Spirits In The Night
Setlists
The following is a listing of all performances by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band between July 2002 & October 2003. In addition to Tour performances we have included all Off -Tour Performances that occurred within the scope of the tour as well.
The Rising Tour
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The E Street Band lineup: Roy Bittan: keyboards
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2003
Pre-Tour
February 19 - Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA
- Darkness On The Edge Of Town
- Adam Raised A Cain
- My Father's House
- Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street
- Growin' Up
- Freehold
- Thunder Road (Piano)
- Nebraska
- The River
- Sherry Darling
- Born In The U.S.A. (12-string)
- Souls Of The Departed
- The Wall (World Premiere, co-written with Joe Grushecky)
- Bobby Jean
- My Hometown (Piano)
- Brilliant Disguise
- Stolen Car
- Save The Last Dance For Me (partial)
- Little Things That Count
- If I Should Fall Behind (Piano)
- The Ghost Of Tom Joad
- Sinaloa Cowboys
- The Rising
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- The Promised Land
Q&A Session: Includes performances of "Back In Your Arms," "Into The Fire," and "Across The Border"
Encore:
- This Hard Land
February 20 - Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA
- Darkness On The Edge Of Town
- Adam Raised A Cain
- My Father's House
- Blinded By The Light
- Growin' Up
- Freehold
- Thunder Road (Piano)
- Nebraska
- The River
- Sherry Darling
- Born In The U.S.A. (12-string blues)
- The Wall (co-written with Joe Grushecky)
- Bobby Jean
- Brilliant Disguise
- Stolen Car
- Save The Last Dance For Me (partial)
- Little Things That Count
- For You (Piano)
- The Ghost Of Tom Joad
- Sinaloa Cowboys
- The Rising
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- The Promised Land
Q&A Session: Shorter than 2/19, with no songs performed
Encore:
- This Hard Land
U.S. First Leg
February 28 - The Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, GA
- No Surrender
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- Candy's Room
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- The Promised Land
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- Countin' On A Miracle
- If I Should Fall Behind (Solo Piano)
- Thunder Road
- Into The Fire
- This Hard Land
- Glory Days
- Born To Run
- My City Of Ruins
- Born In The USA
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
March 3 - Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX
- War (Tour Premier)
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- No Surrender
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Darlington County
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- Countin' On A Miracle
- Growin' Up
- Thunder Road
- Into The Fire
- This Hard Land
- Cadillac Ranch
- All Just To Get To You (w/ Joe Elly-Tour Premier)
- Born To Run
- My City of Ruins
- Born In The USA
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
- Working On The Highway
March 4 - Jacksonville Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- The Ties That Bind
- Prove It All Night
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Better Days (Tour Premier)
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- She's The One
- Mary's Place
- Tougher Than The Rest
- Countin' On A Miracle
- Thunder Road
- Into The Fire
- Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go (Tour Premier)
- Glory Days
- Born To Run
- My City Of Ruins
- Born In The USA
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
March 6 - Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- No Surrender
- Prove It All Night
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
- Two Hearts
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- She's The One
- Mary's Place
- Countin' On A Miracle
- For You (Solo Piano)
- Into The Fire
- Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go
- Glory Days
- Born To Run
- My City Of Ruins
- Born In The USA
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
March 7 - Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ
- Atlantic City
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- Prove It All Night
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?
- It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- Countin' On A Miracle
- Jersey Girl (Solo Piano-Tour Premier)
- Into the Fire
- Tell Me Why (Tour Premier)
- Glory Days
- Born To Run
- My City of Ruins
- Born In The USA
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
- Roll Of The Dice (Tour Premier)
March 10 - Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, RI
- War
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- Night
- Candy's Room
- The Fuse
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Spirit In The Night (Full Band)
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- Thunder Road
- Countin' On A Miracle
- If I Should Fall Behind (Solo Piano)
- Into The Fire
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- My City Of Ruins
- Born In The USA
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
March 11 - Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, NY
- No Surrender
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- My Love Will Not Let You Down
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Blinded By the Light (Tour Premier)
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- She's The One
- Mary's Place
- Nothing Man
- Backstreets
- Night
- Into The Fire
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- My City Of Ruins
- Born In The USA
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Fire (Tour Proper Premier)
- Dancing In The Dark
Australian/New Zieland Leg
March 20 - Telstra Dome, Melbourne, Australia
- Born in the USA (Acoustic)
- War
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- No Surrender
- Prove It All Night
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- The Promised Land
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- Countin' On A Miracle
- Backstreets
- Into The Fire
- Thunder Road
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
- Glory Days
March 22 - Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
- Born in the USA (Acoustic)
- War
- No Surrender
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- Darkness On The Edge Of Town
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- The Promised Land
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- Countin' On A Miracle
- Backstreets
- Into The Fire
- Thunder Road
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Born In The USA
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
- Glory Days
- Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (Tour Premier)
- Darlington County
March 25 - Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia
- Born in the USA (Acoustic)
- War
- No Surrender
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- Prove It All Night
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Darlington County
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- She's The One
- Mary's Place
- Jungleland (Tour Premier)
- Into The Fire
- Thunder Road
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
March 26 - Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia
- Born in the USA (Acoustic)
- War
- No Surrender
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- Darlington County
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Two Hearts
- The Promised Land
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- My Hometown
- Into The Fire
- Thunder Road
- This Hard Land
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- I'm A Rocker
- Dancing In The Dark
March 28 - Western Springs Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
- Born In The USA (Acoustic)
- Who'll Stop The Rain (Tour Premier)
- No Surrender
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- Darlington County
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- The Promised Land
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- My Hometown
- Into The Fire
- Thunder Road
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Glory Days
- Dancing In The Dark
U.S. /Canada Leg
April 9 - Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA
- Born In The USA (Acoustic)
- Who'll Stop The Rain
- No Surrender
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- The Fuse
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- The Promised Land
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- She's The One
- Mary's Place
- Countin' On A Miracle
- Jungleland
- Into The Fire
- Thunder Road
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
- Darlington County
April 11 - Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- The Ties That Bind
- Prove It All Night
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- No Surrender
- Two Hearts
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- My Hometown
- Into The Fire
- Thunder Road
- This Hard Land
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
April 13 - Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary, Canada
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- No Surrender
- Prove It All Night
- Darlington County
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- The Promised Land
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- Countin' On A Miracle
- Jungleland
- Into The Fire
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
April 14 - Skyreach Centre, Edmonton, Canada
- No Surrender
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- The Ties That Bind
- Darkness On The Edge Of Town
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Darlington County
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- Incident On 57th Street (Solo Piano)
- Thunder Road
- Into The Fire
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- Detroit Medley
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
April 18 - The Corel Center, Ottawa, Canada
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- No Surrender
- Prove It All Night
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Darlington County
- Growin' Up
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- I'm On Fire (Tour Premier)
- Countin' On A Miracle
- Thunder Road
- Into The Fire
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- Detroit Medley
- My City of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
April 19 - Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
- The Promised Land
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- My Love Will Not Let You Down
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Two Hearts
- No Surrender
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- Incident On 57th Street (Solo Piano)
- Thunder Road
- Into The Fire
- Hungry Heart (Tour Premier)
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- Detroit Medley
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
Off-Tour Break
April 29 - Red Bank, NJ, Count Basie Theatre
The Hope Concert for Robert Bandiera, Jr.
MC intro - Tim McLoone/Big Joe Henry
Water (Everett Bradley)
Here Comes The Sun (BB)
I Shall Be Released (Norman Nardini)
Claudine (BB)
This Time It's For Real (Ensemble)
Passion Street (SSJ)
New Orleans (Bonds)
You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks (Bonds)
Have A Little Faith in Me (JBJ/SSJ)
Blaze Of Glory (JBJ)
The E Street Shuffle (Bruce/MW7)
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (Bruce/MW7)
Jole Blon (Bruce/Bonds)
Daddy's Come Home (Bonds)
Heroes (JBJ)
Just Older (JBJ)
Souls On Fire (SSJ/JBJ)
I Don't Want To Go Home (SSJ/JBJ)
The Fever (Bruce/SSJ)
Kitty's Back (Bruce/MW7/BB)
Soul Deep (Bruce/Bonds)
This Little Girl (Bonds/Bruce)
Thunder Road (Bruce/JBJ/MW7)
Rosalita (Bruce/JBJ/MW7)
Encore:
MC - Tim McLoone
A Change Is Gonna Come/Havin' A Party (Ensemble)
Cold Sweat (partial) (Ensemble)
Twist and Shout (JBJ/Ensemble)
Quarter To Three (Bonds/Bruce/Ensemble)
Seven Nights To Rock (Bruce/Ensemble)
I'll Never Find Another You (BB/Ensemble)
April 30 - Asbury Park, Stone Pony
Private RCDS Benefit
(Partial Setlist)
Tell Him
Green River
Wonderful World
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
Sugar, Sugar
The Boy From New York City
Domino
Twistin' The Night Away
Hey Tonight
Tell Me Why
Encore:
Darlington County
Glory Days
Twist & Shout
We would love to have the complete setlist from this private show. If you have any information regrding the Full Setlist from this performance, please contact us via email, which is listed at the bottom of this page.
May 2 - Asbury Park, Stone Pony
With Soozie Tyrell "White Lines" Record Release Party
With Soozie Tyrell during her set:
Ste. Genevieve (ST lead)
Encore:
It's All Over Now (BS lead)
Europeon Leg
May 6 - De Kuip, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Born in the USA (Acoustic)
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- No Surrender
- The Promised Land
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Darlington County
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- Countin' On A Miracle
- Incident On 57th Street (Solo Piano)
- Thunder Road
- Into The Fire
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- Detroit Medley
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
May 8 - De Kuip, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Darkness On The Edge Of Town (Acoustic)
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- The Ties That Bind
- Candy's Room
- Darlington County
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Two Hearts
- The Promised Land
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- She's The One
- Mary's Place
- Racing In The Street
- Into The Fire
- Cadillac Ranch
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- Detroit Medley
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
May 10 - Südweststadion, Ludwigshafen, Germany
- This Hard Land (Acoustic)
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- No Surrender
- Candy's Room
- Darlington County
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Spirit In The Night
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- The Promised Land
- Racing In The Street
- Into The Fire
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- Glory Days
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
May 13 - Koning Boudewijn Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
- The River (Acoustic)
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- Darlington County
- Something In The Night
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Two Hearts
- No Surrender
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- The Promised Land
- 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) (Tour Premier)
- Into The Fire
- Night
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- Detroit Medley
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
May 15 - Estadio El Molinon, Gijon, Spain
- The Promised Land
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- No Surrender
- Something In The Night
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Darlington County
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- Countin' On A Miracle
- My Hometown (Not finished-Interrupted by a fan jumping onstage)
- Backstreets
- Into The Fire
- Cadillac Ranch
- Born To Run
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Detroit Medley
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Thunder Road
- Dancing In The Dark
May 17 - Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, Barcelona, Spain
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- The Ties That Bind
- My Love Will Not Let You Down
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Sherry Darling (Tour Premier)
- The Promised Land
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- Because The Night
- Jungleland
- Into The Fire
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- Hungry Heart
- Detroit Medley
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
May 19 - Estadio De La Comunidad, Madrid, Spain
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Prove It All Night
Candy's Room
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
Better Days (with Elliott Murphy)
Promised Land
Worlds Apart
Badlands
Out In The Street
Mary's Place
Countin' On A Miracle
Jungleland
Into The Fire
Cadillac Ranch
Bobby Jean
Glory Days
Born To Run (with Elliott Murphy)
Ramrod (Max's daughter, Allie, on keyboards)
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Dancing In The Dark
Darlington County
May 22 - Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- No Surrender
- Prove It All Night
- Darkness On The Edge of Town
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- The Promised Land
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- Jungleland
- Into The Fire
- Thunder Road
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- Detroit Medley
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
May 24 - Stade de France, Paris, France
Soundcheck (worth mentioning!):
Trapped/The Rising/Lonesome Day/Seven
Nights To Rock/Empty Sky (partial)/Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street? (acoustic
- performed in public)/Growin' Up (acoustic - performed in public)/This Hard
Land (performed in public)
Setlist:
- Who'll Stop The Rain
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- The Ties That Bind
- My Love Will Not Let You Down
- Trapped (Tour Premier)
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Be True (Tour Premier)
- The Promised Land
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street (excerpt of either "Walking In The Rain" or "Dancing In The Rain")
- Mary's Place
- Jungleland
- Into The Fire
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- Seven Nights To Rock (Tour Premier)
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
May 26 - Crystal Palace National Sports Arena, London, England
The Rising
Lonesome Day
The Ties That Bind
My Love Will Not Let You Down
The Fuse
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Darlington County
Words Apart
Badlands
Out In The street
Mary's Place
Meeting Across the River (Tour Premier)
Jungleland
Into The Fire
Thunder Road
Bobby Jean
Ramrod
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Dancing In The Dark
May 26 - Crystal Palace National Sports Arena, London, England
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- The Ties That Bind
- My Love Will Not Let You Down
- The Fuse
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- The Promised Land
- Darlington County
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- Meeting Across The River
- Jungleland
- Into The Fire
- Thunder Road
- Bobby Jean
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- Seven Nights To Rock
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
May 27 - Crystal Palace National Sports Arena, London, England
- Born In The USA (Acoustic)
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- Candy's Room
- Prove It All Night
- Atlantic City
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- Sherry Darling
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- She's The One
- Mary's Place
- Racing In The Street
- Into The Fire
- Thunder Road
- Night
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- Detroit Medley
- Seven Nights To Rock
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
May 29 - Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
Born In The U.S.A. (Acoustic)
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Candy's Room
Prove It All Night
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Two Hearts
Loose Ends
Worlds Apart
Badlands
Out In The Street
Mary's Place
Meeting Across The River
Jungleland
Into The Fire
Thunder Road
4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Bobby Jean
Ramrod
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Dancing In The Dark
May 31 - RDS, Dublin, Ireland
- Born In The USA (Acoustic)
- The Rising
- Lonesome Day
- Candy's Room
- My Love Will Not Let You Down
- Atlantic City
- Empty Sky
- You're Missing
- Waitin' On A Sunny Day
- The Promised Land
- Worlds Apart
- Badlands
- Out In The Street
- Mary's Place
- Meeting Across The River
- Jungleland
- Into The Fire
- Thunder Road
- Kitty's Back
- Ramrod
- Born To Run
- Seven Nights To Rock
- Glory Days
- My City Of Ruins
- Land Of Hope And Dreams
- Dancing In The Dark
June 8 - Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy
Bruce celebarates his wedding Anniversary in style!
Born In The USA (Acoustic)
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Night
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Sherry Darlin'
Worlds Apart
Badlands
Out In The Street
Mary's Place
Thougher Than The Rest (Dedicated to Patty)
Jungleland
Into The Fire
The Promised Land
Kitty's Back
Ramrod
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
Glory Days
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Dancing In The Dark
June 10 - Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany
Bruce rocks Germany with a 26 song set
including 6 songs from The River!-Setting a record for songs played from this
album on this tour. Jackson Cage makes an overdue return for the first time in
2003 and Sherry Darlin' appears to be settling in for the summer. Backstreets
makes a welcomed return as well, and the tour premier of Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
rounds out the set. The encore's open with Further On Up The Road and feature
the so-far permanent cover of Nick Lowe's Seven Night's To Rock.
SOUNDCHECK:
Kitty's Back (Morning
check)/Jungleland/The Rising/Lonesome Day/Further On Up The Road/
Jackson Cage/Empty Sky/BIUSA (Acaustic)
All songs were played completely.
Set:
Born In The USA (Acoustic)
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Jackson Cage
Ties That Bind
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waitin On A Sunny Day
You Can Look
Sherry Darlin'
Worlds Apart
Badlands
Out In The Street
Mary's Place
Backstreets
Into The Fire
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (Tour Premier)
Further On Up The Road
Bobby Jean
Ramrod
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Dancing In The Dark
June 12 - Hamburger AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany
WOW! 27 songs round out another impressive set from Bruce & The Boys! Atlantic City & No Surrender make there way back. Surprises included the very rare Downbound Train & Racing In The Street. Tenth Avenue finishes off the set once again. This time the rarely played Hungry Heart kicks off the encores in style with special guest Wolfgang Niedecken. It certainly looks like Bruce loves playin' in Germany!
Born In The USA (Acoustic)
The Rising
Lonesome Day
The Ties That Bind
Atlantic City
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waitin On A Sunny Day
You Can Look
No Surrender
Worlds Apart
Badlands
Out In The Street
Mary's Place
Downbound Train
Racing In The Street
Into The Fire
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Hungry Heart (with Wolfgang Niedecken)
Bobby Jean
Ramrod
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Dancing In The Dark
June 14 - Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark
An impressive 26 song set that includes a 9 song encore and a couple tour premiers, Take 'Em As They Come & Point Blank. Bruce shakes up the encores by kicking off with Darlington County and tops off Dancing In The Dark with Glory Days.
Soundcheck:
Born In The U.S.A.(Acoustic)/The
Rising/Lonesome Day/Dollhouse (uncertain)/Point Blank/
Take 'Em As They Come
Set:
Born In The USA (Acoustic)
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Take 'Em As They Come (Tour Premier)
Prove It All Night
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Worlds Apart
Badlands
Out In The Street
Mary's Place
Point Blank (Tour Premier)
Into The Fire
Thunder Road
Darlington County
Bobby Jean
Ramrod
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Dancing In The Dark
Glory Days
June 16 - Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland
Bruce reverts back to a 2002 standard setlist during his first nght in Helsinki.
Born In The USA (Acoustic)
The Rising
Lonesome Day
No Surrender
Prove It All Night
Darlington County
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Worlds Apart
Badlands
Out In The Street
Mary´s Place
My Hometown
Into The Fire
Thunder Road
Bobby Jean
Ramrod
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Land of Hope and Dreams
Dancing In the Dark
Glory Days
June 17 - Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland
A few setlist changes make this show an interesting one for night two. The BIUSA acoustic opener is shelved, making way for The Rising as the opener again. Candy's Room returns for the first time since Dublin on May 31. Darkness is also in the mix. A surprising setlist change replaces the standard, You're Missing for the very first time on the Rising Tour, with a full band version of The River! She's The One makes a long awaited return. A triple shot of River classics kick off the first encore: Cadillac Ranch, Hungry Heart & Ramrod take the opening spots this time around. Seven Nights To Rock drops out of the set for the first time since it's tour premier on May 24 in France.
The Rising
Lonesome Day
The Ties That Bind
Candy's Room
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Empty Sky
The River (Full Band Premier)
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
No Surrender
Worlds Apart
Badlands
She's The One
Mary's Place
Jungleland
Into The Fire
Thunder Road
Cadillac Ranch
Hungry Heart
Ramrod
Born To Run
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
June19 - Valle Hovin, Oslo, Norway
A similar set to Helsinki with Sherry Darlin and Out In The Street returning to the fold. Promised Land closes the set. Where The Bands Are makes a long awaited return to kick off the encores and Seven Nights To Rock returns after a couple days off.
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Prove It All Night
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Empty Sky
The River
Waitin´ On A Sunny Day
Sherry Darling
Worlds Apart
Badlands
Out In The Street
Mary´s Place
Jungleland
Into The Fire
The Promised Land
Where The Bands Are
Bobby Jean
Ramrod
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Dancing In The Dark
June 21 - Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden
Night one in Sweden has Bruce returning to his normal set with the return of You're Missing. Ties That Bind, Working On The Highway, No Surrender, Thunder Road and a full band The River are highlights along with the Beatles cover, Twist & Shout to finish off the night.
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Ties That Bind
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Working On The highway
No Surrender
Words Apart
Badlands
Out In The Street
Mary's Place
The River (Full Band)
Into The Fire
Thunder Road
Bobby Jean
Ramrod
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Land Of hope And Dreams
Dancing In The dark
Twist & Shout
June 22 - Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden
The second night features some interesting changes and mixes things up a bit including The Promised Land to open the show. also featured were Jackson Cage and Atlantic City, which afterwords has Bruce commenting: "so the stadium is still standing? We'll fix that later..." The River once again replaces You're Missing. Other highlights included Growin' Up, Mary's Place featuring "Dancing In The Street", Racing In The Street & No Surrender to rap up the main set! The encores open with Thunder Road and feature the Detroit Medley AND Twist & Shout! Quite a show from Bruce and E Street to conclude thier visit to Swedan.
The Promised Land
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Jackson Cage
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Atlantic City
Empty Sky
The River
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
Darlington County
Growing Up
Worlds Apart
Badlands
She's The One
Mary's Place (includes "Dancing In The Streets")
Racing In The Street
Into The Fire
No Surrender
Thunder Road
Hungry Heart
Ramrod
Born To Run
Detroit Medley
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Dancing In The Dark
Twist And Shout
June 25 - Ernst-Happel Stadium Sale, Vienna, Austria
A very short 23 song set opening with The Promised Land and featuring the full band The River (in place of You're Missing), a full band Incident and Thunder Road. The encores feature Bobby Jean, Ramrod (with a little "Roll Over Bethoven") and Glory Days. There was some confusion regarding wheather Dancing In The Dark was played or not. Upon further investigation: It was!
The Promised Land
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Prove It All Night
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Empty Sky
The River (Full Band)
Waiting On A Sunny Day
No Surrender
Worlds Apart
Badlands
Out In The Street
Mary's Place
Incident On 57th Street (Full Band Premier)
Thunder Road
Into The Fire
Bobby Jean
Ramrod (features a snippet of "Roll Over Bethoven" by Roy on piano)
Born To Run
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
June 28 - San Siro, Milan, Italy
A few surprises are sliped in for the final show of the Europeon leg of the tour. A cloudy night in Milan is greted by a steller performance by Bruce. During Emty Sky rain pours down as Bruce sings "though I know the river is dry…"; and during Waitin' On A Sunny Day the band was really "workin' with the rain fallin' down." An impromptu Who'll Stop The Rain followed capped off with Growin' Up. The tour premier of Follow That Dream also highlights the set that included Thunder Road and No Surrender to close. Bobby Jean kicks off the encores with the usual standards.For the grande finale Bruce trhrows in Rosalita! It looks like Bruce is ready to come home!
The Promised Land
The Rising
Lonesome Day
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Empty Sky
The River
Waitin’ On A Sunny Day
Who’ll Stop The Rain
Growin’ Up
World’s Apart
Badlands
Out In The Street
Mary’s Place
Follow That Dream (Tour Premier)
Thunder Road
Into The Fire
No Surrender
Bobby Jean
Ramrod
Born To Run
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Dancing In The Dark
Rosalita
The U.S. Homecoming!
July 15 - Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
After all the hype and anticipation leading up to this very special first of many Jersey nights, the fans congregated at Giants Stadium for the first time since 1985 to see if the Boss still had what it takes to rock n' roll in front of a "hometown" crowd. While the set was pretty standard and the E Street Band a little rusty after a couple weeks off since the conclusion of the Europeon stand, Bruce and Co. managed to lift the crowd up off thier "asses" for the homecoming show. Highlights included an acoustic BIUSA opener, Promised Land, My Love, Darkness, Sherry Darlin', The River, No Surrender and Thunder Road as a last minute audible to close out the set. The Encores featured a riproaring Ramrod, which had Bruce trying to bail out on a less than enthusiastic crowd. After saying "Goodnight" and leaving the stage with the band, Bruce left Roy Bitton all alone to play his piano solo. During this time, a young boy came on stage and placed a red baseball cap on Roy's head as he continued to play. Bruce returned with Clarence, Steve and the rest of E Street to ask one more time: "Are we in Jersey?....What time is it?........It's swamp time!" Seven Nights To Rock makes it's first "official" appearance in Jersey. Before LOHAD Bruce took a moment to voice his disaproval of the since concluded war in iraq and to question wheather our Government has been honest with it's people regarding the campaign. "People with all kinds of political beliefs come to see us---I like that, we welcome them all.....It's always wrong, never more so than when there are real lives at stake.... It's not a Republican or Democrat question, it's not a liberal or conservative question, it's an American question.... protecting our democracy we ask our sons and daughters to die for." But the biggest cheers of the night came shortly thereafter. Bruce standing front and center with the entire band with his arms crossed over along with Clarence, as the now very enthusiastic audience screams for more, Bruce and E Street delivered! A stunner by opening night standards. Bruce said "This is the one! This is it!" Then all was rightious on E Street: Rosalita(!!!) rocked Giants stadium for the first time ever! Not too shaby for opening night in "the swamps of Jersey"! Just wait 'till night two!
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July 17 - Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
Night two brought a fresher E Street Band and a powerful performance by Jersey's own, Bruce Springsteen. It looked like more of a New Jersey crowd showed up tonight and Bruce noticed! A steller set included many surprises including Night, Candy's Room and "for the one timers": Growin' Up. The set also featured an incredible version of Jungleland, Hungry Heart and yes...Rosalita once again rocked the Giants Stadium crowd. Absolutely fantastic!
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July 18 - Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
A wild rainy night in East Rutherford brought out an energetic but thematic performance by Bruce & The E Street Band. Who'll Stop The Rain opens the show and makes a rare appearance. Other highlights included The Ties That Bind, and Something In The Night, which gave the show a haunting feel for this stormy night. With the "rain falling down" in buckets Bruce whipped the Jersey crowd into a frenzy with Waitin' On A Sunny Day, You Can Look and Mary's Place by which time the rain had tapered off. She's The One and Racing In The Street were nice surprises for many die-hards and the first encore threw everyone a curve ball with six songs including Caddilac Ranch, 96 Tears (featuring Garland Jeffries), Glory Days & the Detriot Medley. Some more light rain fell as Bruce sang, "the rain is falling down" in My City Of Ruins to cap off a very haunting and thematic set. Rosalita rocked the New Jersey crowd for the third consecutive night! Once again Bruce and the Band provided another incredible night at the Meadowlands for all the New Jersey fans.
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July 21 - Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
Another wild rainy night in East Rutherford brought out an energetic performance by Bruce & The E Street Band. A 27 song set featured Jackson Cage, Night and Trapped. With the "rain falling down" in buckets, Bruce whipped the Jersey crowd into a frenzy with Waitin' On A Sunny Day once again. For You and Promised Land followed up. Buckets of rain dunped on the very enthusiastic Jersey crowd during Out In The Street(which featured an excerpt of "Walking In The Rain") and Mary's Place. To keep the pace Bruce went with Caddilac Ranch instead of the originally planned Incident On 57th Street this time out-Maybe next time! The encores brought on the biggest surprise of the night with Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez guesting on drums for Spirit In The Night! Some more light rain fell as Bruce sang, "the rain is falling down" in My City Of Ruins for the second consecutive night. Rosalita rocked the New Jersey crowd for the fourth consecutive night! An inpromptu Hungry heart was squeezed in between Rosie and Dancing In The Dark. Another incredible rainy night in the swamps of Jersey! "Let it rain let it rain let it rain"-It seems to be better that way!
Soundcheck: The Rising/Lonesome Day/Streets Of Fire/Trapped
On the original setlists but not played: Point Blank (Typed List), Sandy (Typed List), Incident On 57th Street (Written List.)
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July 24 - Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
The fifth night featured clear skies, a nice cool breeze, a few rareties and a mellow but steady pace for Bruce and the boys. Highlights included Promised Land to open, only the second tour performance of Streets Of Fire (not performed since the Lexington, KY show in November 2002), a country hoedown version of Workin' On The Highway, which featured Clarence on the washboard, She's The One, Meeting Across The River and Jungleland complete with Soozie Tyrell on violin! The encores featured 4th Of July, Asbury Park(Sandy), Ramrod with Ally Wienberg guesting on keyboards, and Rosalita.
Soundcheck: Kitty's Back/Streets Of Fire
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July 26 - Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
It just didn't seem right. A very short and misguided show from Bruce and the band. Very few surprises including Adam Raised A Cain, Atlantic City, Two Hearts and Tenth Avenue Freeze -Out. The material centered around The Rising & Born In The USA material for this lackluster crowd. A very dissapointing outing for the Boss, who was to celebrate Patti's birthday after the show in the Giants Stadium suites. This could explain a lot. But many fans left unhappy and felt cheated by this sub-par performance on night six. Lets hope the seventh night has more lucky charms in store for us all.
Soundcheck: Kitty's Back
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July 27 - Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
After the previous night's debacle, this show seemed to right all wrongs. A Strong opening with Downbound Train led to a very tight(but short 23 song set) this time out. Candy's Room, Saint In The City, Meeting Across The River and Backstreets greeted a very receptive crowd for the final July night at Giants Stadium. The encores blew everyone away with a rocking Kitty's Back, My City Of Ruins(with "the rain falling down" once again!) and Rosalita. After the usual final song(Dancing In The Dark) Bruce threw in Seven Nights To Rock for good measure to close out the July stand. After thunderous applause, Bruce waved goodnight and reminded everyone that they would "see ya in August!" We can't wait!
Soundcheck: BIUSA/Real Man/Pony Boy(possibly)/Lucky Town/Streets Of Philladelphia
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August 1 - Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
A foggy night in Foxboro greets an energetic crowd for the first of two shows at the new home of the New England Patriots. Promised Land opens a generic set which includes My Love, Prove It All Night, Darlington County and Backstreets. The encores kicked off with a tribute to the recently departed Sam Phillips who penned the Elvis cover Mystery Train. Tenth Avenue Freeze- Out, Seven Nights To Rock and the now infamous Rosalita rounded out the night.
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August 2 - Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
Night two in Foxboro brings yet another standard show from Bruce and E Street with a few goodies sprinkled in. But the cult favorites were once again shelved for the more recent Rising and Born In The USA material. Adam Raised A Cain opened yet another Saturday night performance(as it did for the 7/26 show in NJ last week....Coincidence?) Candy's Room, She's The One and Racing In The Street were highlightes of the main set. The encores opened with a bristling performance of Night and also featured Hungry Heart, Glory Days and the ever so popular Rosalita. At the conclusion of this show Bruce beamed "See ya at Fenway" to the enthusiastic Foxboro crowd as he left the stage.
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August 6 - PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA
An incredible set which opened with Jackson Cage and featured the rare Streets Of Fire, the incredibly rare Blinded By The Light, the rare Rising track Further On Up The Road, Hungry Heart, Glory Days with Joe Grushecky guesting on guitar and Rosalita of course!
Jackson Cage
The Rising
Lonesome Day
The Promised Land
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Prove It All Night
Streets Of Fire
Empty Sky
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
Working On The Highway
Worlds Apart
Badlands
Out In The Street
Mary's Place
Blinded By The Light
My Hometown
Into The Fire
No Surrender
Further On Up the Road
Bobby Jean
Hungry Heart
Glory Days (with Joe Grushecky)
Born To Run
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
August 8 - Lincoln Memorial Field, Philadelphia, PA
Opening Night in Philly! Bruce and Co. christened the new stadium with a surprising set that featured The Promised Land to kick things off, Something In The Night, Sherry Darlin' and something no one expected: A full band version of Lost In The Flood! The encores featured Night, Seven Nights To Rock and Rosalita.
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August 9 - Lincoln Memorial Field, Philadelphia, PA
Another incredible set from the Boss that featured Trapped, For You, Spirit In The Night, She's The One(with harmonica solo by Bruce), Tougher Than The Rest (by request), the return of Thunder Road. The encores featured Where The Bands Are, the very rare I'm A Rocker, Hungry Heart, Glory Days, Rosalita and Jon Landou guesting on Dancing In The Dark.
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August 11 - Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
On a "balmy summer night" Bruce Springsteen and his E Streeters blew the minds of everyone in attendence with a steller set filled with many goodies and a few very big surprises! For starters they kicked off the evening in grand style with a world premier performance of the Bruce penned Dave Edmunds hit Small Things (featuring the entire E Street Band for the first time ever!) If that wasn't enough to wet everyone's appetite(and it was!) Philly also got treated to classics such as Night, a tour premier of Be True, Atlantic City, Saint In The City, a riproaring Out In The Street featuring an added chorus of "C'mon baby, Meet me on South Street!", Streets Of Philadelphia and Thunder Road (by request) closed out the main set. The encores exploded with two more requests: The first US tour version of Incident On 57th Street and I'm Goin' Down, which hadn't been played live since 1986 according to Bruce. A "full moon rising" over Lincoln Field provided an impromptu performance of Ramrod which had Bruce mimmicking Frankenstien and carousing the crowd into howling at the Moon (which was displayed on the moniters for all to see) Bruce asked the extactic crowd,"Can I get a oooooooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuu?" and they responded with reciprocating howls! Bruce called himself a "Warewolf" perhaps remembering his storyteller days. The second encore started off with the usual tunes but provided an extra unexpected surprise for many fans with a different intro to the summertime classic Rosalita: Pretty Flamingo! - Making it's tour debute for the first time since 1978! After Rosie and Dancing In The Dark the Philly crowd was not about to let Bruce leave the stage without a thunderous standing ovation and one more song. Performed very infrequently this tour and just the other night, I'm A Rocker sent everyone home with a very large smile on thier faces. Three nights in Philly had come to an end with some incredible memories to last a lifetime! From small things indeed big things one day come!- And they did for all in attendence Monday night!
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August 13 - U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, IL
Arriving on stage to the sounds of Frank Sinatra's "My Kind of Town," Bruce and E Street kicked off a pretty standard show with Adam Raised A Cain, My Love, Prove It All Night and the opening night threesome of Rising songs. During Waitin' On A Sunny Day the power went out and the stage lights went dark. Bruce found flashlightes and got the crowd on it's feet with an extended sing-a-long. After the lights went back up Bruce worked off the sweat with Working On The Highway. Backstreets returned for the Chicago crowd. Where The Bands Are and Seven Nights To Rock highlighted the encores with Rosie thrown in for good measure. Three reprises of Dancing In The Dark brought the show over the 3 hour mark.
Adam Raised A Cain
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Prove It All Night
My Love Won't Get Me Down
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Working On The Highway
Worlds Apart
Badlands
Out In The Street
Mary's Place
Backstreets
Into The Fire
No Surrender
Where The Band's Are
Bobby Jean
Ramrod
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
Promised Land
The Rising
Lonesome Day
My Love Won't Let Me Down
Prove It All Night
Something In The Night
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Darlington County
Worlds Apart
Badlands
Out In The Street
Mary's Place
Across The Border (Full Band-Tour Premier)
Into The Fire
No Surrender
Bobby Jean
Ramrod
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
Promised Land
The Rising
Lonesome Day
My Love Won't Let Me Down
Prove It All Night
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waiting On A Sunny Day
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
Darlington County
Worlds Apart
Badlands
Out In The Street
Mary's Place
Across The Border (Full Band)
Into The Fire
No Surrender
I'm A Rocker
Ramrod
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
August 16 - Pac Bell Park, San Francisco, CA
Arriving on stage to an old recording of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" Bruce and E Street kicked off tonight's show with The Promised Land. Other favorites included My Love Will Not Let You Down, Prove It All Night and Something In The Night Darlington County settled in for the night and the tour premier of a full band Across The Border had Max on the rim, Danny on accordian and Nils on pedal steel guitar. Seven Nights To Rock highlighted the encores with Rosalita and Dancing In The Dark to top it off as usual.
August 17 - Dodger Stadium, Las Angeles, CA
The second night in California was a carbon copy of the San Francisco show with the exception of Bruce switching in Darkness, You Can Look and I'm A Rocker for a total of 26 songs. Across The Border was performed for the second consecutive time. It appears that these two shows were in and out for Bruce and the Boys. Job done! Time to head back East!
August 28 - Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, New Jersey
Bruce and E Street took the stage for the eighth New Jersey show with a setlist reminicent of last year's Rising Tour arena shows. With filming going on for a possible Rising Tour video/DVD the show had a different feel to it. The first 7 songs of the evening yeilded 5 Risding songs including the return of The Fuse. The Ties That Bind & Darkness filled in the oldie spots. Very few surprises for the August opener but Be True, a tour premier of Independence Day and the second performance of Small Things, this time opening the encores with Bobby Bandierra guesting. Hungry Heart, Ramrod and Rosalita were the other highlights.
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August 30 - Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
They pulled all the stops out tonight! Bruce and E Street attempted to top thier Philadelphia shows with an incredible setlist that featured mostly golden oldies. A Tour premier of janey Don't You Lose Heart opened the show! Other surprises included Candy's Room, Trapped, Roll Of The Dice and the very rare Because The Night! Worlds Apart dropped out of the set for only the second time on the tour. Across The Border featured a guest appearance from Emmylou Harris and Thunder Road closed the set. A ten song encore kicked off with This Hard Land, the a tour premier of the very rare Raise Your Hand with Marah guesting on vocals and guitars, Glory Days, Seven Nights To Rock, and only the second tour performance of Pretty Flamingo (last played in Philly on 8/11.) Rosalita and Dancing In The Dark closed out the ninth night in New Jersey. A show for the ages! One we'll never forget!
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August 31 - Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
Just when you think they won't get any better-They do! Bruce continued to pull out the surprises on this final night in Jersey. It was a special one for sure! For starters a world premier kicked things off with a rarity from the Tracks box set-Cynthia. It marked the first ever live performance of this closet classic. Night and a tour premier of Lucky Town also made appearances after which Bruce greeted the enthusiastic Labor Day weekend crowd, "welcome to the last NJ house party of the summer, we're gonna try and bring it out in style for ya!" To continue the festivities bruce shouted out to his fan faithfull, "can you feel the spirit...can you feel the spirit now." More favorites followed including Because The Night, which once again occupied the former Worlds Apart slot, Two Hearts, No Surrender(both called as audibles over She's The One) and only the third tour performance of Lost In The Flood, once again with full band in place. The Promised Land closed out the set. More surprises filled the encores with Kitty's Back and Rosalita sharing the same stage and a fond farewell with Jersey Girl to close out this breezy evening and the ten night New Jersey stand. Nothing short of incredible! The only question we have is: What's next?
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September 6 - Fenway Park, Boston, MA
With a full moon rising over Fenway Park, Bruce and the E Street Band made thier way to the stage in center field to the sound of "Another Saturday Night" But this concert was to be anything but another Saturday at the ballpark! Bruce kicked things off with a crowd sing-a-long of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame"s first verse. If that wasn't enough he quickly segued into the local Boston band Barry & the Remains' hit, "Diddy Wah Diddy" (often covered by Bruce's buddy Joe Grushecky.) Other classics included a double shot of B-sides, Be True & Janey Don't You Lose Heart. The now-usual Because the Night, Across The Border and The Promised Land to close out the set. A doubleshot of Hungry Heart and Ramrod highlighted the encores with Bruce and Co.(minus Clarence) making thier way out to the left field wall. "I wanna see the green monster!" shouted an enthusiastic Bruce. He howled at the moon and pointed Mars out to Clarence as he found "a pretty little place in the stars." Born In The USA replaced Land Of Hope In Dreams for the first time since the songs' premier on the 1999/2000 Reunion tour. Bosstown's own Peter Wolf joined Bruce onstage for a reprise of last October's performance of Dirty Water. Quite an opener at Fenway tonight!
Take Me Out To The Ballgame (Tour Premier-With fans-First verse only)
Diddy Wah Diddy (Tour Premier)
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Be True
The Ties That Bind
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Janey Don't You Lose Heart
Because The Night
Badlands
No Surrender
Out In The Street
Mary's Place
Across The Border
Into The Fire
Promised Land
Bobby Jean
Hungry Heart
Ramrod
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Born In The USA
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
Dirty Water(w/Peter Wolf)
September 7 - Fenway Park, Boston, MA
As Bruce and Band walked out to "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" the stage was set for another incredible night at Fenway! "It's great to be back at Fenway another night. We had a hell of a time last night. We'll do it again and then some." And they did! Diddy Wah Diddy kicked things off again and fan favorites and rarieties graced the crowd for a "rock n roll excorcism" of the day's baseball team losses as they attempted to lift the "Curse Of The Bambino" in Bosstown. One of the most interesting sets of the tour featured 26 songs with 12 of them being golden oldies and three covers tunes! Something In The Night, For You, Spirit In The Night, Because the Night, She's The One, the tour premier of Frankie by request, Jungleland and Thunder Road highlighted this classic set. The encores featured the rarely played Further On Up The Road, Glory Days, Seven Nights To Rock, BIUSA (replacing Land Of Hope And Dreams once again), Rosalita and the second consecutive performance of Dirty Water featuring Boston's own Peter Wolf once again! One for the ages!
Diddy Wah Diddy
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Adam Raised A Cain
Something In The Night
Empty Sky
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Spirit In The Night
For You
Because The Night
She's The One
Badlands
Mary's Place
Frankie (Tour Premier)
Jungleland
Into The Fire
Thunder Road
Further On Up The Road
Glory Days
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Born In The USA
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
Dirty Water(w/Peter Wolf)
September 10 - Skydome, Toronto, Onterio, CA
The roof was open, the moon was full....but something was "missing" as Bruce made his way to the stage and paid tribute to music's own Warren Zevon, who passed away on September 7th. A touching version of Zevon's "My Ride's Here" opened a show filled with references to 9/11 on the eve of it's second anniversary. Most of The Rising songs from the 2002 leg were in place as well as Darlington County. A chilling tribute to those lost on that fatefull day. Trapped and Ties That Bind were featured and the Because The Night/She's The One pairing continues to please audiences. Jungleland came out for the second consecutive show and Land Of Hope And Dreams once again took it's rightful place in the encores. A steller Ramrod had the crowd barking at the moon and when it was almost over Rosalita came out to play.
My Ride's Here (Tour Premier-Tribute To Warren Zevon)
The Rising
Lonesome Day
The Ties That Bind
Trapped
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Darlington County
Because The Night
She's The One
Badlands
Mary's Place
Countin On A Miracle
Jungleland
Into The Fire
No Surrender
Bobby Jean
Ramrod
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
September 13 - FedEx Field, Washington DC
Once again Bruce opened the show with a tribute to another music legend-This time for Johnny Cash who had passed away yesterday. An acousticWalk The Thin Line opened the DC show which seemed very heavy in Rising material. The Fuse made another return and No Surrender and Human Touch sprinkled the set instead of Because The Night. One of the biggest surprises of the night was the tour premier of Paradise (not performed since 8/2/02 in Asbury Park.) Another unexpected surprise was the tour premier of Pink Cadillac which Bruce said hadn't been performed in over twenty years (9/30/85 for those keeping track!) Born In The USA returned to the encores replacing Land Of Hope And Dreams(apparently, Washigton is not considered such a place.) Rosie and Dancing In The Dark closed out the show.
Walk The Line (Tour Premier-Tribute To Johnny Cash)
The Rising
Lonesome Day
The Promised Land
The Fuse
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waiting On A Sunny Day
No Surrender
Human Touch
She's The One
Badlands
Mary's Place
Paradise (Tour Premier)
Jungleland
Into The Fire
Pink Caddillac (Tour Premier-Not performed since 9/30/85)
Bobby Jean
Ramrod
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Born In The USA
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
September 14 - Keanan Stadium, Chapel Hill, NC
Bruce once again opened the show with Walk The Thin Line, a tribute to the late Johnny Cash who passed away on September 12th. In addition to no beer sales at this venue(which many of the fan-faithful were unpleased about!) there was an insect problem as well. Many Carolina style insects dropped by the stage as Bruce exclaimed, “What the hell is this, the school mascot? I thought the mosquitoes in New Jersey were big!” Highlights included Candy's Room, Darkness, the tour premier of E Street's first performance of Living Proof and She's The One. The "Big Man on campus" Clarence Clemons really nailed the sax solo on this one too! American Skin(41 Shots) made a return and Jungleland was performed for the fourth straight show. The set continues to take the form of the 2002 Arena shows. The encores featured Caddilac Ranch(two nights-two different Caddilacs!), Hungry heart, Glory Days, Seven Days To Rock, an impromptu Brilliant Disguise (which was a tour premier and marked the first time this tour another song opened the second encore), Born In The USA and Rosalita.
Walk The Line (Tribute To Johnny Cash)
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Candy's Room
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Darlington County
Living Proof (Tour Premier)
She's The One
Badlands
Mary's Place
American Skin (41 Shots)
Jungleland
Into The Fire
Cadillac Ranch
Hungry Heart
Glory Days
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
Brilliant Disguise (Tour Premier)
My City Of Ruins
Born In The USA
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
September 16 - Rentschler Field, E. Hartford, CT
As Isabelle nears the eastern seaboard, Bruce once again squeeks out another show in the face of Mother Nature. An unusual opening featured the tour proper premier of The Ghost Of Tom Joad. No Surrender followed leading into the standard Rising material. Another big surprise was the tour premier of Leap Of Faith giving promise that more 90's material is on the way in days ahead. Spirit In The Night, Human Touch (another 90's tune!), She's The One and Backstreets highlighted the main set which closed with The Promised Land. The encores featured Ramrod, Seven Nights and the tour premier of the only song not yet performed from The Rising: Let's Be Friends! It was reportedly a little rough around the edges but it's safe to say that Bruce may work on this one a bit. Sounds good to us!
The Ghost Of Tom Joad (Tour Premier)
No Surrender
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Leap Of Faith (Tour Premier)
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Spirit In The Night
Human Touch
She's The One
Badlands
Mary's Place
American Skin (41 Shots)
Backstreets
Into The Fire
The Promised Land
Bobby Jean
Ramrod
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
Let's Be Friends (Tour Premier)
My City Of Ruins
Born In The USA
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
September 18 - Rentschler Field, E. Hartford, CT
As the winds of Isabelle began to lightly shake the east coast the show went on as usual for Bruce, E Street (talk about good Karma!) and about twenty thousand fans. Another unusual opening featured the tour premier of Souls Of The Departed. Night followed leading into the standard Rising material once again. Leap Of Faith made it's second tour appearance on back to back nights. It appears that Bruce has once again embraced the material from the early 90's as Living Proof was also featured in the set. The show featured the tour premier of Factory as well as the return of Because The Night and Out In The Street. A solo piano Incident coupled with Thunder Road made for a grande finale of the main set. The encores kicked off with interesting choices-the B-side, Janey Don't You Lose Heart followed up by....yep, you guessed it!: The A-side-I'm Goin Down! Other highlights were Seven Nights To Rock and the return of Land Of Hope And Dreams(possibly due to noise complaints from the previous night's performance of BIUSA.) as well as the summertime standard Rosalita.
SETLIST:
Souls Of The Departed (Tour Premier)
Night
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Leap Of Faith
Empty Sky
Factory (Tour Premier)
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Living Proof
Because The Night
Badlands
Out In The Street
Mary's Place
Incident On 57th Street (Solo Piano)
Thunder Road
Into The Fire
Janey Don't You Lose Heart
I'm Goin' Down
Glory Days
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
September 20 - Darian Lake PAC, Buffalo, NY
The setting was perfect! The moment was right. Amidst the backdrop of the Six Flags amusement park Bruce and the E Streeters made this show a night to remember by all in attendence. Many ticketholders were inconvenienced after this show had been moved from Ralph Wilson Staduium due to poor ticket sales. But they were rewarded with something special that may never happen again-or will it? Set right beside the rollercoaster and ferris wheel which light up the evening sky with blazing colors of red, white and blue, the Darrian Lake PAC became many a fans dream come true for the perfect show. As many had predicted Bruce kicked off the festivities with the rare title track from Tunnel Of Love, which hadn't been performed in fifteen years. A double shot from Tunnel with Brillient Disguise set the tome for the evening. Other highlightes included Night, the tour premier of Mansion On The Hll, Leap Of Faith, Because The Night, No Surrender, Counting On A Miracle and the surprise of the night-A song Bruce wrote about twenty years ago (although he said it was ten-must be the alziemers again!) but had never been released nor performed live. The world premier of County Fair had many fans gasping for breath as Bruce called Danny and Suzie up front "so in case we f%ck up, they can see you." Danny played accordian and Soozie played violin for this tender yet appropriate moment as the ferris wheel lit up the sky. Bruce commented on how much fun they had playing in this kind of venue and quipped that he might consider the possibility of an amusement park tour in the future-Let's hope it's true! We are looking forward to the "Essentials" release now! The set closed with an interesting choice of Bobby Jean. The encores featured Janey Don't You Lose Heart, Glory Days with special guest Willie Nile, the usual Born To Run, which felt so much different amidst the amusement park setting, Land Of Hope And Dreams, which had incredible imagery with the "big wheels turning," and the usual closers Rosalita and Dancing In The Dark. We can assure you-none of us were!
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September 21 - Comercia Park, Detroit, MI
While the show had very few changes from the previous night there were a few surprises for the Detroit crowd. Bruce opened up with the somber Souls Of The Departed and continued on to a simular set from the Buffalo show. Noted changes were the inclusion of You're Missing, a snippet of Dancing In The Street during Mary's Place as Bruce looked for Martha Reeves backstage, the tour premiers of Local Hero, My Beautiful Reward and Heat Wave, featuring a guest performance by Martha Reeves of Martha And The Vendellas fame. The set also included Jungleland, Glory Days, I'm Goin' Down, Seven Nights To Rock and Rosalita. Suprisingly enough, no Detroit Medley for the hometown crowd, who sang Happy Birthday to Bruce as he exited the stage. Denver is next!-Only five shows left!
SETLIST:
Souls Of The Departed
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Night
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Local Hero (Tour Premier)
Because The Night
Badlands
No Surrender
Mary's Place (includes Dancing In The Street)
Jungleland
Into The Fire
My Beautiful Reward (Tour Premier)
Bobby Jean
Heat Wave (Tour Premier-With Martha Vendella)
Glory Days
I'm Goin' Down
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
September 25 - Invesco Field, Denver, CO
The air might have been thinner-but the show wasn't! Bruce and E Street rocked the Mile High crowd with some goodies including the world premier of Bob Seger's Get Out Of Denver to open, Leap Of Faith, Night, Tunnel Of Love (in an unusial spot), Brillient Disguise, Because The Night, No Surrender, Out In The Street and Across The Border. The encores featured another big surprise with Kitty's Back kicking things off! Seven Nights and Rosie made thier nightly appearance as well featuring a guest performance by Rising producer Brendan O'Brien on guitar for the latter. Bruce and Band get out of Denver and head to Milwaukee on Saturday-four shows left!
Get Out Of Denver (World Premier)
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Leap Of Faith
Night
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Darlington County
Tunnel Of Love
Brillient Disguise
Because The Night
Badlands
No Surrender
Out In The Street
Mary's Place
Across The Border
Into The Fire
The Promised Land
Kitty's Back
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
September 27 - Miller Park, Milwaukee, WI
An interesting set in Milwaukee featured Candy's Room to open, My Love, Brillient Disguise, the Beer Barrel Polka, featuring Danny on accordian, Who'll Stop The Rain, Across The Border and Jungleland. The encores featured Kitty's Back, Seven Nights, Rosie and Caddilac Ranch. Shea is up next for the final tour stand!
Candy's Room
The Rising
Lonesome Day
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Brilliant Disguise
Empty Sky
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
Beer Barrel Polka
Two Hearts
Who'll Stop The Rain
The Fuse
Because The Night
Badlands
She's The One
Mary's Place
Across The Border
Jungleland
Into The Fire
Bobby Jean
Kitty's Back
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
Cadillac Ranch
October 1 - Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY
Souls Of the Departed
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Night
Tunnel Of Love
Brilliant Disguise
Empty Sky
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
Johnny 99 (Tour Premier)
Man's Job (Tour Premier)
The Fuse
Because The Night
Badlands
No Surrender
Mary's Place
American Skin (41 Shots)
Into The Fire
Who'll Stop The Rain
Kitty's Back
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Born In The U.S.A.
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
October 3 - Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY
They just keep gettin' better as the tour winds down! Night two at Shea featured the tour premier of Roulette! Candy's Room, Ties That Bind, Brillient Disguise, the tour premiers of Rendezvous and Another Thin Line, a song premiered towards the end of the 99/2000 tour in NYC. Because The Night, Prove It All Night and the tour premier of New York City Serenade brought the set to a close. The encores featured Janey Don't You Lose Heart, Pink Caddilac, Born In The USA, Rosalita and Twist & Shout. One show left!
Roulette (Tour Premier)
Candy's Room
The Rising
Lonesome Day
The Ties That Bind
Brillient Disguise
Empty Sky
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
Rendezvous (Tour Premier)
Another Thin Line (Tour Premier)
Souls Of The Departed
Because The Night
Badlands
Prove It All Night
Mary's Place
New York City Serenade
Into The Fire
Janey Don't You Lose Heart
Pink Caddilac
Born To Run
Seven Nights To Rock
My City Of Ruins
Born In The U.S.A.
Rosalita
Dancing In The Dark
Twist & Shout
October 4 - Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY
The final night at Shea and the final night of The Rising Tour. The previous nights were just a build up to what was nothing short of magical and spectacular! To kick things off Bruce dug back to the final night at MSG in 2000 with a tour premier of Code Of Silence to open what would become one of the most intriguing sets of this tour. the one two punch of the Rising and Lonesome Day were more powerful than ever leading into a riproaring Roulett and Night. Slowing things down Bruce settled us into the tour premier of I Wish I Were Blind and Empty Sky. After Waitin' On A Sunny Day, Bruce said "Welcome to the Last Dance," as to keep the show light-hearted and energetic at the same time. Other classics featured Johnny 99, Another Thin Line, Tunnel Of Love, Becaause The Night, Prove It All Night and the tour premier of Back In Your Arms Again highlighted this high energy set. Powerfull to say the least! And if that wasn't enough the encores were sure to suprise the Shea fan-faithful. For starters another 2000 tour regular made it's tour premier for this final stand-Light Of Day! The second encore not only featured another tour premier but a cover featuring the legendary Bob Dylon guesting on vocals and guitar-Smokin! In a special dedication, Bruce described how much his hero ment to him. He spoke of Bob Dylon, "who was willing to stand in the fire... he made me think big thoughts... got me thinking about the world outside my little town. I don't know if great men make history or if history makes great men, but I know Bob's one of the greatest. Now and forever. I dedicate this one to him tonight, and thank him for gracing my stage... when I wrote this one I was doing my best to follow in his footsteps." After speaking of vigelence and "the american way" Bruce said "I learned that from Bob Dylon" before launching into Land Of Hope And Dreams. Now it was time to party-Jokingly with a smile Bruce said, "Rosie...I'm home!" before ripping into the final Rosalita of the tour. Then Bruce pulled out all the stops with Jon Landou and Willie Nile guesting on Dancing In The Dark. But the party which was now almost over had just begun! More guest appearances by Gary US Bonds, his wife and Garland Jeffries featured performances of Twist & Shout and the tour premier of Quarter To Three!!! After pleasing the NY crowd on this final ride....the guest departed and Bruce gathered the E Street Band as he had done back in 2000 for one final moment in time with us all.....for now.....An emotional Blood Brothers ended the show and The Rising Tour for them and for all of us as well-And what a ride it has been!
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