I sat at work, counting down the hours of my last day before the Easter holiday. Halfway through the afternoon, the messages from Oliver started coming in. He had already begun his journey. First a…

Our late June weekend was originally built around seeing BAP in Weert on Saturday, which is why I arrived in Cologne on Thursday evening. The extreme heatwave across Europe, with temperatures appro…

Thursday, June 18th was the very first day of my summer vacation. I kicked it off early by taking a 7:00 AM FlixBus from Gothenburg to Copenhagen, as I was on my way to see Jason Isbell at the Hear…

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On June 13th, I flew over to the Netherlands and headed to Tilburg by way of Amsterdam to see Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. Luckily, since Oliver was not with me on this trip, I could stay with a …

If you caught my last post, you know Oliver and I just spent a loud, legendary evening surrounded by 94,000 metalheads watching Metallica at the Olympiastadion. But the very next day, May 31st, bro…

If you had told me a few weeks ago that I’d be spending a Saturday night in Berlin surrounded by a sea of screaming metalheads, I would have laughed. Oliver and I had originally booked a long weeke…

His recent concerts are a thunderous call to fight for democracy. The nation could use more like him

Whenever we travel, our favorite routine is finding live music. Don’t get me wrong, Bruce Springsteen is always the main event, but there is so much more out there and to be honest, Bruce is …

Earlier this year, Oliver and I had more or less agreed that we would skip travelling to the US in 2026. The political climate feels severe and, even from a distance, it affects the whole world. Ne…

Mit seiner Musik-Rateshow "Track Star" erreicht Jack Coyne Millionen bei TikTok. Sie entsteht auf den Straßen seiner Heimatstadt New York, über die er 33 Dinge verrät.

Protest requires people to take a stand and hold firm. Pop songs are designed to appeal across demographic lines. In music, as in the rest of the world, resistance takes place closer to the ground.

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Neil Young has escalated his way against Amazon due to Jeff Bezos' support of Trump, and is giving his music to the people of Greenland.

From messy breakups to that ICE song 'Bad News,' our five takeaways after hearing Zach Bryan's new album 'With Heaven on Top.'

When I first started reading Solidarity Forever, I have to admit I felt a bit overwhelmed by the sheer listing of facts. Robert Lawson is primarily a collector and the book is very much “fact city”…

On November 8th, Oliver and I went to Copenhagen to see Mumford & Sons at the Royal Arena. We had seen them once before, in Gothenburg back in 2019. After that tour, the band took a long hiatus…

At the end of October, Oliver and I spent an extended weekend in Tallinn (Thursday October 30th to Sunday November 2nd). I flew with SAS via Stockholm and Oliver came from Cologne with LOT via Wars…

This past weekend Oliver and I flew to Manchester for yet another concert. This time it wasn’t a big rock act or anything flashy. It was Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, two American musicians I b…

I fly to Düsseldorf all the time just to transfer to the train that takes me to Oliver in Cologne. This time, though, we actually had business in Düsseldorf, a concert with Ed Sheeran. Our plan was…

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I first saw The White Buffalo back in 2019, when he played a free concert at Liseberg in Gothenburg. That was the first time I heard his deep, raspy voice live, and it made a big impression on me. …

Oliver and I went to Munich for the weekend to see Robbie Williams on his Britpop Tour 2025. We are always looking for reasons to meet and, as we’ve done lots of times, we like to combine it with s…

It’s been just a week since Bruce Springsteen played his final show of the tour, and already the road has called again – this time to Warsaw for Guns N’ Roses. In between, life has been a bit hecti…

After a couple of slower-paced days filled with gelato, sightseeing, and the book signing, Thursday arrived—Show Day! To this day, I always get butterflies in my stomach when it’s finally time for …

With two days off between the Bruce Springsteen shows (Monday 30.6 and Thursday 3.7), we took a little trip on Tuesday to Lecco by Lake Como. We wanted to escape the blazing hot and overcrowded str…

We arrived early Sunday morning and Milan greeted us with two things: brutal heat (35°C) and a not-so-warm welcome at the hotel. Our room wouldn’t be ready until 15:00 and the staff gave off such a…

After a rest day in Cologne with time for laundry and recovery, I was back with Oliver again and on our way to Gelsenkirchen. Sylvia and her friend Martina were going to drive us there and back, so…

🚌 Saying Goodbye & Arriving in San Sebastián As I mentioned in my last post, Oliver had to head back to Cologne and work, but he persuaded me to stay. So, after a bittersweet goodbye, I caught …

We arrived in Bilbao the day before the concert, and it was hot, around 40°C and completely windless. We tried to do some sightseeing, but had to go back to the hotel and wait a while before headin…

After sitting out both Berlin and Prague, I have been nursing a proper case of FOMO. Oliver having been at both, was sending updates and photos while I followed along from a distance, equally happy…

Springsteen weekend number four this year took us to Liverpool. Oliver flew in from Germany, I came from Gothenburg, and we met up in Manchester late on Friday night. So late, in fact, that by the …

After Manchester and Lille, it was finally time for Marseille. This was a show many of us had been waiting for, not just because it was next on the tour, but because it was one of the four that got…

Carl Virgil “Tinker” West who passed away this week at the age of 89 was simply one of the most important people of my young life. In 1970 when I had nothing, nowhere to live, was broke with nowhere t...

Another Springsteen trip, this time to Lille, France. I flew in to Brussels on Saturday morning, the day of the show. Leaving after work on Friday wasn’t really an option this time since the trains…

The tour has finally begun! For me and Oliver I mean. Manchester 2 was the first of nine shows we’ll see together on this leg of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s Land of Hope and Dreams To…