Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 ... Tickets, Tour Dates, Setlists and Reviews
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced the addition of 25 new USA tour dates following a fantastic run of shows in Europe. Bruce and the band have been wowing crowds with lengthy shows of classic material. Make sure you get tickets if there is a concert in your area!
Bruce Springsteen is following his Super Bowl half time appearance with a 2009 tour of North America and Europe. The tour is in support of the new album "Working on a Dream", the title song which was previewed during the half time show. The Boss is in rare form these days so grab a ticket as soon as you can because this tour will be another gem!
Bruce Springsteen Tour Dates 2009 North America
***** 25 New USA Tour Dates Just Added *****
Click on your city below for ticket availability and prices:
13-Oct Philadelphia, PA Spectrum
14-Oct Philadelphia, PA Spectrum
19-Oct Philadelphia, PA Spectrum
20-Oct Philadelphia, PA Spectrum
25-Oct St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
26-Oct Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
2-Nov Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
3-Nov Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
7-Nov New York, NY Madison Square Garden
8-Nov New York, NY Madison Square Garden
10-Nov Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
13-Nov Auburn Hills, MI Palace At Auburn Hills
15-Nov Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
Bruce Springsteen is following his Super Bowl half time appearance with a 2009 tour of North America and Europe. The tour is in support of the new album "Working on a Dream", the title song which was previewed during the half time show. The Boss is in rare form these days so grab a ticket as soon as you can because this tour will be another gem!
Bruce Springsteen Tour Dates 2009 North America
***** 25 New USA Tour Dates Just Added *****
Click on your city below for ticket availability and prices:
13-Oct Philadelphia, PA Spectrum
14-Oct Philadelphia, PA Spectrum
19-Oct Philadelphia, PA Spectrum
20-Oct Philadelphia, PA Spectrum
25-Oct St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
26-Oct Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
2-Nov Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
3-Nov Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
7-Nov New York, NY Madison Square Garden
8-Nov New York, NY Madison Square Garden
10-Nov Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
13-Nov Auburn Hills, MI Palace At Auburn Hills
15-Nov Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
Contents at a Glance
- Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Madison Square Garden New York NY Nov 7/8th, 2009
- Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, NC Nov 3, 2009
- Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Verizon Center Washington, D.C. Nov 2, 2009
Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Madison Square Garden New York NY Nov 7/8th, 2009
25 USA Tour Dates Added
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Setlist: Nov 7th
Thundercrack
Seeds
Prove It All Night
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
The E Street Shuffle
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Kitty's Back
Wild Billy's Circus Story
Incident on 57th Street
Rosalita
New York City Serenade
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Raise Your Hand
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street
Glory Days
Human Touch
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Wrecking Ball
Bobby Jean
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher (with Elvis Costello)
Setlist: Nov 8th
Wrecking Ball
The River
The Ties That Bind
Sherry Darling
Jackson Cage
Two Hearts
Independence Day
Hungry Heart
Out In The Street
Crush On You
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
I Wanna Marry You
The River
Point Blank
Cadillac Ranch
I'm A Rocker
Fade Away
Stolen Car
Ramrod
The Price You Pay
Drive All Night
Wreck On The Highway
Encore:
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Atlantic City
Badlands
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
Sweet Soul Music
No Surrender
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
Can't Help Falling in Love
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
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Review: Bruce Blog
by Stan Goldstein
An epic show by Bruce Springsteen at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night
My first thought on this show is four letters: EPIC.
How can you do better than Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band playing the River album in its entirety at Madison Square Garden, plus a couple of nice covers equalling a three-hour plus show with 32 songs?
Very simply: You can't.
A legendary night. Three hours of one of the best concerts I've been to in my life, and I've been to quite a few over the years.
If this is the last of Bruce and the E Street Band for awhile (and he did sort of say that at one point later in the show) he's leaving us with some shows for the ages.
Start time 8:38 p.m.
1. Wrecking Ball
I do like this song. Others don't. Not sure this was the best opener though. Not going to complain too much (this will be one of the few negatives of the evening) but after opening with Thundercrack on Saturday, most fans were hoping for something special. This wasn't special as an opener.
Before starting "The River" segment Bruce had these words:
"We're going to get right to it." We've been trying to give you something memorable in these last shows by playing full albums.
"We're going to try this just one time because it's too long to do it again." (so I guess we won't get it in Buffalo).
"This record was a gateway to the future. It was written and recorded during a recession. The title song I wrote about my brother and sister after he lost his job. A lot of men, women and familes were hurting."
"The River led into Nebraska. Stolen Car led into Tunnel of Love.
"It was the style of record where I wanted to keep the characters I had on Darkness on the Edge of Town with me."
"We're going to take you down to the River tonight.".
2. Ties That Bind
Great start to the record. The packed house at the Garden was so ready for this and they responded right from the start.
Sounded really good.
"Let's make some party noise!" Bruce said before starting:
3. Sherry Darling
Bruce brought Patti to the center mic to sing at one point. He yelled "Big Man" before Clarence's sax solo. And then "Hit it Big Man!" later on.
A lot of fun and the crowd was up.
4. Jackson Cage
Solid.
5. Two Hearts
Another fun song. Great interaction between Bruce and Steve. A lot of back and forth.
Had the "It Takes Two" ending. They had a lot of fun.
6. Independence Day
Slowed things down a bit which was okay. Very nice version.
7. Hungry Heart
Crowd surfing again. The front pit at Madison Square Garden was pretty small so Bruce didn't have that far to go back front.
8. Out In the Street
Bruce dropped the mircophone at one point when he was on Patti's side of the stage. Nils at first missed the microphone on his: "Meet me out In the street" part and Bruce had to run down to Clarence for his part.
Bruce then played to the backed up the stage. Always a fun song.
9. Crush on You (tour premiere)
"Now a masterpiece from the The River" Bruce said. Nice Nils guitar solo and Bruce and Steven were dancing around. Bruce was pointing to a lot of the girls in the pit singing "Oooh, Oooh, I got a crush on you!"
Bruce and the audience had a lot of fun on this song. Wonder if he might put it in the setlist at a future show.
"A hidden masterpeice," Bruce said at the end. read full review
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Setlist: Nov 7th
Thundercrack
Seeds
Prove It All Night
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
The E Street Shuffle
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Kitty's Back
Wild Billy's Circus Story
Incident on 57th Street
Rosalita
New York City Serenade
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Raise Your Hand
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street
Glory Days
Human Touch
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Wrecking Ball
Bobby Jean
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher (with Elvis Costello)
Setlist: Nov 8th
Wrecking Ball
The River
The Ties That Bind
Sherry Darling
Jackson Cage
Two Hearts
Independence Day
Hungry Heart
Out In The Street
Crush On You
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
I Wanna Marry You
The River
Point Blank
Cadillac Ranch
I'm A Rocker
Fade Away
Stolen Car
Ramrod
The Price You Pay
Drive All Night
Wreck On The Highway
Encore:
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Atlantic City
Badlands
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
Sweet Soul Music
No Surrender
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
Can't Help Falling in Love
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
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Review: Bruce Blog
by Stan Goldstein
An epic show by Bruce Springsteen at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night
My first thought on this show is four letters: EPIC.
How can you do better than Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band playing the River album in its entirety at Madison Square Garden, plus a couple of nice covers equalling a three-hour plus show with 32 songs?
Very simply: You can't.
A legendary night. Three hours of one of the best concerts I've been to in my life, and I've been to quite a few over the years.
If this is the last of Bruce and the E Street Band for awhile (and he did sort of say that at one point later in the show) he's leaving us with some shows for the ages.
Start time 8:38 p.m.
1. Wrecking Ball
I do like this song. Others don't. Not sure this was the best opener though. Not going to complain too much (this will be one of the few negatives of the evening) but after opening with Thundercrack on Saturday, most fans were hoping for something special. This wasn't special as an opener.
Before starting "The River" segment Bruce had these words:
"We're going to get right to it." We've been trying to give you something memorable in these last shows by playing full albums.
"We're going to try this just one time because it's too long to do it again." (so I guess we won't get it in Buffalo).
"This record was a gateway to the future. It was written and recorded during a recession. The title song I wrote about my brother and sister after he lost his job. A lot of men, women and familes were hurting."
"The River led into Nebraska. Stolen Car led into Tunnel of Love.
"It was the style of record where I wanted to keep the characters I had on Darkness on the Edge of Town with me."
"We're going to take you down to the River tonight.".
2. Ties That Bind
Great start to the record. The packed house at the Garden was so ready for this and they responded right from the start.
Sounded really good.
"Let's make some party noise!" Bruce said before starting:
3. Sherry Darling
Bruce brought Patti to the center mic to sing at one point. He yelled "Big Man" before Clarence's sax solo. And then "Hit it Big Man!" later on.
A lot of fun and the crowd was up.
4. Jackson Cage
Solid.
5. Two Hearts
Another fun song. Great interaction between Bruce and Steve. A lot of back and forth.
Had the "It Takes Two" ending. They had a lot of fun.
6. Independence Day
Slowed things down a bit which was okay. Very nice version.
7. Hungry Heart
Crowd surfing again. The front pit at Madison Square Garden was pretty small so Bruce didn't have that far to go back front.
8. Out In the Street
Bruce dropped the mircophone at one point when he was on Patti's side of the stage. Nils at first missed the microphone on his: "Meet me out In the street" part and Bruce had to run down to Clarence for his part.
Bruce then played to the backed up the stage. Always a fun song.
9. Crush on You (tour premiere)
"Now a masterpiece from the The River" Bruce said. Nice Nils guitar solo and Bruce and Steven were dancing around. Bruce was pointing to a lot of the girls in the pit singing "Oooh, Oooh, I got a crush on you!"
Bruce and the audience had a lot of fun on this song. Wonder if he might put it in the setlist at a future show.
"A hidden masterpeice," Bruce said at the end. read full review
Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, NC Nov 3, 2009
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Setlist:
Seeds
Darlington County
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Night
Backstreets
Born To Run
She's The One
Meeting Across The River
Jungleland
Waiting On A Sunny Day
I Fought The Law
Sherry Darling
So Young And In Love
Brown Eyed Girl
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Badlands
Encore:
Hard Times
Bobby Jean
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
Rosalita
Higher & Higher
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Review: charlotteobserver
by Scott Fowler
Springsteen proves he's 'Born to Run'
Bruce Springsteen's album "Born to Run" came out in 1975. He was 25 years old - young and brilliant, scared and angry, frothing with emotion, yearning for escape.
It was a mid-70s masterpiece and the album that pushed Springsteen onto the cover of both "Time" and "Newsweek" simultaneously. "It was the record that started a lifelong conversation between me and you," Springsteen told his fans Tuesday night in Charlotte, just before he launched into the best part of a tremendous night of music.
Springsteen, now 60, arguably remains America's biggest rock and roll star. He still cavorts on and around the stage like a 40-year-old and is in shape enough to wear tight blue jeans without looking ridiculous.
And, of course, he can do whatever he wants on stage. Fortunately, what Springsteen has decided to do toward the end of his current tour with his E Street Band is to play one of his entire albums during every concert - song by song, in exact order. So starting on the fifth song Tuesday night (a gorgeous "Thunder Road") and continuing through song No. 12 (a plaintive "Jungleland"), Springsteen spent close to an hour singing the songs he wrote in his mid-20s and making them all sound new again.
If you hadn't heard the full album in years, it was enjoyable to rediscover the way the lyrics burst with pain and promise and how the piano, not the guitar, introduces almost every song.
Particularly noteworthy Tuesday was the title track from "Born to Run." It was also somewhat jarring because Springsteen has the entire arena brightly lit during the song. This is generally a concert no-no - you keep the lights dim until it's time to go home - but Springsteen made it work.
His harmonica work on "Thunder Road" and the E Street Band's exuberance in "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" also were crowd-pleasers, as was band member Clarence "Big Man" Clemons. Clemons, 67, doesn't get around well anymore due to hip and knee issues, but he can still blow that sax.
The full-album concept - really a mini-concert within a concert -- was the biggest highlight of an energetic night that had Springsteen sporting a sheen of sweat on his forehead 10 minutes into the show.
Springsteen's shows are legendary for good reason. His interaction with and trust in his fans is something to see. Springsteen went on a number of touchy-feely walkabouts Tuesday. He ended one by sprawling out on his back and let fans pass him, hand over hand, about 40 feet back up to the stage Tuesday, all the while singing "Hungry Heart."
And he took requests. The Springsteen junkies know this is a staple. They bring handmade signs with their song requests written on them. The best of the requests Tuesday turned into Springsteen's high-spirited cover of Van Morrison's "Brown-Eyed Girl." Springsteen doesn't automatically sell out concerts in Charlotte like he used to. While the lower bowl at Time Warner Cable Arena was packed, the upper deck had at least a few hundred seats vacant in the top 10 rows.
And here's a complaint: the concert officially was supposed to begin at 7:30 p.m. Every veteran concertgoer knows that no headline act starts on time. Usually a show will begin 15-30 minutes late to allow everyone to buy drinks and find their seats. Springsteen, however, had no opening act and then didn't appear on-stage until 8:27 p.m. That's simply too long to keep fans waiting.
By the end though, at 11:15 p.m., Springsteen had the crowd in the palm of his hand as he performed the old soul chestnut "Higher and Higher" as the finale of a six-song encore. Then his fans went dancing out in the dark -- ears ringing, thoroughly pleased.
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Setlist:
Seeds
Darlington County
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Night
Backstreets
Born To Run
She's The One
Meeting Across The River
Jungleland
Waiting On A Sunny Day
I Fought The Law
Sherry Darling
So Young And In Love
Brown Eyed Girl
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Badlands
Encore:
Hard Times
Bobby Jean
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
Rosalita
Higher & Higher
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Review: charlotteobserver
by Scott Fowler
Springsteen proves he's 'Born to Run'
Bruce Springsteen's album "Born to Run" came out in 1975. He was 25 years old - young and brilliant, scared and angry, frothing with emotion, yearning for escape.
It was a mid-70s masterpiece and the album that pushed Springsteen onto the cover of both "Time" and "Newsweek" simultaneously. "It was the record that started a lifelong conversation between me and you," Springsteen told his fans Tuesday night in Charlotte, just before he launched into the best part of a tremendous night of music.
Springsteen, now 60, arguably remains America's biggest rock and roll star. He still cavorts on and around the stage like a 40-year-old and is in shape enough to wear tight blue jeans without looking ridiculous.
And, of course, he can do whatever he wants on stage. Fortunately, what Springsteen has decided to do toward the end of his current tour with his E Street Band is to play one of his entire albums during every concert - song by song, in exact order. So starting on the fifth song Tuesday night (a gorgeous "Thunder Road") and continuing through song No. 12 (a plaintive "Jungleland"), Springsteen spent close to an hour singing the songs he wrote in his mid-20s and making them all sound new again.
If you hadn't heard the full album in years, it was enjoyable to rediscover the way the lyrics burst with pain and promise and how the piano, not the guitar, introduces almost every song.
Particularly noteworthy Tuesday was the title track from "Born to Run." It was also somewhat jarring because Springsteen has the entire arena brightly lit during the song. This is generally a concert no-no - you keep the lights dim until it's time to go home - but Springsteen made it work.
His harmonica work on "Thunder Road" and the E Street Band's exuberance in "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" also were crowd-pleasers, as was band member Clarence "Big Man" Clemons. Clemons, 67, doesn't get around well anymore due to hip and knee issues, but he can still blow that sax.
The full-album concept - really a mini-concert within a concert -- was the biggest highlight of an energetic night that had Springsteen sporting a sheen of sweat on his forehead 10 minutes into the show.
Springsteen's shows are legendary for good reason. His interaction with and trust in his fans is something to see. Springsteen went on a number of touchy-feely walkabouts Tuesday. He ended one by sprawling out on his back and let fans pass him, hand over hand, about 40 feet back up to the stage Tuesday, all the while singing "Hungry Heart."
And he took requests. The Springsteen junkies know this is a staple. They bring handmade signs with their song requests written on them. The best of the requests Tuesday turned into Springsteen's high-spirited cover of Van Morrison's "Brown-Eyed Girl." Springsteen doesn't automatically sell out concerts in Charlotte like he used to. While the lower bowl at Time Warner Cable Arena was packed, the upper deck had at least a few hundred seats vacant in the top 10 rows.
And here's a complaint: the concert officially was supposed to begin at 7:30 p.m. Every veteran concertgoer knows that no headline act starts on time. Usually a show will begin 15-30 minutes late to allow everyone to buy drinks and find their seats. Springsteen, however, had no opening act and then didn't appear on-stage until 8:27 p.m. That's simply too long to keep fans waiting.
By the end though, at 11:15 p.m., Springsteen had the crowd in the palm of his hand as he performed the old soul chestnut "Higher and Higher" as the finale of a six-song encore. Then his fans went dancing out in the dark -- ears ringing, thoroughly pleased.
Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Verizon Center Washington, D.C. Nov 2, 2009
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Setlist:
Outlaw Pete
Prove It All Night
Hungry Heart
Working on a Dream
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Night
Backstreets
Born to Run
She's the One
Meeting Across the River
Jungleland
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Stand on It
Seven Nights to Rock
Growin' Up
Pink Cadillac
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Badlands
Encore:
Hard Times
No Surrender
American Land
Dancing in the Dark
Rosalita
Higher and Higher
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Review: Bruce Blog
by Stan Goldstein
Bruce Springsteen plays 'Stand On It' in Washington, D.C.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street began the final three weeks of their tour with a show at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. on Monday night.
Bruce played the "Born in the U.S.A." era song "Stand On It" for the first time this tour. It was only played once on on the Magic Tour also.
Also played was "Pink Cadillac" for only the third time this tour and first time in the United States.
Bruce began the show with "Outlaw Pete" and dedicated it to his cousin, Lenny Sullivan, who died last week.
This was another show Bruce played the entire "Born To Run" album
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Setlist:
Outlaw Pete
Prove It All Night
Hungry Heart
Working on a Dream
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Night
Backstreets
Born to Run
She's the One
Meeting Across the River
Jungleland
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Stand on It
Seven Nights to Rock
Growin' Up
Pink Cadillac
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Badlands
Encore:
Hard Times
No Surrender
American Land
Dancing in the Dark
Rosalita
Higher and Higher
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Review: Bruce Blog
by Stan Goldstein
Bruce Springsteen plays 'Stand On It' in Washington, D.C.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street began the final three weeks of their tour with a show at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. on Monday night.
Bruce played the "Born in the U.S.A." era song "Stand On It" for the first time this tour. It was only played once on on the Magic Tour also.
Also played was "Pink Cadillac" for only the third time this tour and first time in the United States.
Bruce began the show with "Outlaw Pete" and dedicated it to his cousin, Lenny Sullivan, who died last week.
This was another show Bruce played the entire "Born To Run" album
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Oct 25, 2009
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Setlist:
Wrecking Ball
Seeds
Prove It All Night
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Night
Backstreets
Born To Run
She's The One
Meeting Across The River
Jungleland
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Working On The Highway
The Promised Land
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Badlands
No Surrender
Encore:
For You
Roll Over Beethoven
Surprise Surprise
Detroit Medley
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
Rosalita
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Review: Backstreets
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10/25, ST. LOUIS: NIGHT 1 OF 2 IN THE SHOW-ME STATE
Let's not pull punches: tonight was a disappointment. As this leg moved into the Central time zone, hopes were high, and you can take your pick why: Bruce and the band coming off of a remarkable four-night run in Philly (St. Louie show-goers hoping those shake-ups were indicative of where Springsteen's at in general as the tour enters its final month, rather than just pulling out the stops for the Spectrum's last hurrah), or the fact that the Gateway to the West got one of the very best shows of the Magic tour. In any case, this stop was surprisingly by-the-numbers.
Need we say that a by-the-numbers E Street Band show is still a hell of a show? At this point, we'll take that as a given. Hey, we got "Wrecking Ball" to open (demonstrating that the song ain't just about shutting venues down), and some sweet fretwork from Nils on "Prove It." Born to Run live holds up the album's masterpiece status, and "Backstreets" was a stunner tonight. But post-"Jungleland," the main set was as pedestrian as it gets.
Where things got interesting was the encore. Sign collection brought an open-ended request for Bruce to play piano - "An elegantly made sign... somebody wen to the stationery store and did themselves proud!" - and he obliged with a solo rendition of "For You" at Roy's station. "Roll Over Beethoven" was a late shot of adrenaline: very little prep, just slam-bang into it, "This is the way it's done on E Street!" "Surprise, Surprise," a request for a Sweet Fifteen birthday, was a refreshing and rare offering from the new record, and the "Detroit Medley" got things rocking the way an encore should. Too little, too late? Perhaps. But of course, they're just warming up for a Kansas City blow-out, right?
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Setlist:
Wrecking Ball
Seeds
Prove It All Night
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Night
Backstreets
Born To Run
She's The One
Meeting Across The River
Jungleland
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Working On The Highway
The Promised Land
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Badlands
No Surrender
Encore:
For You
Roll Over Beethoven
Surprise Surprise
Detroit Medley
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
Rosalita
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Review: Backstreets
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10/25, ST. LOUIS: NIGHT 1 OF 2 IN THE SHOW-ME STATE
Let's not pull punches: tonight was a disappointment. As this leg moved into the Central time zone, hopes were high, and you can take your pick why: Bruce and the band coming off of a remarkable four-night run in Philly (St. Louie show-goers hoping those shake-ups were indicative of where Springsteen's at in general as the tour enters its final month, rather than just pulling out the stops for the Spectrum's last hurrah), or the fact that the Gateway to the West got one of the very best shows of the Magic tour. In any case, this stop was surprisingly by-the-numbers.
Need we say that a by-the-numbers E Street Band show is still a hell of a show? At this point, we'll take that as a given. Hey, we got "Wrecking Ball" to open (demonstrating that the song ain't just about shutting venues down), and some sweet fretwork from Nils on "Prove It." Born to Run live holds up the album's masterpiece status, and "Backstreets" was a stunner tonight. But post-"Jungleland," the main set was as pedestrian as it gets.
Where things got interesting was the encore. Sign collection brought an open-ended request for Bruce to play piano - "An elegantly made sign... somebody wen to the stationery store and did themselves proud!" - and he obliged with a solo rendition of "For You" at Roy's station. "Roll Over Beethoven" was a late shot of adrenaline: very little prep, just slam-bang into it, "This is the way it's done on E Street!" "Surprise, Surprise," a request for a Sweet Fifteen birthday, was a refreshing and rare offering from the new record, and the "Detroit Medley" got things rocking the way an encore should. Too little, too late? Perhaps. But of course, they're just warming up for a Kansas City blow-out, right?
Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Spectrum Philadelphia, PA Oct 20, 2009
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Setlist:
The Price You Pay
Wrecking Ball
Out In The Street
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Born In The USA
Cover Me
Darlington County
Working On The Highway
Downbound Train
I'm On Fire
No Surrender
Bobby Jean
I'm Goin' Down
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
My Hometown
The Promised Land
The River
Long Walk Home
The Rising
Born To Run
Higher & Higher
Loose Ends
Encore:
Spirit In The Night
Kitty's Back
American Land
Save The Last Dance For Me
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Thunder Road
Rosalita
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Review: Bruce Blog
by Stan Goldstein
Bruce Springsteen plays three tour premieres in Philadelphia on Monday night
Quite the setlist for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at their fourth and final night at the Philadelphia Spectrum on Tuesday.
A special 31-song, 3-hour-and-20 minute show with many highlights including Bruce opening with a song that many fans have had at the top of their request list: "The Price You Pay" from "The River."
It was the first time "Price You Play" had been played since May 27, 1981 in Brighton, Great Britain.
In addition to the entire "Born In The U.S.A." album being played, Bruce broke out "Higher and Higher" a 1967 hit by Jackie Wilson that the E Street Band use to play in 1977 and "Save the Last Dance for Me" a song he played one time on the "Magic" Tour.
Also Vini Lopez, the original drummer for the E Street Band, played on "Spirit In the Night."
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Setlist:
The Price You Pay
Wrecking Ball
Out In The Street
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Born In The USA
Cover Me
Darlington County
Working On The Highway
Downbound Train
I'm On Fire
No Surrender
Bobby Jean
I'm Goin' Down
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
My Hometown
The Promised Land
The River
Long Walk Home
The Rising
Born To Run
Higher & Higher
Loose Ends
Encore:
Spirit In The Night
Kitty's Back
American Land
Save The Last Dance For Me
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Thunder Road
Rosalita
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Bruce Springsteen plays three tour premieres in Philadelphia on Monday night
Quite the setlist for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at their fourth and final night at the Philadelphia Spectrum on Tuesday.
A special 31-song, 3-hour-and-20 minute show with many highlights including Bruce opening with a song that many fans have had at the top of their request list: "The Price You Pay" from "The River."
It was the first time "Price You Play" had been played since May 27, 1981 in Brighton, Great Britain.
In addition to the entire "Born In The U.S.A." album being played, Bruce broke out "Higher and Higher" a 1967 hit by Jackie Wilson that the E Street Band use to play in 1977 and "Save the Last Dance for Me" a song he played one time on the "Magic" Tour.
Also Vini Lopez, the original drummer for the E Street Band, played on "Spirit In the Night."
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Setlist:
When You Walk In The Room
Two Hearts
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Night
Backstreets
Born To Run
She's The One
Meeting Across The River
Jungleland
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Raise Your Hand
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
I Wanna Marry You
All Shook Up
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Badlands
No Surrender
Encore:
Land Of Hope & Dreams
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancin' In The Dark
Rosalita
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by Stan Goldstein
Bruce Springsteen plays three tour premieres in Philadelphia on Monday night
The third show of the four-night Philadelphia Spectrum stand featured three tour premieres by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band on Monday night.
"When you Walk In the Room" was played for the first time in 33 years. The last time it was played by Bruce and the E Street Band was on April 8, 1976 at the Allen Thetre in Cleveland.
The song was written and recorded
by Jackie DeShannon in 1963 and was also released by The Searchers in 1964.
Another big surprise was "I Wanna Marry You" from "The River" album played at an E Street Band show for the first time since Sept. 11, 1981 at the Rosemont Horizon in Illinois.
The third tour premiere was a cover of Elvis Presley's :"All Shook Up." Internet reports say an Elvis impersonator was onstage at the time.
Also played for the first time in awhile was "Land of Hope and Dreams." The last time that was performed was on Aug. 2 in Santiago, Spain.
Only one song "Working On A Dream" played from the new album. "Outlaw Pete" out of the setlist again for the second straight show. That's good.
Next show: Tuesday for the final show of four at the Spectrum. The entire "Born In the U.S.A." album will be played
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Setlist:
When You Walk In The Room
Two Hearts
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Night
Backstreets
Born To Run
She's The One
Meeting Across The River
Jungleland
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Raise Your Hand
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
I Wanna Marry You
All Shook Up
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Badlands
No Surrender
Encore:
Land Of Hope & Dreams
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancin' In The Dark
Rosalita
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by Stan Goldstein
Bruce Springsteen plays three tour premieres in Philadelphia on Monday night
The third show of the four-night Philadelphia Spectrum stand featured three tour premieres by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band on Monday night.
"When you Walk In the Room" was played for the first time in 33 years. The last time it was played by Bruce and the E Street Band was on April 8, 1976 at the Allen Thetre in Cleveland.
The song was written and recorded
by Jackie DeShannon in 1963 and was also released by The Searchers in 1964.
Another big surprise was "I Wanna Marry You" from "The River" album played at an E Street Band show for the first time since Sept. 11, 1981 at the Rosemont Horizon in Illinois.
The third tour premiere was a cover of Elvis Presley's :"All Shook Up." Internet reports say an Elvis impersonator was onstage at the time.
Also played for the first time in awhile was "Land of Hope and Dreams." The last time that was performed was on Aug. 2 in Santiago, Spain.
Only one song "Working On A Dream" played from the new album. "Outlaw Pete" out of the setlist again for the second straight show. That's good.
Next show: Tuesday for the final show of four at the Spectrum. The entire "Born In the U.S.A." album will be played
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Setlist:
Thundercrack
The Ties That Bind
What Love Can Do (first time played)
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Badlands
Adam Raised A Cain
Something In The Night
Candy's Room
Racing In The Street
The Promised Land
Factory
Streets Of Fire
Prove It All Night
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Sherry Darling
Human Touch
Long Walk Home
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Ramrod
Detroit Medley
American Land
Dancin' In The Dark
Rosalita
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by Stan Goldstein
Bruce Springsteen premieres 'What Love Can Do' in Philadelphia Wednesday night
A very nice setlist by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Philadelphia's Spectrum on Wednesday night.
Highlights include the world premiere of "What Love Can Do" from the "Working on a Dream" album and "Outlaw Pete" was given a much needed rest for the first time this tour.
Bruce opened the show with "Thundercrack" a fan favorite from the early 1970s and perfect for a Philadelphia crowd.
The entire "Darkness on the Edge of Town" album was played for only the second time this tour, and so far no other dates have been scheduled for a full playing of this classic 1978 record.
Also nice to see "Human Touch" back in the setlist, he played it at the Oct. 8 Giants Stadium show.
Before the final song, "Rosalita," Curt Ramm played "Gonna Fly Now" - the theme from "Rocky" - on the trumpet.
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Setlist:
Thundercrack
The Ties That Bind
What Love Can Do (first time played)
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Badlands
Adam Raised A Cain
Something In The Night
Candy's Room
Racing In The Street
The Promised Land
Factory
Streets Of Fire
Prove It All Night
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Sherry Darling
Human Touch
Long Walk Home
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Ramrod
Detroit Medley
American Land
Dancin' In The Dark
Rosalita
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by Stan Goldstein
Bruce Springsteen premieres 'What Love Can Do' in Philadelphia Wednesday night
A very nice setlist by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Philadelphia's Spectrum on Wednesday night.
Highlights include the world premiere of "What Love Can Do" from the "Working on a Dream" album and "Outlaw Pete" was given a much needed rest for the first time this tour.
Bruce opened the show with "Thundercrack" a fan favorite from the early 1970s and perfect for a Philadelphia crowd.
The entire "Darkness on the Edge of Town" album was played for only the second time this tour, and so far no other dates have been scheduled for a full playing of this classic 1978 record.
Also nice to see "Human Touch" back in the setlist, he played it at the Oct. 8 Giants Stadium show.
Before the final song, "Rosalita," Curt Ramm played "Gonna Fly Now" - the theme from "Rocky" - on the trumpet.
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Setlist:
Seaside Bar Song
Wrecking Ball
Out In The Street
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Night
Backstreets
Born To Run
She's The One
Meeting Across The River
Jungleland
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Little Bit O'Soul
The Fever
Because The Night
Last To Die
Long Walk Home
The Rising
Badlands
No Surrender
Encore:
This Hard Land
Bobby Jean
American Land
Dancin' In The Dark
Rosalita
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by Stan Goldstein
Bruce Springsteen opens four-night stand at the Philadelphia Spectrum
Combine an old-school arena in an classic Springsteen city, throw in one of the greatest albums of all time being played from start to finish and that adds up to a "knockout" of a night.
Really good show on night one of the four-night stand by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Philadlephia Spectrum on Tuesday night.
Show began at 8:23 p.m.
All Max Weinberg, no Patti Scialfa at the show. No video screens behind the stage.
Bruce and Clarence came out center stage together and Bruce walked the Big Man over to his spot.
1. Seaside Bar Song
Wow, what an opener. First time this song has been played at an E Street Band show since June 13, 1973 when Bruce opened for Chicago at the Broom County Memorial Arena in Binghamton, N.Y. It has been played at several Asbury Park Christmas shows earlier this decade.
Curt Ramm joined in on trumpet. Entire Spectrum was on their feet clapping. The song was soundchecked earlier in the day.
Played very well and a great start to the show.
2. Wrecking Ball
"They're going to tear this place down," Bruce said before playing it. "I thought we were closing the place back when we played here in April. Now we're back because they still have not close this place."
Bruce changed several of the lyrics from the Giants Stadium version to Philadelphia references including: "My home away from home in the City of Brotherly Love where they make cheestakes as big as automobiles."
And instead of mentioning the Giants, Bruce had a "Dr. J." reference (for Julius Erving, a star player for the Philadelphia 76ers).
3. Out In The Street
Been in the setlist a lot lately. I always like it. Bruce did a lot of singing with Clarence on it toward the end.
4. Outlaw Pete
Not sure what to say. I'm tired of hearing it but it is one of the two survivors from the new album.
5. Hungry Heart
Bruce did the crowd surfing again, although this time it was much tougher than Giants Stadium because the pit wasn't packed.
Bruce's security people were actually telling people to come back and center to help get Bruce to the front. Bruce went down off Steven's side of the stage, ran down the side toward the back of the pit, went to the center back of the pit. Stopped for awhile and sang from the rail and then the platform before trying to body surf back to center stage. The first time he tried it, he was being held up but didn't really seem to go anywhere, they brought him back to back and he tried it again, this time the fans were able to get him to the front.
"Give yourself a hand" Bruce said after getting back to the stage.
6. Working On A Dream
"So glad to be in the City of Brotherly Love tonight," Bruce said.
Start of the Born to Run set:
"We're on the last leg of our tour. We've been touring quite a bit over the past two years and we wanted to do something special for the fans. We've been playing some of our albums," Bruce said.
"This is a record that introduced a lot of us to each other and has a special place in my heart.
"Tomorrow night we're going to play Darkness. Tonight, tonight tonight....."
and they started:
7. Thunder Road
Great crowd response. Something about Philadelphia crowds. They''re always good
8. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Curt on trumpet again playing alongside Clarence. At one point Bruce was yelling "Bring it up! Bring it up! Bring it up!
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Setlist:
Seaside Bar Song
Wrecking Ball
Out In The Street
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Night
Backstreets
Born To Run
She's The One
Meeting Across The River
Jungleland
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Little Bit O'Soul
The Fever
Because The Night
Last To Die
Long Walk Home
The Rising
Badlands
No Surrender
Encore:
This Hard Land
Bobby Jean
American Land
Dancin' In The Dark
Rosalita
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by Stan Goldstein
Bruce Springsteen opens four-night stand at the Philadelphia Spectrum
Combine an old-school arena in an classic Springsteen city, throw in one of the greatest albums of all time being played from start to finish and that adds up to a "knockout" of a night.
Really good show on night one of the four-night stand by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Philadlephia Spectrum on Tuesday night.
Show began at 8:23 p.m.
All Max Weinberg, no Patti Scialfa at the show. No video screens behind the stage.
Bruce and Clarence came out center stage together and Bruce walked the Big Man over to his spot.
1. Seaside Bar Song
Wow, what an opener. First time this song has been played at an E Street Band show since June 13, 1973 when Bruce opened for Chicago at the Broom County Memorial Arena in Binghamton, N.Y. It has been played at several Asbury Park Christmas shows earlier this decade.
Curt Ramm joined in on trumpet. Entire Spectrum was on their feet clapping. The song was soundchecked earlier in the day.
Played very well and a great start to the show.
2. Wrecking Ball
"They're going to tear this place down," Bruce said before playing it. "I thought we were closing the place back when we played here in April. Now we're back because they still have not close this place."
Bruce changed several of the lyrics from the Giants Stadium version to Philadelphia references including: "My home away from home in the City of Brotherly Love where they make cheestakes as big as automobiles."
And instead of mentioning the Giants, Bruce had a "Dr. J." reference (for Julius Erving, a star player for the Philadelphia 76ers).
3. Out In The Street
Been in the setlist a lot lately. I always like it. Bruce did a lot of singing with Clarence on it toward the end.
4. Outlaw Pete
Not sure what to say. I'm tired of hearing it but it is one of the two survivors from the new album.
5. Hungry Heart
Bruce did the crowd surfing again, although this time it was much tougher than Giants Stadium because the pit wasn't packed.
Bruce's security people were actually telling people to come back and center to help get Bruce to the front. Bruce went down off Steven's side of the stage, ran down the side toward the back of the pit, went to the center back of the pit. Stopped for awhile and sang from the rail and then the platform before trying to body surf back to center stage. The first time he tried it, he was being held up but didn't really seem to go anywhere, they brought him back to back and he tried it again, this time the fans were able to get him to the front.
"Give yourself a hand" Bruce said after getting back to the stage.
6. Working On A Dream
"So glad to be in the City of Brotherly Love tonight," Bruce said.
Start of the Born to Run set:
"We're on the last leg of our tour. We've been touring quite a bit over the past two years and we wanted to do something special for the fans. We've been playing some of our albums," Bruce said.
"This is a record that introduced a lot of us to each other and has a special place in my heart.
"Tomorrow night we're going to play Darkness. Tonight, tonight tonight....."
and they started:
7. Thunder Road
Great crowd response. Something about Philadelphia crowds. They''re always good
8. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Curt on trumpet again playing alongside Clarence. At one point Bruce was yelling "Bring it up! Bring it up! Bring it up!
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Setlist:
Wrecking Ball
Badlands
Spirit In The Night
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Born In The USA
Cover Me
Darlington County
Working On The Highway
Downbound Train
I'm On Fire
No Surrender
Bobby Jean
I'm Goin' Down
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
My Hometown
Tougher Than The Rest
The Promised Land
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Raise Your Hand
The Last Time (Rolling Stones)
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Seven Nights To Rock
Kitty's Back
American Land
Jersey Girl
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by Jon Pareless
For Springsteen and Giants Stadium, a Last Dance
Giants Stadium heard its last sha-la-las - at least, the amplified kind with tens of thousands of voices singing along - on Friday night, when Bruce Springsteen played the final concert before the stadium is demolished. During the three-hour set, sha-la-las filled this year's "Working on a Dream," the 1984 song "Darlington County" and Tom Waits' "Jersey Girl," the finale that Mr. Springsteen called the stadium's "last dance." It was Mr. Springsteen's 24th performance, dating back to 1985, at Giants Stadium, where the audiences are his most fervent fans: fellow New Jerseyans
So in a way, Mr. Springsteen could identify with the place, and he did - at least half-seriously - in "Wrecking Ball," a robust, guitar-strumming song he wrote to start off each of his five final concerts at the stadium. (A video performance is at brucespringsteen.net.)
It may be the only song ever to make Giants Stadium itself the narrator, "raised out of steel in the swamps of Jersey." It remembers games played and blood spilled, and envisions the stadium's fate, when "all this steel and these stories, they drift away to rust/and all our youth and beauty's been given to the dust." Typically, Mr. Springsteen was thinking about work, mortality, and a sense of place, on his way to a chorus where everyone could join in.
He wasn't overly sentimental. Later, he pointedly called Giants Stadium "the last bastion of affordable sports seating."
At each of the Giants Stadium concerts, Mr. Springsteen played one of his albums all the way through, and the one he chose for Friday was his 1984 blockbuster, "Born in the U.S.A." Before he started the title track, he said it was "the song we started out with the first time we entered this arena."
The album inaugurated Mr. Springsteen's stadium era, when he strove to draw mass audiences, though still on his own terms. "Born in the U.S.A." is an album of big riffs and broad strokes. It was also an album about home: a country (the U.S.A.), a hometown ("My Hometown"), and houses holding personal memories. And it was a paradox.
The lyrics, by and large, are about hard times and irreparable losses. Mr. Springsteen had hits with "Born in the U.S.A.," about a neglected Vietnam veteran, and "Dancing in the Dark," about depression with the barest glimmer of hope. Yet most of the music is celebratory, brazening through setbacks with rock and roll: theRolling Stones twang of "Darlington County," the merry carousel-organ chords of "Glory Days," or the rockabilly boogie of "Working on the Highway," which ends with its narrator in prison.
The musicians who made "Born in the U.S.A." are all still in Mr. Springsteen's E Street Band except for the keyboardist Danny Federici, who died last year. The concert had no celebrity guest performers; this was the home team.
Performing the album 25 years later, Mr. Springsteen sang with deeper nuance; he was more desperate in "Born in the U.S.A.," angrier in "I'm Goin' Down." And the band has slightly bulked up the music without cluttering it. There was a seismic drum interlude by Max Weinberg in "Born in the U.S.A.," and Nils Lofgren played frantic, searing guitar solos in "Cover Me." The songs have not faded.
The rest of the concert spanned Mr. Springsteen's major-label career, reaching back to "Spirit in the Night" from his 1973 debut album. It reaffirmed the band's camaraderie; Mr. Springsteen kissed both Patti Scialfa, his wife and E Street backup singer, and Clarence Clemons, the band's saxophonist. The set riffled through styles, from the swinging "Kitty's Back" (with Roy Bittan splashing jazzy piano chords and Mr. Springsteen playing barbed, bluesy lead guitar), to
the Irish jig of "American Land," to chiming anthems like "Badlands."
There was a glimpse of politics, in "Last To Die," and a rush of redemption in "The Rising" and "Born To Run" (which had Jay Weinberg, Max's son and occasional E Street Band replacement, on drums.) And there was the constantly renewed bond between Mr. Springsteen and his audience. He strolled walkways where fans grabbed his legs, he picked up signs with requests - choosing "the perfect request for this evening," the Rolling Stones song "The Last Time" - and he crowd-surfed in "Hungry Heart." The video screens kept intercutting Mr. Springsteen and the musicians with fans singing, verses and choruses, as if to say the songs were theirs now, too.
They were songs full of hardworking people, and Mr. Springsteen's last goodbye to his home stadium was to them: he dedicated "Jersey Girl" to "all the crew and staff that's worked all these years at Giants Stadium." Some had probably been singing "sha-la-la" too.
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Setlist:
Wrecking Ball
Badlands
Spirit In The Night
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Born In The USA
Cover Me
Darlington County
Working On The Highway
Downbound Train
I'm On Fire
No Surrender
Bobby Jean
I'm Goin' Down
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
My Hometown
Tougher Than The Rest
The Promised Land
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Raise Your Hand
The Last Time (Rolling Stones)
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Seven Nights To Rock
Kitty's Back
American Land
Jersey Girl
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by Jon Pareless
For Springsteen and Giants Stadium, a Last Dance
Giants Stadium heard its last sha-la-las - at least, the amplified kind with tens of thousands of voices singing along - on Friday night, when Bruce Springsteen played the final concert before the stadium is demolished. During the three-hour set, sha-la-las filled this year's "Working on a Dream," the 1984 song "Darlington County" and Tom Waits' "Jersey Girl," the finale that Mr. Springsteen called the stadium's "last dance." It was Mr. Springsteen's 24th performance, dating back to 1985, at Giants Stadium, where the audiences are his most fervent fans: fellow New Jerseyans
So in a way, Mr. Springsteen could identify with the place, and he did - at least half-seriously - in "Wrecking Ball," a robust, guitar-strumming song he wrote to start off each of his five final concerts at the stadium. (A video performance is at brucespringsteen.net.)
It may be the only song ever to make Giants Stadium itself the narrator, "raised out of steel in the swamps of Jersey." It remembers games played and blood spilled, and envisions the stadium's fate, when "all this steel and these stories, they drift away to rust/and all our youth and beauty's been given to the dust." Typically, Mr. Springsteen was thinking about work, mortality, and a sense of place, on his way to a chorus where everyone could join in.
He wasn't overly sentimental. Later, he pointedly called Giants Stadium "the last bastion of affordable sports seating."
At each of the Giants Stadium concerts, Mr. Springsteen played one of his albums all the way through, and the one he chose for Friday was his 1984 blockbuster, "Born in the U.S.A." Before he started the title track, he said it was "the song we started out with the first time we entered this arena."
The album inaugurated Mr. Springsteen's stadium era, when he strove to draw mass audiences, though still on his own terms. "Born in the U.S.A." is an album of big riffs and broad strokes. It was also an album about home: a country (the U.S.A.), a hometown ("My Hometown"), and houses holding personal memories. And it was a paradox.
The lyrics, by and large, are about hard times and irreparable losses. Mr. Springsteen had hits with "Born in the U.S.A.," about a neglected Vietnam veteran, and "Dancing in the Dark," about depression with the barest glimmer of hope. Yet most of the music is celebratory, brazening through setbacks with rock and roll: theRolling Stones twang of "Darlington County," the merry carousel-organ chords of "Glory Days," or the rockabilly boogie of "Working on the Highway," which ends with its narrator in prison.
The musicians who made "Born in the U.S.A." are all still in Mr. Springsteen's E Street Band except for the keyboardist Danny Federici, who died last year. The concert had no celebrity guest performers; this was the home team.
Performing the album 25 years later, Mr. Springsteen sang with deeper nuance; he was more desperate in "Born in the U.S.A.," angrier in "I'm Goin' Down." And the band has slightly bulked up the music without cluttering it. There was a seismic drum interlude by Max Weinberg in "Born in the U.S.A.," and Nils Lofgren played frantic, searing guitar solos in "Cover Me." The songs have not faded.
The rest of the concert spanned Mr. Springsteen's major-label career, reaching back to "Spirit in the Night" from his 1973 debut album. It reaffirmed the band's camaraderie; Mr. Springsteen kissed both Patti Scialfa, his wife and E Street backup singer, and Clarence Clemons, the band's saxophonist. The set riffled through styles, from the swinging "Kitty's Back" (with Roy Bittan splashing jazzy piano chords and Mr. Springsteen playing barbed, bluesy lead guitar), to
the Irish jig of "American Land," to chiming anthems like "Badlands."
There was a glimpse of politics, in "Last To Die," and a rush of redemption in "The Rising" and "Born To Run" (which had Jay Weinberg, Max's son and occasional E Street Band replacement, on drums.) And there was the constantly renewed bond between Mr. Springsteen and his audience. He strolled walkways where fans grabbed his legs, he picked up signs with requests - choosing "the perfect request for this evening," the Rolling Stones song "The Last Time" - and he crowd-surfed in "Hungry Heart." The video screens kept intercutting Mr. Springsteen and the musicians with fans singing, verses and choruses, as if to say the songs were theirs now, too.
They were songs full of hardworking people, and Mr. Springsteen's last goodbye to his home stadium was to them: he dedicated "Jersey Girl" to "all the crew and staff that's worked all these years at Giants Stadium." Some had probably been singing "sha-la-la" too.
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Setlist:
Wrecking Ball (with Curt Ramm)
Out in the Street
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working on a Dream
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (with Jake Clemons, Ed Manion, Curt Ramm)
Night
Backstreets
Born to Run
She's the One
Meeting Across the River (with Curt Ramm)
Jungleland
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Raise Your Hand (instrumental)
It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Because the Night
Human Touch
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Badlands
No Surrender
Encore:
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Bobby Jean
American Land (with Curt Ramm)
Dancing in the Dark
Rosalita
Twist and Shout
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Bruce Springsteen live blog: Night Four at Giants Stadium
Tonight's show -- the fourth of five Giants Stadium shows Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will present this summer -- started at 8:18 p.m. with "Wrecking Ball." Patti Scialfa took the stage with the band for the first time on the stand.
There was a big cheer when she stepped to the center microphone and sang a line, toward the end of "Out In the Street," as she usually does. Maybe Springsteen chose to perform this song second to give the crowd that chance to acknowledge her (though the song did occupy the same slot on Saturday).
Springsteen crowd-surfed backed to the stage after singing "Hungry Heart" from the stadium floor, as he did on Saturday
After "Working On a Dream," Springsteen started playing the "Born To Run" album in its entirety. Before opening song "Thunder Road," he talked a little about the album, and said it represented his attempt "to create this picture of this long, long summer day and night."
Though it wasn't exactly a warm summer night, the weather was still as good as you could hope for in early October.
Springsteen played the upbeat "Waitin' On a Sunny Day" after "Jungleland," the dark, majestic closing "Born To Run" song. Then he collected fans' signs, with song requests written on them, as the band played "Raise Your Hand." The first song-by-request was "It's Hard To Be a Saint In the City."
Springsteen and the band turned in a fast, hard-hitting version of the second request, "My Love Will Not Let You Down."
Guitarist Nils Lofgren spun around in place as he soloed during "Because the Night." Scialfa's harmony vocals were vital on "Human Touch." Springsteen introduced her at the end of the song, and she got another big cheer
The four songs from "Saint" to "Human Touch" really stood out for me. I attended the three previous Giants Stadium shows, and these were the first four songs of the evening that hadn't been played on those nights. It's a simple rule of Springsteen concert-going: the more shows you go to, the more you want to hear something different.
Springsteen dedicated the first encore, "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)," to the late E Street Band keyboardist, Danny Federici. Other encores included dependable crowd-pleasers "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" and "Dancing In the Dark," as well as a joyful "Twist and Shout."
Ending at 11:16 p.m., the 29-song show came within two minutes the three-hour mark.
Tomorrow's concert, which will be the last musical event ever at Giants Stadium, will feature the "Born To U.S.A." album in its entirety. The stadium will be demolished after the current football season; a new stadium is being built next to it, in the Meadowlands
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Setlist:
Wrecking Ball (with Curt Ramm)
Out in the Street
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working on a Dream
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (with Jake Clemons, Ed Manion, Curt Ramm)
Night
Backstreets
Born to Run
She's the One
Meeting Across the River (with Curt Ramm)
Jungleland
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Raise Your Hand (instrumental)
It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Because the Night
Human Touch
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Badlands
No Surrender
Encore:
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Bobby Jean
American Land (with Curt Ramm)
Dancing in the Dark
Rosalita
Twist and Shout
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Bruce Springsteen live blog: Night Four at Giants Stadium
Tonight's show -- the fourth of five Giants Stadium shows Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will present this summer -- started at 8:18 p.m. with "Wrecking Ball." Patti Scialfa took the stage with the band for the first time on the stand.
There was a big cheer when she stepped to the center microphone and sang a line, toward the end of "Out In the Street," as she usually does. Maybe Springsteen chose to perform this song second to give the crowd that chance to acknowledge her (though the song did occupy the same slot on Saturday).
Springsteen crowd-surfed backed to the stage after singing "Hungry Heart" from the stadium floor, as he did on Saturday
After "Working On a Dream," Springsteen started playing the "Born To Run" album in its entirety. Before opening song "Thunder Road," he talked a little about the album, and said it represented his attempt "to create this picture of this long, long summer day and night."
Though it wasn't exactly a warm summer night, the weather was still as good as you could hope for in early October.
Springsteen played the upbeat "Waitin' On a Sunny Day" after "Jungleland," the dark, majestic closing "Born To Run" song. Then he collected fans' signs, with song requests written on them, as the band played "Raise Your Hand." The first song-by-request was "It's Hard To Be a Saint In the City."
Springsteen and the band turned in a fast, hard-hitting version of the second request, "My Love Will Not Let You Down."
Guitarist Nils Lofgren spun around in place as he soloed during "Because the Night." Scialfa's harmony vocals were vital on "Human Touch." Springsteen introduced her at the end of the song, and she got another big cheer
The four songs from "Saint" to "Human Touch" really stood out for me. I attended the three previous Giants Stadium shows, and these were the first four songs of the evening that hadn't been played on those nights. It's a simple rule of Springsteen concert-going: the more shows you go to, the more you want to hear something different.
Springsteen dedicated the first encore, "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)," to the late E Street Band keyboardist, Danny Federici. Other encores included dependable crowd-pleasers "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" and "Dancing In the Dark," as well as a joyful "Twist and Shout."
Ending at 11:16 p.m., the 29-song show came within two minutes the three-hour mark.
Tomorrow's concert, which will be the last musical event ever at Giants Stadium, will feature the "Born To U.S.A." album in its entirety. The stadium will be demolished after the current football season; a new stadium is being built next to it, in the Meadowlands
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Setlist:
Wrecking Ball
Out In The Street
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Born In The USA
Cover Me
Darlington County
Working On The Highway
Downbound Train
I'm On Fire
No Surrender
Bobby Jean
I'm Goin' Down
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
My Hometown
The Promised Land
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
The Rising
Born To Run
Jersey Girl
Encore:
Kitty's Back
Detroit Medley
American Land
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Thunder Road
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Bruce Springsteen live blog: Night Three at Giants Stadium
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band began the third of their five Giants Stadium concerts at 8:25 p.m., with "Wrecking Ball." This song, inspired by the imminent demolition of Giants Stadium, has opened all three shows. "Bring on your wrecking ball," sang Springsteen, repeatedly, in a challenging tone.
The second song, the always uplifting "Out In the Street," was a real crowd-pleaser, with Springsteen bringing a young fan onstage to sing along with him.
During "Hungry Heart," Springsteen started running around the "pit" section of the stadium floor, as he has on other nights. But instead of running all the way around, he leaped into the crowd at the halfway point, and crowd-surfed across the pit, all the way back to the stage. Unbelievable.
The "Born in the U.S.A." portion of the show began with the show's six song, the album's title track. The band is planning to perform the whole album, in its original order, for the first time ever, tonight.
This follows performances of "Born To Run" on Wednesday, and "Darkness On the Edge of Town," on Friday. Reprises of "Born To Run" and "Born in the U.S.A." are planned for next Thursday and Friday - the final two shows in the stand.
The band first performed at Giants Stadium in 1985, as part of its "Born In the U.S.A. Tour."
I enjoyed hearing "Cover Me," which Springsteen rarely plays live these days, as part of the "Born In the U.S.A." mini-set. I always liked the song, and don't understand why Springsteen has lost interest in it. It sounded very good tonight -- taut and soulful, with two emotionally wrenching guitar solos by Nils Lofgren.
During "I'm On Fire," Springsteen sat on a stool, without his guitar, on a small stage that extends out into the audience. It was a nice way to make this dark, minimalistic song even more intimate.
He pulled a girl out of the audience at the end of "Dancing In the Dark," and the two danced together energetically.
After "My Hometown" he brought together all the current E Street Band members who played on the album, and had them take a bow with him. "These are the guys who played on the record -- and Phantom Danny Federici," he said. (E Street keyboardist Federici, nicknamed Phantom, died last year.)
I don't like "Born in the U.S.A." as much as "Born To Run" or "Darkness," and don't feel it's as cohesive as those two albums, lyrically or musically. It also has a few songs I've just never liked very much: "Working On the Highway," "Bobby Jean" and "Glory Days." But I do like most of it, and it's fun to hear Springsteen play a lot of songs that he hasn't played much in recent years.
After "Born To Run," Springsteen and the band took another bow, signalling the start of the encores, but did not actually leave the stage. Signs with fan requests were taken during "Raise Your Hand," and Springsteen started the request portion of the show with "Jersey Girl." The second request was an epic "Kitty's Back."
The show ended at 11:16, clocking in at two hours, 51 minutes.
Like first two nights, this was a very solid show. It's hard to pick a best or a worst night.
For the third straight show, trumpeter Curt Ramm has joined the band, and part-time E Street Band member Patti Scialfa has been absent, as she has been for much of the current tour
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Setlist:
Wrecking Ball
Out In The Street
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Born In The USA
Cover Me
Darlington County
Working On The Highway
Downbound Train
I'm On Fire
No Surrender
Bobby Jean
I'm Goin' Down
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
My Hometown
The Promised Land
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
The Rising
Born To Run
Jersey Girl
Encore:
Kitty's Back
Detroit Medley
American Land
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Thunder Road
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Bruce Springsteen live blog: Night Three at Giants Stadium
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band began the third of their five Giants Stadium concerts at 8:25 p.m., with "Wrecking Ball." This song, inspired by the imminent demolition of Giants Stadium, has opened all three shows. "Bring on your wrecking ball," sang Springsteen, repeatedly, in a challenging tone.
The second song, the always uplifting "Out In the Street," was a real crowd-pleaser, with Springsteen bringing a young fan onstage to sing along with him.
During "Hungry Heart," Springsteen started running around the "pit" section of the stadium floor, as he has on other nights. But instead of running all the way around, he leaped into the crowd at the halfway point, and crowd-surfed across the pit, all the way back to the stage. Unbelievable.
The "Born in the U.S.A." portion of the show began with the show's six song, the album's title track. The band is planning to perform the whole album, in its original order, for the first time ever, tonight.
This follows performances of "Born To Run" on Wednesday, and "Darkness On the Edge of Town," on Friday. Reprises of "Born To Run" and "Born in the U.S.A." are planned for next Thursday and Friday - the final two shows in the stand.
The band first performed at Giants Stadium in 1985, as part of its "Born In the U.S.A. Tour."
I enjoyed hearing "Cover Me," which Springsteen rarely plays live these days, as part of the "Born In the U.S.A." mini-set. I always liked the song, and don't understand why Springsteen has lost interest in it. It sounded very good tonight -- taut and soulful, with two emotionally wrenching guitar solos by Nils Lofgren.
During "I'm On Fire," Springsteen sat on a stool, without his guitar, on a small stage that extends out into the audience. It was a nice way to make this dark, minimalistic song even more intimate.
He pulled a girl out of the audience at the end of "Dancing In the Dark," and the two danced together energetically.
After "My Hometown" he brought together all the current E Street Band members who played on the album, and had them take a bow with him. "These are the guys who played on the record -- and Phantom Danny Federici," he said. (E Street keyboardist Federici, nicknamed Phantom, died last year.)
I don't like "Born in the U.S.A." as much as "Born To Run" or "Darkness," and don't feel it's as cohesive as those two albums, lyrically or musically. It also has a few songs I've just never liked very much: "Working On the Highway," "Bobby Jean" and "Glory Days." But I do like most of it, and it's fun to hear Springsteen play a lot of songs that he hasn't played much in recent years.
After "Born To Run," Springsteen and the band took another bow, signalling the start of the encores, but did not actually leave the stage. Signs with fan requests were taken during "Raise Your Hand," and Springsteen started the request portion of the show with "Jersey Girl." The second request was an epic "Kitty's Back."
The show ended at 11:16, clocking in at two hours, 51 minutes.
Like first two nights, this was a very solid show. It's hard to pick a best or a worst night.
For the third straight show, trumpeter Curt Ramm has joined the band, and part-time E Street Band member Patti Scialfa has been absent, as she has been for much of the current tour
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Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball ENTIRE SONG - October 2nd - PROSHOT
Thanks Bruce amazing Night! from Night 2 (October 2) at Giants Stadium, here is the unedited version of Bruce's much requested new song, Wrecking Ball. setlist October 2, 2009 East Rutherford, New Jersey Giants Stadium Wrecking Ball Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out No Surrender Outlaw Pete Hungry Heart Working On A Dream Badlands Adam Raised A Cain Something In The Night Candy's Room Racing In The Street The Promised Land Factory Streets Of Fire Prove It All Night Darkness On The Edge Of Town Waiting On A Sunny Day I'm Going Down Be True Jailhouse Rock Thunder Road Long Walk Home The Rising Born To Run Cadillac Ranch Bobby Jean American Land Dancin' In The Dark Rosalita
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ Oct 2, 2009
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Setlist:
Wrecking Ball
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
No Surrender
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Badlands
Adam Raised A Cain
Something In The Night
Candy's Room
Racing In The Street
The Promised Land
Factory
Streets Of Fire
Prove It All Night
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Waiting On A Sunny Day
I'm Going Down
Be True
Jailhouse Rock
Thunder Road
Long Walk Home
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Cadillac Ranch
Bobby Jean
American Land
Dancin' In The Dark
Rosalita
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by Stan Goldstein
Bruce Springsteen rocks Giants Stadium playing entire Darkness album on Friday
On a night when you get the full Darkness on the Edge of Town album played, Bruce pulls out a classic Elvis Presley song and the E Street Band is absolutely on top of their game, that combined to make for one pretty damn good show at Giants Stadium on Friday.
Hearing Darkness from start to finish made it a classic show of course. This was played much tighter and much better l than at the Count Basie Theatre benefit in May of 2008, the only other time the album was played in it's entirety.
A shorter show timewise than Wednesday (3:14 to 2:50) but both shows had 29 songs.
Start Time: 8:24 p.m.
Again a pretty early start. Roy and Nils came onstage first. They weren't shown coming out from backstage on the big screens as they were at Wednesday's show.
Bruce came up on the side stage with Clarence, walked him to his spot, gave the Big Man a little kiss and headed to the center mic.
"Glad you came out to help us tear down this old girl," Bruce said.
1. Wrecking Ball
I like this song. It's powerful and I like that it's a New Jersey theme.
song. Again trumpet player Curt Ramm played on this.
The stadium lights stayed on for the entire song.
The lyrics were not put up on the big screens tonight as they were at Wednesday's show.
2. Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
"Jersey! Let them hear you in New York City!" Bruced yelled out. The words "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" were shown on a fast crawl on the big screens. They did this at some shows earlier this tour.
Bruce played to the far sides of the stage and when he got to the part "The Big Man joined the band" he pointed up to Clarence.
Always fun. Well done tonight.
3. No Surrender
A song I like but have tired of lately because Bruce does play it a lot. But tonight it really seemed to work well in this spot. A real rocking version.
The big screen behind the stage showed an old record album collection, some guitars, some saxophones and then sold old photos of Bruce and the band including the photo of the band that's on the back cover of "The Wild, the Innocent and The E Street Shuffle."
4. Outlaw Pete
A staple on this tour in an early slot. Again Western scenes were shown on the big screens.
The "Can You Hear Me?" part works well in the big stadium.
5. Hungry Heart
Seems to be back in the setlist all the time now. Bruce had the fans sing the first verse as usual.
Once again he ran into the back of the pit and jumped up and shook hands with fans and slapped high-fives with many of them. He told the band to keep playing after he finally got back onstage and collapsed on his back, I think he may have needed a few seconds to catch his breath after running around the entire pit like that. Pretty amazing. "Sounds good!" he said as the song was finishing.
6. Working on a Dream
"Good evening New Jersey. So glad to be here at Giants Stadium tonight," Bruce said. "So glad to be back home. the E Street Band has been touring, touring, touring, touring... and practicing, practicing, practiing, practicing just for tonight."
It was time to start the Darkness portion of the show.
"For Giants Stadium we tried to think of something special we could do. The other night we did 'Born To Run,' tomorrow 'Born In the U.S.A.' and tonight 'Darkness.' Bruce said.
"This was an important record for us. We had one hit and then three years off due to some trouble and hard times.
"This album has been the body of our sets for the past 30 years."
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Setlist:
Wrecking Ball
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
No Surrender
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Badlands
Adam Raised A Cain
Something In The Night
Candy's Room
Racing In The Street
The Promised Land
Factory
Streets Of Fire
Prove It All Night
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Waiting On A Sunny Day
I'm Going Down
Be True
Jailhouse Rock
Thunder Road
Long Walk Home
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Cadillac Ranch
Bobby Jean
American Land
Dancin' In The Dark
Rosalita
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Review: Bruce Blog
by Stan Goldstein
Bruce Springsteen rocks Giants Stadium playing entire Darkness album on Friday
On a night when you get the full Darkness on the Edge of Town album played, Bruce pulls out a classic Elvis Presley song and the E Street Band is absolutely on top of their game, that combined to make for one pretty damn good show at Giants Stadium on Friday.
Hearing Darkness from start to finish made it a classic show of course. This was played much tighter and much better l than at the Count Basie Theatre benefit in May of 2008, the only other time the album was played in it's entirety.
A shorter show timewise than Wednesday (3:14 to 2:50) but both shows had 29 songs.
Start Time: 8:24 p.m.
Again a pretty early start. Roy and Nils came onstage first. They weren't shown coming out from backstage on the big screens as they were at Wednesday's show.
Bruce came up on the side stage with Clarence, walked him to his spot, gave the Big Man a little kiss and headed to the center mic.
"Glad you came out to help us tear down this old girl," Bruce said.
1. Wrecking Ball
I like this song. It's powerful and I like that it's a New Jersey theme.
song. Again trumpet player Curt Ramm played on this.
The stadium lights stayed on for the entire song.
The lyrics were not put up on the big screens tonight as they were at Wednesday's show.
2. Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
"Jersey! Let them hear you in New York City!" Bruced yelled out. The words "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" were shown on a fast crawl on the big screens. They did this at some shows earlier this tour.
Bruce played to the far sides of the stage and when he got to the part "The Big Man joined the band" he pointed up to Clarence.
Always fun. Well done tonight.
3. No Surrender
A song I like but have tired of lately because Bruce does play it a lot. But tonight it really seemed to work well in this spot. A real rocking version.
The big screen behind the stage showed an old record album collection, some guitars, some saxophones and then sold old photos of Bruce and the band including the photo of the band that's on the back cover of "The Wild, the Innocent and The E Street Shuffle."
4. Outlaw Pete
A staple on this tour in an early slot. Again Western scenes were shown on the big screens.
The "Can You Hear Me?" part works well in the big stadium.
5. Hungry Heart
Seems to be back in the setlist all the time now. Bruce had the fans sing the first verse as usual.
Once again he ran into the back of the pit and jumped up and shook hands with fans and slapped high-fives with many of them. He told the band to keep playing after he finally got back onstage and collapsed on his back, I think he may have needed a few seconds to catch his breath after running around the entire pit like that. Pretty amazing. "Sounds good!" he said as the song was finishing.
6. Working on a Dream
"Good evening New Jersey. So glad to be here at Giants Stadium tonight," Bruce said. "So glad to be back home. the E Street Band has been touring, touring, touring, touring... and practicing, practicing, practiing, practicing just for tonight."
It was time to start the Darkness portion of the show.
"For Giants Stadium we tried to think of something special we could do. The other night we did 'Born To Run,' tomorrow 'Born In the U.S.A.' and tonight 'Darkness.' Bruce said.
"This was an important record for us. We had one hit and then three years off due to some trouble and hard times.
"This album has been the body of our sets for the past 30 years."
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ Sep 30, 2009
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Setlist:
Wrecking Ball
Seeds
Johnny 99
Atlantic City
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Night
Backstreets
Born To Run
She's The One
Meeting Across The River (trumpet solo: Curt Ramm)
Jungleland
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Into The Fire
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Badlands
No Surrender
Encore:
Raise Your Hand
E Street Shuffle
Growing Up
American Land (with Willie Nile)
Dancin' In The Dark (with Willie Nile)
Hard Times (with Willie Nile)
Rosalita
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Review: New York Daily News
by Jim Farber
Bruce Springsteen rocks Giants Stadium in final concerts at soon-to-be-demolished arena
Bruce Springsteen administered last musical rites to Giants Stadium Wednesday night. And who better to do so?
Not only has the star headlined this soon-to-be-demolished venue an astounding 24 times (selling more than 1.2 million tickets in the process), he long ago established himself as the unofficial icon of its home state, New Jersey.
More, Springsteen is no stranger to images of death and rebirth in his lyrics, a fact that lent Wednesday night's songs extra meaning, since the new stadium looms right next to the doomed one. To boldface the point, Bruce penned a topical new song to open the show - "Bring on Your Wrecking Ball," a rousing declaration of defiance in the face of destruction.
Wednesday's performance represented the first of five nonconsecutive shows Bruce will give at the stadium, leapfrogging through Oct.9. To give these shows an extra tug of nostalgia, Springsteen plans to perform one of his classic albums from start to finish at each event. Wednesday night, he offered a full-tilt take on "Born to Run."
By performing music he wrote in his 20s, just one week after turning 60, Springsteen made a bracing case for both the disk's ongoing worth and his own continued vitality. If anything, eight songs from "Run" seemed even more relevant and involving than ever, especially when he let the crowd sing the built-to-age line, "Maybe we ain't that young anymore."
Springsteen performed this, his most operatic work, more deliberately and theatrically, making its original 39 minutes last more than 55 minutes - to stirring effect. Other sections of the show held together with a recession theme.
But Bruce didn't need to dovetail with current events to seize the moment. Once again, this more than three-hour show proved him to be one of the few performers charismatic enough, and anthemic enough, to use the stadium scale to his advantage - whether it be this one, the next one, or, it would seem, whichever one that comes after that
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Setlist:
Wrecking Ball
Seeds
Johnny 99
Atlantic City
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Night
Backstreets
Born To Run
She's The One
Meeting Across The River (trumpet solo: Curt Ramm)
Jungleland
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Into The Fire
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Badlands
No Surrender
Encore:
Raise Your Hand
E Street Shuffle
Growing Up
American Land (with Willie Nile)
Dancin' In The Dark (with Willie Nile)
Hard Times (with Willie Nile)
Rosalita
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Review: New York Daily News
by Jim Farber
Bruce Springsteen rocks Giants Stadium in final concerts at soon-to-be-demolished arena
Bruce Springsteen administered last musical rites to Giants Stadium Wednesday night. And who better to do so?
Not only has the star headlined this soon-to-be-demolished venue an astounding 24 times (selling more than 1.2 million tickets in the process), he long ago established himself as the unofficial icon of its home state, New Jersey.
More, Springsteen is no stranger to images of death and rebirth in his lyrics, a fact that lent Wednesday night's songs extra meaning, since the new stadium looms right next to the doomed one. To boldface the point, Bruce penned a topical new song to open the show - "Bring on Your Wrecking Ball," a rousing declaration of defiance in the face of destruction.
Wednesday's performance represented the first of five nonconsecutive shows Bruce will give at the stadium, leapfrogging through Oct.9. To give these shows an extra tug of nostalgia, Springsteen plans to perform one of his classic albums from start to finish at each event. Wednesday night, he offered a full-tilt take on "Born to Run."
By performing music he wrote in his 20s, just one week after turning 60, Springsteen made a bracing case for both the disk's ongoing worth and his own continued vitality. If anything, eight songs from "Run" seemed even more relevant and involving than ever, especially when he let the crowd sing the built-to-age line, "Maybe we ain't that young anymore."
Springsteen performed this, his most operatic work, more deliberately and theatrically, making its original 39 minutes last more than 55 minutes - to stirring effect. Other sections of the show held together with a recession theme.
But Bruce didn't need to dovetail with current events to seize the moment. Once again, this more than three-hour show proved him to be one of the few performers charismatic enough, and anthemic enough, to use the stadium scale to his advantage - whether it be this one, the next one, or, it would seem, whichever one that comes after that
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, IA Sep 21, 2009
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Setlist:
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Badlands
Candy's Room
Two Hearts
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Cadillac Ranch
The Wanderer
Incident on 57th Street
Rosalita
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Into the Fire
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Thunder Road
Hard Times
Bobby Jean
American Land
Dancing in the Dark
Glory Days
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Review: Backstreets
Bruce and the band hit Des Moines just two days before Springsteen's 60th, the closest we'll get to a birthday show. Lots of "Happy Birthday" signs scattered around, including those words emblazoned across the shirts of two women in the crowd, who got a lot of screen time. There wasn't a full house for the party, with much of the deck curtained off, but as is often the case, Springsteen seemed to work harder because of it.
It was an energetic show from the start, kicking off with a powerhouse trio of "Tenth Avenue," "Badlands," and "Candy's Room," with a blistering solo from the birthday boy. Max pounded the drums all night. "Two Hearts" included the "It Takes Two" outro, and by the sixth song, Springsteen circled the pit on "Hungry Heart" for the third show in a row. Tonights Recession Trio wrapped with "Youngstown," Nils again blowing minds with his solo.
Then, a choice request set. In a WXRT interview this morning, Little Steven called the recent E Street Band world debut of "Satisfaction" "one of the greatest moments of our career." Tonight they reprised it, bashing out the Stones classic for the second time ever. "Cadillac Ranch" followed before another first: Dion's "The Wanderer." Bruce and the band had a particularly long meeting before this one, but soon enough they were working it out, with an impromptu lyric change: "I tear open my shirt, I got Rosalita on my chest!" The sign for this one read, "The Wanderer... Stumped?" After their performance, Bruce tore the sign up.
You can request "Incident on 57th Street." And Bruce and the band might play it, and you know it'll be good. But you never know just how good it's going to be. Tonight's was stellar. Bruce stretched out his solo, and this was one for the ages. To top it off, they followed it, just as on the Wild & Innocent album, with a rare mid-set "Rosalita." (Sorry, no "New York City Serenade" to close it all out.) A couple songs later, a rare "Into the Fire" was an extra request, Bruce propping the sign agains the mic stand. Lovely emotional color from Curtis and Cindy.
In the encore, Steven led the crowd in a sloppy "Happy Birthday" for the Boss. Bruce had a wry smile as he sang "we ain't that young anymore" in "Thunder Road." But as he told the crowd, thanking them for coming out to the show, "We're having the best times of our lives." Which, hovering around 60, is saying something. Soon, Springsteen had an octogenarian up on stage with him for some "Dancing in the Dark," a nice reminder that it ain't exactly autumn yet. Wrapping it all up fittingly with "Glory Days," Springsteen finally hollered, "Thanks for a great birthday party!"
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Setlist:
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Badlands
Candy's Room
Two Hearts
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Cadillac Ranch
The Wanderer
Incident on 57th Street
Rosalita
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Into the Fire
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Thunder Road
Hard Times
Bobby Jean
American Land
Dancing in the Dark
Glory Days
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Review: Backstreets
Bruce and the band hit Des Moines just two days before Springsteen's 60th, the closest we'll get to a birthday show. Lots of "Happy Birthday" signs scattered around, including those words emblazoned across the shirts of two women in the crowd, who got a lot of screen time. There wasn't a full house for the party, with much of the deck curtained off, but as is often the case, Springsteen seemed to work harder because of it.
It was an energetic show from the start, kicking off with a powerhouse trio of "Tenth Avenue," "Badlands," and "Candy's Room," with a blistering solo from the birthday boy. Max pounded the drums all night. "Two Hearts" included the "It Takes Two" outro, and by the sixth song, Springsteen circled the pit on "Hungry Heart" for the third show in a row. Tonights Recession Trio wrapped with "Youngstown," Nils again blowing minds with his solo.
Then, a choice request set. In a WXRT interview this morning, Little Steven called the recent E Street Band world debut of "Satisfaction" "one of the greatest moments of our career." Tonight they reprised it, bashing out the Stones classic for the second time ever. "Cadillac Ranch" followed before another first: Dion's "The Wanderer." Bruce and the band had a particularly long meeting before this one, but soon enough they were working it out, with an impromptu lyric change: "I tear open my shirt, I got Rosalita on my chest!" The sign for this one read, "The Wanderer... Stumped?" After their performance, Bruce tore the sign up.
You can request "Incident on 57th Street." And Bruce and the band might play it, and you know it'll be good. But you never know just how good it's going to be. Tonight's was stellar. Bruce stretched out his solo, and this was one for the ages. To top it off, they followed it, just as on the Wild & Innocent album, with a rare mid-set "Rosalita." (Sorry, no "New York City Serenade" to close it all out.) A couple songs later, a rare "Into the Fire" was an extra request, Bruce propping the sign agains the mic stand. Lovely emotional color from Curtis and Cindy.
In the encore, Steven led the crowd in a sloppy "Happy Birthday" for the Boss. Bruce had a wry smile as he sang "we ain't that young anymore" in "Thunder Road." But as he told the crowd, thanking them for coming out to the show, "We're having the best times of our lives." Which, hovering around 60, is saying something. Soon, Springsteen had an octogenarian up on stage with him for some "Dancing in the Dark," a nice reminder that it ain't exactly autumn yet. Wrapping it all up fittingly with "Glory Days," Springsteen finally hollered, "Thanks for a great birthday party!"
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review United Center Chicago, IL Sep 20, 2009
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Setlist:
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Badlands
No Surrender
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Wreck On The Highway
Seeds
Johnny 99
Atlantic City
Raise Your Hand
This Hard Land
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Ramrod
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Backstreets
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Double Shot of My Baby's Love
American Land
Glory Days
Detroit Medley
Dancin' In The Dark
Thunder Road
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Review: Greenville News
by Donna Isbell Walker
Springsteen rocks the Bi-Lo Center
Bruce Springsteen will celebrate his 60th birthday next week, but the way he rocked the Bi-Lo Center Wednesday, it seemed like 60 is the new 25.
For the New Jersey rocker's first-ever Greenville concert, he pulled out all the stops, performing a nearly three-hour show that was by turns playful and serious, joyful and socially conscious.
A change in the ticketing procedure, designed to prevent scalpers from gouging ticket-buyers, had caused some confusion prior to the show. Fans who had purchased general-admission tickets online were required to swipe their credit card for entry, and a special window was set up at the box office to resolve any problems.
But if fans were irritated at the extra step it took to get into the show, all that vanished when Springsteen, clad all in black, sauntered out at 8:15. Pacing the stage, the singer chanted, "Greenville, Greenville, Greenville," before launching into the 1975 hit "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out."
After that, it was one hit after another, as Springsteen crouched on his knees, leaped onto a grand piano, tossed his guitars and mugged with sax man Clarence Clemons and guitarist Little Steven Van Zandt.
The set featured many of his most popular songs, including "Born to Run" and "Glory Days," along with newer tunes such as the title track of his current album, "Working on a Dream."
He also took time for lesser-known fan favorites such as "Seeds," an angry blues-rocker released in the mid-1980s but whose themes of homelessness and corporate greed resonate in the current economic crisis.
Springsteen followed "Seeds" with a high-octane version of "Johnny 99," another '80s song, this one about a guy whose desperate economic situation drives him to robbery and murder. Later in the show, he put in a plug for the Harvest Hope Food Bank, which collected donations at the concert.
But the evening wasn't all seriousness. Midway through the show, the singer wandered through the audience, collecting signs fans had made to request their favorite songs. One poster featured the Rolling Stones' tongue logo and a request for the Stones classic "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."
"The E Street Band has never played this song. Don't get excited," Springsteen said with mock seriousness before playing the familiar opening guitar riff.
But fans did get excited, cheering the song as heartily as everything else the band played.
Many of the fans who turned out to see the Boss were veterans of many Springsteen shows.
John Love, attending his ninth show, brought along his 22-year-old son Andrew, who was seeing Springsteen for the third time. The elder Love said he has found that Springsteen's songs take on new meaning through the years.
"The longer you know them, the more familiar they become. The songs really roll through your head," he said.
David Cockrell of Greenville first saw Springsteen in the late 1970s, and since then he's lost count of how many concerts he has attended.
Asked about the singer's appeal, Cockrell said, "It's Springsteen. %u2026 He's indescribable. Even if you're not a fan, you walk out of his shows and you can't speak."
After Wednesday's concert, several thousand fans would undoubtedly agree.
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Setlist:
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Badlands
No Surrender
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Wreck On The Highway
Seeds
Johnny 99
Atlantic City
Raise Your Hand
This Hard Land
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Ramrod
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Backstreets
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Double Shot of My Baby's Love
American Land
Glory Days
Detroit Medley
Dancin' In The Dark
Thunder Road
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Review: Greenville News
by Donna Isbell Walker
Springsteen rocks the Bi-Lo Center
Bruce Springsteen will celebrate his 60th birthday next week, but the way he rocked the Bi-Lo Center Wednesday, it seemed like 60 is the new 25.
For the New Jersey rocker's first-ever Greenville concert, he pulled out all the stops, performing a nearly three-hour show that was by turns playful and serious, joyful and socially conscious.
A change in the ticketing procedure, designed to prevent scalpers from gouging ticket-buyers, had caused some confusion prior to the show. Fans who had purchased general-admission tickets online were required to swipe their credit card for entry, and a special window was set up at the box office to resolve any problems.
But if fans were irritated at the extra step it took to get into the show, all that vanished when Springsteen, clad all in black, sauntered out at 8:15. Pacing the stage, the singer chanted, "Greenville, Greenville, Greenville," before launching into the 1975 hit "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out."
After that, it was one hit after another, as Springsteen crouched on his knees, leaped onto a grand piano, tossed his guitars and mugged with sax man Clarence Clemons and guitarist Little Steven Van Zandt.
The set featured many of his most popular songs, including "Born to Run" and "Glory Days," along with newer tunes such as the title track of his current album, "Working on a Dream."
He also took time for lesser-known fan favorites such as "Seeds," an angry blues-rocker released in the mid-1980s but whose themes of homelessness and corporate greed resonate in the current economic crisis.
Springsteen followed "Seeds" with a high-octane version of "Johnny 99," another '80s song, this one about a guy whose desperate economic situation drives him to robbery and murder. Later in the show, he put in a plug for the Harvest Hope Food Bank, which collected donations at the concert.
But the evening wasn't all seriousness. Midway through the show, the singer wandered through the audience, collecting signs fans had made to request their favorite songs. One poster featured the Rolling Stones' tongue logo and a request for the Stones classic "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."
"The E Street Band has never played this song. Don't get excited," Springsteen said with mock seriousness before playing the familiar opening guitar riff.
But fans did get excited, cheering the song as heartily as everything else the band played.
Many of the fans who turned out to see the Boss were veterans of many Springsteen shows.
John Love, attending his ninth show, brought along his 22-year-old son Andrew, who was seeing Springsteen for the third time. The elder Love said he has found that Springsteen's songs take on new meaning through the years.
"The longer you know them, the more familiar they become. The songs really roll through your head," he said.
David Cockrell of Greenville first saw Springsteen in the late 1970s, and since then he's lost count of how many concerts he has attended.
Asked about the singer's appeal, Cockrell said, "It's Springsteen. %u2026 He's indescribable. Even if you're not a fan, you walk out of his shows and you can't speak."
After Wednesday's concert, several thousand fans would undoubtedly agree.
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Bank Atlantic Center Ft. Lauderdale, FL Sep 13, 2009
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Setlist:
Working On The Highway
Badlands
Night
Cover Me
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Sherry Darling
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Factory
Be True
Cadillac Ranch
So Young & In Love
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Backstreets
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Jungleland
Hard Times
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
Thunder Road
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Review: Miami Herald
by Jordan Levin
Review | Bruce Springsteen plays on into overtime
He's almost his own natural phenomenon, Bruce Springsteen. Thirty-six years after his first album, decades on the road, and he's still burning up the atmosphere with his incandescent intensity and ceaseless search for the American Dream, at the end of the street or just over the horizon.
It's not just that he can play for three hours, as he and the E Street Band did at the BankAtlantic Center on Sunday night, but that playing at such full-stream intensity seems as natural and necessary as breathing to him. He turns 60 next week, and yet he just doesn't stop.
What Springsteen's passion means by now is hard to say. The sold-out audience at the BAC was largely middle-aged, well-fed and comfortable, a long way from the roaring, despair-driven dreams of Born to Run, or the working-class despair of Seeds, whose protagonist doesn't know where he's going to sleep.
Yet, whether they're responding to sheer energy and nostalgia, or because Springsteen brings rare meaning to rock-'n'-roll release, or both, the audience roared ardently along on songs like Promised Land and when Springsteen asked ``Can you feel the sacred fire? We're gonna build a house out of music and out of spirit and out of noise!'' On Sunday night, Springsteen carved a masterful path through longing and exuberance and rage, out to a dimly understood but powerful faith in life.
JOY AND ENERGY
It's been said many times, but you have to admire Springsteen and the E Street Band's joy and energy and musical communion in performance, the wild life inside their expert execution. (The core group was the same as it has been for decades: Roy Bittan on piano, Clarence Clemons on saxophone, Nils Lofgren and Steven Van Zandt on guitar, Garry Tallent on bass and Max Weinberg on drums, plus an ebullient Soozie Tyrell on violin and acoustic guitar, Charles Giordano on organ, and two back-up singers.)
Springsteen wore his standard uniform of jeans, black shirt and vest, a slightly receding hairline and craggier face the only signs of age.
He's not afraid to have fun -- twice he brought kids up onstage, an awestruck boy to sing Waitin' On a Sunny Day, and four ecstatic children to boogie with him for Dancing In the Dark. The band even performed requests, which Springsteen picked from a pile of hand-lettered signs that he gathered from the crowd -- obscure, feel-good songs like Be True and So Young and In Love. And for the first encore, a beaming version of The Crystals' shimmering '60s classic, Then He Kissed Me, which Springsteen made as innocent and happily romantic as the song deserved.
If Springsteen mostly stayed away from overt politics (he made one plea for contributions to the nonprofit Cooperative Feeding Program, and for ``healthcare for every American''), many of his songs have renewed resonance in a time of lost homes and jobs. Lines like ``they're gonna take my house away'' and the gritty, grinding blues despair of ``I don't know where I'm going to sleep tonight'' leaped out, as did the passionate hope for better days in the gospel-tinged traditional Hard Times.
GOING DEEP
Yet Springsteen's power comes from somewhere deeper than either rock energy or even a passion for justice.
On Outlaw Pete, from his latest album, Working On a Dream, he summoned up a mythical American outsider, with a yearning that felt much more genuine live than on record.
When he sang The Rising, his tribute to the victims of 9/11, he brought the crowd almost to tears with a vision of life that was both fragile and indomitable -- then blasted into Born to Run, the lights on full, tearing out of the darkness into full-tilt brilliance.
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Setlist:
Working On The Highway
Badlands
Night
Cover Me
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Sherry Darling
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Factory
Be True
Cadillac Ranch
So Young & In Love
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Backstreets
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Jungleland
Hard Times
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
Thunder Road
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Review: Miami Herald
by Jordan Levin
Review | Bruce Springsteen plays on into overtime
He's almost his own natural phenomenon, Bruce Springsteen. Thirty-six years after his first album, decades on the road, and he's still burning up the atmosphere with his incandescent intensity and ceaseless search for the American Dream, at the end of the street or just over the horizon.
It's not just that he can play for three hours, as he and the E Street Band did at the BankAtlantic Center on Sunday night, but that playing at such full-stream intensity seems as natural and necessary as breathing to him. He turns 60 next week, and yet he just doesn't stop.
What Springsteen's passion means by now is hard to say. The sold-out audience at the BAC was largely middle-aged, well-fed and comfortable, a long way from the roaring, despair-driven dreams of Born to Run, or the working-class despair of Seeds, whose protagonist doesn't know where he's going to sleep.
Yet, whether they're responding to sheer energy and nostalgia, or because Springsteen brings rare meaning to rock-'n'-roll release, or both, the audience roared ardently along on songs like Promised Land and when Springsteen asked ``Can you feel the sacred fire? We're gonna build a house out of music and out of spirit and out of noise!'' On Sunday night, Springsteen carved a masterful path through longing and exuberance and rage, out to a dimly understood but powerful faith in life.
JOY AND ENERGY
It's been said many times, but you have to admire Springsteen and the E Street Band's joy and energy and musical communion in performance, the wild life inside their expert execution. (The core group was the same as it has been for decades: Roy Bittan on piano, Clarence Clemons on saxophone, Nils Lofgren and Steven Van Zandt on guitar, Garry Tallent on bass and Max Weinberg on drums, plus an ebullient Soozie Tyrell on violin and acoustic guitar, Charles Giordano on organ, and two back-up singers.)
Springsteen wore his standard uniform of jeans, black shirt and vest, a slightly receding hairline and craggier face the only signs of age.
He's not afraid to have fun -- twice he brought kids up onstage, an awestruck boy to sing Waitin' On a Sunny Day, and four ecstatic children to boogie with him for Dancing In the Dark. The band even performed requests, which Springsteen picked from a pile of hand-lettered signs that he gathered from the crowd -- obscure, feel-good songs like Be True and So Young and In Love. And for the first encore, a beaming version of The Crystals' shimmering '60s classic, Then He Kissed Me, which Springsteen made as innocent and happily romantic as the song deserved.
If Springsteen mostly stayed away from overt politics (he made one plea for contributions to the nonprofit Cooperative Feeding Program, and for ``healthcare for every American''), many of his songs have renewed resonance in a time of lost homes and jobs. Lines like ``they're gonna take my house away'' and the gritty, grinding blues despair of ``I don't know where I'm going to sleep tonight'' leaped out, as did the passionate hope for better days in the gospel-tinged traditional Hard Times.
GOING DEEP
Yet Springsteen's power comes from somewhere deeper than either rock energy or even a passion for justice.
On Outlaw Pete, from his latest album, Working On a Dream, he summoned up a mythical American outsider, with a yearning that felt much more genuine live than on record.
When he sang The Rising, his tribute to the victims of 9/11, he brought the crowd almost to tears with a vision of life that was both fragile and indomitable -- then blasted into Born to Run, the lights on full, tearing out of the darkness into full-tilt brilliance.
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Ford Amphitheatre Tampa, FL Sep 12, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Out in the Street
My Lucky Day
Spirit in the Night
Outlaw Pete
She's the One
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Point Blank
Raise Your Hand
All or Nothin' at All
Growin' Up
Jole Blon
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Racing in the Street
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Rosalita
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing in the Dark
Hungry Heart
Thunder Road
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Review: Backstreets
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After a three-week break, the Working on a Dream tour resumes in Super Bowl country. Bruce tells the Tampa crowd, "You guys scared me.... It takes my crew a day to put this equipment together-you guys did it in five minutes!" With this past week's U.S. debut of "Working on a Dream: A Super Bowl Journal" on the NFL Network, those 12 minutes in February were surely on most fans' minds. This was Bruce and the bands first return since to "hot, sticky, sweaty Tampa," as Bruce called it-and tonight it was all of the above.
Max Weinberg was back behind the drums all night (a boon for anyone dismayed after Saratoga). Bruce was noticeably hoarse, his voice somewhat worse for wear-or lack of wear, as it were: "Sorry about my voice," he said, "Too much time off!" And a bit of a staid setlist, particularly in the back half of the set, but some choice rarities among the bunch nonetheless. The first jaw-dropper was "All or Nothin' At All," rare enough even on the '92-93 tour-this is a song that's only been played six times ever, and never before by the E Street Band. Human Touch gets a bad rap, but this is one of those overlooked tracks with a lot of live potential. As Bruce said at song's end: "A lost masterpiece, I tell ya!"
A strong "Growin' Up" followed, and then another long-lost gem by request: "Jole Blon." Back in 1981, Bruce and Steve worked up this Cajun classic for Gary U.S. Bonds' Dedication album. Bruce has been known to revisit it in clubs over the years; he and Terence Trent D'Arby worked it out on the final night of the '92-93 tour at the Garden. But the last time Bruce and the E Street Band did this one was at the very end of the River tour, almost 28 years ago to the day. Tonight, the only real rust that showed was trying to figure out the key. Finally, Bruce made an executive decision: "Goddammit, let's play this motherfucker: B-minor, on four..." Killer solos from Charlie on accordion and Soozie on fiddle. And Stevie looking happy as a clam.
Later in the set, a beautiful sign for "Racing in the Street" pictured a vintage Chevy, with Bruce noting, "That was actually my car when I was 24 years old!" And before "Hard Times," Bruce put the E Street Band's lengthy 2007-2009 run into perspective, seeing it all as of a piece: "This is the last leg of our long, long tour stretching out over a couple of records and a couple of years... thanks to my band for playing better than ever!"
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Setlist:
Badlands
Out in the Street
My Lucky Day
Spirit in the Night
Outlaw Pete
She's the One
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Point Blank
Raise Your Hand
All or Nothin' at All
Growin' Up
Jole Blon
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Racing in the Street
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Rosalita
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing in the Dark
Hungry Heart
Thunder Road
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Review: Backstreets
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After a three-week break, the Working on a Dream tour resumes in Super Bowl country. Bruce tells the Tampa crowd, "You guys scared me.... It takes my crew a day to put this equipment together-you guys did it in five minutes!" With this past week's U.S. debut of "Working on a Dream: A Super Bowl Journal" on the NFL Network, those 12 minutes in February were surely on most fans' minds. This was Bruce and the bands first return since to "hot, sticky, sweaty Tampa," as Bruce called it-and tonight it was all of the above.
Max Weinberg was back behind the drums all night (a boon for anyone dismayed after Saratoga). Bruce was noticeably hoarse, his voice somewhat worse for wear-or lack of wear, as it were: "Sorry about my voice," he said, "Too much time off!" And a bit of a staid setlist, particularly in the back half of the set, but some choice rarities among the bunch nonetheless. The first jaw-dropper was "All or Nothin' At All," rare enough even on the '92-93 tour-this is a song that's only been played six times ever, and never before by the E Street Band. Human Touch gets a bad rap, but this is one of those overlooked tracks with a lot of live potential. As Bruce said at song's end: "A lost masterpiece, I tell ya!"
A strong "Growin' Up" followed, and then another long-lost gem by request: "Jole Blon." Back in 1981, Bruce and Steve worked up this Cajun classic for Gary U.S. Bonds' Dedication album. Bruce has been known to revisit it in clubs over the years; he and Terence Trent D'Arby worked it out on the final night of the '92-93 tour at the Garden. But the last time Bruce and the E Street Band did this one was at the very end of the River tour, almost 28 years ago to the day. Tonight, the only real rust that showed was trying to figure out the key. Finally, Bruce made an executive decision: "Goddammit, let's play this motherfucker: B-minor, on four..." Killer solos from Charlie on accordion and Soozie on fiddle. And Stevie looking happy as a clam.
Later in the set, a beautiful sign for "Racing in the Street" pictured a vintage Chevy, with Bruce noting, "That was actually my car when I was 24 years old!" And before "Hard Times," Bruce put the E Street Band's lengthy 2007-2009 run into perspective, seeing it all as of a piece: "This is the last leg of our long, long tour stretching out over a couple of records and a couple of years... thanks to my band for playing better than ever!"
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Setlist:
No Surrender
Badlands
Radio Nowhere
Outlaw Pete
Spirit In The Night
Working On A Dream
Rendezvous
Atlantic City
Johnny 99
Summertime Blues
Two Hearts
Surprise Surprise
Because The Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Racing In The Streets
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Rosalita
Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Thunder Road
Encore:
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Hungry Heart
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Review: Albany Times Union
by Michael Eck
Boss is magic in the night
Summer and Springsteen. It's a great combination.
New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen returned to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Tuesday for a typically powerful show packed with hits and chestnuts from throughout his career.
Back in May, young Jay Weinberg made his full-show debut sitting in for his father, Max, who has been powering Springsteen's E Street Band for 35 years.
The novelty of that evening took the energy through the roof, with Weinberg bashing away like Keith Moon while The Boss barked orders.
Weinberg has been filling in for much of the summer, so he's more seasoned now -- not as raucous, a little more supple.
And Springsteen is just throwing songs at the kid. The set lists from night to night -- occasionally with Max flying in from his day job with Conan O'Brien -- have been widely varied.
Highlights Tuesday included "Spirit In the Night," "Racing In The Streets" and "Because The Night."
"Spirit" found Springsteen at his most playful, glad-handing fans close to the stage, mugging for cellphone cameras and climbing atop the speaker cabinets.
"Racing" was moody and dark, with Springsteen actually grimacing at the end as he pushed the band where he wanted it to go, not where they wanted to go.
With "Because The Night" the band -- and the crowd found a true moment.
The song -- made famous by Patti Smith in an altered hit version -- was tense and inspired, but it still wasn't feeling like one of the night's highlights.
Then, during a solo, guitarist Nils Lofgren executed one of his trademark spins and proceeded to go end-over-teacups. He recovered gracefully, but his guitar did not. It became unplugged in the process, so in dismay he urged Springsteen to finish the solo. So he did. And how!
The full, joyous recovery made everything electric, beautiful and inspiring.
Springsteen also honored requests -- as he's been doing throughout the tour -- by pulling hand-made signs from the crowd.
The latter included a hot-rod version of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues," a bouncy rip through "Two Hearts" and a light-hearted "Surprise, Surprise" driven by Springsteen with an electric 12-string.
One young man had his summer made by The Boss when Springsteen pulled him onstage to sing a verse of "Waitin' On A Sunny Day."
The band delighted longtime fans by closing the show proper with a perfectly rousing "Rosalita."
All hands returned for an epic string of encores, including "Girls In Their Summer Clothes," the eternal "Thunder Road," "American Land," "Dancing In The Dark" and "Hungry Heart."
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Setlist:
No Surrender
Badlands
Radio Nowhere
Outlaw Pete
Spirit In The Night
Working On A Dream
Rendezvous
Atlantic City
Johnny 99
Summertime Blues
Two Hearts
Surprise Surprise
Because The Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Racing In The Streets
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Rosalita
Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Thunder Road
Encore:
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Hungry Heart
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Review: Albany Times Union
by Michael Eck
Boss is magic in the night
Summer and Springsteen. It's a great combination.
New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen returned to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Tuesday for a typically powerful show packed with hits and chestnuts from throughout his career.
Back in May, young Jay Weinberg made his full-show debut sitting in for his father, Max, who has been powering Springsteen's E Street Band for 35 years.
The novelty of that evening took the energy through the roof, with Weinberg bashing away like Keith Moon while The Boss barked orders.
Weinberg has been filling in for much of the summer, so he's more seasoned now -- not as raucous, a little more supple.
And Springsteen is just throwing songs at the kid. The set lists from night to night -- occasionally with Max flying in from his day job with Conan O'Brien -- have been widely varied.
Highlights Tuesday included "Spirit In the Night," "Racing In The Streets" and "Because The Night."
"Spirit" found Springsteen at his most playful, glad-handing fans close to the stage, mugging for cellphone cameras and climbing atop the speaker cabinets.
"Racing" was moody and dark, with Springsteen actually grimacing at the end as he pushed the band where he wanted it to go, not where they wanted to go.
With "Because The Night" the band -- and the crowd found a true moment.
The song -- made famous by Patti Smith in an altered hit version -- was tense and inspired, but it still wasn't feeling like one of the night's highlights.
Then, during a solo, guitarist Nils Lofgren executed one of his trademark spins and proceeded to go end-over-teacups. He recovered gracefully, but his guitar did not. It became unplugged in the process, so in dismay he urged Springsteen to finish the solo. So he did. And how!
The full, joyous recovery made everything electric, beautiful and inspiring.
Springsteen also honored requests -- as he's been doing throughout the tour -- by pulling hand-made signs from the crowd.
The latter included a hot-rod version of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues," a bouncy rip through "Two Hearts" and a light-hearted "Surprise, Surprise" driven by Springsteen with an electric 12-string.
One young man had his summer made by The Boss when Springsteen pulled him onstage to sing a verse of "Waitin' On A Sunny Day."
The band delighted longtime fans by closing the show proper with a perfectly rousing "Rosalita."
All hands returned for an epic string of encores, including "Girls In Their Summer Clothes," the eternal "Thunder Road," "American Land," "Dancing In The Dark" and "Hungry Heart."
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Comcast Center Mansfield, MA Aug 23, 2009
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Setlist:
Night
Badlands
Out In The Street
Outlaw Pete
it's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
Working On A Dream
Murder Incorporated
Johnny 99
Independence Day
Good Lovin'
I'm Going Down
You Never Can Tell
Janey Don't You Lose Heart
Prove It All Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Thunder Road
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
Hang On Sloopy
Growin' Up
Hungry Heart
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Review: Backstreets
AUGUST 23, MANSFIELD NIGHT TWO
Night two for Boston brings a "setlist B," with half of the songs switched up from the night before. (Did we say Boston? we meant Mansfield. "Good evening, Mansfield!" said Bruce, before adding, "Where the fuck is Mansfield?") "Saint in the City" came out early, with Bruce and Steve falshing guitars like switchblades on a killer duel. "Murder Incorporated" (Nils taking one solo, Bruce the other) took the place of "Seeds," and after a powerhouse "Johnny 99" it was time for a tour debut. "Alright, let's try this one," said Bruce, leading the band into a nice "Independence Day."
For the sign collections it was an instrumental "Heat Wave," a song they last played six years ago with Martha Reeves herself. Granted requests included both "I'm Goin' Down" and its B-side, "Janey Don't You Lose Heart." Lots of conferring before the latter, Bruce explaining, "We know these... we just don't know them right away!" In between was "You Never Can Tell," the first reprise after its debut in Bilbao. Charlie strapped on the accordion for this Chuck Berry chestnut, taking a solo out on the thrust with Bruce. "Prove It All Night" spotlighted the guitar wizardry of Nils Lofgren, who took a tremendous, extended solo that proved to be a real highlight of the night.
A lengthy encore-bizarrely so, packing in nine songs-kicked off with "Girls in Their Summer Clothes," a rarity on this tour and played better than it ever was on the Magic tour. It was played for another sign, "Happy 6th birthday to 'a girl in her summer clothes.'" That resonated with Springsteen, just a month away from the big 6-0: "I'm coming up on that one myself. That's my number. It's fortuitous!" Soon the Dropkick Murphy's frontman Ken Casey was on stage to trade vocal lines with Bruce on "American Land." After a couple more crowd-pleasers we came to the now-standard closer "Twist and Shout"... but Bruce clearly had more gas in the tank, taking the band into "Hang on Sloopy" and "Growin' Up" before leaving the stage. And that still wasn't all, as a tenacious crowd brought them back out for a final "Hungry Heart."
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Setlist:
Night
Badlands
Out In The Street
Outlaw Pete
it's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
Working On A Dream
Murder Incorporated
Johnny 99
Independence Day
Good Lovin'
I'm Going Down
You Never Can Tell
Janey Don't You Lose Heart
Prove It All Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Thunder Road
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
Hang On Sloopy
Growin' Up
Hungry Heart
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Review: Backstreets
AUGUST 23, MANSFIELD NIGHT TWO
Night two for Boston brings a "setlist B," with half of the songs switched up from the night before. (Did we say Boston? we meant Mansfield. "Good evening, Mansfield!" said Bruce, before adding, "Where the fuck is Mansfield?") "Saint in the City" came out early, with Bruce and Steve falshing guitars like switchblades on a killer duel. "Murder Incorporated" (Nils taking one solo, Bruce the other) took the place of "Seeds," and after a powerhouse "Johnny 99" it was time for a tour debut. "Alright, let's try this one," said Bruce, leading the band into a nice "Independence Day."
For the sign collections it was an instrumental "Heat Wave," a song they last played six years ago with Martha Reeves herself. Granted requests included both "I'm Goin' Down" and its B-side, "Janey Don't You Lose Heart." Lots of conferring before the latter, Bruce explaining, "We know these... we just don't know them right away!" In between was "You Never Can Tell," the first reprise after its debut in Bilbao. Charlie strapped on the accordion for this Chuck Berry chestnut, taking a solo out on the thrust with Bruce. "Prove It All Night" spotlighted the guitar wizardry of Nils Lofgren, who took a tremendous, extended solo that proved to be a real highlight of the night.
A lengthy encore-bizarrely so, packing in nine songs-kicked off with "Girls in Their Summer Clothes," a rarity on this tour and played better than it ever was on the Magic tour. It was played for another sign, "Happy 6th birthday to 'a girl in her summer clothes.'" That resonated with Springsteen, just a month away from the big 6-0: "I'm coming up on that one myself. That's my number. It's fortuitous!" Soon the Dropkick Murphy's frontman Ken Casey was on stage to trade vocal lines with Bruce on "American Land." After a couple more crowd-pleasers we came to the now-standard closer "Twist and Shout"... but Bruce clearly had more gas in the tank, taking the band into "Hang on Sloopy" and "Growin' Up" before leaving the stage. And that still wasn't all, as a tenacious crowd brought them back out for a final "Hungry Heart."
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Comcast Center Mansfield, MA Aug 22, 2009
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Setlist:
Jackson Cage
She's The One
Working On The Highway
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Badlands
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Point Blank
Raise Your Hand
Burning Love
For You
Trapped
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
If I Should Fall Behind
Backstreets
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Rosalita
Detroit Medley
Encore:
Hard Times
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
Born In The USA
Twist & Shout
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Review: The Daily News
by Peter Chianca
Springsteen rises above hard times with steamy Mansfield set
Mansfield - .For most bands it would sound gimmicky - collecting requests from the audience, some for cover songs they may have never played before. But for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, whose Working on a Dream tour stopped at Comcast Center in Mansfield Saturday, it brought an interlude of spontaneity and joy to an already spectacular - and steamy - night of redemptive rock 'n' roll.
The heat was definitely noticed by Springsteen, who replaced his usual shouted refrain of "Is there anybody alive out there?" with "Is it hot enough for you?" But how Springsteen - who, I am required to note by the Law of Springsteenian Reviews, will turn 60 next month - keeps up the level of intensity he does for almost three hours and 28 songs is one of the great mysteries of the physical world.
The request segment was a definite highlight, with the band taking on Elvis Presley's climate-appropriate "Burnin' Love," played only once before, and Jimmy Cliff's "Trapped," known from 1985's We Are the World compilation. In between was the rarely played "For You" from Springsteen's 1973 debut album, a Dylanesque ode to a suicidal girl that's lost none of its rollicking power.
Doling out parts to the E Streeters and calling out keys on the fly, Springsteen clearly relishes this chance for his longtime band members to show their chops, which last night they did with a fiery intensity.
Of course, by the time the request segment came around, Springsteen was already in the midst of a show of blazing force. The first six songs, kicking off with "Jackson Cage" from The River, came rolling out practically without a pause, Springsteen's throaty growl sounding undiminished by either age or the heat.
He covered the bases of his more well-known numbers, with "Hungry Heart," "Badlands" and "The Promised Land" all making appearances, and also some rarer songs, like "Working on the Highway" from Born in the USA and "Point Blank," one of several slower songs that allowed the crowd to catch its breath before the band poured on the heat again.
It was a dynamic and varied setlist - to the detriment, unfortunately, of Springsteen's latest album, Working on a Dream, which saw only two songs played last night. The first, the overwrought cowboy epic "Outlaw Pete," actually comes off better live, with it's "Can you hear me?" refrain, set to a southwestern backdrop on the tremendous widescreen added for this tour, exploding into the arena.
And the title track at first seems like a bit of a letdown coming on the heels of a searing "Badlands" - you could sense a crowd on the edge of euphoria coming down just a notch when the new song started. But the band does such an inspiring job, bookending Springsteen's show-grounding speech about "building a house out of love," that it doesn't take long before all is forgiven.
That number leads into what's become known as the "recession suite": "Seeds," a bleak, hard-driving song about a man whose family winds up homeless, and Nebraska's "Johnny 99," about the laid-off auto worker who winds up in jail for killing a man during a botched robbery. It sounds harrowing, but the explosive versions here manage to be sobering and exuberant at the same time.
In fact, if there was a theme for the night, it was probably the ability we have as a community to rise above adversity, no matter how bad things seem to get. In "Waitin' on a Sunny Day," the, well, sunny song from The Rising, Springsteen acknowledges that "Hard times, baby, well they come to us all," a sentiment he repeated later in a gritty take on Stephen Foster's Civil War lament, "Hard Times Come Again No More."
But then the band pounded through its amazing final set, including an energetic "Detroit Medley" - inspired by devil-horned blowup doll in a blue dress that wound up on stage - a pulse-pounding version of "Born in the USA" and a stadium-bouncing "American Land" and "Dancing in the Dark" (featuring a very happy little girl brought up onstage in the Courtney Cox role). By then, bankers and layoffs were long forgotten - hard times do come, Springsteen seemed to be saying, but we can also overcome, sometimes through a steamy, inspired night of rock 'n' roll.
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Setlist:
Jackson Cage
She's The One
Working On The Highway
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Badlands
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Point Blank
Raise Your Hand
Burning Love
For You
Trapped
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
If I Should Fall Behind
Backstreets
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Rosalita
Detroit Medley
Encore:
Hard Times
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
Born In The USA
Twist & Shout
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Review: The Daily News
by Peter Chianca
Springsteen rises above hard times with steamy Mansfield set
Mansfield - .For most bands it would sound gimmicky - collecting requests from the audience, some for cover songs they may have never played before. But for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, whose Working on a Dream tour stopped at Comcast Center in Mansfield Saturday, it brought an interlude of spontaneity and joy to an already spectacular - and steamy - night of redemptive rock 'n' roll.
The heat was definitely noticed by Springsteen, who replaced his usual shouted refrain of "Is there anybody alive out there?" with "Is it hot enough for you?" But how Springsteen - who, I am required to note by the Law of Springsteenian Reviews, will turn 60 next month - keeps up the level of intensity he does for almost three hours and 28 songs is one of the great mysteries of the physical world.
The request segment was a definite highlight, with the band taking on Elvis Presley's climate-appropriate "Burnin' Love," played only once before, and Jimmy Cliff's "Trapped," known from 1985's We Are the World compilation. In between was the rarely played "For You" from Springsteen's 1973 debut album, a Dylanesque ode to a suicidal girl that's lost none of its rollicking power.
Doling out parts to the E Streeters and calling out keys on the fly, Springsteen clearly relishes this chance for his longtime band members to show their chops, which last night they did with a fiery intensity.
Of course, by the time the request segment came around, Springsteen was already in the midst of a show of blazing force. The first six songs, kicking off with "Jackson Cage" from The River, came rolling out practically without a pause, Springsteen's throaty growl sounding undiminished by either age or the heat.
He covered the bases of his more well-known numbers, with "Hungry Heart," "Badlands" and "The Promised Land" all making appearances, and also some rarer songs, like "Working on the Highway" from Born in the USA and "Point Blank," one of several slower songs that allowed the crowd to catch its breath before the band poured on the heat again.
It was a dynamic and varied setlist - to the detriment, unfortunately, of Springsteen's latest album, Working on a Dream, which saw only two songs played last night. The first, the overwrought cowboy epic "Outlaw Pete," actually comes off better live, with it's "Can you hear me?" refrain, set to a southwestern backdrop on the tremendous widescreen added for this tour, exploding into the arena.
And the title track at first seems like a bit of a letdown coming on the heels of a searing "Badlands" - you could sense a crowd on the edge of euphoria coming down just a notch when the new song started. But the band does such an inspiring job, bookending Springsteen's show-grounding speech about "building a house out of love," that it doesn't take long before all is forgiven.
That number leads into what's become known as the "recession suite": "Seeds," a bleak, hard-driving song about a man whose family winds up homeless, and Nebraska's "Johnny 99," about the laid-off auto worker who winds up in jail for killing a man during a botched robbery. It sounds harrowing, but the explosive versions here manage to be sobering and exuberant at the same time.
In fact, if there was a theme for the night, it was probably the ability we have as a community to rise above adversity, no matter how bad things seem to get. In "Waitin' on a Sunny Day," the, well, sunny song from The Rising, Springsteen acknowledges that "Hard times, baby, well they come to us all," a sentiment he repeated later in a gritty take on Stephen Foster's Civil War lament, "Hard Times Come Again No More."
But then the band pounded through its amazing final set, including an energetic "Detroit Medley" - inspired by devil-horned blowup doll in a blue dress that wound up on stage - a pulse-pounding version of "Born in the USA" and a stadium-bouncing "American Land" and "Dancing in the Dark" (featuring a very happy little girl brought up onstage in the Courtney Cox role). By then, bankers and layoffs were long forgotten - hard times do come, Springsteen seemed to be saying, but we can also overcome, sometimes through a steamy, inspired night of rock 'n' roll.
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Setlist:
1. Sherry Darling
2. Badlands
3. Out In The Street
4. Outlaw Pete
5. Spirit In The Night
6. Working On A Dream
7. Seeds
8. Johnny 99
9. Murder Inc.
10. Something In The Night
11. Raise Your Hand
12. Mountain Of Love
13. Sha La La
14. I'm On Fire
15. Be True
16. My Love Will Not Let You Down!!
17. Waitin' On A Sunny Day
18. The Promised Land
19. American Skin (41 Shots)
20. Lonesome Day
21. The Rising
22. Born To Run
Encore:
23. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
24. Thunder Road
25. Hard Times
26. American Land
27. Dancing In The Dark
28. Twist & Shout / La Bamba
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Review: Hartford Courant
by Eric R Danton
Review: Bruce Springsteen at Comcast Theatre
Overheard in Hartford Wednesday afternoon: "Has Bruce Springsteen worn out his welcome?"
No, he has not.
It's a fair question, given that he's now played here four times since October 2007, including a performance Wednesday night at Comcast Theatre that clocked in at darn close to 3 hours.
But he wouldn't keep coming back if there weren't interest, and there was plenty of that this time around, even on one of the hottest days of the summer.
The sweltering weather made for a sweaty show on stage and in the crowd, but there was something special about the vibe that created: a sort of superheated rock 'n' roll delirium as Springsteen dug deep into his catalog for concert rarities and sat them next to some of his biggest and best songs.
"Do you feel the spirit?" he shouted early on, and the answer was yes. Well, either that or it was dehydration.
Nah, let's go with spirit. Bruce sure felt it on the inky hot rock 'n' soul number "Spirit in the Night," drummer Max Weinberg swinging the song as Springsteen made forays into the crowd, clasping people's forearms and accepting a proffered beer, which he tossed back with a few quick gulps.
He dove into working class anthems, sounding defiant on "Out in the Street" and trapped on "Johnny 99," guitarist Nils Lofgren adding fiery lap steel as Springsteen wet him down with a sponge from a bucket near the drums.
The rarities included the cynical "Murder Incorporated" and "Be True," an outtake from sessions for his 1980 album "The River." It was one of the more reflective moments, along with the restless yearning of "My Love Will Not Let You Down" and "American Skin (41 Shots)," one of Springsteen's most pointed social commentaries.
There were moments of levity, too: Springsteen collected song requests on signs from people in the audience, and the band arranged a few of them on the spot, including joyous versions of Johnny Rivers' "Mountain of Love" and the Manfred Mann hit "Sha La La."
He pulled back from the deep cuts toward the end of the show with an impressive run to end his main set. "Lonesome Day" led to "The Rising," and then the lights came on for "Born to Run," the audience singing at top volume in a wringing catharsis.
Next came the buoyant "Rosalita," building to waves of saxophone from Clarence Clemons, followed by a deeply soulful version of "Thunder Road." It was a little less urgent and a little more wistful, and Clemons' iconic solo at the end shone out like a beacon for true believers.
Springsteen and the band had already played 24 songs by that point, but he seemed loath to stop. He pushed onward with another four songs in the encore: the folk songs "Hard Times Come Again No More" and "American Land," followed by "Dancing in the Dark" and, finally, a medley of "Twist and Shout" and "La Bamba."
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Setlist:
1. Sherry Darling
2. Badlands
3. Out In The Street
4. Outlaw Pete
5. Spirit In The Night
6. Working On A Dream
7. Seeds
8. Johnny 99
9. Murder Inc.
10. Something In The Night
11. Raise Your Hand
12. Mountain Of Love
13. Sha La La
14. I'm On Fire
15. Be True
16. My Love Will Not Let You Down!!
17. Waitin' On A Sunny Day
18. The Promised Land
19. American Skin (41 Shots)
20. Lonesome Day
21. The Rising
22. Born To Run
Encore:
23. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
24. Thunder Road
25. Hard Times
26. American Land
27. Dancing In The Dark
28. Twist & Shout / La Bamba
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Review: Hartford Courant
by Eric R Danton
Review: Bruce Springsteen at Comcast Theatre
Overheard in Hartford Wednesday afternoon: "Has Bruce Springsteen worn out his welcome?"
No, he has not.
It's a fair question, given that he's now played here four times since October 2007, including a performance Wednesday night at Comcast Theatre that clocked in at darn close to 3 hours.
But he wouldn't keep coming back if there weren't interest, and there was plenty of that this time around, even on one of the hottest days of the summer.
The sweltering weather made for a sweaty show on stage and in the crowd, but there was something special about the vibe that created: a sort of superheated rock 'n' roll delirium as Springsteen dug deep into his catalog for concert rarities and sat them next to some of his biggest and best songs.
"Do you feel the spirit?" he shouted early on, and the answer was yes. Well, either that or it was dehydration.
Nah, let's go with spirit. Bruce sure felt it on the inky hot rock 'n' soul number "Spirit in the Night," drummer Max Weinberg swinging the song as Springsteen made forays into the crowd, clasping people's forearms and accepting a proffered beer, which he tossed back with a few quick gulps.
He dove into working class anthems, sounding defiant on "Out in the Street" and trapped on "Johnny 99," guitarist Nils Lofgren adding fiery lap steel as Springsteen wet him down with a sponge from a bucket near the drums.
The rarities included the cynical "Murder Incorporated" and "Be True," an outtake from sessions for his 1980 album "The River." It was one of the more reflective moments, along with the restless yearning of "My Love Will Not Let You Down" and "American Skin (41 Shots)," one of Springsteen's most pointed social commentaries.
There were moments of levity, too: Springsteen collected song requests on signs from people in the audience, and the band arranged a few of them on the spot, including joyous versions of Johnny Rivers' "Mountain of Love" and the Manfred Mann hit "Sha La La."
He pulled back from the deep cuts toward the end of the show with an impressive run to end his main set. "Lonesome Day" led to "The Rising," and then the lights came on for "Born to Run," the audience singing at top volume in a wringing catharsis.
Next came the buoyant "Rosalita," building to waves of saxophone from Clarence Clemons, followed by a deeply soulful version of "Thunder Road." It was a little less urgent and a little more wistful, and Clemons' iconic solo at the end shone out like a beacon for true believers.
Springsteen and the band had already played 24 songs by that point, but he seemed loath to stop. He pushed onward with another four songs in the encore: the folk songs "Hard Times Come Again No More" and "American Land," followed by "Dancing in the Dark" and, finally, a medley of "Twist and Shout" and "La Bamba."
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Monte Do Gozo Santiago, Spain Aug 2, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Out In The Street
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Spirit In The Night
Working On A Dream
Adam Raised A Cain
Murder Incorporated
Johnny 99
Darkness On The Edge of Town
Raise Your Hand
Burning Love
Born To Be Wild
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
This Life
Backstreets
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
No Surrender
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
Rockin' All Over The World
Twist & Shout
Born In The USA
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Setlist:
Badlands
Out In The Street
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Spirit In The Night
Working On A Dream
Adam Raised A Cain
Murder Incorporated
Johnny 99
Darkness On The Edge of Town
Raise Your Hand
Burning Love
Born To Be Wild
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
This Life
Backstreets
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
No Surrender
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
Rockin' All Over The World
Twist & Shout
Born In The USA
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Estadio José Zorrilla Valladolid, Spain Aug 1, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
No Surrender
Night
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Spirit In The Night
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Trapped
Raise Your Hand
Great Balls of Fire
Something In The Night
Surprise Surprise
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Girls In Their Summer Clothes
American Skin
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Thunder Road
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Setlist:
Badlands
No Surrender
Night
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Spirit In The Night
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Trapped
Raise Your Hand
Great Balls of Fire
Something In The Night
Surprise Surprise
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Girls In Their Summer Clothes
American Skin
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Thunder Road
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis Cover)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band play on request Jerry Lee Lewis classic, Great Balls Of Fire, in Valladolid, Spain on August 01st, 2009. The sign was: "You ain't got balls to play Great Balls Of Fire"... The challange was made!
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Estadio Municipal de Foietes Benidorm, Spain Jul 30, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Working On The Highway
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Be True
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
I Fought The Law
Youngstown
Cadillac Ranch
Prove It All Night
Janey Don't You Lose Heart
My Love Will Not Let You Down
The Promised Land
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Girls In Their Summer Clothes
If I Should Fall Behind
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Jungleland
Land of Hope & Dreams
American Land
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Setlist:
Badlands
Working On The Highway
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Be True
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
I Fought The Law
Youngstown
Cadillac Ranch
Prove It All Night
Janey Don't You Lose Heart
My Love Will Not Let You Down
The Promised Land
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Girls In Their Summer Clothes
If I Should Fall Behind
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Jungleland
Land of Hope & Dreams
American Land
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review La Cartuja Olympic Stadium Sevilla, Spain Jul 28, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Quarter To Three
The E Street Shuffle
Loose Ends
Darlington County
She's The One
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
I'm On Fire
American Skin (41 Shots)
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Glory Days
Seven Nights To Rock
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Setlist:
Badlands
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Quarter To Three
The E Street Shuffle
Loose Ends
Darlington County
She's The One
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
I'm On Fire
American Skin (41 Shots)
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Glory Days
Seven Nights To Rock
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review San Mamés Stadium Bilbao, Spain Jul 26, 2009
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Setlist:
The Ties That Bind
Badlands
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Working On The Highway
Working On A Dream
Murder Incorporated
Johnny 99
Because The Night
Factory
This Hard Land
Raise Your Hand
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Thunder Road
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
You Never Can Tell (Chuck Berry)
Jungleland
American Land
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Setlist:
The Ties That Bind
Badlands
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Working On The Highway
Working On A Dream
Murder Incorporated
Johnny 99
Because The Night
Factory
This Hard Land
Raise Your Hand
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Thunder Road
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
You Never Can Tell (Chuck Berry)
Jungleland
American Land
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Stadio Friuli Udine, Italy Jul 23, 2009
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Setlist:
Sherry Darling
Badlands
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Darlington County
Something In The Night
Working On a Dream
Murder Incorporated
Johnny
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Raise Your Hand (Eddie Floyd cover)
Summertime Blues
Be True
Streets Of Fire
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
American Skin ( 41 Shots)
Lonesome Day
0The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Born In the USA
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Setlist:
Sherry Darling
Badlands
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Darlington County
Something In The Night
Working On a Dream
Murder Incorporated
Johnny
0No Surrender
Raise Your Hand (Eddie Floyd cover)
Summertime Blues
Be True
Streets Of Fire
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
American Skin ( 41 Shots)
Lonesome Day
0The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Born In the USA
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Olimpico di Torino Torino, Italy Jul 21, 2009
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Setlist:
Loose Ends
Badlands
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Working On The Highway
Working On A Dream
Murder Incorporated
Johnny 99
American Skin (41 Shots)
Raise Your Hand
Travelin' Band
Drive All Night
Two Hearts
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
My Hometown
Backstreets
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Setlist:
Loose Ends
Badlands
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Working On The Highway
Working On A Dream
Murder Incorporated
Johnny 99
American Skin (41 Shots)
Raise Your Hand
Travelin' Band
Drive All Night
Two Hearts
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
My Hometown
Backstreets
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Stadio Olimpico Rome, Italy Jul 19, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Out In The Street
Outlaw Pete
No Surrender
She's The One
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Atlantic City
Raise Your Hand
Hungry Heart
Pink Cadillac
I'm On Fire
Surprise Surprise
Prove It All Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
American Skin (41 Shots)
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
My City Of Ruins
Thunder Road
You Can't Sit Down
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Setlist:
Badlands
Out In The Street
Outlaw Pete
No Surrender
She's The One
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Atlantic City
Raise Your Hand
Hungry Heart
Pink Cadillac
I'm On Fire
Surprise Surprise
Prove It All Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
American Skin (41 Shots)
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
My City Of Ruins
Thunder Road
You Can't Sit Down
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Festival des Vielles Charrues Carhaix, France Jul 16, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
No Surrender
My Lucky Day
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
I'm Going Down
Because The Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Glory Days
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Setlist:
Badlands
No Surrender
My Lucky Day
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
I'm Going Down
Because The Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Glory Days
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland Jul 14, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Out In The Street
My Lucky Day
She's The One
Outlaw Pete
Working On The Highway
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Atlantic City
Incident on 57th Street
Pink Cadillac
Cover Me
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Kingdom Of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Thunder Road
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Review: Backstreets
Any time that Scottish Springsteen fans gather, inevitably the conversation turns to, "What have we done to piss Springsteen off?!" No visit from the E Street band in 28 years? Multiple dates in the UK but no journey north of the border? Someone must have served him his porridge cold when he brought the Human Touch tour to Glasgow in the early '90s. Before the gig I actually felt quite nervous: what if Bruce finally brings the band after 28 years and no bugger shows up? What if no one makes any signs? I had built this up to be the gig of all gigs and got some butterflies in fear that it wouldn't live up to my lofty expectations. Fair to say that I needn't have worried.
At exactly 8:00, Nils strolled on with an accordian to play "Flower of Scotland," which got the mass throng behind the band from the off. One by one the E Street band filed onto the stage until Springsteen himself strolled on last... cue mass hysteria. Straight into "Badlands," the crowd are bouncing as one, and everyone I can see has a beaming smile ear to ear. Gem after gem is played, "My Lucky Day" goes over like a long lost classic, and Bruce is pressing flesh with the front few rows-after "She's the One," he gives his harmonica to a guy in the front row who practically bursts into tears right on camera! Bruce was a man intent on making it a night to remember for everyone: constantly falling backwards into the crowd, slapping hands, pointing crazy hats out, stretching his guitar neck into the throngs, and when he spoke to the crowd, he did it in his best Scottish accent, Shrek style.
Springsteen calls out "Working on the Highway," and it seems the band weren't expecting it, guitars had to be swiftly changed. Bruce set up his mic near the front and gave those lucky enough to be around one of the three platforms a barnstorming performance. He was scoping the crowd for something, and then when he sang the line "pretty little miss" he zeroed in on a woman sitting on someone's shoulders and did a pelvic thrust.read full review
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Setlist:
Badlands
Out In The Street
My Lucky Day
She's The One
Outlaw Pete
Working On The Highway
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Atlantic City
Incident on 57th Street
Pink Cadillac
Cover Me
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Kingdom Of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Thunder Road
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Review: Backstreets
Any time that Scottish Springsteen fans gather, inevitably the conversation turns to, "What have we done to piss Springsteen off?!" No visit from the E Street band in 28 years? Multiple dates in the UK but no journey north of the border? Someone must have served him his porridge cold when he brought the Human Touch tour to Glasgow in the early '90s. Before the gig I actually felt quite nervous: what if Bruce finally brings the band after 28 years and no bugger shows up? What if no one makes any signs? I had built this up to be the gig of all gigs and got some butterflies in fear that it wouldn't live up to my lofty expectations. Fair to say that I needn't have worried.
At exactly 8:00, Nils strolled on with an accordian to play "Flower of Scotland," which got the mass throng behind the band from the off. One by one the E Street band filed onto the stage until Springsteen himself strolled on last... cue mass hysteria. Straight into "Badlands," the crowd are bouncing as one, and everyone I can see has a beaming smile ear to ear. Gem after gem is played, "My Lucky Day" goes over like a long lost classic, and Bruce is pressing flesh with the front few rows-after "She's the One," he gives his harmonica to a guy in the front row who practically bursts into tears right on camera! Bruce was a man intent on making it a night to remember for everyone: constantly falling backwards into the crowd, slapping hands, pointing crazy hats out, stretching his guitar neck into the throngs, and when he spoke to the crowd, he did it in his best Scottish accent, Shrek style.
Springsteen calls out "Working on the Highway," and it seems the band weren't expecting it, guitars had to be swiftly changed. Bruce set up his mic near the front and gave those lucky enough to be around one of the three platforms a barnstorming performance. He was scoping the crowd for something, and then when he sang the line "pretty little miss" he zeroed in on a woman sitting on someone's shoulders and did a pelvic thrust.read full review
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review RDS Dublin, Ireland Jul 11/12, 2009
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Setlist:
Jul 12
No Surrender
Badlands
Night
My Lucky Day
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Darkness On The Edge of Town
Spirit In The Night
Sherry Darling
Proud Mary
Prove It All Night
Trapped
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Promised Land
Radio Nowhere
American Skin (41 Shots)
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Jungleland
American Land
Rosalita
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
Setlist:
Jul 11
Who'll Stop The Rain
Badlands
Cover Me
My Lucky Day
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
Seven Nights To Rock
For You
Thunder Road
Because The Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Review: Backstreets July 11th show
On a return to the land of my birth, I found that in the almost 20 years since I left this country the weather has still not improved! A steady, persisitent, penetrating rain risked making tonight a really tough one, but Bruce and Co. were magnificent in fighting the elements, with a roaring start to the night to address the conditions, with "Who'll Stop the Rain." It didn't stop, but the music swept away the discomfort as we raced through "Badlands," "Cover Me" and "My Lucky Day."
In "Working on a Dream," Bruce modified his house-building speech to great effect: "The mighty E Street Band has flown thousands of miles to be here tonight! We didn't come here just to eat fish and chips... although that would have been reason enough! We didn't come all this way just to sip Guinness in Long's Bar and O'Donoghue's... although that would have been reason enough! We didn't just come to look at all the beautiful Irish girls..." You get the picture! It was funny and locally relevant, and made the evening feel very participatory.
Despite the wicked weather the show seemed to go by in a flash-the crowd and the band were so into it. The crowd was loud, very loud, and there was a lot (I mean a lot) of alcohol consumed; definitely no sign of the recession in Dublin tonight. And yet one of the real highs, musically, was the recession triumvirate, which was scintillating: "Seeds" had rivetting guitar work from Bruce, highlighted in exquisite detail on the huge screen behond the band. "Johnny 99" completely rocked the house, and on "Ghost of Tom Joad" Nils played out of his skin, with a huge roar of appreciation as he finished. The sign requests brought a full-band "For You" and the tour premiere of "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)."
On "Because the Night," interestingly, Bruce traded guitar licks with Nils, as opposed to the usual arrangement where Nils takes the full whirling dervish solo. After this song, Bruce-the-Weather-God picked up an enormous, two-handled banner requesting "Sunny Day," and he and Steven pointed to the sky where a beautiful rainbow had just appeared. As they began the song, to my utter disbelief, the clouds scudded across the sky leaving a miraculous hole of blue sky over this diluvian scene. Our spirits rose as the rain departed with the racing clouds, the first let-up in a downpour that had lasted about six hours. And Bruce continued his long-running tradition of making absolutely any form of headgear look good on him as he goofballed around with a damp fedora with a ridiculous flower on his head. "The River" was a magnificent Irish sing-along, with the whole crowd singing it pretty much word perfect.
Family night in the encore: The Big Man's nephew Jake Clemons joined his uncle on sax for "Tenth Avenue," and next, Bruce's son Evan played guitar. "American Land" turned into one enormous Irish Ceili, and "Twist and Shout" would have brought the roof down, if there had been a roof! A 30-song show, and a great first night in Dublin.
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Setlist:
Jul 12
No Surrender
Badlands
Night
My Lucky Day
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Darkness On The Edge of Town
Spirit In The Night
Sherry Darling
Proud Mary
Prove It All Night
Trapped
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Promised Land
Radio Nowhere
American Skin (41 Shots)
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Jungleland
American Land
Rosalita
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
Setlist:
Jul 11
Who'll Stop The Rain
Badlands
Cover Me
My Lucky Day
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
Seven Nights To Rock
For You
Thunder Road
Because The Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Review: Backstreets July 11th show
On a return to the land of my birth, I found that in the almost 20 years since I left this country the weather has still not improved! A steady, persisitent, penetrating rain risked making tonight a really tough one, but Bruce and Co. were magnificent in fighting the elements, with a roaring start to the night to address the conditions, with "Who'll Stop the Rain." It didn't stop, but the music swept away the discomfort as we raced through "Badlands," "Cover Me" and "My Lucky Day."
In "Working on a Dream," Bruce modified his house-building speech to great effect: "The mighty E Street Band has flown thousands of miles to be here tonight! We didn't come here just to eat fish and chips... although that would have been reason enough! We didn't come all this way just to sip Guinness in Long's Bar and O'Donoghue's... although that would have been reason enough! We didn't just come to look at all the beautiful Irish girls..." You get the picture! It was funny and locally relevant, and made the evening feel very participatory.
Despite the wicked weather the show seemed to go by in a flash-the crowd and the band were so into it. The crowd was loud, very loud, and there was a lot (I mean a lot) of alcohol consumed; definitely no sign of the recession in Dublin tonight. And yet one of the real highs, musically, was the recession triumvirate, which was scintillating: "Seeds" had rivetting guitar work from Bruce, highlighted in exquisite detail on the huge screen behond the band. "Johnny 99" completely rocked the house, and on "Ghost of Tom Joad" Nils played out of his skin, with a huge roar of appreciation as he finished. The sign requests brought a full-band "For You" and the tour premiere of "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)."
On "Because the Night," interestingly, Bruce traded guitar licks with Nils, as opposed to the usual arrangement where Nils takes the full whirling dervish solo. After this song, Bruce-the-Weather-God picked up an enormous, two-handled banner requesting "Sunny Day," and he and Steven pointed to the sky where a beautiful rainbow had just appeared. As they began the song, to my utter disbelief, the clouds scudded across the sky leaving a miraculous hole of blue sky over this diluvian scene. Our spirits rose as the rain departed with the racing clouds, the first let-up in a downpour that had lasted about six hours. And Bruce continued his long-running tradition of making absolutely any form of headgear look good on him as he goofballed around with a damp fedora with a ridiculous flower on his head. "The River" was a magnificent Irish sing-along, with the whole crowd singing it pretty much word perfect.
Family night in the encore: The Big Man's nephew Jake Clemons joined his uncle on sax for "Tenth Avenue," and next, Bruce's son Evan played guitar. "American Land" turned into one enormous Irish Ceili, and "Twist and Shout" would have brought the roof down, if there had been a roof! A 30-song show, and a great first night in Dublin.
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Herning MCH Herning, Denmark Jul 8, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
No Surrender
My Lucky Day
Out In The Street
Outlaw Pete
Working On A Dream
Candy's Room
Seeds
Johnny 99
Atlantic City
Raise Your Hand
Hungry Heart
Rendezvous
Mony Mony
Thunder Road
Prove It All Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
I'm On Fire
Surprise, Surprise
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Bobby Jean
American Land
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Setlist:
Badlands
No Surrender
My Lucky Day
Out In The Street
Outlaw Pete
Working On A Dream
Candy's Room
Seeds
Johnny 99
Atlantic City
Raise Your Hand
Hungry Heart
Rendezvous
Mony Mony
Thunder Road
Prove It All Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
I'm On Fire
Surprise, Surprise
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Bobby Jean
American Land
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Ernst Happel Stadion Vienna, Austria Jul 5, 2009
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Setlist:
Jackson Cage
Badlands
Cover Me
My Lucky Day
Outlaw Pete
Darlington County
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Darkness On The Edge of Town
Growin' Up
Rendezvous
Proud Mary
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Because The Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Into The Fire
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Cadillac Ranch
Jersey Girl
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Setlist:
Jackson Cage
Badlands
Cover Me
My Lucky Day
Outlaw Pete
Darlington County
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Darkness On The Edge of Town
Growin' Up
Rendezvous
Proud Mary
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Because The Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Into The Fire
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Cadillac Ranch
Jersey Girl
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Commerzbank Arena Frankfurt, Germany Jul 3, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Adam Raised A Cain
The Ties That Bind
My Lucky Day
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Factory
Something In The Night
I'm Going Down
Ramrod
Trapped
Because The Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Point Blank
The River
Kingdom of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Jungleland
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Setlist:
Badlands
Adam Raised A Cain
The Ties That Bind
My Lucky Day
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Factory
Something In The Night
I'm Going Down
Ramrod
Trapped
Because The Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Point Blank
The River
Kingdom of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Jungleland
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Olympiastadion Munich, Germany Jul 2, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
My Lucky Day
No Surrender
Outlaw Pete
Spirit In The Night
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Atlantic City
Seven Nights to Rock
This Hard Land
Pretty Woman
Because The Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Promised Land
The River
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Encore:
Hard Times
Bobby Jean
American Land
Detroit Medley
Dancing In The Dark
Glory Days
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Setlist:
Badlands
My Lucky Day
No Surrender
Outlaw Pete
Spirit In The Night
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Atlantic City
Seven Nights to Rock
This Hard Land
Pretty Woman
Because The Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Promised Land
The River
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Encore:
Hard Times
Bobby Jean
American Land
Detroit Medley
Dancing In The Dark
Glory Days
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Stade de Suisse Bern, Switzerland Jun 30, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
No Surrender
She's The One
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Atlantic City
Raise Your Hand
Hungry Heart
Downbound Train
Because The Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Thunder Road
Encore:
Hard Times
Bobby Jean
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
Rockin' All Over The World
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Review:Backstreets
The concert that locals had been waiting 10 years for-Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band-offered something for everyone last night. On a hot, muggy evening in a soccer stadium on the outskirts of the Swiss capital city of Bern, Nils took the stage first to deliver an accordion instrumental of a local traditional tune "Ds Vogellisi" ("Come out Tonight") that had the locals clapping and singing from the start. "Badlands" followed, which, as Steve would say later during Glory Days ("according to my Swiss watch") really started "Boss time." Bruce said a few words in his best Swiss Deutsch about being glad to be in Switzerland, but for the most part the pace of the evening was fast.
The reaction to "Outlaw Pete" was surprisingly the strongest of the early tunes, with a lot of participation and pure pleasure in the cowboy hat shtick. "Out in the Street" seemed to falter somewhat, with Bruce struggling to hit the highest notes and Clarence having a tough time with the sax solo. The Big Man, however, redeemed himself throughout the evening, and seemed at the end to be stronger than ever.
A mesmerizing, extended version of "Atlantic City," a tour premiere, was a perfect addition to the "hardship trio" of songs. "Hungry Heart" was fun, and I must say from where I was the Swiss did not remember the first verse so well, but the chorus was no problem! The band was loose for the requested "I Fought the Law," the Bobby Fuller Four hit and clearly another tribute to Joe Strummer. During the middle Bruce exclaimed that he thought there's a solo part somewhere, and then nailed it-fun and frenzied. Like "Atlantic City," the rare "Downbound Train" was haunting and perfect for the mood and the times we're in. Then "Because the Night" as the sun descended on Bern, bringing some much needed cooler winds, perhaps generated by Nils whirling around the stage. There was a very artistic sign for "The River" that Bruce had pulled out to quite a few cheers earlier, and he brought the sign back out to play it later on. According to a Swiss radio report the morning after, "The River" was the highlight for many in attendance.
A few songs later and we're already to the set closer "Born to Run" (lights up), but the band doesn't leave, and the stage lights go dark. A spontaneous "Thunder Road" emerges like magic in the night, Bruce playing the classic song to the yearning of the crowd in all its sincerity and passion. By the end of the evening, the notoriously reserved Swiss were eating off the palms of the band's sweaty hands, hopping fervently during "American Land" and dancing happily in the dark (with some cues from Steve).
Finally, in a surprise extra song for those who've been following the tour, it was John Fogerty's "Rockin' All Over the World" to close, prompted by a long sign that said something like, "Hey Marissa, go see if Bruce is still Rockin' all Over the World." Well, as everyone bore witness in Bern last night, indeed he is-and thank God for that!
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Setlist:
Badlands
No Surrender
She's The One
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Atlantic City
Raise Your Hand
Hungry Heart
Downbound Train
Because The Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Thunder Road
Encore:
Hard Times
Bobby Jean
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
Rockin' All Over The World
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Review:Backstreets
The concert that locals had been waiting 10 years for-Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band-offered something for everyone last night. On a hot, muggy evening in a soccer stadium on the outskirts of the Swiss capital city of Bern, Nils took the stage first to deliver an accordion instrumental of a local traditional tune "Ds Vogellisi" ("Come out Tonight") that had the locals clapping and singing from the start. "Badlands" followed, which, as Steve would say later during Glory Days ("according to my Swiss watch") really started "Boss time." Bruce said a few words in his best Swiss Deutsch about being glad to be in Switzerland, but for the most part the pace of the evening was fast.
The reaction to "Outlaw Pete" was surprisingly the strongest of the early tunes, with a lot of participation and pure pleasure in the cowboy hat shtick. "Out in the Street" seemed to falter somewhat, with Bruce struggling to hit the highest notes and Clarence having a tough time with the sax solo. The Big Man, however, redeemed himself throughout the evening, and seemed at the end to be stronger than ever.
A mesmerizing, extended version of "Atlantic City," a tour premiere, was a perfect addition to the "hardship trio" of songs. "Hungry Heart" was fun, and I must say from where I was the Swiss did not remember the first verse so well, but the chorus was no problem! The band was loose for the requested "I Fought the Law," the Bobby Fuller Four hit and clearly another tribute to Joe Strummer. During the middle Bruce exclaimed that he thought there's a solo part somewhere, and then nailed it-fun and frenzied. Like "Atlantic City," the rare "Downbound Train" was haunting and perfect for the mood and the times we're in. Then "Because the Night" as the sun descended on Bern, bringing some much needed cooler winds, perhaps generated by Nils whirling around the stage. There was a very artistic sign for "The River" that Bruce had pulled out to quite a few cheers earlier, and he brought the sign back out to play it later on. According to a Swiss radio report the morning after, "The River" was the highlight for many in attendance.
A few songs later and we're already to the set closer "Born to Run" (lights up), but the band doesn't leave, and the stage lights go dark. A spontaneous "Thunder Road" emerges like magic in the night, Bruce playing the classic song to the yearning of the crowd in all its sincerity and passion. By the end of the evening, the notoriously reserved Swiss were eating off the palms of the band's sweaty hands, hopping fervently during "American Land" and dancing happily in the dark (with some cues from Steve).
Finally, in a surprise extra song for those who've been following the tour, it was John Fogerty's "Rockin' All Over the World" to close, prompted by a long sign that said something like, "Hey Marissa, go see if Bruce is still Rockin' all Over the World." Well, as everyone bore witness in Bern last night, indeed he is-and thank God for that!
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Hard Rock Calling Hyde Park London, England Jun 28, 2009
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Setlist:
London Calling
Badlands
Night
She's the One
Outlaw Pete
Out in the Street
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Good Lovin'
Bobby Jean
Trapped
No Surrender (with The Gaslight Anthem)
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Racing in the Street
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Rosalita
Encore:
Hard Times
Jungleland
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing in the Dark
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Review:NME
by Luke Lewis
Bruce Springsteen covers The Clash at London Hyde Park
The Boss plays for three hours the night after his Glastonbury headline set
The New Jersey star, who headlined Glastonbury festival last night, opened his set with a performance of the punk and rock legends' 'London Calling', watched from the side of the stage by The Clash's Mick Jones and Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora.
Springsteen also welcomed Brian Fallon from fellow New Jersey band The Gaslight Anthem to the stage for 'No Surrender', as at Glastonbury.
The singer-songwriter performed a number of recent career highlights, including 'Working On A Dream' and 'Radio Nowhere' during the early half of the set, often heading down to a specially-constructed walkway to meet fans and take their song requests.
The final thirty minutes saw the singer and guitarist churn out his biggest hits, including 'Born To Run', 'Jungleland', 'Glory Days' and closer 'Dancing In The Dark'.
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Setlist:
London Calling
Badlands
Night
She's the One
Outlaw Pete
Out in the Street
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Good Lovin'
Bobby Jean
Trapped
No Surrender (with The Gaslight Anthem)
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Racing in the Street
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Rosalita
Encore:
Hard Times
Jungleland
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing in the Dark
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Review:NME
by Luke Lewis
Bruce Springsteen covers The Clash at London Hyde Park
The Boss plays for three hours the night after his Glastonbury headline set
The New Jersey star, who headlined Glastonbury festival last night, opened his set with a performance of the punk and rock legends' 'London Calling', watched from the side of the stage by The Clash's Mick Jones and Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora.
Springsteen also welcomed Brian Fallon from fellow New Jersey band The Gaslight Anthem to the stage for 'No Surrender', as at Glastonbury.
The singer-songwriter performed a number of recent career highlights, including 'Working On A Dream' and 'Radio Nowhere' during the early half of the set, often heading down to a specially-constructed walkway to meet fans and take their song requests.
The final thirty minutes saw the singer and guitarist churn out his biggest hits, including 'Born To Run', 'Jungleland', 'Glory Days' and closer 'Dancing In The Dark'.
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury, England Jun 27, 2009
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Setlist:
Coma Girl
Badlands
Prove It All Night
My Lucky Day
Outlaw Pete
Out in the Street
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Because the Night
No Surrender (with The Gaslight Anthem)
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Thunder Road
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing in the Dark
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Review:NME
by Luke Lewis
Bruce Springsteen At Glastonbury Was Hard Work, But Brilliant
The Twitter updates during Bruce Springsteen's Glastonbury headline set were telling. "Thunderous!" "Magnificent!" "Glorious!", they started. Then half an hour later%u2026 "Bored now. When's he going to play 'Born To Run'?"
There was a feeling of collective deflation - the palpable sense of 50,000-odd people realising that they weren't quite as keen on Springsteen as they thought they were, and didn't know as many of his songs as they thought they did.
Up to a point, you can sympathise. It's safe to say a cover of Stephen C. Foster's Civil War-era folk standard 'Hard Times Come Again No More' - "This is a song from 1855," he growled, to audible sighs and shuffling of feet - was not exactly what the keyed-up Saturday night crowd had ordered.
And there were times, mid-set, with the 'hits' being stubbornly withheld, when the lure of Franz, or 2 Many DJs - or, hell, even The Wonder Stuff on the Avalon Stage, or a nice sit down in the massage yurt - started to seem mighty tempting.
But, in truth, this was a proper fan's set. It wasn't pitched at the curious, or those looking for a drunken singalong, or the kind of people who actually call him 'The Boss' - a name Springsteen hates, and genuine fans never use.
It was, however, well thought-out. Opening with a cover of Joe Strummer's Mescaleros-era track 'Coma Girl' - hardly a crowd-pleaser, but a song inspired by Glastonbury - suggests Springsteen had digested the Glastonbury information pack that Michael Eavis had sent him when trying to persuade him to sign up.
And for those of us who value the spooked and skeletal side of Springsteen, rather than the fist-pumping cartoon version, the set was crammed with pleasures, in particular a desolate double-whammy of 'Johnny 99', a song about a murderer who begs to be executed - and 'The Ghost Of Tom Joad', a song inspired by John Steinbeck's Great Depression novel 'The Grapes Of Wrath'.
A boozy communal rave-up this was not. But then, no-one should have expected that.
Springsteen's greatest talent is for articulating male blankness - not the thrilling open highway of 'Born To Run', but rather the lonesome road to nowhere depicted on the 'Nebraska' sleeve. Indeed, his most anthemic album, 'Born In The USA', and 'Nebraska', his bleakest, were written at the same time. Strip away the production and they have a lot in common.
All these nuances were in evidence during Springsteen's two-and-a-half hour set. It wasn't a knees-up. It required concentration, and patience. But at the tail-end of a festival that offers non-stop ephemeral thrills and untrammelled hedonism, perhaps a drop of the hard stuff was what we all needed
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Setlist:
Coma Girl
Badlands
Prove It All Night
My Lucky Day
Outlaw Pete
Out in the Street
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Because the Night
No Surrender (with The Gaslight Anthem)
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Thunder Road
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing in the Dark
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Review:NME
by Luke Lewis
Bruce Springsteen At Glastonbury Was Hard Work, But Brilliant
The Twitter updates during Bruce Springsteen's Glastonbury headline set were telling. "Thunderous!" "Magnificent!" "Glorious!", they started. Then half an hour later%u2026 "Bored now. When's he going to play 'Born To Run'?"
There was a feeling of collective deflation - the palpable sense of 50,000-odd people realising that they weren't quite as keen on Springsteen as they thought they were, and didn't know as many of his songs as they thought they did.
Up to a point, you can sympathise. It's safe to say a cover of Stephen C. Foster's Civil War-era folk standard 'Hard Times Come Again No More' - "This is a song from 1855," he growled, to audible sighs and shuffling of feet - was not exactly what the keyed-up Saturday night crowd had ordered.
And there were times, mid-set, with the 'hits' being stubbornly withheld, when the lure of Franz, or 2 Many DJs - or, hell, even The Wonder Stuff on the Avalon Stage, or a nice sit down in the massage yurt - started to seem mighty tempting.
But, in truth, this was a proper fan's set. It wasn't pitched at the curious, or those looking for a drunken singalong, or the kind of people who actually call him 'The Boss' - a name Springsteen hates, and genuine fans never use.
It was, however, well thought-out. Opening with a cover of Joe Strummer's Mescaleros-era track 'Coma Girl' - hardly a crowd-pleaser, but a song inspired by Glastonbury - suggests Springsteen had digested the Glastonbury information pack that Michael Eavis had sent him when trying to persuade him to sign up.
And for those of us who value the spooked and skeletal side of Springsteen, rather than the fist-pumping cartoon version, the set was crammed with pleasures, in particular a desolate double-whammy of 'Johnny 99', a song about a murderer who begs to be executed - and 'The Ghost Of Tom Joad', a song inspired by John Steinbeck's Great Depression novel 'The Grapes Of Wrath'.
A boozy communal rave-up this was not. But then, no-one should have expected that.
Springsteen's greatest talent is for articulating male blankness - not the thrilling open highway of 'Born To Run', but rather the lonesome road to nowhere depicted on the 'Nebraska' sleeve. Indeed, his most anthemic album, 'Born In The USA', and 'Nebraska', his bleakest, were written at the same time. Strip away the production and they have a lot in common.
All these nuances were in evidence during Springsteen's two-and-a-half hour set. It wasn't a knees-up. It required concentration, and patience. But at the tail-end of a festival that offers non-stop ephemeral thrills and untrammelled hedonism, perhaps a drop of the hard stuff was what we all needed
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Koengen Bergen, Norway Jun 10, 2009
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Setlist:
Prove It All Night
Badlands
My Lucky Day
Outlaw Pete
Spirit in the Night
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Boom Boom
Cover Me
Two Hearts
Thunder Road
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Rosalita
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Dancing in the Dark
Twist and Shout
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Setlist:
Prove It All Night
Badlands
My Lucky Day
Outlaw Pete
Spirit in the Night
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Boom Boom
Cover Me
Two Hearts
Thunder Road
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Rosalita
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Dancing in the Dark
Twist and Shout
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Setlist:
Badlands
No Surrender
My Lucky Day
Out In The Streets
Outlaw Pete
She's The One
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Hungry Heart
Back In Your Arms
Because The Night
Darlington County
Cadillac Ranch
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Bobby Jean
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
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Setlist:
Badlands
No Surrender
My Lucky Day
Out In The Streets
Outlaw Pete
She's The One
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Hungry Heart
Back In Your Arms
Because The Night
Darlington County
Cadillac Ranch
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The River
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Bobby Jean
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
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Setlist:
No Surrender
Badlands
Night
My Lucky Day
Outlaw Pete
Spirit In The Night
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The River
Mony Mony
Trapped
Fade Away
Surprise Surprise
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Working On The Highway
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Thunder Road
Jungleland
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Ramrod
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Setlist:
No Surrender
Badlands
Night
My Lucky Day
Outlaw Pete
Spirit In The Night
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The River
Mony Mony
Trapped
Fade Away
Surprise Surprise
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Working On The Highway
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Thunder Road
Jungleland
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Ramrod
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
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Setlist:
Downbound Train
Badlands
My Lucky Day
Candy's Room
Outlaw Pete
Darlington County
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Good Lovin'
Hungry Heart
Growin' Up
Thunder Road
Queen of the Supermarket (live debut)
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Lost In The Flood
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Detroit Medley / Land of 1000 Dances
Dancin' In The Dark
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Setlist:
Downbound Train
Badlands
My Lucky Day
Candy's Room
Outlaw Pete
Darlington County
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Good Lovin'
Hungry Heart
Growin' Up
Thunder Road
Queen of the Supermarket (live debut)
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Lost In The Flood
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Detroit Medley / Land of 1000 Dances
Dancin' In The Dark
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Setlist:
Who'll Stop the Rain?
Badlands
My Lucky Day
Prove It All Night
Outlaw Pete
Out in the Street
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
I'm Goin' Down
Cadillac Ranch
Because the Night
Wild Thing
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
* * *
Hard Times
Bobby Jean
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Twist and Shout
Dancing in the Dark
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Setlist:
Who'll Stop the Rain?
Badlands
My Lucky Day
Prove It All Night
Outlaw Pete
Out in the Street
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
I'm Goin' Down
Cadillac Ranch
Because the Night
Wild Thing
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
* * *
Hard Times
Bobby Jean
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Twist and Shout
Dancing in the Dark
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Setlist:
Badlands
Radio Nowhere
Prove It All Night
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Cover Me
Because The Night
Thunder Road
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Dark End Of The Street (Penn/Moman)
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Bobby Jean
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Dancin' In The Dark
Final Giants Stadium Shows
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Setlist:
Badlands
Radio Nowhere
Prove It All Night
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Cover Me
Because The Night
Thunder Road
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Dark End Of The Street (Penn/Moman)
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Bobby Jean
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Dancin' In The Dark
Final Giants Stadium Shows
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Setlist:
Badlands
Out In The Street
She's The One
Outlaw Pete
Radio Nowhere
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
From Small Things
Trapped
I'm On Fire
Thunder Road
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Dancin' In The Dark
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Setlist:
Badlands
Out In The Street
She's The One
Outlaw Pete
Radio Nowhere
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
From Small Things
Trapped
I'm On Fire
Thunder Road
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Dancin' In The Dark
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Setlist:
Badlands
Spirit In The Night
Outlaw Pete
Something In The Night
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Good Lovin'
Cover Me
The E Street Shuffle
Thunder Road
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Incident on 57th Street
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Kitty's Back
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Mony Mony
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Review:Bruce Blog
by Stan Goldstein
Bruce Springsteen's Saturday Izod show is quite special
A very good New Jersey show ends a great U.S. run, (until the Bonnaroo Festival), of the Working on a Dream Tour.
Any time you get three classic songs played off "The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle," it's an amazing night
Plus an audible of "Something In the Night," played for the first time this tour, in the fourth spot, and I guess I could even call it a great show.
Crowd was into it from start to finish and Bruce and the band fed off the energy.
Max Weinberg was on drums for the entire show. No Patti Scialfa tonight.
Show began at 8:27 p.m.
1. Badlands (A video of the song is here).
"Is there anyone alive in New Jersey?" Bruce asked the crowd at the end of the song.
2. Spirit In The Night
Always fun, Bruce come out to the center and side extensions and plays to the crowd.
3. Outlaw Pete
4. Something In The Night (tour premiere)
First surprise of the night. An audible as it was not on the handwritten setlist.
Great version, always brings me back to seeing him in 1978 on the Darkness Tour.
5. Out In The Street
Some people are tired of this song, but I always like it. Really gets the crowd into it.
6. Working On A Dream
"Good evening neighbors. So glad to be here in the swamps of Jersey. So glad to be home," Bruce said at the start of the song.
7. Seeds
8. Johnny 99
An extended ending as Bruce and Steve Van Zandt were working the crowd. Then Bruce would look to the back of the stage, then to the front of the stage and had those parts of the crowd cheering everytime he looked their way.
9. The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Youngstown was on the handwritten setlist. I would have prefered that tonight after hearing Joad several times. Once again, Nils Lofgren sizzles on the solo.
10. Good Lovin'
Glad to see "Raise Your Hand" take a break from this spot. Bruce was picking up the signs during the intro and it was pretty cool. Lots of signs again.
Kind of funny when Bruce starts going through the signs, a lot of the band comes over to see what he might select. Roy Bittan, Steve, Garry Tallen and Max were all looking on seeing what Bruce will bring out.
11. The E Street Shuffle (sign request)
This has been played a few times recently but I still consider it a rarity.
12. Cover Me (sign request, tour premiere)
Now this is a rarity. Only played three times on the Magic Tour and only once in the US last year (St. Louis show). Nice Nils' guitar solo and Bruce had some nice guitar work at the end.
After every Bruce show I attend, my co-worker Kenny asks me if Bruce played "Cover Me."
For the first time since 1992, I can say, "Yes Kenny. He did play it at a show I was at!"
13. Thunder Road (sign request)
Tough to criticize whenever Bruce plays this, but as a sign request? Would really prefer to hear something rare in this spot.
14. Waiting On A Sunny Day
15. The Promised Land
Bruce soaked Max with his sponge right before Clarence's sax solo.
16. Incident On 57th Street (tour premiere)
Second big surprise of the night. Not on the handwritten setlist (I'm on Fire was in this slot).
Always great to hear. Backup singers were pretty prominent on it.
17. Kingdom Of Days
Bruce dedicated the song to Patti. "I have a daughter who is on tour also and she (Patti) is with her."
Bruce's daughter Jessica is a champion equestrian.
18. Lonesome Day
19. The Rising
20. Born To Run
Encores:
"Thank you friends and neighbors for the long time support of the E Street Band," Bruce said to the crowd.
21. Hard Times
22. Kitty's Back
Handwritten setlist had either 10th Avenue Freeze-out or Kitty's Back listed in this spot. Myself and I would say 99.9 percent of the fans, were glad we got Kitty.
23. Land Of Hope And Dreams
24. American Land
During the band introductions, Bruce introduced Steve as "the incredible Steve Van Zandt" and then said "Max is back! The Mighty Max Weinberg."
Then at the end of the song, with the crowd going nuts, Bruce said "Are you trying to test me?" a couple of times, then "Do you want to test me? The Turnpike is closed, No one goes home!"
25. Glory Days
Always a fun song to hear.
26. Mony Mony
And another fun song. A good choice to end the show with. Had the entire arena up. Bruce seems to like playing it.
As he took his final bows, Bruce signed a harmonica for a 14-year-old fan up front. Bruce had given her the harmonica after Promised Land earlier in the show and as he came down for the final bows, she held up a Sharpie with the harmonica, and he autographed it.
"Thank you Jersey! We'll see you in the fall at Giants Stadium."
Over at 11:19 p.m. for a 2-hour-and-52 minute show.
Hot end to a hot show, and those in Europe have a lot to look forward to.
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Setlist:
Badlands
Spirit In The Night
Outlaw Pete
Something In The Night
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Good Lovin'
Cover Me
The E Street Shuffle
Thunder Road
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Incident on 57th Street
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Kitty's Back
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Mony Mony
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Review:Bruce Blog
by Stan Goldstein
Bruce Springsteen's Saturday Izod show is quite special
A very good New Jersey show ends a great U.S. run, (until the Bonnaroo Festival), of the Working on a Dream Tour.
Any time you get three classic songs played off "The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle," it's an amazing night
Plus an audible of "Something In the Night," played for the first time this tour, in the fourth spot, and I guess I could even call it a great show.
Crowd was into it from start to finish and Bruce and the band fed off the energy.
Max Weinberg was on drums for the entire show. No Patti Scialfa tonight.
Show began at 8:27 p.m.
1. Badlands (A video of the song is here).
"Is there anyone alive in New Jersey?" Bruce asked the crowd at the end of the song.
2. Spirit In The Night
Always fun, Bruce come out to the center and side extensions and plays to the crowd.
3. Outlaw Pete
4. Something In The Night (tour premiere)
First surprise of the night. An audible as it was not on the handwritten setlist.
Great version, always brings me back to seeing him in 1978 on the Darkness Tour.
5. Out In The Street
Some people are tired of this song, but I always like it. Really gets the crowd into it.
6. Working On A Dream
"Good evening neighbors. So glad to be here in the swamps of Jersey. So glad to be home," Bruce said at the start of the song.
7. Seeds
8. Johnny 99
An extended ending as Bruce and Steve Van Zandt were working the crowd. Then Bruce would look to the back of the stage, then to the front of the stage and had those parts of the crowd cheering everytime he looked their way.
9. The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Youngstown was on the handwritten setlist. I would have prefered that tonight after hearing Joad several times. Once again, Nils Lofgren sizzles on the solo.
10. Good Lovin'
Glad to see "Raise Your Hand" take a break from this spot. Bruce was picking up the signs during the intro and it was pretty cool. Lots of signs again.
Kind of funny when Bruce starts going through the signs, a lot of the band comes over to see what he might select. Roy Bittan, Steve, Garry Tallen and Max were all looking on seeing what Bruce will bring out.
11. The E Street Shuffle (sign request)
This has been played a few times recently but I still consider it a rarity.
12. Cover Me (sign request, tour premiere)
Now this is a rarity. Only played three times on the Magic Tour and only once in the US last year (St. Louis show). Nice Nils' guitar solo and Bruce had some nice guitar work at the end.
After every Bruce show I attend, my co-worker Kenny asks me if Bruce played "Cover Me."
For the first time since 1992, I can say, "Yes Kenny. He did play it at a show I was at!"
13. Thunder Road (sign request)
Tough to criticize whenever Bruce plays this, but as a sign request? Would really prefer to hear something rare in this spot.
14. Waiting On A Sunny Day
15. The Promised Land
Bruce soaked Max with his sponge right before Clarence's sax solo.
16. Incident On 57th Street (tour premiere)
Second big surprise of the night. Not on the handwritten setlist (I'm on Fire was in this slot).
Always great to hear. Backup singers were pretty prominent on it.
17. Kingdom Of Days
Bruce dedicated the song to Patti. "I have a daughter who is on tour also and she (Patti) is with her."
Bruce's daughter Jessica is a champion equestrian.
18. Lonesome Day
19. The Rising
20. Born To Run
Encores:
"Thank you friends and neighbors for the long time support of the E Street Band," Bruce said to the crowd.
21. Hard Times
22. Kitty's Back
Handwritten setlist had either 10th Avenue Freeze-out or Kitty's Back listed in this spot. Myself and I would say 99.9 percent of the fans, were glad we got Kitty.
23. Land Of Hope And Dreams
24. American Land
During the band introductions, Bruce introduced Steve as "the incredible Steve Van Zandt" and then said "Max is back! The Mighty Max Weinberg."
Then at the end of the song, with the crowd going nuts, Bruce said "Are you trying to test me?" a couple of times, then "Do you want to test me? The Turnpike is closed, No one goes home!"
25. Glory Days
Always a fun song to hear.
26. Mony Mony
And another fun song. A good choice to end the show with. Had the entire arena up. Bruce seems to like playing it.
As he took his final bows, Bruce signed a harmonica for a 14-year-old fan up front. Bruce had given her the harmonica after Promised Land earlier in the show and as he came down for the final bows, she held up a Sharpie with the harmonica, and he autographed it.
"Thank you Jersey! We'll see you in the fall at Giants Stadium."
Over at 11:19 p.m. for a 2-hour-and-52 minute show.
Hot end to a hot show, and those in Europe have a lot to look forward to.
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Setlist:
Badlands
Adam Raised A Cain
Outlaw Pete
Radio Nowhere
She's The One
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Growin' Up
I'm Going Down
Prove It All Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Thunder Road
Jungleland
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Rosalita
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Review:NY Mag
by Amos Barshad
Last Night's Bruce Springsteen Show: Yep, Awesome
Last night's show at the Izod Center delivered some actual news - toward the end of the night, Bruuuuuce announced the E Street Band will close down the soon-to-be-shuttered Giants Stadium with three shows in the fall. But we were more interested in news of the much less valid variety - what's going on with the Bruce adultery story? Backstreets.com has noted that Springsteen's wife and E Street co-band-member, Patti Scialfa, has been on and off the tour since an April 22 horse-riding accident, although our conspiracy-theory-hungry minds couldn't help but wonder if it had anything to do with that dude who claimed the Boss slept with his wife.
The story was sort of debunked yesterday - the alleged mistress, Ann Kelly, says her husband made the whole thing up to try to extort money during their divorce proceedings (although Kelly is buddies with Bruce from some fancy private gym they both go to. Just saying %u2026). Patti was onstage last night, and we kept our eyes peeled for any lingering awkwardness, just in case, during their duet on "Kingdom of Love." Results were inconclusive, although the Boss did chase her down for a kiss at the end.
The show itself was, of course, predictably awesome, from a rambling mid-set Bruce speech about "building a house of love" to the passing of the mike to a couple of adorable front-row moppets who, terrified, still managed to squeak out a few lines of "Waitin' on a Sunny Day." Max Weinberg was totally M.I.A. (prepping for The Tonight Show?), but his 18-year-old son Jay more than ably filled in on drums. The encore was particularly epic, with "Thunder Road" segueing into "Jungeland," and "Rosalita" capping things off - "Is this New Jersey?," Bruce hollered, to roars. "Then we can't go home until we've played this one!"
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Setlist:
Badlands
Adam Raised A Cain
Outlaw Pete
Radio Nowhere
She's The One
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Growin' Up
I'm Going Down
Prove It All Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Thunder Road
Jungleland
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Rosalita
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Review:NY Mag
by Amos Barshad
Last Night's Bruce Springsteen Show: Yep, Awesome
Last night's show at the Izod Center delivered some actual news - toward the end of the night, Bruuuuuce announced the E Street Band will close down the soon-to-be-shuttered Giants Stadium with three shows in the fall. But we were more interested in news of the much less valid variety - what's going on with the Bruce adultery story? Backstreets.com has noted that Springsteen's wife and E Street co-band-member, Patti Scialfa, has been on and off the tour since an April 22 horse-riding accident, although our conspiracy-theory-hungry minds couldn't help but wonder if it had anything to do with that dude who claimed the Boss slept with his wife.
The story was sort of debunked yesterday - the alleged mistress, Ann Kelly, says her husband made the whole thing up to try to extort money during their divorce proceedings (although Kelly is buddies with Bruce from some fancy private gym they both go to. Just saying %u2026). Patti was onstage last night, and we kept our eyes peeled for any lingering awkwardness, just in case, during their duet on "Kingdom of Love." Results were inconclusive, although the Boss did chase her down for a kiss at the end.
The show itself was, of course, predictably awesome, from a rambling mid-set Bruce speech about "building a house of love" to the passing of the mike to a couple of adorable front-row moppets who, terrified, still managed to squeak out a few lines of "Waitin' on a Sunny Day." Max Weinberg was totally M.I.A. (prepping for The Tonight Show?), but his 18-year-old son Jay more than ably filled in on drums. The encore was particularly epic, with "Thunder Road" segueing into "Jungeland," and "Rosalita" capping things off - "Is this New Jersey?," Bruce hollered, to roars. "Then we can't go home until we've played this one!"
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Setlist:
Badlands
Candy's Room
Outlaw Pete
Jackson Cage
She's The One
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Good Lovin'
Like A Rolling Stone
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
I'm On Fire
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Thunder Road
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Mony Mony
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Review:Pittsburgh Post Gazette
by Scott Mervis
Bruce rocks Mellon Arena crowd, covers Dylan's 'Rolling Stone'
If you've been following the Bruce Springsteen tour, you know he's been collecting signs from the crowd in a little game of Stump the E Street Band.
Among the songs he's played along the way are "I Wanna Be Sedated," "London Calling" and ... "Hava Nagila"? Yes, believe it or not.
God bless the people of Pittsburgh. After flipping through the dozens of signs tonight at the Mellon Arena, he shouted, "We've never played this song before!" When he turned it around, it was "Like a Rolling Stone" and off went the E Street Band into an epic version with a crowd sing-along of "How does it feeeel?"
Springsteen has rarely touched a song by Dylan, a towering lyrical influence on him, and certainly never played one before in Pittsburgh, so consider yourself charmed to be there.
It went along with the whole anything-goes nature of this tour, which may have started as a vehicle to promote "Working on a Dream," but changed gears when no one seemed all that into it. Being the resilient type and one of the world's great entertainers, Springsteen recognized that and made a new plan.
"We're going to take the fear out there and build a house of love!" he declared last night. So, at the core of his set was a sprinkling of songs that deal with "Hard Times," including a gospel version of that Stephen Foster classic during the encores. Earlier he did the grinding "Seeds," a song about a family that goes South only to find the oil boom gone bust, and a rollicking "Johnny 99," about an unemployed auto worker who goes a little crazy with a gun. In Pittsburgh, he subbed out "Ghost of Tom Joad" for an emotional version of "Youngstown," providing a rare showcase for guitarist Nils Lofgren to shred.
The only nods to the new record were "Kingdom of Days" and the oddly epic Western tale "Outlaw Pete," which he gave the hard-sell. It was more like the "Darkness on the Edge of Town" tour with a double-shot of "Badlands" and "Candy's Room" opening the set and later the title track (by sign request) and "The Promised Land," which in my book is one of our country's most empowering anthems.
That house of love he set out to build manifested itself in the party treat of "Good Lovin'," a natural for the E Street Band, and in the thrust of "She's the One," but also in the transcendent set climax of "Lonesome Day" and "The Rising," a pair of songs that chronicle the trauma the country suffered in the past decade with a ray of hope.
That hopeful vibe carried into the encores, which included "Land of Hope and Dreams," the always-welcome "Thunder Road" and a visit from Houserocker Joe Grushecky and son Johnny on a ragtag "Glory Days."
As usual, Springsteen was relentless and superhuman. Take "Born to Run." It's a song he's played in every show since the mid-'70s and by this point, you'd think he'd be burned on it. But looking up at the screen, you could still see that fire in his eyes -- that it all still matters, and there's no such thing as going through the motions.
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Setlist:
Badlands
Candy's Room
Outlaw Pete
Jackson Cage
She's The One
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Good Lovin'
Like A Rolling Stone
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
I'm On Fire
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Thunder Road
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
Mony Mony
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Review:Pittsburgh Post Gazette
by Scott Mervis
Bruce rocks Mellon Arena crowd, covers Dylan's 'Rolling Stone'
If you've been following the Bruce Springsteen tour, you know he's been collecting signs from the crowd in a little game of Stump the E Street Band.
Among the songs he's played along the way are "I Wanna Be Sedated," "London Calling" and ... "Hava Nagila"? Yes, believe it or not.
God bless the people of Pittsburgh. After flipping through the dozens of signs tonight at the Mellon Arena, he shouted, "We've never played this song before!" When he turned it around, it was "Like a Rolling Stone" and off went the E Street Band into an epic version with a crowd sing-along of "How does it feeeel?"
Springsteen has rarely touched a song by Dylan, a towering lyrical influence on him, and certainly never played one before in Pittsburgh, so consider yourself charmed to be there.
It went along with the whole anything-goes nature of this tour, which may have started as a vehicle to promote "Working on a Dream," but changed gears when no one seemed all that into it. Being the resilient type and one of the world's great entertainers, Springsteen recognized that and made a new plan.
"We're going to take the fear out there and build a house of love!" he declared last night. So, at the core of his set was a sprinkling of songs that deal with "Hard Times," including a gospel version of that Stephen Foster classic during the encores. Earlier he did the grinding "Seeds," a song about a family that goes South only to find the oil boom gone bust, and a rollicking "Johnny 99," about an unemployed auto worker who goes a little crazy with a gun. In Pittsburgh, he subbed out "Ghost of Tom Joad" for an emotional version of "Youngstown," providing a rare showcase for guitarist Nils Lofgren to shred.
The only nods to the new record were "Kingdom of Days" and the oddly epic Western tale "Outlaw Pete," which he gave the hard-sell. It was more like the "Darkness on the Edge of Town" tour with a double-shot of "Badlands" and "Candy's Room" opening the set and later the title track (by sign request) and "The Promised Land," which in my book is one of our country's most empowering anthems.
That house of love he set out to build manifested itself in the party treat of "Good Lovin'," a natural for the E Street Band, and in the thrust of "She's the One," but also in the transcendent set climax of "Lonesome Day" and "The Rising," a pair of songs that chronicle the trauma the country suffered in the past decade with a ray of hope.
That hopeful vibe carried into the encores, which included "Land of Hope and Dreams," the always-welcome "Thunder Road" and a visit from Houserocker Joe Grushecky and son Johnny on a ragtag "Glory Days."
As usual, Springsteen was relentless and superhuman. Take "Born to Run." It's a song he's played in every show since the mid-'70s and by this point, you'd think he'd be burned on it. But looking up at the screen, you could still see that fire in his eyes -- that it all still matters, and there's no such thing as going through the motions.
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Setlist:
Badlands
No Surrender
Outlaw Pete
She's The One
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Out In The Street
Little Latin Lupe Lu
Hava Nagila
Blinded By The Light
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom Of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Kitty's Back
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Rosalita
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Review:Washington Post
by J. Freedom du Lac
As Arena Apostle, Springsteen Builds Redemptive Show On Just-Solid Rock
Bruce Springsteen wasn't about to shuffle quietly into the night. Having already spent nearly three sweaty hours striving for rock-and-roll deliverance Monday at Verizon Center, Springsteen thundered one last time down that familiar redemptive road.
As the E Street Band roared through an encore version of the rambunctious old war horse "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)," Springsteen growled and howled his joyous circa-1973 lyrics about forbidden love and "stone desire." He stood on his tiptoes to punctuate particular guitar licks or vocals. He darted back and forth across the spartan stage, feet and, especially, fists pumping. He exhorted the crowd to sing the final pre-chorus part louder, then even louder still.
"It's the big one!" he shouted. "BIGGER!" The sound inside the arena spiked, as requested, and Springsteen unleashed an impassioned shriek, sending his feverish fans over the edge.
At 59, Springsteen remains one of the most potent live performers in popular music, largely because he's among its most committed practitioners. He drains every bit of his creative energy whenever he's onstage -- all in the service of proselytizing the power of rock-and-roll, in which his faith is unwavering.
"Washington, are you ready to be delivered?" he asked at the outset of Monday's concert, before diving into "Badlands," a breakneck rocker about working-class spirit.
Later, during a somewhat leaden performance of the title track from his new album, "Working on a Dream," the Boss bellowed his mission statement for the show: "We're gonna take the fear out there and we're gonna build a house of hope!" Also, he promised: Despair would be transformed into love, doubt into faith, sadness into joy and happiness.
Springsteen long ago embarked on an everlasting edition of Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show, whose guiding principle is to deliver hope and redemption through song. Accordingly, Monday's show featured more than a few moments of redemptive rapture.
But it wasn't necessarily a show for the best-of books, despite the sense of purpose with which the band performed and the generosity of the nearly three-hour set, which spanned 25 songs -- 27 if you counted the instrumental riffs on "Hava Nagila" and "Hail to the Chief," the former requested on a Torah-scroll sign, the latter a nod to another sign's "Rosalita" request, which read: "Obama called, he wants 'Rosie.' " ("By executive order!" Springsteen joked by way of introducing the show-closing song.)
The mix was muddy beyond belief. Opener "Badlands," for instance, was a toxic swirl of cacophonous noise during which the vocals and 10 instrumental parts repeatedly crashed into each other. "No Surrender," an otherwise terrific mid-1980s anthem about war, romantic dreams and lost youth, was a relatively indecipherable and impenetrable wall of sound. "She's the One" suffered similarly once the instrumental parts began stacking atop the clean, simple power chords and Max Weinberg's irresistible Bo Diddley beat.
The set also featured an overabundance of songs from Springsteen's fallow period -- which is to say, from his new album, which is full of lyrical missteps and half-realized or, worse, ill-considered ideas from one of rock's preeminent poets. There were only four songs from "Working on a Dream" in the set, but it sounded like three too many.
Whereas "The Wrestler" was an emotionally gripping character study on which Springsteen sang convincingly of struggle and survival, "Outlaw Pete" was a melodramatic epic that played like a parody of a "Nebraska"-era Springsteen story-song, or maybe like Meat Loaf doing musical theater. It came across forced and farcical, especially when Springsteen donned a black cowboy hat. Would you like some cheese with that hamminess?
Yes? Well, "Working on a Dream," whose lyrics sound like Springsteen on autopilot, featured a cheesy whistling interlude.
"Kingdom of Days" was better lyrically, as Springsteen considered the notion of romance making time stand still with his wife, Patti Scialfa, singing by his side. But, as on the recorded version, the musically overwrought live performance sounded schmaltzy.
Still, the set was generally well considered, with Springsteen mixing some of his greatest hits (the blistering "Born to Run") and oldest misses (the swinging, shifty jazz-blues workout "Kitty's Back") with a handful of superlative recent songs, including "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" and post-9/11 anthem "The Rising," on which Nils Lofgren's slide guitar soared.
On 2007's Magic tour, Springsteen's set was loaded with songs about isolation, alienation and disillusionment. Monday's theme was more hopeful, with several references to the promised land -- including "The Promised Land" itself -- as well as multiple songs about optimism, as with "Land of Hope and Dreams," which included an interpolation of Curtis Mayfield's epochal "People Get Ready."
Not that all's well in this American land. Springsteen acknowledged the recession in several songs, including "Seeds," "The Ghost of Tom Joad," an overly muscular "Johnny 99" and a standout version of Stephen Foster's "Hard Times (Come Again No More)."
It wasn't the night's only cover, for Springsteen and the E Street Band have been getting in touch with their inner-jukebox lately; on Monday, they revived Eddie Floyd's R&B hit "Raise Your Hand" to stirring, soulful effect and bashed out a wobbly garage-rock version of the Righteous Brothers song "Little Latin Lupe Lu" upon request.
No audience is more important to Springsteen than the one he's currently trying to win over, and he's connecting with his fans on this tour by soliciting their set-list input at every show. So there he went, racing around the front of the stage, collecting handmade signs with titles on them and then calling out audibles to the band, including titles from their own catalogue.
Most notable was "Out in the Street," an idealistic 1980 song about community -- a fitting theme, as Springsteen performed part of the raggedy rocker while seated at the foot of the stage, right next to the little girl who'd apparently made the request.
She sang with him and held the microphone while Springsteen played his guitar. But he wasn't sitting down on the job for long; soon enough, the Boss was back on his feet, running, gesticulating, mugging, exhorting and hollering, doing everything in his considerable powers to deliver on that promise of salvation.
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Setlist:
Badlands
No Surrender
Outlaw Pete
She's The One
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Out In The Street
Little Latin Lupe Lu
Hava Nagila
Blinded By The Light
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom Of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Kitty's Back
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Rosalita
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Review:Washington Post
by J. Freedom du Lac
As Arena Apostle, Springsteen Builds Redemptive Show On Just-Solid Rock
Bruce Springsteen wasn't about to shuffle quietly into the night. Having already spent nearly three sweaty hours striving for rock-and-roll deliverance Monday at Verizon Center, Springsteen thundered one last time down that familiar redemptive road.
As the E Street Band roared through an encore version of the rambunctious old war horse "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)," Springsteen growled and howled his joyous circa-1973 lyrics about forbidden love and "stone desire." He stood on his tiptoes to punctuate particular guitar licks or vocals. He darted back and forth across the spartan stage, feet and, especially, fists pumping. He exhorted the crowd to sing the final pre-chorus part louder, then even louder still.
"It's the big one!" he shouted. "BIGGER!" The sound inside the arena spiked, as requested, and Springsteen unleashed an impassioned shriek, sending his feverish fans over the edge.
At 59, Springsteen remains one of the most potent live performers in popular music, largely because he's among its most committed practitioners. He drains every bit of his creative energy whenever he's onstage -- all in the service of proselytizing the power of rock-and-roll, in which his faith is unwavering.
"Washington, are you ready to be delivered?" he asked at the outset of Monday's concert, before diving into "Badlands," a breakneck rocker about working-class spirit.
Later, during a somewhat leaden performance of the title track from his new album, "Working on a Dream," the Boss bellowed his mission statement for the show: "We're gonna take the fear out there and we're gonna build a house of hope!" Also, he promised: Despair would be transformed into love, doubt into faith, sadness into joy and happiness.
Springsteen long ago embarked on an everlasting edition of Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show, whose guiding principle is to deliver hope and redemption through song. Accordingly, Monday's show featured more than a few moments of redemptive rapture.
But it wasn't necessarily a show for the best-of books, despite the sense of purpose with which the band performed and the generosity of the nearly three-hour set, which spanned 25 songs -- 27 if you counted the instrumental riffs on "Hava Nagila" and "Hail to the Chief," the former requested on a Torah-scroll sign, the latter a nod to another sign's "Rosalita" request, which read: "Obama called, he wants 'Rosie.' " ("By executive order!" Springsteen joked by way of introducing the show-closing song.)
The mix was muddy beyond belief. Opener "Badlands," for instance, was a toxic swirl of cacophonous noise during which the vocals and 10 instrumental parts repeatedly crashed into each other. "No Surrender," an otherwise terrific mid-1980s anthem about war, romantic dreams and lost youth, was a relatively indecipherable and impenetrable wall of sound. "She's the One" suffered similarly once the instrumental parts began stacking atop the clean, simple power chords and Max Weinberg's irresistible Bo Diddley beat.
The set also featured an overabundance of songs from Springsteen's fallow period -- which is to say, from his new album, which is full of lyrical missteps and half-realized or, worse, ill-considered ideas from one of rock's preeminent poets. There were only four songs from "Working on a Dream" in the set, but it sounded like three too many.
Whereas "The Wrestler" was an emotionally gripping character study on which Springsteen sang convincingly of struggle and survival, "Outlaw Pete" was a melodramatic epic that played like a parody of a "Nebraska"-era Springsteen story-song, or maybe like Meat Loaf doing musical theater. It came across forced and farcical, especially when Springsteen donned a black cowboy hat. Would you like some cheese with that hamminess?
Yes? Well, "Working on a Dream," whose lyrics sound like Springsteen on autopilot, featured a cheesy whistling interlude.
"Kingdom of Days" was better lyrically, as Springsteen considered the notion of romance making time stand still with his wife, Patti Scialfa, singing by his side. But, as on the recorded version, the musically overwrought live performance sounded schmaltzy.
Still, the set was generally well considered, with Springsteen mixing some of his greatest hits (the blistering "Born to Run") and oldest misses (the swinging, shifty jazz-blues workout "Kitty's Back") with a handful of superlative recent songs, including "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" and post-9/11 anthem "The Rising," on which Nils Lofgren's slide guitar soared.
On 2007's Magic tour, Springsteen's set was loaded with songs about isolation, alienation and disillusionment. Monday's theme was more hopeful, with several references to the promised land -- including "The Promised Land" itself -- as well as multiple songs about optimism, as with "Land of Hope and Dreams," which included an interpolation of Curtis Mayfield's epochal "People Get Ready."
Not that all's well in this American land. Springsteen acknowledged the recession in several songs, including "Seeds," "The Ghost of Tom Joad," an overly muscular "Johnny 99" and a standout version of Stephen Foster's "Hard Times (Come Again No More)."
It wasn't the night's only cover, for Springsteen and the E Street Band have been getting in touch with their inner-jukebox lately; on Monday, they revived Eddie Floyd's R&B hit "Raise Your Hand" to stirring, soulful effect and bashed out a wobbly garage-rock version of the Righteous Brothers song "Little Latin Lupe Lu" upon request.
No audience is more important to Springsteen than the one he's currently trying to win over, and he's connecting with his fans on this tour by soliciting their set-list input at every show. So there he went, racing around the front of the stage, collecting handmade signs with titles on them and then calling out audibles to the band, including titles from their own catalogue.
Most notable was "Out in the Street," an idealistic 1980 song about community -- a fitting theme, as Springsteen performed part of the raggedy rocker while seated at the foot of the stage, right next to the little girl who'd apparently made the request.
She sang with him and held the microphone while Springsteen played his guitar. But he wasn't sitting down on the job for long; soon enough, the Boss was back on his feet, running, gesticulating, mugging, exhorting and hollering, doing everything in his considerable powers to deliver on that promise of salvation.
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, PA May 15, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Spirit In The Night
Outlaw Pete
Radio Nowhere
Out In The Street
Twist & Shout
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Give The Girl A Kiss
Trapped
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Backstreets
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Rosalita
Bobby Jean
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Review:Patriot News
by Kira L Schlechter
The Boss rocks Hersheypark Stadium
Last year, Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band helped close the Hershey summer concert season. This year, they kicked it off in fine style in their second appearance at Hersheypark Stadium Friday.
The time of year was different, and the tone - post-election, into a new administration - was as well, decidedly less tense, much more upbeat.
Springsteen was out in support of his latest album, "Working on a Dream," and after a stirring "Badlands" and a loose, easy "Spirits in the Night" (ask the little boy who got to sing into the superstar's mic how thrilled he was), he broke out perhaps the album's signature track, the spaghetti-Western epic "Outlaw Pete." Marvelously cinematic, set to some of the most gorgeous music he's written, the track was an early standout.
First-time concert goer Danny Smith probably summed up Bruce Springsteen's performance at Hersheypark best: "Bruce Springsteen is the second coming of rock and roll."
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Setlist:
Badlands
Spirit In The Night
Outlaw Pete
Radio Nowhere
Out In The Street
Twist & Shout
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Give The Girl A Kiss
Trapped
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Backstreets
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Rosalita
Bobby Jean
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Review:Patriot News
by Kira L Schlechter
The Boss rocks Hersheypark Stadium
Last year, Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band helped close the Hershey summer concert season. This year, they kicked it off in fine style in their second appearance at Hersheypark Stadium Friday.
The time of year was different, and the tone - post-election, into a new administration - was as well, decidedly less tense, much more upbeat.
Springsteen was out in support of his latest album, "Working on a Dream," and after a stirring "Badlands" and a loose, easy "Spirits in the Night" (ask the little boy who got to sing into the superstar's mic how thrilled he was), he broke out perhaps the album's signature track, the spaghetti-Western epic "Outlaw Pete." Marvelously cinematic, set to some of the most gorgeous music he's written, the track was an early standout.
First-time concert goer Danny Smith probably summed up Bruce Springsteen's performance at Hersheypark best: "Bruce Springsteen is the second coming of rock and roll."
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Bruce Springsteen ~ Trapped ~ 5/15/09
Bruce & the E Street Band absolutely KILL Hershey, PA! Jay Weinberg's second complete show...(second) time in 35 years that someone other than his pops, Max Weinberg has sat behind the kit! Unbelievable!
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Times Union Center in Albany, NY May 14, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Radio Nowhere
Outlaw Pete
No Surrender
Out In The Streets
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Thunder Road
Mony Mony
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Backstreets
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Kitty's Back
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
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Review:Albany Times Union
by Michael Eck
The Boss in with a crash, boom, bang
Really, when all was said and done, it was Jay Weinberg's night.
Jay who? Jay Weinberg.
Jay is the 18-year-old son of Max Weinberg, longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and as of Thursday night he is the new drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, at least for a little while.
Weinberg pere also happens to be Conan O'Brien's bandleader, and as the TV host prepares to take over for Jay Leno, Weinberg had to repair to California despite the fact that Bruce is on tour.
"This is the first night in 35 years that somebody else sat at the drums," Springsteen shouted to the sold-out house at the Times Union Center on Thursday as Weinberg fils made his full-show debut.
And how.
This kid fills Dad's shoes and then some.
It was clear that Weinberg ahs re-energized an already pumped-up band, many members of which are three times his age.
But then Springsteen could rock the house with nobody on the drums.
The show kicked off with "Badlands" and criss-crossed albums from 1973 to 2009.
The newest offering, "Working On A Dream," doesn't live up to the sheer power of 2007's "Magic," but the melodramatic "Outlaw Pete" and the inspirational title tune both worked well live.
Springsteen also dedicated "Dream's" "Kingdom of Days" to his wife Patti Scialfa, who is still recuperating from a horse-riding injury.
More impressive was a run of requests that Springsteen honored after culling hand-printed signs from then audience.
Merely holding up the posterboard emblazoned with "Thunder Road" elicited cheers of delight, and performing the song garnered even more.
The same went for requests "Mony Mony" (yes, the Tommy James and the Shondells AM radio staple) and the always-stunning "Backstreets."
Later in the evening Springsteen wowed the faithful by pulling out a bright pink and yellow sign stating "Kitty's Back."
Weinberg was brilliant on the tune, a blues-tinged blast of organ jazz and beatnik poetry stabbed with electric guitar. Springsteen just beamed at the kid.
The Boss also gave his other pals room to shine. Nils Lofgren's solo in "The Ghost of Tom Joad" was jaw-dropping; Little Steven Van Zandt was a frequent presence at his side; and the Big Man, Clarence Clemons honked his legendary sax on the encore of "Land of Hope and Dreams" and tooted a pennywhistle on "American Land."
Perhaps most satisfying was a flint-edged take of Stephen Foster's 150-year-old classic "Hard Times."
This visit was not quite the soaring, spiritual adventure of Springsteen's November 2007 downtown concert, but it was a night of rock and roll that won't soon be forgotten.
Least of all by Jay Weinberg.
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Setlist:
Badlands
Radio Nowhere
Outlaw Pete
No Surrender
Out In The Streets
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Thunder Road
Mony Mony
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Backstreets
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Kitty's Back
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
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Review:Albany Times Union
by Michael Eck
The Boss in with a crash, boom, bang
Really, when all was said and done, it was Jay Weinberg's night.
Jay who? Jay Weinberg.
Jay is the 18-year-old son of Max Weinberg, longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and as of Thursday night he is the new drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, at least for a little while.
Weinberg pere also happens to be Conan O'Brien's bandleader, and as the TV host prepares to take over for Jay Leno, Weinberg had to repair to California despite the fact that Bruce is on tour.
"This is the first night in 35 years that somebody else sat at the drums," Springsteen shouted to the sold-out house at the Times Union Center on Thursday as Weinberg fils made his full-show debut.
And how.
This kid fills Dad's shoes and then some.
It was clear that Weinberg ahs re-energized an already pumped-up band, many members of which are three times his age.
But then Springsteen could rock the house with nobody on the drums.
The show kicked off with "Badlands" and criss-crossed albums from 1973 to 2009.
The newest offering, "Working On A Dream," doesn't live up to the sheer power of 2007's "Magic," but the melodramatic "Outlaw Pete" and the inspirational title tune both worked well live.
Springsteen also dedicated "Dream's" "Kingdom of Days" to his wife Patti Scialfa, who is still recuperating from a horse-riding injury.
More impressive was a run of requests that Springsteen honored after culling hand-printed signs from then audience.
Merely holding up the posterboard emblazoned with "Thunder Road" elicited cheers of delight, and performing the song garnered even more.
The same went for requests "Mony Mony" (yes, the Tommy James and the Shondells AM radio staple) and the always-stunning "Backstreets."
Later in the evening Springsteen wowed the faithful by pulling out a bright pink and yellow sign stating "Kitty's Back."
Weinberg was brilliant on the tune, a blues-tinged blast of organ jazz and beatnik poetry stabbed with electric guitar. Springsteen just beamed at the kid.
The Boss also gave his other pals room to shine. Nils Lofgren's solo in "The Ghost of Tom Joad" was jaw-dropping; Little Steven Van Zandt was a frequent presence at his side; and the Big Man, Clarence Clemons honked his legendary sax on the encore of "Land of Hope and Dreams" and tooted a pennywhistle on "American Land."
Perhaps most satisfying was a flint-edged take of Stephen Foster's 150-year-old classic "Hard Times."
This visit was not quite the soaring, spiritual adventure of Springsteen's November 2007 downtown concert, but it was a night of rock and roll that won't soon be forgotten.
Least of all by Jay Weinberg.
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Setlist:
Badlands
Spirit In The Night
Outlaw Pete
She's The One
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Trapped
Candy's Room
Mony Mony
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom Of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Jungleland
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
Rosalita
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Review:Chicago Sun Times
by Dave Hoekstra
Ode to Joad: Bruce Springsteen's searing, somber anthem highlights 'Working on a Dream' show at United Center
3-hour set includes ample party moments, poster requests, a haunting 'Promised Land' and moody 'The Wrestler'
There was a time when a Bruce Springsteen concert pointed to the future.
But the most compelling moments of Springsteen and the E-Street Band's generous three-hour set Tuesday night at the United Center were set in the sepia tones of America's past and present. Springsteen sang "Promised Land" with renewed grit, especially the refrain:
"BLOW away the dreams that tear you apart
BLOW away the dreams that break your heart..."
After all, many middle-agers drove cars from their bankrupt automakers to an arena sponsored by a bankrupt airline while no doubt pondering their blown 401(k). I'm one of those guys. I've seen Springsteen nearly 30 times since 1978. Hey, I'm taking a furlough day Thursday at Wrigley Field, or the home of "Working on a Dream" from the Boss' more chipper and newer songs which he covered earlier in the set.
Springsteen reworked 1995's "The Ghost of Tom Joad" into a searing anthem about impoverished dreams and resignation. The original track was stark and moody, featuring late E-Street keyboardist Danny Federici. On Tuesday, the E-Street Band played "Tom Joad" with frontier conviction, following the swirling guitar of Nils Lofgren while Steve Van Zandt plucked away on mandolin in the shadows.
At the end of "Tom Joad, Pt. 1" Woody Guthrie recalled how the remnants of the Joad family stood atop a California mountain looking west to the promised land. Guthrie wails:
"There was work for every single man - they thought." Springsteen made a good call for these times.
"The Ghost of Tom Joad" came out of a roaring roadhouse atmosphere which combined the rarely played "Seeds" (and Lofgren teasing the crowd with a "Pink Cadillac" intro) with "Johnny 99." The narcotic Texas beat behind "Seeds" delivers the story of itinerant tents pitched in the highway and transient kids with graveyard coughs. And "Seeds" dates back to 1986. One of the evening's encores included Stephen Foster's "Hard Times" (from the 1840s) with Springsteen on electric guitar, backed by dual accordions and Van Zandt again on mandolin.
Of course, while gloom and doom made sense to me, the show had ample party moments. The latest shtick on the current tour is for fans to make posters requesting their favorite Springsteen songs and covers. On Tuesday Springsteen wandered into the first few rows of the audience, picked some posters and brought them on stage.
Every night the band chooses one song they have never played. On Tuesday it was the Tommy James & the Shondells hit "Mony, Mony" with the sold-out audience singing along to the X-rated bridge. Springsteen was up to the task, singing in frat-rock style, faster than the original. (On Monday night in St. Paul, Minn., Springsteen surprised with the Rascals' "Good Lovin'," which I would have preferred).
Springsteen also chose the frenetic "Candys' Room," requested on posterboard by a woman who was celebrating her birthday. But best of all was a mercurial version of the unrepentant love anthem "Trapped," which illustrated the greatness of the E-Street Band. Although "Trapped" was not on the set list, the band played with a collective tight force behind Springsteen's cresting vocals. E-Street guitarist Patti Scialfa was missing in action. The acoustics at the United Center are lousy, and it sounded like Springsteen said she fell off a horse. Drumming chores are being split between Max Weinberg and his son Jay, who came in relief after Pops provided the Bo Diddley beat to "Mony Mony."
The best tune from Springsteen's latest "Working on a Dream" record was "The Wrestler," the moody theme of the hit Mickey Rourke movie. Springsteen dealt gritty vocals without an instrument at stage center, accented by Lofgren on acoustic guitar and Roy Bittan on piano. Springsteen earlier included the new Americana hit "Outlaw Pete," which was flavored by Soozie Tyrell's violin. The song was not without the needless Bruce shtick. Under the shadow of the spotlight he put on a black cowboy hat toward the end of the number, as if we didn't understand this song was set in a western motif. Or maybe it was Springsteen's "Pal Joey" moment. But moments later Mighty Max Weinberg kicked into another Bo Diddley beat on "She's The One." And the evening soon became one to softly embrace during the hardest of
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Setlist:
Badlands
Spirit In The Night
Outlaw Pete
She's The One
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Trapped
Candy's Room
Mony Mony
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom Of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Jungleland
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
Rosalita
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Review:Chicago Sun Times
by Dave Hoekstra
Ode to Joad: Bruce Springsteen's searing, somber anthem highlights 'Working on a Dream' show at United Center
3-hour set includes ample party moments, poster requests, a haunting 'Promised Land' and moody 'The Wrestler'
There was a time when a Bruce Springsteen concert pointed to the future.
But the most compelling moments of Springsteen and the E-Street Band's generous three-hour set Tuesday night at the United Center were set in the sepia tones of America's past and present. Springsteen sang "Promised Land" with renewed grit, especially the refrain:
"BLOW away the dreams that tear you apart
BLOW away the dreams that break your heart..."
After all, many middle-agers drove cars from their bankrupt automakers to an arena sponsored by a bankrupt airline while no doubt pondering their blown 401(k). I'm one of those guys. I've seen Springsteen nearly 30 times since 1978. Hey, I'm taking a furlough day Thursday at Wrigley Field, or the home of "Working on a Dream" from the Boss' more chipper and newer songs which he covered earlier in the set.
Springsteen reworked 1995's "The Ghost of Tom Joad" into a searing anthem about impoverished dreams and resignation. The original track was stark and moody, featuring late E-Street keyboardist Danny Federici. On Tuesday, the E-Street Band played "Tom Joad" with frontier conviction, following the swirling guitar of Nils Lofgren while Steve Van Zandt plucked away on mandolin in the shadows.
At the end of "Tom Joad, Pt. 1" Woody Guthrie recalled how the remnants of the Joad family stood atop a California mountain looking west to the promised land. Guthrie wails:
"There was work for every single man - they thought." Springsteen made a good call for these times.
"The Ghost of Tom Joad" came out of a roaring roadhouse atmosphere which combined the rarely played "Seeds" (and Lofgren teasing the crowd with a "Pink Cadillac" intro) with "Johnny 99." The narcotic Texas beat behind "Seeds" delivers the story of itinerant tents pitched in the highway and transient kids with graveyard coughs. And "Seeds" dates back to 1986. One of the evening's encores included Stephen Foster's "Hard Times" (from the 1840s) with Springsteen on electric guitar, backed by dual accordions and Van Zandt again on mandolin.
Of course, while gloom and doom made sense to me, the show had ample party moments. The latest shtick on the current tour is for fans to make posters requesting their favorite Springsteen songs and covers. On Tuesday Springsteen wandered into the first few rows of the audience, picked some posters and brought them on stage.
Every night the band chooses one song they have never played. On Tuesday it was the Tommy James & the Shondells hit "Mony, Mony" with the sold-out audience singing along to the X-rated bridge. Springsteen was up to the task, singing in frat-rock style, faster than the original. (On Monday night in St. Paul, Minn., Springsteen surprised with the Rascals' "Good Lovin'," which I would have preferred).
Springsteen also chose the frenetic "Candys' Room," requested on posterboard by a woman who was celebrating her birthday. But best of all was a mercurial version of the unrepentant love anthem "Trapped," which illustrated the greatness of the E-Street Band. Although "Trapped" was not on the set list, the band played with a collective tight force behind Springsteen's cresting vocals. E-Street guitarist Patti Scialfa was missing in action. The acoustics at the United Center are lousy, and it sounded like Springsteen said she fell off a horse. Drumming chores are being split between Max Weinberg and his son Jay, who came in relief after Pops provided the Bo Diddley beat to "Mony Mony."
The best tune from Springsteen's latest "Working on a Dream" record was "The Wrestler," the moody theme of the hit Mickey Rourke movie. Springsteen dealt gritty vocals without an instrument at stage center, accented by Lofgren on acoustic guitar and Roy Bittan on piano. Springsteen earlier included the new Americana hit "Outlaw Pete," which was flavored by Soozie Tyrell's violin. The song was not without the needless Bruce shtick. Under the shadow of the spotlight he put on a black cowboy hat toward the end of the number, as if we didn't understand this song was set in a western motif. Or maybe it was Springsteen's "Pal Joey" moment. But moments later Mighty Max Weinberg kicked into another Bo Diddley beat on "She's The One." And the evening soon became one to softly embrace during the hardest of
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Setlist:
Badlands (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Radio Nowhere (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Outlaw Pete (w/ Jay Weinberg)
No Surrender (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Out in the Street (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Working on a Dream (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Seeds (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Johnny 99 (w/ Jay Weinberg)
The Ghost of Tom Joad (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Raise Your Hand (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Good Lovin'
Prove It All Night
The E Street Shuffle
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
I'm on Fire
Kingdom of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Bobby Jean
Rosalita
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Review:Minneapolis Star Tribune
by Jin Bream
Energetic Boss channels youthful vibe
Jay Weinberg kept Springsteen refreshed and on pace when the E Street Band dragged at the X
Bruce Springsteen has discovered the Fountain of Youth.
Not that he needs to. At 59, he was so on fire Monday at St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center that the buff Boss looked like he could kick Brett Favre's butt, even though the rocker is 20 years older. But his E Street Band could use a shot in the arm.
Sit-down sax man Clarence Clemmons has had two knee replacements, guitarist Nils Lofgren has had both hips replaced and the other E Streeters seemed a bit tired by the end of the second hour on Monday. In the first hour, the Boss had exactly what he needed - 18-year-old drummer Jay Weinberg, son of regular sticksman Mighty Max Weinberg, who has obligations in June to his other boss, Conan O'Brien and "The Tonight Show," so Jay will replace him on tour later.
Playing the first 10 songs of the night, the punk and metal drummer brought a youthful exuberance to the material. So what if he wasn't as crisp and muscular as his father? What he did was keep the band and, more important, the Boss, on his toes. Springsteen had to play both rock star and band leader, which brought an edge and freshness to his performance not seen since he toured with his Seeger Sessions Band in 2006.
Moreover, the Boss hasn't had as much fun onstage in the Twin Cities since that Seeger show. He seemed refreshed, unstoppably heroic and unrelentingly passionate - and wonderfully spontaneous.
Of course, as always, he meticulously planned a set list that would provide a thematic arc. Call this The Hard Times Are Here But We Shall Overcome, Yes We Can Tour. Between the desperate feelings in "Seeds" and "The Ghost of Tom Joad" and the optimism of "The Rising" and "Land of Hope and Dreams," the Boss took requests from handmade signs he collected from the audience. With Max Weinberg finally on drums, Springsteen and band did the Rascals' "Good Lovin'" (which he said they'd never done before) as well as his own anthemic "Prove It All Night" and "The E Street Shuffle," a boardwalk stroll from his second album (released in 1973). These songs helped Max to warm up to the ferocious pace set by his son, who is, after all, half as old as the E Street Band.
Giving his eighth Twin Cities performance in eight years, the hard-working Boss did not give 20,077 fans the hard sell for his new album, "Working on a Dream," which has received some of his least favorable reviews in his Hall of Fame career. In concert in 2002, he did 12 songs from "The Rising" and five years later nine songs from "Magic," but on Monday he did only three songs from the new disc. Instead, this 2 ¾-hour, 27-song performance was about delivering a message but doing it with irresistible rock 'n' roll exhilaration, playing some unexpected oldies and connecting generations.
Springsteen handed out guitar picks to young people - teens and younger - near the front of the stage. After asking a girl, who looked to be 8 or 9, to sing along on the microphone on "Waiting on a Sunny Day," he responded like a teacher with "That's very good" and then cracked wise like a cool rockin' daddy, "Is this child abuse?"
No, like having Joltin' Jay Weinberg drumming in the E Street Band, it's just appreciating the Fountain of Youth.
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Setlist:
Badlands (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Radio Nowhere (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Outlaw Pete (w/ Jay Weinberg)
No Surrender (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Out in the Street (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Working on a Dream (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Seeds (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Johnny 99 (w/ Jay Weinberg)
The Ghost of Tom Joad (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Raise Your Hand (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Good Lovin'
Prove It All Night
The E Street Shuffle
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
I'm on Fire
Kingdom of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Bobby Jean
Rosalita
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Review:Minneapolis Star Tribune
by Jin Bream
Energetic Boss channels youthful vibe
Jay Weinberg kept Springsteen refreshed and on pace when the E Street Band dragged at the X
Bruce Springsteen has discovered the Fountain of Youth.
Not that he needs to. At 59, he was so on fire Monday at St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center that the buff Boss looked like he could kick Brett Favre's butt, even though the rocker is 20 years older. But his E Street Band could use a shot in the arm.
Sit-down sax man Clarence Clemmons has had two knee replacements, guitarist Nils Lofgren has had both hips replaced and the other E Streeters seemed a bit tired by the end of the second hour on Monday. In the first hour, the Boss had exactly what he needed - 18-year-old drummer Jay Weinberg, son of regular sticksman Mighty Max Weinberg, who has obligations in June to his other boss, Conan O'Brien and "The Tonight Show," so Jay will replace him on tour later.
Playing the first 10 songs of the night, the punk and metal drummer brought a youthful exuberance to the material. So what if he wasn't as crisp and muscular as his father? What he did was keep the band and, more important, the Boss, on his toes. Springsteen had to play both rock star and band leader, which brought an edge and freshness to his performance not seen since he toured with his Seeger Sessions Band in 2006.
Moreover, the Boss hasn't had as much fun onstage in the Twin Cities since that Seeger show. He seemed refreshed, unstoppably heroic and unrelentingly passionate - and wonderfully spontaneous.
Of course, as always, he meticulously planned a set list that would provide a thematic arc. Call this The Hard Times Are Here But We Shall Overcome, Yes We Can Tour. Between the desperate feelings in "Seeds" and "The Ghost of Tom Joad" and the optimism of "The Rising" and "Land of Hope and Dreams," the Boss took requests from handmade signs he collected from the audience. With Max Weinberg finally on drums, Springsteen and band did the Rascals' "Good Lovin'" (which he said they'd never done before) as well as his own anthemic "Prove It All Night" and "The E Street Shuffle," a boardwalk stroll from his second album (released in 1973). These songs helped Max to warm up to the ferocious pace set by his son, who is, after all, half as old as the E Street Band.
Giving his eighth Twin Cities performance in eight years, the hard-working Boss did not give 20,077 fans the hard sell for his new album, "Working on a Dream," which has received some of his least favorable reviews in his Hall of Fame career. In concert in 2002, he did 12 songs from "The Rising" and five years later nine songs from "Magic," but on Monday he did only three songs from the new disc. Instead, this 2 ¾-hour, 27-song performance was about delivering a message but doing it with irresistible rock 'n' roll exhilaration, playing some unexpected oldies and connecting generations.
Springsteen handed out guitar picks to young people - teens and younger - near the front of the stage. After asking a girl, who looked to be 8 or 9, to sing along on the microphone on "Waiting on a Sunny Day," he responded like a teacher with "That's very good" and then cracked wise like a cool rockin' daddy, "Is this child abuse?"
No, like having Joltin' Jay Weinberg drumming in the E Street Band, it's just appreciating the Fountain of Youth.
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA May 8, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Out in the Street
Outlaw Pete
She's the One
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Ramrod
My Generation
Spirit in the Night
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
This Life
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Jungleland
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Bobby Jean
Detroit Medley
Wooly Bully
Review: Bruce Blog
by Stan Goldstein
Bruce Springsteen plays This Life at Penn State
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played their fifth show in seven nights on Friday at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pa., on the campus of Penn State University.
Nice to see Bruce play "This Life" from his new album.
Bruce did play "This Life" at his first Asbury Park rehearsal show on March 23. Last night was the first time he played it at an official show.
Tonight's cover song was The Who's "My Generation."
Penn State also got tour premieres of Ramrod, Bobby Jean (yawn) and Wooly Bully (now that would be fun to hear).
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Setlist:
Badlands
Out in the Street
Outlaw Pete
She's the One
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Ramrod
My Generation
Spirit in the Night
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
This Life
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Jungleland
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Bobby Jean
Detroit Medley
Wooly Bully
Review: Bruce Blog
by Stan Goldstein
Bruce Springsteen plays This Life at Penn State
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played their fifth show in seven nights on Friday at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pa., on the campus of Penn State University.
Nice to see Bruce play "This Life" from his new album.
Bruce did play "This Life" at his first Asbury Park rehearsal show on March 23. Last night was the first time he played it at an official show.
Tonight's cover song was The Who's "My Generation."
Penn State also got tour premieres of Ramrod, Bobby Jean (yawn) and Wooly Bully (now that would be fun to hear).
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ON May 7, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
No Surrender
Outlaw Pete
She's The One
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
E Street Shuffle
Prove It All Night
Louie Louie
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Racing In The Streets
Kingdom Of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Rosalita
Glory Days
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Review:Toronto Star
by Ben Rayner
He's the one: Boss shakes ACC
Optimistic Springsteen makes up for the low of his latest album
You know what it is that keeps Bruce Springsteen being Bruce Springsteen? The dude still gives it up. Every night, the dude gives it up.
Unlike the large numbers of greying devotees who began flocking the streets outside the Air Canada Centre yesterday, homemade banners and horrific "It's Boss time!!!" T-shirts on proud display, hours before the Boss and his beloved E-Street Band were to take the stage, I had my doubts going in.
Latter-years Bruce hit the lowest of his low ebbs this year with the anemic feel-goodery of the recent Working on a Dream album. You kinda got the feeling last night, though, that even latter-years Bruce knows that and is working very hard to make up for it.
He and the sturdy, 10-piece E-Street "arkestra" came out in full to-the-cheap-seats anthem mode, braying "Badlands" and a nicely kickin' "No Surrender" - we got Max Weinberg behind the drum kit, not fill-in son Jay as on some dates, and it showed - to the rafters with passably youthful gusto, if not quite the faultless higher-register pipes the Springsteen of 20 years ago could pull off. Then, bravely, came Working on a Dream's sluggish opener, "Outlaw Pete," stretched out to even more epic length yet, as it turned out, delivered with all the dynamism that producer Brendan O'Brien failed to coax from the recorded version. Suddenly, as the Bo Diddley-esque chug of "She's the One" started rattling the rafters, the evening was imbued with an unshakable optimism.
From there on in, Working on a Dream was notably scarce in the set list, although the dowdy "Kingdom of Days" and the just-okay title track - you can tell when Bruce is coming up short in the lyrics department because he just repeats the title over and over - popped up to sap some of the wind from the sails of a positively rabid crowd.
Replacing the new stuff was some old stuff that could hardly be accused of being overplayed: a honky-tonkin' version of Nebraska's "Johnny 99" that let Steve Van Zandt flex his guitar chops; a sprawling, dramatic "Racing in the Street" that reminded you how widescreen Springsteen played it right from the get-go; and, perhaps most impressively, an authentically swingin' version of "The E-Street Shuffle" (by audience request, I believe) in which Bruce did manage to match the brash young voice he laid to tape in 1973. He would later return to The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle toward the end of a predictably long encore with "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" that had 60-ish women "freedom dancing" and passing joints around.
Before that, of course, we'd been stoked by "10th Avenue Freeze Out" and the Clarence Clemons sax solo from "Born to Run," and even come to respect the uplifting might of the post-9/11 crie de coeur "The Rising" and the curious R.E.M.-meets-"Don't Fear the Reaper" jangle of "Radio Nowhere." I hope I still play that hard when I'm pushing 60. It gives me hope.
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Setlist:
Badlands
No Surrender
Outlaw Pete
She's The One
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
E Street Shuffle
Prove It All Night
Louie Louie
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Racing In The Streets
Kingdom Of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Rosalita
Glory Days
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Review:Toronto Star
by Ben Rayner
He's the one: Boss shakes ACC
Optimistic Springsteen makes up for the low of his latest album
You know what it is that keeps Bruce Springsteen being Bruce Springsteen? The dude still gives it up. Every night, the dude gives it up.
Unlike the large numbers of greying devotees who began flocking the streets outside the Air Canada Centre yesterday, homemade banners and horrific "It's Boss time!!!" T-shirts on proud display, hours before the Boss and his beloved E-Street Band were to take the stage, I had my doubts going in.
Latter-years Bruce hit the lowest of his low ebbs this year with the anemic feel-goodery of the recent Working on a Dream album. You kinda got the feeling last night, though, that even latter-years Bruce knows that and is working very hard to make up for it.
He and the sturdy, 10-piece E-Street "arkestra" came out in full to-the-cheap-seats anthem mode, braying "Badlands" and a nicely kickin' "No Surrender" - we got Max Weinberg behind the drum kit, not fill-in son Jay as on some dates, and it showed - to the rafters with passably youthful gusto, if not quite the faultless higher-register pipes the Springsteen of 20 years ago could pull off. Then, bravely, came Working on a Dream's sluggish opener, "Outlaw Pete," stretched out to even more epic length yet, as it turned out, delivered with all the dynamism that producer Brendan O'Brien failed to coax from the recorded version. Suddenly, as the Bo Diddley-esque chug of "She's the One" started rattling the rafters, the evening was imbued with an unshakable optimism.
From there on in, Working on a Dream was notably scarce in the set list, although the dowdy "Kingdom of Days" and the just-okay title track - you can tell when Bruce is coming up short in the lyrics department because he just repeats the title over and over - popped up to sap some of the wind from the sails of a positively rabid crowd.
Replacing the new stuff was some old stuff that could hardly be accused of being overplayed: a honky-tonkin' version of Nebraska's "Johnny 99" that let Steve Van Zandt flex his guitar chops; a sprawling, dramatic "Racing in the Street" that reminded you how widescreen Springsteen played it right from the get-go; and, perhaps most impressively, an authentically swingin' version of "The E-Street Shuffle" (by audience request, I believe) in which Bruce did manage to match the brash young voice he laid to tape in 1973. He would later return to The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle toward the end of a predictably long encore with "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" that had 60-ish women "freedom dancing" and passing joints around.
Before that, of course, we'd been stoked by "10th Avenue Freeze Out" and the Clarence Clemons sax solo from "Born to Run," and even come to respect the uplifting might of the post-9/11 crie de coeur "The Rising" and the curious R.E.M.-meets-"Don't Fear the Reaper" jangle of "Radio Nowhere." I hope I still play that hard when I'm pushing 60. It gives me hope.
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Bruce Springsteen - Detroit Medley (All) - C'Ville-5/5/09
Notice how Bruce challenges the audience for one more and then stalks the stage before delivering a killer version of one of his ultimate cover closing songs before gathering the band at stage front for the Long Goodbye - Guitar Up! and notice Max and Jay where each bow to each other. A great ending to an a great show in CHARLOTTESVILLE! CHARLOTTESVILLE!! CHARLOTTESVILLE!!!
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Setlist:
Badlands
Adam Raised A Cain
Outlaw Pete
Candy's Room
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Roulette
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
You Really Got Me
Spirit In The Night
Gypsy Biker
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom Of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Detroit Medley
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Setlist:
Badlands
Adam Raised A Cain
Outlaw Pete
Candy's Room
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Roulette
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
You Really Got Me
Spirit In The Night
Gypsy Biker
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom Of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Detroit Medley
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY May 4, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
No Surrender
Outlaw Pete
She's the One
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Expressway to Your Heart
For You
Rendezvous
Night
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Jungleland
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Dancing in the Dark
Rosalita
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Review:Bruce Blog
by Stan Goldstein
A fun night for Bruce Springsteen, fans at the Nassau Coliseum
A fun show by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Nassau Coliseum on Monday night.
Bruce and the band were having a good time from start to finish and it was one rocking night.
Plus it was a great crowd. The Coliseum was packed and the entire arena was on its feet for most of the night.
A long show, around 2:50 and another night of Bruce enjoying the old style arenas, just as he did at the Philadelphia Spectrum last week and at the Greensboro Coliseum on Saturday.
Bruce again said what he did in Philadelphia, how these older arenas are great for rock and roll shows and as he travels throughout the country, he sees more and more of them being knocked down and more new arenas with tons of suites etc.
No Jay Weinberg tonight, Max Weinberg played the whole show and the band just really seemed on from beginning to end.
After "Kingdom of Days" I said to one friend, that "It was the best version of it I've heard to far."
Patti Scilafa was at the show, but did not play her guitar for much of the show and just did some backup vocals. She also did not return to the stage after "Born To Run" for the encores, I believe Bruce said she's still "sore" from the horse accident.
We got two fun tour premieres, although one was soundchecked a few times, more on that later.
Bruce started off by saying "Many years ago Long Island and New Jersey were one big land mass."
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Greensboro Coliseum Complex Greensboro, NC May 2, 200
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Setlist:
Radio Nowhere
Outlaw Pete
No Surrender
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Seventh Son
Hang On Sloopy
Growin' Up
I'm On Fire
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Human Touch
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Cadillac Ranch
Encore:
Hard Times
Thunder Road
10th Avenue Freeze-Out
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
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Review:Greensboro News-Record
by Parke Puterbaugh
Review: 3-hour show rocks 'Steensboro'
For one night, Greensboro became "Steensboro," according to a fan-made banner held aloft by Bruce Springsteen during his concert at the Greensboro Coliseum on Saturday.
It sure seemed that way, as Springsteen and the E Street Band were received like conquering heroes during an exhilarating three-hour show that repeatedly drove the adoring, near-sellout crowd into fist-thrusting, sing-along frenzies.
As he has in the past, Springsteen gave Greensboro a particularly energetic show partly because the audience accorded him such an enthusiastic reception.
During his encore, Springsteen made a comment I've heard echoed over the decades by other touring musicians: "Greensboro is consistently one of the best audiences in the United States."
He performed nonstop for three hours in a show that mixed older classics ("Badlands," "Growin' Up," "Promised Land") with relative rarities ("Seeds," "Johnny 99," an electric "Ghost of Tom Joad") and songs drawn from recent albums ("Radio Nowhere," "Outlaw Pete," "Working on a Dream.")
One particularly moving section linked the inspirational "Lonesome Day" and "The Rising" - songs about dealing with and rising above the events of Sept. 11, 2001 - with the still-anthemic "Born to Run," which brought the trilogy to a thrilling crescendo.
Springsteen and the E Street Band also paid homage to their roots in garage-rock and soul music of the 1960s with a three-song interlude of Eddie Floyd's "Raise Your Hand," Johnny Rivers' "Seventh Son" (written by bluesman Willie Dixon) and the McCoys' "Hang On Sloopy."
The latter two were part of a "Stump the Band" section that elicited printed entries from audience members. Springsteen ventured into the crowd to collect a pile of banners and posters. Although he quickly handed back one that read "Helter Skelter," he honored the request of a fan who flew down from New York hoping to hear him perform "I'm on Fire" (from "Born in the U.S.A.")
Noticeably missing from the E Street Band was Springsteen's wife, Patti Scialfa; he explained she was still sore after falling from a horse. But E Street was still plenty crowded, with two guitarists (Nils Lofgren and longtime Springsteen foil Steve Van Zandt), two keyboardists, and violinist Soozie Tyrell (who also doubled on mandolin and acoustic guitar).
Happily, saxophonist Clarence Clemons - who also played percussion and pennywhistle - appeared considerably more ambulatory and involved than on the previous tour.
There also was some new blood on hand, as drummer Max Weinberg's 18-year-old son, Jay, pounded the skins for roughly half the concert, including the entire six-song encore.
He brought fresh energy to the E Street Band, loosening up and lighting a fire under the band. No disrespect to his dad, but Jay Weinberg was a phenomenal spark plug.
The encore was a miniconcert in itself, including an old lament by Stephen Foster ("Hard Times"), two chestnuts from "Born to Run" ("Thunder Road," "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out") and a rousing, topical Irish jig ("American Land").
Springsteen exited with "Glory Days," leaving fans satisfied and exhausted.
There's not much more to say but, "Come back to Steensboro anytime, Bruce."
Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA April 29, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
The Ties That Bind
Outlaw Pete
Spirit in the Night
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Raise Your Hand
London Calling
Red Headed Woman
Thundercrack
Hungry Heart
The Promised Land
Streets of Philadelphia
Kingdom of Days (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Radio Nowhere (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Lonesome Day (w/ Jay Weinberg)
The Rising (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Born to Run (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Encore:
Hard Times (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Thunder Road (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Land of Hope and Dreams (w/ Jay Weinberg)
American Land (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Kitty's Back (w/ Jay Weinberg)
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Review:Backstreets
The second of two nights at the Spectrum, and Bruce made sure to play a few from the early days for the longtime Philly faithful: early in the set, "Spirit in the Night" was a high-energy, all-over-the-stage leg-kicker; midway through, "Thundercrack" had its tour debut. It was a consummate performance, too-better than the Magic tour encores, which is saying something. Beforehand Bruce hollered, "We're gonna take this back to the Main Point!"-the Bryn Mawr club the E Street Band began frequenting in '73, when "Thundercrack" was the nightly showstopper.
But tonight was less about history. The Clash's "London Calling" (hell yeah!) continued the band's recent run of punk covers, played for a sign in the crowd. (Actually inspired by a sign in last night's crowd, after which Bruce and the band worked it up at today's soundcheck and then found the sign again tonight.) Nobody nodding out on this one, with Bruce and Steve sharing a mic and the Boss taking a killer solo at the end. With a recovered Patti Scialfa returning to the stage for the first time her accident, a duet on "Red Headed Woman" welcomed her back-a country-swingish duet, and a fun, goofy show of affection from a laughing Bruce.
"Hungry Heart," in place of "Sunny Day," featured the vocal stylings of Adele Springsteen, a sweet moment as Bruce held out the mic to his mom, stage-side. The crowd ate this one up from start to finish, singing along en masse. "Streets of Philadelphia" (which Bruce and Patti performed together just a couple of nights ago at the Tom Hanks tribute) filled in for Bruce's other Golden Globe winner, "The Wrestler." Jay Weinberg came out next to take over the drums from there on, "Kingdom of Days" to the very end of the encore-his longest stretch yet. In the band intros, Jay was "the percussionista prodigy!"
No "Incident," and surprisingly little reflection here at Bruce's final scheduled Spectrum stop-not too much chat at all, though he repeated his affection for this kind of venue and gave a quick nod to the special connection he's long had with the Philly audience. And he dedicated "Thunder Road" to Harry Kalas, the Phillies announcer who passed away two weeks ago, as the crowd heard a recording of Harry the K calling an E Street Band play-by-play and "a grand slam for Bruce Springsteen!" over the P.A. And after "American Land" there was "One more for the Spectrum!" It was one more from the early days, a fifth tour premiere, a rocking "Kitty's Back" that ended the night on a true high-they got right, they got tight, they got down.
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA April 28, 2009
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Setlist:
1. Badlands
2. Out In The Street
3. Outlaw Pete
4. She's the One
5. Working On a Dream
6. Seeds
7. Johnny 99
8. Tom Joad
9. Raise Your Hand
10. Fire (tour premiere, sign request)
11. The Fever (tour premiere, sign request)
12. Mountain of Love (tour premiere, sign request)
13. Sunny Day (Jay Weinberg on drums)
14. Promised Land
15. The Wrestler
16. Kingdom of Days
17. Radio Nowhere
18. Lonesome Day
19. The Rising
20. Born to Run
Encore:
21. Hard Times (Max Weinberg back on drums)
22. You Can't Sit Down (tour premiere)
23. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
24. Land of Hope and Dreams
25. American Land
26. Rosalita
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Review:Philadelphia Inquirer
by Dan DeLuca
Review: Springsteen plays to his strengths
Bruce Springsteen may well have miscalculated earlier this year when he released Working On A Dream, one of the most hopeful and downright happy sounding albums of his career just as a cratering economy was rendering the songs of struggle and strife that are his stock in trade more resonant than they have sounded in years.
But like a canny coach able to make necessary adjustments at halftime, Springsteen has headed out on the road - where he and the E Street Band arrived in South Philadelphia on Tuesday for the first of back to back shows at the Spectrum - with an altered game plan that wisely plays to his strengths.
He got straight to the point with "Badlands," with Max Weinberg's booming drums driving home the dread of "a fear so real" while the surging song held on for dear life to "the faith that could save me." And early on, the Boss laid out the business plan for what turned out to be a smartly conceived, sharply executed and
cathartic-as-ever 2 hour and 45 minute show.
In a preacherly "Working On A Dream" spoken interlude in which he made "a solemn vow to rock the Spectrum one more time," the 59 year old Jersey rocker explained that he and his E Streeters aimed to turn fear into love, despair into hope, and use sadness as a raw material to build "a house of joy."
(Later on, he praised the "democraticness" of the intimate-by-arena-standards venue, which is slated for demolition at the end of this year, as being "ideal for rock shows" and said "it's a treat to be in this lovely old building before it comes down. So we salute the Spectrum.")
To aid in turning the 40-plus-year-old arena with cramped concourses and not enough ladies rooms into a joyful house, Springsteen unveiled a host of "Philadelphia special" highlights, not to mention a frantically effective final encore of "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)."read full review
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA April 26, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Outlaw Pete
She's the One
Working on a Dream
Radio Nowhere (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Seeds (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Johnny 99 (w/ Jay Weinberg)
The Ghost of Tom Joad (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Raise Your Hand
96 Tears
Trapped
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Jungleland
Kingdom of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Land of Hope and Dreams (w/ Jay Weinberg)
American Land (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Detroit Medley
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review XL Center Hartford, CT April 24, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Outlaw Pete
Jackson Cage
She's The One
Working On A Dream
Radio Nowhere
Seeds
Johnny 99
Ghost Of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Wild Thing
Rockin' All Over the World
E Street Shuffle
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Cadillac Ranch
Encore:
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Rosalita
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Review:Hartford Courant
by Eric R Danton
Springsteen Sounds Hopeful Notes For Hartford Crowd
Bruce Springsteen rolled into Hartford Friday for the third time in a little more than 18 months, which seems a lot.
Then again, plenty has changed since the last time the Boss was here, in February 2008, including the meltdown of the world financial system and rising unemployment at home.
So it was an audience particularly eager for a hopeful message, piled into the XL Center during a period of economic hardship. Sounds like Bruce's time to shine.
And shine he did, though not without having to overcome an early glitch or two.
He and the E Street Band opened strong, with "Badlands," a high-energy song that fell into the hopeful-message category. More than a few of the others tipped toward economic hardship, including "Johnny 99" and "The Ghost of Tom Joad," neither of which was on the set list in Hartford in 2007 or 2008.
Nils Lofgren played a bluesy guitar lick to anchor the former, written in 1982 during an earlier hard-luck period, and the band blew through a succession of quick solos from violinist Suze Tyrell, pianist Roy Bittan and Lofgren, before guitarist Little Steven Van Zandt took over on a coda at the end. (The song was one of several to feature drummer Max Weinberg's son, Jay, who is 18. The kid can play.)
Lofgren ripped through another fierce solo as "Tom Joad" built from acoustic dust bowl-style ballad into a furious, snarling musical recrimination.
The glitch came early on, during "She's the One." The classic Springsteen tune sounded a little ragged when drummer Max Weinberg and Bittan couldn't quite get together on the rhythm. (Weinberg was understandably distracted by the roadie swapping out his snare drum for reasons unknown.)
Springsteen redeemed them both later in the show. During the start of "Raise Your Hand," he let the band vamp while he collected signs and T-shirts offered by fans at the front of the stage. When the song was over, he held up what looked like a napkin, upon which was written "Wild Thing."
"So, you think you can stump the band, eh?" he cracked as he launched into the iconic riff from the Troggs' hit.
Next came a sign that read, "Rockin' All Over the World." Sure enough, Bruce and band nailed the John Fogerty rocker.
There was no stopping the band from there: "E Street Shuffle" rolled into "Waitin' on a Sunny Day," followed by "The Promised Land."
There was a brief respite for "The Wrestler," from last year's film of the same name, and then it was full-bore through "The Rising," "Born to Run" and, to close the main set, "Cadillac Ranch."
Springsteen and the band returned to play a five-song encore that included a version of the Stephen Foster tune "Hard Times Come Again No More" and, to the crowd's delight, "Rosalita" to end the show.
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, MA April 22, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Candy's Room
Outlaw Pete
She's the One
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Raise Your Hand
I Wanna Be Sedated
Spirit in the Night
For You
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Jungleland
Kingdom of Days
Radio Nowhere (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Lonesome Day (w/ Jay Weinberg)
The Rising (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Born to Run (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Encore:
Hard Times
Thunder Road
Land of Hope and Dreams
So Young and in Love (w/ Dropkick Murphys' Tim Brennan)
American Land (w/ Dropkick Murphys, Jay Weinberg)
Glory Days (w/ Dropkick Murphys, Jay Weinberg)
Seven Nights to Rock
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Review:Backstreets
From the West coast last week now back to the East, Bruce and the E Street Band are bad, they're nationwide. And that was the clear highlight for this first night in Boston, a cover of ZZ Top's "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" - which Bruce seemed to think was an E Street Band premiere: "They don't know this one." Somewhat legendarily among aficianados, though, this one celebrated/poked fun at newfound superstar status in Philly on the Born in the U.S.A. tour, on 9/15/84. But okay, just once, 25 years ago... we'll let it slide. And his memory wasn't all hazy: "I think I used to play this in the bars." A well-made sign for the song included lyrics and chord changes, but it was still a challenge to rise to. Bruce: "Can they do it? Fuck yeah, they're the E Street Band!" And they did, it kicked ass, with a postscript: "Don't try to stump the E Street Band!"
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Setlist:
Badlands
Candy's Room
Outlaw Pete
She's the One
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Raise Your Hand
I Wanna Be Sedated
Spirit in the Night
For You
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Jungleland
Kingdom of Days
Radio Nowhere (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Lonesome Day (w/ Jay Weinberg)
The Rising (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Born to Run (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Encore:
Hard Times
Thunder Road
Land of Hope and Dreams
So Young and in Love (w/ Dropkick Murphys' Tim Brennan)
American Land (w/ Dropkick Murphys, Jay Weinberg)
Glory Days (w/ Dropkick Murphys, Jay Weinberg)
Seven Nights to Rock
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Review:Backstreets
From the West coast last week now back to the East, Bruce and the E Street Band are bad, they're nationwide. And that was the clear highlight for this first night in Boston, a cover of ZZ Top's "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" - which Bruce seemed to think was an E Street Band premiere: "They don't know this one." Somewhat legendarily among aficianados, though, this one celebrated/poked fun at newfound superstar status in Philly on the Born in the U.S.A. tour, on 9/15/84. But okay, just once, 25 years ago... we'll let it slide. And his memory wasn't all hazy: "I think I used to play this in the bars." A well-made sign for the song included lyrics and chord changes, but it was still a challenge to rise to. Bruce: "Can they do it? Fuck yeah, they're the E Street Band!" And they did, it kicked ass, with a postscript: "Don't try to stump the E Street Band!"
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, MA April 21, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Adam Raised a Cain
Outlaw Pete
Out in the Street
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
I'm Goin' Down
Raise Your Hand
I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
I'm Goin' Down
Growin' Up
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom of Days
Radio Nowhere (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Lonesome Day (w/ Jay Weinberg)
The Rising (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Born to Run (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Encore:
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Rosalita
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Review:Boston Herald
by Jed Gottlieb
Bruce Springsteen raises Cain at sold-out Garden show
Maybe those super fans clamoring "Springsteen for president" are on to something.
During the first hundred days of the Boss' 2009, he's endured presidential-level scrutiny: mixed reviews for his new album "Working on a Dream," lumps over a cartoonish Super Bowl show, criticism for his exclusive Wal-Mart release and whole lot of nasty headlines about an alleged affair.
But what's Bruce do? Well, last night at a sold-out TD Banknorth Garden, he put his head down and plowed through a top-notch live spectacle - he plays to another 17,000-seat sell-out at the arena tonight.
While wife Patti Scialfa was missing - Springsteen explained that she had taken a fall from her horse and will return in a couple of weeks - the Boss showed the love.
Like a kid playing the boardwalk bars, he ripped through treasured classics "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out," "Born To Run," joyous closer "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)," and newer classics "Lonesome Day," "The Rising" and barn-burner "American Land."
Across a half dozen songs - including an epic "Adam Raised a Cain" -Springsteen slashed his pick across those bent Telecaster chords on sweaty, furious solos. And his E Streeters answered back. Nils Lofgren exploded in a flurry of notes on "The Ghost of Tom Joad" and Little Steven laid down some heavy blues on "Johnny 99."
Halfway in, the maestro began picking fans' signs out of the audience to add to the set. The band ripped out a sick version of ZZ Top's "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" five minutes after Springsteen told the audience: "The band doesn't know this song. I said, 'The band doesn't know this song.' "
Then came the night's best one-two punch: a rough-and-tumble "I'm Going Down" and the 35-year-old-and-still-puckish "Growin' Up."
Not everything was magic. As good as the man is, he can't pump life into the flat "Working on a Dream," and "Outlaw Pete," with its KISS "I Was Made for Lovin' You" riff and KISS fog machine blasts, was just silly.
But with James Brown gone, Bruce wants to be crowned the hardest-working man in show business. The calluses on his throat, bruises on his knees and his sweat-drenched front row prove he's leading contender for the title. Maybe not president, but rock 'n' roll's Mr. Dynamite for sure.
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Los Angeles Sports Arena and Coliseum Los Angeles, CA April 15, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working on A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
I'm Going Down
Raise Your Hand
Spirit In The Night
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Promised Land
The Wrestler
Racing In The Streets
Kingdom Of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Rosalita
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Review:L.A. Times
by Randy Lewis
Bruce Springsteen returns to Los Angeles with a 'Dream' tour
It was no accident that on tax reckoning day, the same day Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was holding a downtown L.A. forum to address the Golden State's buckling economy, Bruce Springsteen put a decidedly California spin on his overarching musical message about holding onto hope even in the face of such hard times.
As if the mighty E Street Band didn't supply enough firepower of its own, he brought out Rage Against the Machine/The Nightwatchman singer, guitarist and political firebrand Tom Morello for a savage duet on "The Ghost of Tom Joad," the Boss' 1995 Steinbeck-inspired treatise on those who've been let down or forgotten in the promised land:
He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
Waiting for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
He may have stumped for Barack Obama and played at the White House following his election, but Springsteen knows systemic change doesn't happen overnight, and hope remains a fragile thing in troubled times. Rifling through his ever-expanding songbook, he stitched together a set focused less on promoting his latest album than on shoring up hope while acknowledging how much work still needs to be done to fulfill the American dream of which he is so protective.
Perhaps the big surprise about the characteristically invigorating 2¾ hour performance is that on returning to L.A., the site of so many high watermark Springsteen shows over the last 3½ decades, America's quintessential classic rocker had to compete for the title of king of the emotional marathon with a 74-year-old Canadian poet.
With memories still fresh of Leonard Cohen's extraordinary 3½-hour tour de force at the nearby Nokia Theatre less than a week before, Springsteen's concert showed just how good it can feel to touch fans' hearts; Cohen went after, and consistently reached, their souls.
The show before a sellout crowd of 15,000 roared to life with "Badlands," one of four songs pulled from 1978's "Darkness on the Edge of Town," the album that provided the backbone for the first of Springsteen's two nights at the Sports Arena. "For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside, that it ain't no sin to be glad your alive" set the tone for an evening that coursed through the uplift of the title track from the new "Working on a Dream" album to the bleakness of the '80s oil bust in "Seeds" to the all-stops-out ebullience of 1974's "Rosalita," with which he closed the show.
If Obama decides the time is right for an Inspiration Czar, Springsteen would be the logical person to step up and say "I'm your man."
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Pepsi Center in Denver, CO April 10, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Outlaw Pete
No Surrender
Out In The Street
Working on A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Ghost of Tom Joad
Working On The Highway
Cadillac Ranch
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Rosalita
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
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Review:Denver Post
by Ricardo Baca
Springsteen intense, inspiring
Bruce Springsteen is known and celebrated for his stamina. The New Jersey singer-songwriter's legendary three- or four-hour concerts are the thing of live-music lore, especially in an age when audiences are lucky to get half that from his peers.
But what fuels Springsteen's endurance? If Friday night's marathon at the Pepsi Center was any indication, Springsteen thrives on intense, animal-like water breaks.
In the middle of "The Promised Land," he subtly walked to the side of the drum kit and took a glass from a roadie. The Boss opened wide and gulped most of the water in less than 10 seconds, with only some of the big drink spilling down his vest and to the stage.
And with that, Springsteen was back at center stage guiding
As Bruce took on "The Rising" late in his set Friday night, he connected with the crowd on a visceral level. A song that healed a country in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, tragedy now heals us in a different, but still difficult, era.
Immediately following that song, all the house lights came up for "Born to Run," a classic, timeless, age-defying Spring steen cut that will always bring a crowd to its feet.
Earlier in the set, Bruce made waves with an intimidating, electric "Johnny 99." The song that first found life on his great "Nebraska" album was full of life as played by the thriving, smiling E Street Band. "Tougher Than the Rest" was a lovely ballad fronted by Springsteen and his wife/bandmate Patti Scialfa, who played a stunning, turquoise acoustic guitar while standing at her man's side through most of the show.
During a driving "Darlington County," Springsteen prowled the stage's apron, collecting some of the various signs held by folks in the front rows. "Darlington County" is one of those ragers that grabs you by the shoulders, and Springsteen's collection of signs - pieces of cardboard that were later used to introduce various songs - made for a nice moment.
Later in the show, Spring steen noted that "we've lived in some tough times, but this is unusual," and encouraged fans to donate to the Food Bank of the Rockies. With that he played Stephen C. Foster's 150-year-old song "Hard Times Come Again No More."
Springsteen played beyond The Post's print deadline, but as this review was filed he was slaying a massive sing-along of "Thunder Road" and beginning to lay into "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out."
It made for a powerful, inspired evening of music, and not just because Springsteen and his band were still going strong after more than 150 minutes of rock.
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Setlist:
Badlands
Outlaw Pete
No Surrender
Out In The Street
Working on A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Ghost of Tom Joad
Working On The Highway
Cadillac Ranch
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Rosalita
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
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Review:Denver Post
by Ricardo Baca
Springsteen intense, inspiring
Bruce Springsteen is known and celebrated for his stamina. The New Jersey singer-songwriter's legendary three- or four-hour concerts are the thing of live-music lore, especially in an age when audiences are lucky to get half that from his peers.
But what fuels Springsteen's endurance? If Friday night's marathon at the Pepsi Center was any indication, Springsteen thrives on intense, animal-like water breaks.
In the middle of "The Promised Land," he subtly walked to the side of the drum kit and took a glass from a roadie. The Boss opened wide and gulped most of the water in less than 10 seconds, with only some of the big drink spilling down his vest and to the stage.
And with that, Springsteen was back at center stage guiding
As Bruce took on "The Rising" late in his set Friday night, he connected with the crowd on a visceral level. A song that healed a country in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, tragedy now heals us in a different, but still difficult, era.
Immediately following that song, all the house lights came up for "Born to Run," a classic, timeless, age-defying Spring steen cut that will always bring a crowd to its feet.
Earlier in the set, Bruce made waves with an intimidating, electric "Johnny 99." The song that first found life on his great "Nebraska" album was full of life as played by the thriving, smiling E Street Band. "Tougher Than the Rest" was a lovely ballad fronted by Springsteen and his wife/bandmate Patti Scialfa, who played a stunning, turquoise acoustic guitar while standing at her man's side through most of the show.
During a driving "Darlington County," Springsteen prowled the stage's apron, collecting some of the various signs held by folks in the front rows. "Darlington County" is one of those ragers that grabs you by the shoulders, and Springsteen's collection of signs - pieces of cardboard that were later used to introduce various songs - made for a nice moment.
Later in the show, Spring steen noted that "we've lived in some tough times, but this is unusual," and encouraged fans to donate to the Food Bank of the Rockies. With that he played Stephen C. Foster's 150-year-old song "Hard Times Come Again No More."
Springsteen played beyond The Post's print deadline, but as this review was filed he was slaying a massive sing-along of "Thunder Road" and beginning to lay into "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out."
It made for a powerful, inspired evening of music, and not just because Springsteen and his band were still going strong after more than 150 minutes of rock.
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Toyota Center Houston, TX April 8, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Outlaw Pete
No Surrender
Out in the Street
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Working on the Highway
Cadillac Ranch
It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Rosalita
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Dancing in the Dark
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Review:Backstreets
Back in Texas, it was a hot performance from the guitar slingers in Houston town. "The Ghost of Tom Joad," replacing "Youngstown," featured a tremendous solo from Nils, who played one-handed while pumping his fist. And more six-string pyrotechnics came in the tour premiere of "It's Hard to be a Saint in the City." A sign request, "Saint" had Bruce and the band struggling to find the key, and it was a little rough throughout. But it built to a spontaneous guitar duel between Bruce and Steve, the kind we used to see nightly on "Gypsy Biker" last time around, a real highlight of the night.
"Radio Nowhere" came back to the set, while "My Lucky Day" stayed out, keeping the number of WOAD songs to four. But it wasn't really a night for setlist watchers; it was a night to appreciate an entire band deep in a groove and playing with a great deal of confidence. "The Wrestler" was particularly smoldering and intense. "Hard Times" was beautifully done. The other premiere-by-sign was "Cadillac Ranch," namechecking the roadside attraction outside of Amarillo, and which opened the show when Bruce was last here at the Toyota Center a year ago. A great solo from Clarence, who sounded better on "The Promised Land" tonight, too. "Seeds," played nightly on the tour so far, of course brought a huge cheer for "Houston town."
As in Austin, Bruce told the crowd that he's been coming here since 1974, naming Liberty Hall and talking about taking the train down. "We didn't know who was going to come and listen to four or five guys from New Jersey," he recalled, "So we charged a dollar the fist night, and five dollars the second night."
The price may have gone up, but Houstonites are still getting their money's worth. The E Street Band's rigorous schedule -- with this one immediately following the Tulsa show, they've been on stage five out of the last eight nights -- finds them not worn out, but thriving. As one showgoer said at the end of the night, "This band does know how to rock and roll."
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Setlist:
Badlands
Outlaw Pete
No Surrender
Out in the Street
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Working on the Highway
Cadillac Ranch
It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Rosalita
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Dancing in the Dark
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Review:Backstreets
Back in Texas, it was a hot performance from the guitar slingers in Houston town. "The Ghost of Tom Joad," replacing "Youngstown," featured a tremendous solo from Nils, who played one-handed while pumping his fist. And more six-string pyrotechnics came in the tour premiere of "It's Hard to be a Saint in the City." A sign request, "Saint" had Bruce and the band struggling to find the key, and it was a little rough throughout. But it built to a spontaneous guitar duel between Bruce and Steve, the kind we used to see nightly on "Gypsy Biker" last time around, a real highlight of the night.
"Radio Nowhere" came back to the set, while "My Lucky Day" stayed out, keeping the number of WOAD songs to four. But it wasn't really a night for setlist watchers; it was a night to appreciate an entire band deep in a groove and playing with a great deal of confidence. "The Wrestler" was particularly smoldering and intense. "Hard Times" was beautifully done. The other premiere-by-sign was "Cadillac Ranch," namechecking the roadside attraction outside of Amarillo, and which opened the show when Bruce was last here at the Toyota Center a year ago. A great solo from Clarence, who sounded better on "The Promised Land" tonight, too. "Seeds," played nightly on the tour so far, of course brought a huge cheer for "Houston town."
As in Austin, Bruce told the crowd that he's been coming here since 1974, naming Liberty Hall and talking about taking the train down. "We didn't know who was going to come and listen to four or five guys from New Jersey," he recalled, "So we charged a dollar the fist night, and five dollars the second night."
The price may have gone up, but Houstonites are still getting their money's worth. The E Street Band's rigorous schedule -- with this one immediately following the Tulsa show, they've been on stage five out of the last eight nights -- finds them not worn out, but thriving. As one showgoer said at the end of the night, "This band does know how to rock and roll."
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review BOK Center Tulsa, OK April 7, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Outlaw Pete
Night
Out in the Street
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
I'm on Fire
Working on the Highway
I'm Goin' Down
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Rosalita
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Dancing in the Dark
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Review:The Oklahoman
by Gene Triplett
Thousands revel in heart-charging Bruce Springsteen at the BOK in Tulsa
Boss-mania broke out in the BOK Tuesday night the moment the arena lights went down and Bruce Springsteen stepped into the colored spots and boomed, "Is anybody alive out there?"
At first it sounded like the crowd was booing, but the faithful were actually howling "Bruuuce," thousands of voices strong, and rock's black-clad, blue-collar hero responded by kicking into the hard-times Heartland anthem "Badlands," getting a standing cheer in return.
Brandishing his Fender Telecaster skyward like a fearless flag bearer, Springsteen led the 11-piece powerhouse E Street Band through a rollicking version of his wild and wooley cowboy fantasy "Outlaw Pete," while scenes of Monument Valley flashed on a long, wide video screen behind the band, and a black-Stetson-wearing bossman strolled out onto a crowd-level runway amid the upraised hands of fans.
His anthemic "Out On the Street" ode to the working man stepping out with this baby after hours was followed by the yearning, lower key "Working on a Dream," the title song from his latest album, bringing to mind that Springsteen is still the deeply soulful, singing spokesman for every searching and hopeful person born in the age of rock 'n' roll.
Still looking muscular and full of bar-room band machismo as he nears the 60 turn, Springsteen had Baby Boomers and X and Y gen-ers alike dancing in the aisles to such tunes as the locomotive "Johnny 99," and swaying in sweet melancholy bliss to the sweet dirge-like anti-war lament, "Youngstown," which featured Danny Federici squeezing tears from an accordion and Nils Lofgren literally spinning on his heels during a scorching guitar solo.
There were also heart-charging versions of "Born to Run," "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out," and "Dancing In the Dark," during the encores.
And they were all there, those E-Streeters, Bruce's "booty shakin', Viagra takin" crew, including Springsteen spouse Patti Scialfa on acoustic guitar and vocals, Soozie Tyrell on violin and Miami Steve Van Zandt matching Lofgren note for note, while the imposing Clarence Clemmons supplied the saxy brass, Spaghetti Western harp and delicate woodwinds, and mighty Max Weinberg manned the percussive engine room.
They surely helped Springsteen make good on his revivalist-style promise to "build a house of love%u2026and sexual healing%u2026with music and spirit and noise."
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Setlist:
Badlands
Outlaw Pete
Night
Out in the Street
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
I'm on Fire
Working on the Highway
I'm Goin' Down
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Rosalita
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Dancing in the Dark
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Review:The Oklahoman
by Gene Triplett
Thousands revel in heart-charging Bruce Springsteen at the BOK in Tulsa
Boss-mania broke out in the BOK Tuesday night the moment the arena lights went down and Bruce Springsteen stepped into the colored spots and boomed, "Is anybody alive out there?"
At first it sounded like the crowd was booing, but the faithful were actually howling "Bruuuce," thousands of voices strong, and rock's black-clad, blue-collar hero responded by kicking into the hard-times Heartland anthem "Badlands," getting a standing cheer in return.
Brandishing his Fender Telecaster skyward like a fearless flag bearer, Springsteen led the 11-piece powerhouse E Street Band through a rollicking version of his wild and wooley cowboy fantasy "Outlaw Pete," while scenes of Monument Valley flashed on a long, wide video screen behind the band, and a black-Stetson-wearing bossman strolled out onto a crowd-level runway amid the upraised hands of fans.
His anthemic "Out On the Street" ode to the working man stepping out with this baby after hours was followed by the yearning, lower key "Working on a Dream," the title song from his latest album, bringing to mind that Springsteen is still the deeply soulful, singing spokesman for every searching and hopeful person born in the age of rock 'n' roll.
Still looking muscular and full of bar-room band machismo as he nears the 60 turn, Springsteen had Baby Boomers and X and Y gen-ers alike dancing in the aisles to such tunes as the locomotive "Johnny 99," and swaying in sweet melancholy bliss to the sweet dirge-like anti-war lament, "Youngstown," which featured Danny Federici squeezing tears from an accordion and Nils Lofgren literally spinning on his heels during a scorching guitar solo.
There were also heart-charging versions of "Born to Run," "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out," and "Dancing In the Dark," during the encores.
And they were all there, those E-Streeters, Bruce's "booty shakin', Viagra takin" crew, including Springsteen spouse Patti Scialfa on acoustic guitar and vocals, Soozie Tyrell on violin and Miami Steve Van Zandt matching Lofgren note for note, while the imposing Clarence Clemmons supplied the saxy brass, Spaghetti Western harp and delicate woodwinds, and mighty Max Weinberg manned the percussive engine room.
They surely helped Springsteen make good on his revivalist-style promise to "build a house of love%u2026and sexual healing%u2026with music and spirit and noise."
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Frank Erwin Events Center in Austin, TX April 5, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Outlaw Pete
My Lucky Day
Prove It All Night
Out in the Street
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Working on the Highway
Sherry Darling
She's the One
Because the Night
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Jungleland
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
I'm a Rocker
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days
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Review:Bruce Blog
by Stan Goldstein
Bruce Springsteen's Sunday show in Austin
Whenever Bruce Springsteen and the E Streeet Band are on tour, I like to travel to a city or two that I haven't been to before and also catch a show.
I'm in the nice city of Austin, Texas right now, and got to see a real good show from Bruce and the band on Sunday night.
A long show, 2 hours and 55 minutes and although there were some clumsy moments, it was a fun show and the full crowd at the Frank Erwin Center was into it from start to finish.
My first show since the second Asbury Park rehearsal show and Bruce and the band are quite quite
into the swing of things.Started at 8:21 p.m. Please Bruce, continue this trend, no more post 8:30 p.m. starts.
Looks like Bruce may be abandoning Working on a Dream already as, for the second straight show, we only got five songs off the new album. Hmmmm.....
1. Badlands
Continues to be a strong opener. Had the crowd into from the start.
2. Outlaw Pete
The band is getting this down compared to Asbury Park. Cool to see Bruce with the cowboy hat.
3. My Lucky Day
Nice 1-2 punch off the new album. As someone wrote after one of the Asbury Park shows, this is sort of the new "Two Hearts" as Bruce and Steven play it up and Bruce even yells "Come On Steve!" at one point.
Guess Bruce feels as though these are safe ones and isn't ready to experiment yet with more off the new album except for the other songs he's been playing. As someone wrote, this
4. Prove It All Night (tour premiere)
I wouldn't complain if this was in the setlist every night. Looks likes this will be a wildcard spot every show.
We've had No Surrender and Night here and now Prove it. Always powerful. A blistering guitar solo by Bruce. Although he had a better guitar solo later in the show.
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review Jobing.com Arena Glendale, AZ April 3, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Outlaw Pete
My Lucky Day
Night
Out in the Street
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Working on the Highway
Downbound Train
Because the Night
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
* * *
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Rosalita
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Dancing in the Dark
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Review:Phoenix New Times
by Martin Cizmar
Bruce Springsteen Makes Everyone a Little Nostalgic at Jobing
Maybe it was the bouncing beach balls that reminded me of my first concert experiences (seeing the Kokomo-era Beach Boys) or maybe it was the inclusion of a relatively obscure song by glam-punks D Generation (the band who headlined my first-ever club concert) in the before-set house music, but something about Bruce Springsteen's show at Jobing.com Arena last night got me feeling nostalgic before the first note had been struck.
Not that I had any reason to be nostalgic about Springsteen: I'm not from Jersey, I didn't grow up with The Boss and I'd never seen him play before. In fact, I'm on the record saying I'd much rather see Kanye West than an act that was "last relevant during the Reagan administration." But there's certainly something about a Springsteen show that'll make anyone pine for the Glory Days -- even if Bruce didn't play "Glory Days," or much else from his mega-successful mid-80s heyday -- and no one in the crowd of 20,000 seemed immune to the charisma of the 59-year-old rock icon.
I won't bore you with the minutia of the show -- not on this, the biggest weekend of Valley music in recent memory -- but I will say that nearly everything you've heard or read about a Springsteen show is true. The fans are rabid, the set marathon, Springsteen a first-rate showman. Take it from someone who's not afraid to slag legends when their show seems predictable or boring (as I did with Elton John and Billy Joel last week), Springsteen is still worth every cent the middle-aged folks in this crowd paid to see him. From the opener, "Badlands" through the closer, "Dancing in the Dark" Bruce and the E Street Band were tight, excited and eager to make a connection with the crowd. They've done this thousands of times before, to be sure, but it also felt loose and a little unpredictable, which is what I like to see at any show, from a cover band in a bar to an arena.
Whether he was knee-sliding during "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (that song that surprised everyone when it appeared in his Super Bowl halftime set) or kicking up his heels with the two members of his 11-piece backing band that had accordions during the penultimate offering, "American Land," Springsteen was fun to watch for the full three and a half hours he played. It doesn't take too many shows like this for an act to win over the sort of fans that'll swap stories about the times they saw them. I know I've got a great one.
Setlist:
Badlands
Outlaw Pete
My Lucky Day
Night
Out in the Street
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Working on the Highway
Downbound Train
Because the Night
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
* * *
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Rosalita
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Dancing in the Dark
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Review:Phoenix New Times
by Martin Cizmar
Bruce Springsteen Makes Everyone a Little Nostalgic at Jobing
Maybe it was the bouncing beach balls that reminded me of my first concert experiences (seeing the Kokomo-era Beach Boys) or maybe it was the inclusion of a relatively obscure song by glam-punks D Generation (the band who headlined my first-ever club concert) in the before-set house music, but something about Bruce Springsteen's show at Jobing.com Arena last night got me feeling nostalgic before the first note had been struck.
Not that I had any reason to be nostalgic about Springsteen: I'm not from Jersey, I didn't grow up with The Boss and I'd never seen him play before. In fact, I'm on the record saying I'd much rather see Kanye West than an act that was "last relevant during the Reagan administration." But there's certainly something about a Springsteen show that'll make anyone pine for the Glory Days -- even if Bruce didn't play "Glory Days," or much else from his mega-successful mid-80s heyday -- and no one in the crowd of 20,000 seemed immune to the charisma of the 59-year-old rock icon.
I won't bore you with the minutia of the show -- not on this, the biggest weekend of Valley music in recent memory -- but I will say that nearly everything you've heard or read about a Springsteen show is true. The fans are rabid, the set marathon, Springsteen a first-rate showman. Take it from someone who's not afraid to slag legends when their show seems predictable or boring (as I did with Elton John and Billy Joel last week), Springsteen is still worth every cent the middle-aged folks in this crowd paid to see him. From the opener, "Badlands" through the closer, "Dancing in the Dark" Bruce and the E Street Band were tight, excited and eager to make a connection with the crowd. They've done this thousands of times before, to be sure, but it also felt loose and a little unpredictable, which is what I like to see at any show, from a cover band in a bar to an arena.
Whether he was knee-sliding during "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (that song that surprised everyone when it appeared in his Super Bowl halftime set) or kicking up his heels with the two members of his 11-piece backing band that had accordions during the penultimate offering, "American Land," Springsteen was fun to watch for the full three and a half hours he played. It doesn't take too many shows like this for an act to win over the sort of fans that'll swap stories about the times they saw them. I know I've got a great one.
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Bruce Springsteen Tour 2009 Setlist & Review HP Pavilion San Jose, CA April 1, 2009
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Setlist:
Badlands
Outlaw Pete
My Lucky Day
No Surrender
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Ghost of Tom Joad
Good Eye
Good Rockin' Tonight
Darlington County
Growin' Up
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
Born To Run
Encore:
Hard Times
Thunder Road
Dancing In The Dark
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
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Review:San Jose Mercury News
by Jim Harrington
Bruce Springsteen delivers mediocre outing - no joke!
OK, that was an awful April Fool's Day joke. I'm talking about Bruce Springsteen's concert on April 1 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. Tricking close friends as a prank is one thing, but a mediocre outing by the Boss is quite another.
Yet, that's what a capacity crowd received on this night: Springsteen at his most mediocre.
The key word in that last sentence is "his." Springsteen has set the bar so high for himself over the years that anything less than spectacular fails to clear said bar. And this show was anything but spectacular.
The audience, of course, greeted the man and his fabled E Street Band with shouts of "Broooooce." Half way through the two-hour-45-minute gig, however, I felt like adding another cry: "Boooooring."
It was opening night of the tour, so there's no doubt that things will get better for the band, which is one of the best in rock history, as the trek progresses. Let's hope that Springsteen schedules another swing through the Bay Area, as he did on his previous "Magic" tour, so that we can witness the E Streeters once things are clicking.
One of the ways to gauge just how engaged a crowd is with a show is to note how many people are checking their watches. At HP, people clearly could be seen checking the time an hour into the gig and they kept right on looking at the watches as the night progressed.
The set list was a major problem. The selected tunes from the Boss' new album, "Working on a Dream," didn't really click. The most troublesome of that lot were the snoozer of a title track and, as predicted, "Outlaw Pete," which is arguably the most obnoxious song in Springsteen's entire catalog.
Yet, things didn't get much better when the vocalist-guitarist ventured into other material. In all, the highlights could be counted on the fingers of one hand - the great "Badlands" opener, the always-terrific main-set closer "Born to Run" and, umm, gee, what else?
Again, we'll give the Boss the benefit of the doubt, and I'll certainly be ready to see him if he adds another Bay Area date. That's because his previous swing through town, back in April 2008, delivered two shows that both ranked among the very best I've ever seen by Springsteen.
On April Fools' Day, however, Bruce was just mediocre. And that's nothing to laugh about.
Springsteen Recommended Listening
Working on a Dream (Deluxe Version with bonus DVD)
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Magic
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Born in the U.S.A.
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Live: 1975-85 (3CD)
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Born to Run
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