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Steve Van Zandt opens the show in Oslo, Norway on Monday as Frankie 'The Fixer' Tagliano from "Lilyhammer."

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Fans in Oslo, Norway were treated to a fun show as Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band resumed their tour on Monday at the Telenor Arena.

First, Bruce came out soon after the doors opened and played a four-song pre-show on the guitar. He performed "This Hard Land," "All that Heaven Allow," "The Fever," and "Grown' Up." He tried to play "The Fever" on the piano but it wasn't set up yet audio wise, so he played it on the guitar.

The show opener was as special as any start in Bruce's 40-plus year career. Steve Van Zandt, who missed the 10 shows in Australia in March because he was filming his TV series "Lilyhammer," in Norway was introduced by Bruce.

"Where is Steven?," Bruce asked. "Steven been missing for many shows now. He was kidnapped by Norway. This is special night, he is back with us tonight. Little Steven, the song stylings of Frankie 'The Fixer' Tagliano!"

Van Zandt then performed "My Kind of Town" with Lilyhammer subbing for Chicago.

Check it out, it's fun (plus there's clips of other songs):

Overall it was a 27-song, two-hour-and-51-minute show that featured the tour premiere of "Follow That Dream," the first time that has been played since June 28, 2003 in Milan, Italy. According to Jeremy3162 on BTX, "Follow That Dream" is the 188th song played this tour, the 192nd if you count pre-show songs.

Other highlights were "Two Hearts" played as the second song (Welcome back Steve) and the return of "Better Days" (yeah!).

Some comments from a friend who was there:

"Awesome mini set. 'The Fever' was supposed to be on the piano, but they couldn't get it to work, so he went to the acoustic guitar and it was better.



"Up until 'Pay Me My Money Down' it was a great show, after that it was nothing out of the

ordinary, except for solo piano 'For You.' He said he considered doing 'The Promise,' but

he did it his last time here, so he'll do something else.



"Unusual arena. Very big floor, majority of the crowd was GA."

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PRE-SHOW SET

1. This Hard Land

2. All That Heaven Will Allow

3. The Fever

4. Growin Up

Show began at 7:39 p.m. local time (six hours ahead of New Jersey)

SET LIST

1. My Kind of Town (sung by Steve Van Zandt)

2. Two Hearts

3. No Surrender

4. Badlands

5. Better Days

6. We Take Care of Our Own

7. Wrecking Ball

8. Death to My Hometown

9 Hungry Heart

10. Spirit In The Night

11. The E Street Shuffle

12. Follow That Dream

13. The River

14. Prove It All Night (with the 1978 intro)

15. She's The One

16. Pay Me My Money Down

17. Darlington County

18. Shackled & Drawn

19. Waitin' On A Sunny Day

20. The Rising

21. Lonesome Day

22. Thunder Road

ENCORES

23. For You (solo piano)

24. Born In The U.S.A.

25. Born To Run

26. Dancing In The Dark

27. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

Show over at 10:30 p.m.

Next show: Tuesday at the same venue.