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Bob Dylan: Beyond Here Lies Nothin’ , Oslo, Norway 30 June 2011 (video)

bob dylan oslo 2011

 

I love you pretty baby
You’re the only love I’ve ever known
Just as long as you stay with me
The whole world is my throne
Beyond here lies nothin’
Nothin’ we can call our own

Spektrum
Oslo, Norway
30 June 2011

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Bob Dylan: List of concert posts from Europe 2013 tour

bob dylan hamburg 2013 - 19 October

This is a collection of links to posts about Bob Dylan’s tour in Europe 2013:

bob dylan london 2013Photo by Paolo Brillo (Royal Albert Hall)

Also check out:

-Egil

Photo Special: The South at Cafe Mono in Oslo 2013

The South Mono 2013-2

Last night we went to Oslo to see The South, it was our first show with them after the new album, The Further Inside You Go... and we were excited. It is safe to say that they fulfilled all expectations, they are the best live band in Norway at the moment. They are playing in Bergen tomorrow and in Stavanger the 16th November (we’ll be there), run out and get tickets, folks. You will not se a better Norwegian band this year!

They played two sets with a ten minute intermission (just like Zimmy does these days) both sets were fantastic, but when the y “take off” on the longer jams in the second set, I’m in heaven. Be sure to clap them back on stage after the final song, they really gave us a treat last night, the encore started out as a fun and fairly faithful rendition of Scarlet Begonias (Grateful Dead) but then they switch gears and ends up into a rip-roaring version of Allman Brothers’ Jessica. Perfect! (the piano solo from the original was included and it was so fun and so great!)

Well, as you’ve already guessed, we had a tremendous time in Oslo and we are really looking forward to the Stavanger concert.

The South Mono 2013-9

First set:
Tinseltown
For Someone Else
Save You
Birds of a feather -> into Keep on Growing (Derek and The Dominos)
Dad
Can’t Find My Way Back Home
5th Gear
End of the day

The South Mono 2013-7

Second set + encore:
Nothin’ but my shoes
Sue
I’ll be the one
The Juggernaut
The Further Inside You Go…
Different Eyes

Scarlet Begonias (Grateful Dead) -> into Jessica (Allman Brothers Band)

I think this was the set-list, but I may be mistaken on the sequence or some of the songs, don’t be too mad at me 😉

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Best @ Øyafestivalen 2012 day4

    • CHARLES BRADLEY AND HIS EXTRAORDINAIRES
      This is our third CB concert this summer… all 3 have been GREAT. I would have preferred Vika @ 21:00.. but he nailed it at the Enga stage in the sunlight as well. His “Soul scream” was in perfect shape… setlist was pretty much built around “No Time For Dreamin” & Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold”. Lot of Love, Heart, Compassion… and wonderful southern soul groove. What a good band he has with him on this tour!Hugs were available after the concert.. and this time we grabbed the opportunity.
      Best songs: Why is it so Hard,  No Time for Dreaming & Golden Rule.
      The BEST concert at Øyafestivalen 2012.
    • FIRST AID KIT
      Klara & Johanna Söderberg sang their wonderful harmonies in the sunshine…. and everyone (at least as far as I could observe) smiled & sang back.. Lovely Americana with some great songs (Emmylou & The Lion’s Roar). I also really liked the Fever Ray cover, When I Grow Up (Hallgeir).

First Aid Kit:

  • SWEDEN
    In spite of their name they are from Norway and they are good! Strong songs and their own style, not “just another indie band”. Looking forward to follow them.

Sweden:

  • THE WAR ON DRUGS
    Nice concert. TWOD (silly name btw) plays their dreamy, guitar based Americana indie. Adam Granduciel is more of a songwriter & guitar player.. than a great singer in my book (Egil). The Highlight of their concert was Come to the City. They drew a fairly large audience and it was a pleasant early afternoon concert.
  • ODD NORDSTOGA
    I really liked his sweet songs and it was a good start of the last day at the Oyafestival.
  • BEST COAST
    I like Best Coast but this was not a very good concert for them, not bad, but a bit bland, it looked like the band didn’t care and it rubbed off on the audience. Too bad, I was looking forward to their show. I like them much better on record than live, at least if this show represents what Best Coast can do live.

– Egil & Hallgeir @ Øyafestivalen 2012

Best @ Øyafestivalen 2012 – Day1


Bob Mould in a happy mood at Øya 2012

  • Willis Earl Beal
    I really did not know what to expect from this artist, and it was magnificent, to go to a show with no expectations and get your mind blown is just so fantastic! It was Caruso merged with Otis Redding and Tom Waits in a theatrical spectacle. Has to be one of the highlights of this festival!
  • Bob Mould performing “Copper Blue” +
    Mr. Mould still rocks… hard. Copper Blue is great album with many highlights. Strongest @ Øya was Hoover Dam, Helpless & If I Can’t Change Your Mind – from “Copper Blue”. He also played 2 great Hüsker Dü classics “Celebrated Summer” and “Makes No Sense At All”.
    And btw.. this might be the loudest concert I’ve attended since I got my ears set on fire by Motörhead in Stavanger about 10-11 years ago.
  • Feist
    Solid, always interesting, strange & funny “choir girls” & man.. she could play the guitar as well.
    Best songs: Comfort Me, Graveyard & The Bad In Each Other.
  • Mathias Eick
    Lovely festival music in the sun. The former member of “Jaga Jazzist” played lovely Jazz-rock in the sun.. Perfect music for relaxing in the nice summer weather .. accompanied by a couple of beers.
  • Thurston More
    We expected to hear many songs from his recent acoustic ventures, but instead we got a hard, tight & noisy show.. more in the Sonic Youth landscape. Good stuff.
  • Sondre Lerche
    A good opening of the festival, there are usually not many peple out for the first act of the festival, not so today, we met in great numbers. Sondre Lerche delivered a fine set, I’m not a big fan but he took me by surprise and gave a good concert.

Feist Øya 2012:

Other:
  • The Stone Roses
    Tragically bad. Both JV’s left the concert after 5 songs. It looked like the band were sleeping (expect maybe for a silly looking drummer) & having a boring dream. And btw we both a JV like the album “The Stone Roses”

    Hallgeir: My hopes were so high, and I became a bit sad. The Stone Roses has been part of my musical upringing and I really like their first album, but today they were  disappointingly bad.

  • Susanne Sundfør
    We left after 4 songs. Good performance.. but not quite JV’s taste in music.
Willis Earle Beal at Øya 2012:

-Egil & Hallgeir @ Øyafestivalen 2012