Expectations were high for the second concert in Bergen. We know that Bruce Springsteen will never offer the same setlist night after night, specially when he has a two-night stand in a city, but the second show in Bergen was not just «a different show». Bruce did not disappoint: he sang 17 different songs from the first day. The concert was full of surprises from the beginning, opening with the acoustic version of «Long Walk Home» (with him playing his guitar before appearing onstage from the back). The band then joined and they played «We Take Care of Our Own», followed by the tour premiere of «My Lucky Day», just the second song to be played this year off Working on a Dream.
«Spirit in the Night» was skipped at this show and replaced by a great «The E Street Shuffle», followed by some unexpected premieres: «Red Headed Woman» and CCR’s «Proud Mary», then followed by a great «Fire», sung in he small stage. And then, for the second night in a row, came «This Depression», only this time it was a full band version, to great effect.
The rest of the show kept in the same line, with an impossible-to-guess set list, with the world premiere of «You’ve Got it» (the only song left from the new album to be played live), exciting old classics («Youngstown», «Racing in the Street» and «Rosalita») and «Seven Nights to Rock» and «American Land» in the encores, before finally leaving the stage with his right-hand fingers literally bleeding. For «Dancing in the Dark» Bruce didn’t bring up any girls onstage to dance, but instead he did it at the end of «Rosalita» (the girl who requested the song ended up onstage to sing and dance with Bruce).