Can you get a more clearer message than this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2HkqvFPsl8

Amazing setlist. Must have been an incredible show.

Damn!  What an ending.....  From Backstreets.....


1/22, BUFFALO: GREETINGS AND GOODBYE... "FOR A LITTLE WHILE"
When Backstreets interviewed Bruce Springsteen shortly before this Magic/Dream E Street Band trek began, back in 2007, the Boss had this to say: "I envision the band carrying on for many, many, many more years. There ain't gonna be any farewell tour. That's the only thing I know for sure."

True to his word, two years later, that's exactly how he ended this tour: no time for sentimental goodbyes, mentions of a "last dance," or even a glance at the notion of retirement. There were still too many other good stories to tell. Some showgoers were expecting "Blood Brothers" or something like it here in Buffalo, and for good reason, but Springsteen seemed determined not to put any kind of real punctuation mark on the evening. Excepting, of course, the exclamation points spread throughout this 34-song, nearly three-and-a-half hour show.

Of course, everyone in the room, onstage and off, was well aware of the momentousness of the occasion. In "Working on Dream," there was considerably more weight to the usual building-a-house spiel: "The E Street Band has come thousands of miles tonight to be here one last time... for a little while... to fulfill our solemn vow to rock the house!" He soon added, "Really, it's been just about the best time in our band's work life. We want to thank you for supportig our old music, our new music, our tour."

But up next, they plowed forward, doing something they'd never done before — "Tonight! One time only!" — the Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. album, start to finish. Whatever partciular significance the night's album choice might wind up having — in terms of ending where they began, if tonight was indeed any kind of ending — went unspoken. Springsteen merely put the record in context, as he has with other album performances on this fall leg. "This was the miracle," he said, "This was the record that took everything from way below zero to... one." That got a big laugh. Bruce went on to speak of John Hammond, "one of the great legends of music production," and of manager Mike Appel, whose "incredible talking" got him a crucial audition with said legend. Tonight's album performance was dedicated "to the man who got me in the door. Mike Appel is here tonight — Mike, this is for you." He added, "We've never done it... hope we can do it!"

Each of the full album performances on this tour have come loaded with their own questions. Born to Run — for starters, who would handle trumpet on "Meeting"? Curt Ramm has since elevated every show, through tonight, with the addition of his horn parts. The River — would Springsteen and the E Streeters be able to maintain the intensity required for a 20-song sequence? Absolutely, it turned out. And for Greetings, would Springsteen finally grace "Growin' Up" with a full-blown story once again? The answer came with three magical words: "There I was...."

There have been plenty of near misses in recent years, just as Springsteen almost revisited the "Sad Eyes" portion of "Backstreets," so has he come close to true storytelling in "Growin' Up." But tonight, the interlude was fully realized, and it was one of toight's most powerful moments. "It was a dark and stormy night in Asbury Park, New Jersey," Bruce began, "Me and Steve were in a litle club on the south end of the street." He proceeded to once again tell the story of his first meeting with Clarence Clemons, starting with the door blowing off in the Big Man's hand. "King Curtis?" Bruce recalled thinking, "King Curtis has come out of my dreams and landed right here!" Here in Buffalo in 2009, Clarence joined Bruce at the center to reenact that fateful night. "He walked to the stage and said" — Clarence speaking now — "I wanna play with you." "What could I say? I said....'Sure!'" Then, step by step, Bruce and Clarence recreated the pose from the cover of the Born to Run album right there on the HSBC Arena stage. It was a wordless act, unfolding slowly, inevitably, engendering one big smile throughout the building. The full-bodied laugh would come shortly, as Bruce concluded the story: "We got into a Cadillac at the end of the nght, drove out to the outskirts of town.... we got very sleepy and we fell into this long, long, long, long, long dream. And when we woke up, we were in fuckin' Buffalo, New York." Crowd goes nuts, in no small part due to the way Springsteen just compressed 35-plus years of E Street Band history. And tonight it does feel like a dream.

A furious solo from Bruce on "Lost in the Flood" has to be another of the night's highlights — Garry, meanwhile, playing complex runs behind him, the bassist being the guy who can easily fade into the background if you let him but who, anytime you choose to pay attention, is always doing some seriously interesting shit — and Bruce's solo contines, building, as Max matches his intensity, the two facing off until the end. Roy brings it all back home, spotlight on the white baby grand.

Another question that came with the Greetings performance: could Bruce actually make "Mary Queen of Arkansas" and "The Angel" compelling? A resounding yes on both counts, particularly "The Angel." With Bruce lit up at center stage, the only other accompaniment for most of the song came from Roy Bittan, who segued right into this number from his "Lost in the Flood" coda. Roy gave the song a Born to Run-era majesty, capped by the surprise addition of a viola toward the song's end. Much of what made it work was Bruce's vocal — as a friend of mine turned to me and said, "He knows how to sing now." Coupled with Roy's piano work, it came off as a beautiful, lost '70s vignette... which I guess is exactly what it is. "Mary," too, was surprisingly successful, with Bruce on acoustic guitar in Devils & Dust mode, accompanied only by Nils on harp.

And of course Bruce and the Band brought all the right moves to the remainder of the Greetings sequence, including a rollicking "Does This Bus Stop" with a stand-out solo from Charlie; a full-band "For You," as opposed to the solo piano version Bruce has been doing lately; "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City," ending with Bruce and Steve facing off, flashing guitars like switchblades, while Max is a perpetual drumroll machine.

And that's just one of the night's stories. After "Sunny Day" and "The Promised Land," it's on to the next: "We've got a birthday boy in the house tonight!" Yep, Steve Van Zandt's birthday just happens to coincide with the final night of the tour, and Bruce decides on an extended fete. First up: "Restless Nights." "Stevie is... my age, and for years he's been asking to play this one song. This is Stevie's very favorite song of all time, it's very obscure, it's on the Tracks record. We're gonna do this for his birthday tonight." If The River at MSG seemed like a gift for Steve, this outtake performance was the icing on the cake. "By request!" Bruce said at song's end, pointing at his old pal, "Dammit, he might have been right all these years!"

But the party wasn't over. Speaking of cake, guitar tech Kevin Buell emerged with a guitar-topped birthday cake, covered in lit candles. With a little help from Max, the crowd sang "Happy Birthday" while Bruce and Steve blew the candles out together. "For Steve!" Bruce cried as the smoke rose, taking the band into "Surprise Surprise." And while some fans have heard this Working on a Dream song as too frivolous, it was hard not to appreciate the apropos lyrics at this moment:

    Well today is your birthday, we traveled so far we two
    So let's blow out the candles on your cake and we'll raise a glass or two

Bruce fed Steve a piece during the song, and by the end was still licking icing off his fingers, mouthing to Steve, "Not bad!" Darned if the song didn't serve as a fitting benediction, too:

    And when the sun comes out tomorrow, it'll be the start of a brand new day...

But again, tonight there were other stories to tell. After the "Green Onions" sign collection it was a holiday double-shot, with Bruce taking "Merry Christmas Baby" right into "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town." In between, channeling Christopher Walken, he said, "I feel Santy fever coming on. You know what this night needs? More Santy. We need more jingle bells...." The second of these came with a sign so nice, "I'm gonna put it on my front door!"

A left-field request from some Italians, Chuck Willis's "(I Don't Want to) Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes," brought us close once again to some closing night sentiment: "This sort of captures the theme of our feelings this evening," Bruce said beforehand. But the song was a blast, blowing away any poignancy with it's full-throttle rock 'n' roll. And followed by "Boom Boom," also by request? We're back in the moment. "My Love Will Not Let You Down" and "Long Walk Home" continued this forceful stretch, Steve shining as always on the latter. Following the setlisted "Born to Run" set-closer, Bruce called an audible of "Tenth Avenue Freeze-out" for another theme he wanted to hit, hollering, "I wanna tell you the story of the band!"

For the encore, Bruce led off with his take on what the tour has meant to him, a nice reprise from the Magic tour: "It's been a pleasure being out here working for you.... I'll work for your love any day!" By the time we got to "Higher and Higher," with special guest Willie Nile, there was no longer any escaping the inevitable. "We don't wanna go home!" said Bruce from the rear-pit platform. But at the end of the song: "We ain't going home yet!"

And amid speculation about the last this or the last that, talk elsewhere of retirement of the E Street Band, one more song kept the ending on a high note, John Fogerty's "Rocking All Over the World." It was a celebration of the tour, of the band, of rock 'n' roll... not of a band on the verge of retiring, but of a band firing on all cylinders at this very moment. Bruce's final words matched the mood: "We appreciate you coming out to see the E Street Band. So we're gonna say goodbye, but just for a little while... a very little while... because... because..." before singing again, "I like it, I like it, I like it!"

After acknowledging fans who came from all over — other states, other countries — to take part in these shows, Springsteen said, "I want to thank our crew, who work all day and all night to bring this show to you in your town." He thanked the E Street Band, the road crew, the truckers, carpenters, and everyone in every department by name, from security to sound, video, production, management... and while tonight was certainly the end of something, and no one's quite sure what he means by "a very little while," the overwhelming feeling at the end of the show was summed up by a sign that Bruce and Steve grabbed and paraded across the stage during the encore, laying it to rest below Max's drumkit, Steve every once in a while checking to make sure it was still visible:

It's only rock 'n' roll, but it feels like love.

Amen.

By Jeff Miers
NEWS POP MUSIC CRITIC

The anticipation leading up to Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band’s Sunday night concert in HSBC Arena built over the months preceding the event, and became palpable over the course of the past 10 days, following the last sale of the last ticket for the show. By midday on Sunday, the city was Springsteen’s. There were folks hanging around looking for tickets, people hoping for a good spot in the pit based on the lottery wristband policy, and folks who’d just plain blown off the Bills game to come downtown early and tailgate.

Springsteen and Co. always draw, and draw big. But this time was different. First of all, Buffalo was the final stop on the “Working On A Dream” tour, and final shows on Springsteen tours are always killer. But the hint has lingered in the air, turned into a fait accompli in the minds of some fans, and a nagging tug of doubt in the minds of others — could this be the final E Street Band gig ever? Would Clarence Clemons’ health issues become too much for the “Big Man” to endure next time around? Had this magnificent band run its course?

Springsteen and the band weren’t offering any defining clues. In fact, this gig was so fiery, so passionate, so frankly youthful in its energy, its relentless pace, and its unfailingly evident belief in the power of rock ’n’ roll as an agent of transformation, that it seemed like the first gig by a new band than it did the final one from a crew of veterans.

In keeping with that idea, Springsteen opened with a brand new tune, the defiant “Wrecking Ball,” a song that could’ve been written for Buffalo — it’s a tune that stares economic dissolution in the eye and dares it to take its best shot.

From there, it took no time for the place to erupt, as Springsteen and band dug into the timeless “The River” for a pair of barnburners in the form of “The Ties That Bind” and “Hungry Heart.” Springsteen was in fine voice, his power undiminished by the passage of time, apparently. The title song from “Working On A Dream” followed, and its Roy Orbison-like cadences offered a more powerful attack on stage than in the song’s recorded form.

Springsteen then introduced his first album, the earthy, funky “Greetings From Asbury Park, N. J.,” which the band performed in its entirety, completing the cycle begun at the beginning of the fall leg of the “Working On A Dream” tour, which found the band playing every album from its inception through 1984’s “Born in the USA.”

“Greetings” was never really a full-on E Street Band album, mostly because the record failed to capture the band’s live sound, favoring instead a bohemian post-Dylan folk style that never really suited Springsteen. The songs, though, are magnificent, and the manner in which the band performed them on Sunday, can now take their place alongside the man (and the band’s) best work.

“Blinded by the Light” suggested the boardwalk funk that would flourish on the group’s second album, “The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle,” and handily outshone its studio version. “Growin’ Up” has shown up often in live sets over the years, and was stunning here.

But it was the rarely performed pieces like the dark, brooding “Mary Queen of Arkansas” and “The Angel” that offered the biggest surprises. These songs simply grew wings in their new arrangements. And of course, “For You” — a street poet’s take on the Romantic tradition in literature — simply reached its fingers into the chest and squeezed the heart for four minutes or so.

“Lost In the Flood” is Springsteen’s first proper epic, and it was played with bountiful fire on Sunday, particularly by the rhythm section of drummer Max Weinberg and bassist Garry Tallent.

“Greetings” completed, the band launched into a set that, in itself, probably would’ve justified the price of admission for most in the full house. “Waitin’ On A Sunny Day” led nicely into a poignant “Promised Land,” and then Springsteen mentioned longtime co-conspirator Steven Van Zandt, who happened to be celebrating his birthday.

Springsteen, following the presentation of cake and candles, introduced “Steve’s favorite song,” the “River” outtake “Restless Nights,” which was played beautifully and lent additional power by the harmony vocals of Van Zandt and singers Curtis King and Cindy Mizelle. Van Zandt also was treated to one of “Working On A Dream’s” most infectious tunes, the Byrds-like beauty “Surprise Surprise.”

The “request” section of the gig followed, and Springsteen— who’d spent much of the evening either reaching into the audience or diving headlong into it — gathered the signs begging for specific tunes from the crowd, while the band jammed its way through Booker T and the MG’s “Green Onions.”

A pair of holiday tunes — “Merry Christmas, Baby” and “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town”—were greeted tumultuously, as was the “Tunnel of Love”-era tour favorite “Boom Boom,” a cover of the John Lee Hooker tune.

The band just did not seem to want to stop, for reasons that were abundantly obvious — if this was indeed it, then one of the most passionate and powerful groups in history is saying goodbye. I don’t know, though. These guys seem to be just getting warmed up. I think they just might be back.

Regardless, Sunday’s show was absolutely sublime. It was everything a great rock ’n’ roll show should be — intense, joyous, deeply musical, irreverent, sensual, romantic, incredibly fun. No band does it better.

Concert Review

Bruce Springsteen and the EStreet Band

Sunday night in HSBC Arena

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left shoe shuffle wrote on Nov 21^st, 2009 at 1:21pm:



Here you go.

By my reckoning, Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band played a total of 194 different songs over the course of 85 tour shows. 61 of those songs were unreleased cover versions. 65 songs were performed at only one tour concert.

Of the 85 shows, the first leg consisted of 29 North American dates (two of them warm up gigs). Then there was a 27 date European Tour (I'm counting Bruce's appearance in Tennessee at the Bonnaroo festival in the middle of it as a Euro tour gig), and finally a return to North America for another 29 concerts.

They also played two non-tour shows, namely the Superbowl in Tampa on February 2nd and the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary show in New York on October 29th. At the latter, they performed 7 more unreleased cover versions which were NOT played at any tour shows - so the total number of songs performed by the band in 2009 clocks in at an amazing 201.

This only includes complete songs - it doesnt count the intros that Nils played on accordion at several European  tour shows, nor does it count a few bars of songs that were added before or after other songs, ie Have Negilah, It Takes Two, Honky Tonk Women, Land of a Thousand Dances and Gonna Fly Now (Theme from 'Rocky'). I also didn't count guest appearances during the tour or solo performances by Bruce at non-tour events during the tour.

Only two songs were played at all 85 tour shows - Born To Run and American Land (Born To Run was also played at the 2 non-tour shows)

Songs played were as follows :



GREETINGS FROM ASBURY PARK, NJ (1973)  (9/9)      FIRST PERFORMANCE      LAST PERFORMANCE      NUMBER of APPEARANCES
Blinded By The Light      Washington 18.5.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      2
Growin' Up      San Jose 1.4.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      14
Mary Queen of Arkansas      Buffalo 22.11.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      1
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd St?      Bilbao 26.7.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      3
Lost In The Flood      Stockholm 5.6.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      2
The Angel      Buffalo 22.11.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      1
For You      Boston 22.4.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      7
Spirit In The Night      Los Angeles 15.4.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      21
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City      Houston 8.4.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      5
                 
THE WILD, THE INNOCENT & THE E-STREET SHUFFLE (1973) (7/7)                  
E-Street Shuffle      Denver 10.4.09      Baltimore 20.11.09      9
4th July Asbury Park (Sandy)      Vienna 5.7.09      New York 7.11.09      3
Kitty's Back      Philadelphia 29.4.09      Milwaukee 15.11.09      9
Wild Billy's Circus Story      New York 7.11.09      New York 7.11.09      1
Incident on 57th Street      East Rutherford 23.5.09      New York 7.11.09      4
Rosalita      Glendale 3.4.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      42
New York City Serenade      New York 7.11.09      New York 7.11.09      1
                 
BORN TO RUN (1975) (8/8)                  
Thunder Road      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      50
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out      Asbury Park 24.3.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      42
Night      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Baltimore 20.11.09      23
Backstreets      Los Angeles 16.4.09      Baltimore 20.11.09      21
Born To Run      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      85
She's The One      Austin 5.4.09      Baltimore 20.11.09      34
Meeting Across The River      Chicago 20.9.09      Baltimore 20.11.09      13
Jungleland      Austin 5.4.09      Baltimore 20.11.09      27
                 
DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (1978)  (10/10)                  
Badlands      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Baltimore 20.11.09      81
Adam Raised A Cain      Los Angeles 16.4.09      Philadelphia 14.10.09      8
Something In The Night      East Rutherford 23.5.09      Nashville 18.11.09      8
Candy's Room      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Philadelphia 14.10.09      11
Racing In The Street      Denver 10.4.09      Philadelphia 14.10.09      8
The Promised Land      Asbury Park 24.3.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      72
Factory      Fran kfurt 3.7.09      Philadelphia 14.10.09      5
Streets Of Fire      Udine 23.7.09      Philadelphia 14.10.09      3
Prove It All Night      Austin 5.4.09      Baltimore 20.11.09      22
Darkness On The Edge Of Town      Los Angeles 15.4.09      Philadelphia 14.10.09      10
                 
THE RIVER (1980)  (20/20)                  
The Ties That Bind      Denver 10.4.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      7
Sherry Darling      Austin 5.4.09      New York 8.11.09      8
Jackson Cage      Hartford 24.4.09      New York 8.11.09      5
Two Hearts      Bergen 10.6.09      Nashville 18.11.09      7
Independence Day      Mansfield 23.8.09      New York 8.11.09      2
Hungry Heart      Los Angeles 16.4.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      43
Out In The Street      Asbury Park 23.3.09      New York 8.11.09      40
Crush On You      New York 8.11.09      New York 8.11.09      1
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)      Dublin 11.7.09      Nashville 18.11.09      3
I Wanna Marry You      Philadelphia 19.10.09      New York 8.11.09      2
The River      Stockholm 7.6.09      New York 8.11.09      16
Point Blank      Frankfurt 3.7.09      New York 8.11.09      3
Cadillac Ranch      Houston 8.4.09      Milwaukee 15.11.09      11
I'm A Rocker      Austin 5.4.09      New York 8.11.09      2
Fade Away      Stockholm 7.6.09      New York 8.11.09      2
Stolen Car      New York 8.11.09      New York 8.11.09      1
Ramrod      University Park 8.5.09      Baltimore 20.11.09      8
The Price You Pay      Philadelphia 20.10.09      New York 8.11.09      2
Drive All Night      Turin 21.7.09      New York 8.11.09      2
Wreck On The Highway      New York 8.11.09      New York 8.11.09      1
                 
NEBRASKA (1982)  (2/10)                  
Atlantic City      Berne 30.6.09      New York 8.11.09      9
Johnny 99      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Auburn Hills 13.11.09      67
                 
BORN IN THE USA (1984) (12/12)                  
Born In The USA      Udine 23.7.09      Auburn Hills 13.11.09      7
Cover Me      East Rutherford 23.5.09      Philadelphia 20.10.09      11
Darlington County      Asbury Park 24.3.09      Nashville 18.11.09      14
Working On The Highway      Glendale 3.4.09      Auburn Hills 13.11.09      16
Downbound Train      Glendale 3.4.09      Philadelphia 20.10.09      6
I'm On Fire      Tulsa 7.4.09      Philadelphia 20.10.09      12
No Surrender      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Nashville 18.11.09      45
Bobby Jean      University Park 8.5.09      Nashville 18.11.09      34
I'm Going Down      Tulsa 7.4.09      Philadelphia 20.10.09      13
Glory Days      Austin 5.4.09      Baltimore 20.11.09      32
Dancing In The Dark      Asbury Park 24.3.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      63
My Hometown      Turin 21.7.09      Philadelphia 20.10.09      4
                 
LIVE 1975-85 (1986)  (5/8)                  
Raise Your Hand      Los Angeles 15.4.09      Auburn Hills 13.11.09      62
Seeds      Asbury Park 24.3.09      Nashville 18.11.09      63
Because The Night      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Auburn Hills 13.11.09      18
Fire      Philadelphia 28.4.09      Philadelphia 28.4.09      1
Jersey Girl      Vienna 5.7.09      Giants Stadium 9.10.09      3
                 
TUNNEL OF LOVE (1987)   (1/12)                  
Tougher Than The Rest      Denver 10.4.09      Giants Stadium 9.10.09      2
                 
HUMAN TOUCH (1992)  (2/14)                  
Human Touch      Greensboro 2.5.09      New York 7.11.09      4
All Or Nothin' At All      Tampa 12.9.09      Tampa 12.9.09      1
                 
LUCKY TOWN  (1992)  (2/10)                  
If I Should Fall Behind      Benidorm 30.7.09      Mansfield 22.8.09      2
Living Proof      Milwaukee 15.11.09      Milwaukee 15.11.09      1
                 
PLUGGED (1993)  (1 / 2)                  
Red Headed Woman      Philadelphia 29.4.09      Cleveland 10.11.09      2
                 
GREATEST HITS (1995)  (3/5)                  
Streets Of Philadelphia      Philadelphia 29.4.09      Philadelphia 29.4.09      1
This Hard Land      Munich 2.7.09      Philadelphia 13.10.09      4
Murder, Inc.      Turin 21.7.09      Mansfield 23.8.09      6
                 
THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD (1995)  (2/12)                  
The Ghost Of Tom Joad      Asbury Park 24.3.09      Dublin 11.7.09      27
Youngstown      Austin 5.4.09      Des Moines 21.9.09      16
                 
TRACKS  (1998) / 18 TRACKS (1999)  (15/62)                  
Seaside Bar Song      Philadelphia 13.10.09      Philadelphia 13.10.09      1
Thundercrack      Philadelphia 29.4.09      New York 7.11.09      3
Rendezvous      Uniondale 4.5.09      Saratoga Springs 25.8.09      4
Give The Girl A Kiss      Hershey 15.5.09      Hershey 15.5.09      1
So Young and In Love      Boston 22.4.09      Charlotte 3.11.09      3
Roulette  (1988 b-side)      Charlottesville 5.5.09      Charlottesville 5.5.09      1
Loose Ends      Turin 21.7.09      Milwaukee 15.11.09      4
Be True (1980 b-side)      Udine 23.7.09      Giants Stadium 2.10.09      5
My Love Will Not Let You Down      Turin 21.7.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      12
Stand On It  (1985 b-side)      Washington 2.11.09      Washington 2.11.09      1
Pink Cadillac  (1984 b-side)      Glasgow 14.7.09      Cleveland 10.11.09      4
Janey Don't You Lose Heart (1985 b-side)      Benidorm 30.7.09      Mansfield 23.8.09      2
Back in Your Arms      Bergen 9.6.09      Cleveland 10.11.09      2
The Fever      Philadelphia 28.4.09      Philadelphia 13.10.09      2
Restless Nights      Buffalo 22.11.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      1
                 
LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY  (2001)   (2/2)                  
Land Of Hope And Dreams      San Jose 1.4.09      Philadelphia 19.10.09      39
American Skin (41 Shots)      Dublin12.7.09      Hartford 19.8.09      7
                 
THE RISING  (2002)   (6/15)                  
Lonesome Day      Asbury Park 24.3.09      Nashville 18.11.09      74
Into The Fire      Vienna 5.7.09      Milwaukee 15.11.09      4
Waiting On A Sunny Day      Asbury Park 24.3.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      80
Mary's Place      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Asbury Park 23.3.09      1
The Rising      Glendale 3.4.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      81
My City In Ruins      Rome 19.7.09      Rome 19.7.09      1
                 
THE ESSENTIAL BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Bonus disc) (2003)  (2/11)                  
Trapped (originally released on 'We Are The World' 1985)      Atlanta 26.4.09      Nashville 18.11.09      11
From Small Things Big Things Come      Landgraaf 30.5.09      Landgraaf 30.5.09      1
                 
DEVILS AND DUST  (2005)  (0/12)                  
                 
HAMMERSMITH ODEON LONDON '75 (2005)  (2/2)                  
Detroit Medley (also released on 'No Nukes' album in 1981)      Atlanta 26.4.09      Auburn Hills 13.11.09      11
Quarter To Three      Seville 28.7.09      Seville 28.7.09      1
                 
WE SHALL OVERCOME – THE SEEGER SESSIONS (2006)  (1/18)                  
American Land      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      85
                 
LIVE IN DUBLIN (2007)  (0/3)                  
                 
MAGIC (2008)  (6/12)                  
Radio Nowhere      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Baltimore 20.11.09      44
Gypsy Biker      Charlottesville 5.5.09      Charlottesville 5.5.09      1
Girls In Their Summer Clothes      Benidorm 30.7.09      Saratoga Springs 25.8.09      4
Last To Die      Giants Stadium 3.10.09      Philadelphia 13.10.09      3
Long Walk Home      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      9
I'll Work For Your Love      Buffalo 22.11.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      1
                 
WORKING ON A DREAM  (2009)  (10/13)                  
Outlaw Pete      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Washington 2.11.09      72
My Lucky Day      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Tampa 12.9.09      21
Working On A Dream      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      84
Queen Of The Supermarket      Stockholm 5.6.09      Stockholm 5.6.09      1
What Love Can Do      Philadelphia 14.10.09      Philadelphia 14.10.09      1
This Life      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Santiago 2.8.09      3
Good Eye      Asbury Park 23.3.09      San Jose 1.4.09      3
Kingdom Of Days      Asbury Park 24.3.09      Glasgow 14.7.09      32
Surprise Surprise      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      7
The Wrestler      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Stockholm 4.6.09      21
                 
MISCELLANEOUS RELEASED SONGS  (5)                  
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (1975)      Tampere 2.6.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      7
I Ain't Got No Home  (1988)      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Asbury Park 23.3.09      1
Wrecking Ball  (2009 i-tunes single)      Giants Stadium 30.9.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      15
Great Balls of fire (RnRHoF concert, 1996 – backing Jerry Lee Lewis)      Valladolid 1.8.09      Valladolid 1.8.09      1
Merry Christmas Baby      Buffalo 22.11.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      1
                 
UNRELEASED COVER VERSIONS (61)                  
Hard Times      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Baltimore 20.11.09      55
Mustang Sally      Asbury Park 23.3.09      Asbury Park 23.3.09      1
Seven Nights to Rock      Asbury Park 23.3.09      New York 8.11.09      9
Good Rockin' Tonight      San Jose 1.4.09      San Jose 1.4.09      1
Proud Mary      Los Angeles 16.4.09      Dublin 12.7.09      3
Bad Luck      Los Angeles 16.4.09      Los Angeles 16.4.09      1
I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide      Boston 21.4.09      Boston 21.4.09      1
I Wanna Be Sedated      Boston 22.4.09      Boston 22.4.09      1
Wild Thing      Hartford 24.4.09      Stockholm 4.6.09      2
Rockin' All Over The World      Hartford 24.4.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      4
96 Tears      Atlanta 26.4.09      Atlanta 26.4.09      1
You can't sit down      Philadelphia 28.4.09      Philadelphia 19.10.09      3
Mountain of Love      Philadelphia 28.4.09      Hartford 19.8.09      2
London Calling      Philadelphia 29.4.09      London 28.6.09      2
Seventh Son      Greensboro 2.5.09      Greensboro 2.5.09      1
Hang On Sloopy      Greensboro 2.5.09      Mansfield 23.8.09      2
Expressway To Your Heart      Uniondale 4.5.09      Uniondale 4.5.09      1
You really got me      Charlottesville 5.5.09      Charlottesville 5.5.09      1
Louie Louie      Toronto 7.5.09      Toronto 7.5.09      1
My Generation      University Park 8.5.09      University Park 8.5.09      1
Woolly Bully      University Park 8.5.09      University Park 8.5.09      1
Good Lovin'      St Paul 11.5.09      London 28.6.09      5
Mony, Mony      Chicago 12.5.09      Herning 8.7.09      6
Twist & Shout      Hershey 15.5.09      Giants Stadium 8.10.09      23
Little Latin Lupe Lu      Washington 18.5.09      Washington 18.5.09      1
Like a rolling stone      Pittsburgh 19.5.09      Pittsburgh 19.5.09      1
Dark end of the street      Tampere 2.6.09      Tampere 2.6.09      1
Who'll Stop The Rain      Stockholm 4.6.09      Dublin 11.7.09      2
Boom Boom      Bergen 10.6.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      2
Coma Girl      Glastonbury 27.6.09      Glastonbury 27.6.09      1
I Fought the law      Berne 30.6.09      Charlotte 3.11.09      3
Pretty woman      Munich 2.7.09      Munich 2.7.09      1
Travellin' band      Rome 19.7.09      Rome 19.7.09      1
Summertime Blues      Udine 23.7.09      Saratoga Springs 25.8.09      2
You never can tell      Bilbao 26.7.09      Mansfield 23.8.09      2
Burning love      Santiago 2.8.09      Mansfield 22.8.09      2
Born to be wild      Santiago 2.8.09      Santiago 2.8.09      1
Sha La La      Hartford 19.8.09      Hartford 19.8.09      1
Heat wave (instrumental)      Mansfield 23.8.09      Mansfield 23.8.09      1
Jole Blon      Tampa 12.9.09      Milwaukee 15.11.09      2
Then She Kissed Me      Fort Lauderdale 13.9.09      Fort Lauderdale 13.9.09      1
Double shot of my baby's love      Greenville 16.9.09      Greenville 16.9.09      1
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction      Greenville 16.9.09      Des Moines 21.9.09      2
Da Doo Ron Ron      Chicago 20.9.09      Chicago 20.9.09      1
Rockin' Robin      Chicago 20.9.09      Chicago 20.9.09      1
The Wanderer      Des Moines 21.9.09      Des Moines 21.9.09      1
Jailhouse Rock      Giants Stadium 2.10.09      Giants Stadium 2.10.09      1
The Last Time      Giants Stadium 9.10.09      Giants Stadium 9.10.09      1
Little Bit o' Soul      Philadelphia 13.10.09      Philadelphia 13.10.09      1
When you walk in the room      Philadelphia 19.10.09      Philadelphia 19.10.09      1
Medley :  All Shook Up/Blue Suede Shoes      Philadelphia 19.10.09      Philadelphia 19.10.09      1
Higher and higher      Philadelphia 20.10.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      11
Save the last dance for me      Philadelphia 20.10.09      Philadelphia 20.10.09      1
Roll Over Beethoven      St Louis 25.10.09      St Louis 25.10.09      1
Brown eyed girl      Charlotte 3.11.09      Charlotte 3.11.09      1
Sweet Soul Music      New York 8.11.09      New York 8.11.09      1
Cant help falling in love      New York 8.11.09      Cleveland 10.11.09      2
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man      Auburn Hills 13.11.09      Auburn Hills 13.11.09      1
Ring Of Fire      Nashville 18.11.09      Nashville 18.11.09      1
Green Onions      Baltimore 20.11.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      2
I Don't Wanna Hang Up My Rock 'n' Roll Shoes      Buffalo 22.11.09      Buffalo 22.11.09      1
                 
                 
                 ADDITIONAL SONGS PLAYED BY THE E-STREET BAND AT
THE 2 NON-TOUR DATES
(Superbowl , Tampa 1.2.09 & Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Concert,
New York 29.10.09 )
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (both events)
Working On A Dream (Superbowl)
Born To Run (both events)
Glory Days (Superbowl)
Hold On I'm Comin' (Hall of Fame) *
Soul Man (Hall of Fame) *
Ghost Of Tom Joad (Hall of Fame)
Fortunate Son (Hall of Fame) *
Proud Mary (Hall of Fame)
Pretty woman (Hall of Fame)
Jungleland (Hall of Fame)
A Fine Fine Boy (Hall of Fame) *
Da Doo Ron Ron (Hall of Fame)
London Calling (Hall of Fame)
Badlands (Hall of Fame)
You May Be Right (Hall of Fame) *
Only The Good Die Young (Hall of Fame) *
New York State Of Mind (Hall of Fame) *
Higher and higher (Hall of Fame)

Songd denoted '*' weren't played during the WOAD tour – Total : 7
(all of them unreleased cover versions)

                 

                 

Nice!
My sock drawer isn't that organized.

Caught a dozen shows on this tour.
Near as I can figure I saw about 110 of those songs...

Ok,been a little busy. But been wanting to do my own Bruce postmordem. Such as it is. Oh,where to start. I'd always heard about people following tours around, but did not give much thought as to doing it myself. Always thought, hey they're coming to my town. That's good enough. Then a few years ago,through means no one one would prefer.(an inheritance). I had the means to follow a band around. So of course I picked the Stones. Who,just happened to be on tour at the time. Well it was fun catching the Stones in different cities. But by the end of 3 Stones shows in 2 weeks. Frankly, I was bored. It was the same old stuff....Then Springsteen went on tour. It might sound terrible now,but that was one of the things that drew me to this board. I was already a Stones fan. But it had been a long while since I saw Bruce. Knowing that Gazza was a Bruce fan from his posts on IORR I thought I would check out RO for bruce news. Turned out to be a good place to get it. Again no direspect to our boys. But when the opportunity came to follow Bruce and I saw that he was changing the setlists every night. It seemed like a good opportunity to go catch all of his shows in CA. Well once I did that,it simply was'nt enough. That's when I decided to travel out of state for the first time to catch a show. Well going to Nashville and St Louis last year turned out to be one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. Unfortunately,when it came to the latest tour. He decided to open on the west coast. But anyway,looking at the big picture. I saw 10 shows on the Magic/WOAD tours. By my fuzzy math,it turns out to be 5 states,8 cities.......And not one single regret. Would have been at many more had opportunity presented itself.  Quite frankly some of the best times of my life......Also want to say that.I had the privelege of meeting many great Stones fans along the way,who were also Springsteen fans. Been a great ride. Bring on whatever Bruce wants to do next. Yeah,I'm drinking the cool aid....ANd man it tastes good.

Not the greatest quality, but a coupla gems from Buffalo:

'Restless Nights'

'(I Don't Wanna) Hang Up My Rock & Roll Shoes'
 

WOW- Bruce gets two episodes!

SPECTACLE SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED; BRUCE GETS TWO HOURS
As announced today, the second season of Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... begins December 9 with guests Bono and the Edge and will wrap in late January with a two-part spotlight on Springsteen. Last month's taping for Springsteen's appeareance on the show ran a whopping four hours, much of it gold... so it comes as a relief that the whole thing won't be chopped down to just one episode.

Network description: Elvis Costello sits down with Bruce Springsteen for a special two part episode and, with his guitar in hand, he opens up about his pre-E Street Band bands, his early and current inspirations, and the resurgence of New Jersey. E Street Band members Nils Lofgren and Roy Bittan sit in for a couple of songs.

"Spectacle: Elvis Costello with Bruce Springsteen, Part 1" will premiere January 20 at 10 p.m.; "Part 2" airs a week later, January 27 at 10 p.m. This is the only time so far that Costello's program has split an artist's appearance over two episodes. Spectacle airs on the Sundance Channel, and on CTV in Canada.
- November 24, 2009

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Nov 25^th, 2009 at 10:46am:

Now this gets the Wicked Pissah~Thanks for posting!

Get in there, Big Man!

Still waiting on me autographed book - hopefully soon.

Kind of says it all! Makes no difference if you are a Conservative or a Liberal-it is the music and lyrics that make the mark.  Thanks for posting, Zack!

The Bruce Virgins-some young and some old- that I have taken to shows have had various amounts of what I call being "blinded by the light."  All of them will attest to his ultimate performer skills and the greatness of his band, some were too emotionally/physically drained to even discuss the experience with me other than a "WOW", and a few have become just as crazy as me and go to see him every chance they get.  I am noticing and meeting lots of college age and younger Bruce fanatics at the concerts, which is always a way to keep the music young!