruce fans see you in the summer when he invites to a garden party at Parken ;-)
Hebri	The last week has been a journey through all of his albums, trying to prepare my self for the concert. Thunder road, badlands, incident, atlantic city, out in the streets etc. And last night I found myself sitting on the floor in front of my stereo with goosebumps up my back listening to a live version of jungleland. The part where the crowd screams their lungs out singing "down in juuunglelaaand" always gets to me. God I love that song. Tomorrow I hope I will "get" the goosebumps again. If not while he sings jungleland, then another of his songs from his lifelong work of making me happy. And I'll bet I do. I got the goosebumps Saturday nights show in Copenhagen was wonderful, with a lot of new material, but also with some great hits from the past. Especially The River that from start to end almost was performed with a magnitude by the crowd that took the words out of Bruce's mouth. Though I had come to hear him sing, the power and emotions from the crowd just gave this great song even more soul and depth. Just as low key and emotional as The River were, just as powerful were hits like Badlands, 10 ave., Dancing in the dark and of course BTR. Lots of energy and lots of flirting and connecting with the crowd, that from my spot (third row) seemed to be having a great time. One young girl got a special souvenir to take home with her, Bruce's harmonica. Standing just two rows behind her i could almost touch it :-) The new material worked really well on stage. I have never liked "girls" but live it was a great choice, as were living in the future and I'll work for your love. Devils arcade was for me the best song from Magic last night with a rawness but also a feeling of tenderness to it that worked really well. And I was surprised to hear how many that had learned the words to the new songs. Nice. And then there was Kitty's back. I have to admit that I never really liked this song, but hearing it live brought something new and different to it. Got in the pit by pure luck by the way. My first spot was about 10 meters behind the pit, but then one of the security guys said that there were room for more people if anybody was interested… Needless to say that me and 4 friends more or less jumped into the pit and had great spots just to the left of the stage, in front of Clarence. But then people moved a little bit around and I found my self standing behind what seemed to be the Swedish national team of basketball… 2 meters high and 2 meters wide. But here is a little hint. Bring a pretty blond with you when trying to get up front. My "partner in crime" smiled and flirted her way as far as to third row and i toggled along behind mumbling something about being with her, and please let me through too Thanks to all the nice people who let us through. Thanks to Bruce and the rest of the band for another great experience.
Herkules	lost for words!!! this entered straight into my top three of the many Springsteen shows I‘ve been to. For the first time I got to hear Kitty`s back Live, and I was lost for words! amazing concert!!! looking forward to the summer shows!!!
Karsten	If someone had told me five years ago that I would get to see Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band in Forum, Copenhagen, I would have thought they were nuts. It was close to the ultimate dream coming true. That alone made the night extremely special. Objectively, however, it wasn’t the best concert I've seen. Bruce wasn't as loose as you usually see him, and it was just a typical "beginning of the tour" show with Bruce still feeling his way and focus being on getting through the night without missing too many notes.
Sune	Fantastic concert!! One of the best Bruce concerts I've been to! And he played The River Full Band Version!! What a great surprise!! Sound was excellent, and so was Bruce's voice.
TomJoadDK	I have seen Springsteen 13 times live and I must say this one beats them all. It was an outstanding performance….. and playing "The River" almost burned down the house — I am speechless.

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