Bruce Springsteen brings the E Street Band to Bergen and Dokken on July 21. 45,000 tickets are released.
Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt pictured at a concert in New Jersey on August 30, before he was sick with a stomach ulcer. Photo: Scott Roth / AP / NTBPublished: Published:
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This will be the 74-year-old’s only concert in Norway in 2024.
Was cancelled
In the summer of 2022, Godshavnen på Dokken was to be the scene of the biggest concert in Bergen’s history.
– I have thought about Dokken for several years, but always thought it was impossible to achieve, said Frank Nes in Bergen Live to BT in November the previous year.
The goods harbor at Dokken will be cleared to make room for the 45,000 spectators and a superstar from the USA. Photo: Bergen harbor / Vidar Trellevik
The Port of Bergen had then given the thumbs up to move containers and transform the quay area into a temporary concert arena, with space for 45,000 spectators.
But the tour of the artist in question was canceled – and the Dokken adventure had to be put on hold.
Until now.
– We have been ready
In September, a few days after he turned 74, Bruce Springsteen canceled his autumn tour of the US and Canada due to stomach problems. All dates were moved to 2024, starting in Phoenix on March 19.
Here Bruce Springsteen stands in the middle of the crowd at Koengen, 24 July. 2012. Photo: Paul S. Amundsen (archive)
But there has long been an opening in the tour schedule for the period May to August, and now it is finally clear: Bruce Springsteen & East Street Band will return to Europe this summer for 22 concerts.
This is how you think about the concert arena at Dokken next year. Photo: Illustration/Bergen Live
The one stop, on 21 July, is Bergen and Dokken – twelve years after he filled Bergenhus fortress, Koengen, twice with a total of 46,000 people.
– We have been ready since 2021. The Port of Bergen has been super positive throughout, a very good partner, says Frank Nes.
Depending on the Dock
As BT has previously written, Kongen in 2023 is far too small for artists in Springsteen’s class. The dock is per to date the only alternative in Bergen.
Bergen Live manager Frank Nes pictured at Bergen harbour, with Dokken at the back left in November 2021. At that time, all parties hoped that the concert could be held in the summer of 2022. Photo: Iver Daaland Åse (archive)
– Other large Norwegian cities have bigger arenas to offer than Koengen. So we have gradually fallen behind. The dock allows us to compete for the biggest artists who include Norway in the tour schedule, says Nes.
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Springsteen has played four concerts at Koengen previously, in 2009 and 2012. All with Bergen Live as co-organizers in a duo with Live Nation.
– These concerts have been some of our highlights so far. The artist’s staff know what they are doing and are very tidy and proper, says Nes.
DKK 1,400 for the most expensive
The pre-sale in Bergen starts on 2 November. The regular sale starts four days later, on November 6.
When Springsteen played two concerts at Voldsløkka in Oslo this summer, 100,000 tickets were sold out in minutes. In Bergen, the capacity is 45,000 tickets.
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Max Weinberg, Bruce Springsteen and Steve Van Zandt at Koengen on 23 July 2012. Two concerts, with space for 23,000 each, were quickly sold out. Photo: Paul S. Amundsen (archive)
The ordinary places will cost approximately NOK 1,000. A limited number of so-called “Front Floor” tickets are also being released at approximately NOK 1,550.
– The ticket prices are actually lower than those we had in 2009, considering the dollar exchange rate and inflation. But it’s not exactly cheap to bring in American artists when the krone is so weak, says Nes.
And if you were wondering: Yes, it was Springsteen who, according to BT, was supposed to play at the canceled concert at Dokken in 2022.
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Published: 31 October 2023 08:59
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