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Sounds like a real barn burner in Charleston tonight. Review from Backstreets:
AUGUST 16, CHARLESTON, SC: A LITTLE BEACH MUSIC Springsteen and the band's first visit to Charleston since the Darkness tour -- last stop here was August 1, 1978 at Gaillard Auditorium. Back in the Lowcountry again after 30 years, they pull out yet another cover from the old days, following up the previous two shows' "Little Latin Lupe Lu" and "You Can't Sit Down" with tonight's opener, "Double Shot (of My Baby's Love)." "Let's start off with a little beach music," Bruce said, and this was indeed a local special: the Greenwood, SC-based Swingin' Medallions had a #17 hit with the song in 1966. (What's next, "Mountain of Love"? "Then She Kissed Me"? Keep those signs comin'!)
Surely aware of their long absence from these parts, Bruce and the band really turned it on and, frankly, played their asses off -- and the energy onstage was matched by the thunderous audience, clearly very appreciative of getting Bruce back. From the beginning, greeting the band with a roar to rival any European audience, this was, as Bruce declared a couple of times, a "great, great crowd."
The show was full of requests and audibles, including "Two Hearts" early in the proceedings. Signs tonight brought us "Light of Day," "Growin' Up," and "Janey, Don't You Lose Heart," then in a roundabout way, "No Surrender," as a sign called for Bruce to "Play want you want!" The "Atlantic City" that followed was for a sign, too. One of the few times the crowd flagged was during "Janey" -- granted, the tempo was off, it was a slow version, but though it was a treat for the hardcores, it read as a headscratcher for the crowd as a whole. Which may account for Bruce dropping "Drive All Night" and calling for "Hungry Heart" after "Mary's Place" instead.
Opening the encore was a very rare (only the second time on this tour) "Streets of Fire" -- a searing version and a real highlight of the show, thanks again to a sign. "Jungleland" was an audible in place of "Thunder Road" -- Bruce blew the words, but no matter, the crowd ate it all up, from the Carolina beach music opener to the "Twist and Shout" by request that closed the show. As Springsteen said, ""We need to come back more often!"
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