By my reckoning, that takes the number of different songs performed by the E Street Band in the 85 tour shows this year to around 200. Around a third of them unreleased cover versions. Only two songs ('Born to Run' and 'American Land') were played at every show.

Absolutely incredible to be able to do that whilst at the same time perform to a consistently high level night after night. An amazing finale for any band, let alone one playing high octane rock n roll for three and a half hours and where most of them are in their 60's.

They'll be back.



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Wow. What a last night... Would have loved to have been there.

_____________________________________________________

What's your favourite flavour?...........Cherry Red!!

wow, 34 songs... mr. Jagger, are you listening?

Springsteen is just amazing. Simple as that.

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Gazza
By my reckoning, that takes the number of different songs performed by the E Street Band in the 85 tour shows this year to around 200. Around a third of them unreleased cover versions. Only two songs ('Born to Run' and 'American Land') were played at every show.

Absolutely incredible to be able to do that whilst at the same time perform to a consistently high level night after night. An amazing finale for any band, let alone one playing high octane rock n roll for three and a half hours and where most of them are in their 60's.

They'll be back.

You sure, Gazza?

yep..what else are they gonna do? Why quit now?

Anyway - here's a list of songs played by the band during the 85 tour concerts. A total of 194, plus seven more unreleased cover versions played at RnRHall of Fame gig in October - a total of 201.

Each song is listed by the album it was originally released on, followed by the number of tour shows where it was played.
GREETINGS FROM ASBURY PARK, NJ (1973) (9/9)
Blinded By The Light 2
Growin' Up 14
Mary Queen of Arkansas 1
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd St? 3
Lost In The Flood 2
The Angel 1
For You 7
Spirit In The Night 21
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City 5

THE WILD, THE INNOCENT & THE E-STREET SHUFFLE (1973) (7/7)
E-Street Shuffle 9
4th July Asbury Park (Sandy) 3
Kitty's Back 9
Wild Billy's Circus Story 1
Incident on 57th Street 4
Rosalita 42
New York City Serenade 1

BORN TO RUN (1975) (8/8)
Thunder Road 50
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out 42
Night 23
Backstreets 21
Born To Run 85
She's The One 34
Meeting Across The River 13
Jungleland 27

DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (1978) (10/10)
Badlands 81
Adam Raised A Cain 8
Something In The Night 8
Candy's Room 11
Racing In The Street 8
The Promised Land 72
Factory 5
Streets Of Fire 3
Prove It All Night 22
Darkness On The Edge Of Town 10

THE RIVER (1980) (20/20)
The Ties That Bind 7
Sherry Darling 8
Jackson Cage 5
Two Hearts 7
Independence Day 2
Hungry Heart 43
Out In The Street 40
Crush On You 1
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) 3
I Wanna Marry You 2
The River 16
Point Blank 3
Cadillac Ranch 11
I'm A Rocker 2
Fade Away 2
Stolen Car 1
Ramrod 8
The Price You Pay 2
Drive All Night 2
Wreck On The Highway 1

NEBRASKA (1982) (2/10)
Atlantic City 9
Johnny 99 67

BORN IN THE USA (1984) (12/12)
Born In The USA 7
Cover Me 11
Darlington County 14
Working On The Highway 16
Downbound Train 6
I'm On Fire 12
No Surrender 45
Bobby Jean 34
I'm Going Down 13
Glory Days 32
Dancing In The Dark 63
My Hometown 4

LIVE 1975-85 (1986) (5/8)
Raise Your Hand 62
Seeds 63
Because The Night 18
Fire 1
Jersey Girl 3

TUNNEL OF LOVE (1987) (1/12)
Tougher Than The Rest 2

HUMAN TOUCH (1992) (2/14)
Human Touch 4
All Or Nothin' At All 1

LUCKY TOWN (1992) (2/10)
If I Should Fall Behind 2
Living Proof 1

PLUGGED (1993) (1 / 2)
Red Headed Woman 2

GREATEST HITS (1995) (3/5)
Streets Of Philadelphia 1
This Hard Land 4
Murder, Inc. 6

THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD (1995) (2/12)
The Ghost Of Tom Joad 27
Youngstown 16

TRACKS (1998) / 18 TRACKS (1999) (15/62)
Seaside Bar Song 1
Thundercrack 3
Rendezvous 4
Give The Girl A Kiss 1
So Young and In Love 3
Roulette (1988 b-side) 1
Loose Ends 4
Be True (1980 b-side) 5
My Love Will Not Let You Down 12
Stand On It (1985 b-side) 1
Pink Cadillac (1984 b-side) 4
Janey Don't You Lose Heart (1985 b-side) 2
Back in Your Arms 2
The Fever 2
Restless Nights 1

LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY (2001) (2/2)
Land Of Hope And Dreams 39
American Skin (41 Shots) 7

THE RISING (2002) (6/15)
Lonesome Day 74
Into The Fire 4
Waiting On A Sunny Day 80
Mary's Place 1
The Rising 81
My City In Ruins 1

THE ESSENTIAL BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Bonus disc) (2003) (2/11)
Trapped (originally released on 'We Are The World' 1985) 11
From Small Things Big Things Come 1

DEVILS AND DUST (2005) (0/12)

HAMMERSMITH ODEON LONDON '75 (2005) (2/2)
Detroit Medley (also released on 'No Nukes' album in 1981) 11
Quarter To Three 1

WE SHALL OVERCOME – THE SEEGER SESSIONS (2006) (1/18)
American Land 85

LIVE IN DUBLIN (2007) (0/3)

MAGIC (2008) (6/12)
Radio Nowhere 44
Gypsy Biker 1
Girls In Their Summer Clothes 4
Last To Die 3
Long Walk Home 9
I'll Work For Your Love 1

WORKING ON A DREAM (2009) (10/13)
Outlaw Pete 72
My Lucky Day 21
Working On A Dream 84
Queen Of The Supermarket 1
What Love Can Do 1
This Life 3
Good Eye 3
Kingdom Of Days 32
Surprise Surprise 7
The Wrestler 21

MISCELLANEOUS RELEASED SONGS (5)
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (1975) 7
I Ain't Got No Home (1988) 1
Wrecking Ball (2009 i-tunes single) 15
Great Balls of fire (RnRHoF concert, 1996 – backing Jerry Lee Lewis) 1
Merry Christmas Baby 1

UNRELEASED COVER VERSIONS (61)
Hard Times 55
Mustang Sally 1
Seven Nights to Rock 9
Good Rockin' Tonight 1
Proud Mary 3
Bad Luck 1
I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide 1
I Wanna Be Sedated 1
Wild Thing 2
Rockin' All Over The World 4
96 Tears 1
You can't sit down 3
Mountain of Love 2
London Calling 2
Seventh Son 1
Hang On Sloopy 2
Expressway To Your Heart 1
You really got me 1
Louie Louie 1
My Generation 1
Woolly Bully 1
Good Lovin' 5
Mony, Mony 6
Twist & Shout 23
Little Latin Lupe Lu 1
Like a rolling stone 1
Dark end of the street 1
Who'll Stop The Rain 2
Boom Boom 2
Coma Girl 1
I Fought the law 3
Pretty woman 1
Travellin' band 1
Summertime Blues 2
You never can tell 2
Burning love 2
Born to be wild 1
Sha La La 1
Heat wave (instrumental) 1
Jole Blon 2
Then She Kissed Me 1
Double shot of my baby's love 1
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 2
Da Doo Ron Ron 1
Rockin' Robin 1
The Wanderer 1
Jailhouse Rock 1
The Last Time 1
Little Bit o' Soul 1
When you walk in the room 1
Medley : All Shook Up/Blue Suede Shoes 1
Higher and higher 11
Save the last dance for me 1
Roll Over Beethoven 1
Brown eyed girl 1
Sweet Soul Music 1
Cant help falling in love 2
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man 1
Ring Of Fire 1
Green Onions 2
I Don't Wanna Hang Up My Rock 'n' Roll Shoes 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)

A few bars of about 6 other songs were played as intros or outros of some of the above, but I didnt count them, nor did I count any of the local folk songs that Nils Lofgren played on accordion at the start of several European dates. Bruce's guest appearances at other artists' shows during the course of the tour also werent counted.



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Tour would make one hell of a 20 CD box set

Best F'ing tour(s) ever. Unfortunately, the Stones can't hold a candle to a Tour of this caliber.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

HEY MISTER PRESIDENT, I KNOW YOU GOT YOUR PLANS...
And this weekend, those include welcoming Bruce Springsteen and the other Kennnedy Center Honorees at the White House on Sunday, and joining them for the annual Honors Gala that follows. Springsteen will receive his Kennedy Center Honors medallion on Saturday night, at a State Department dinner hosted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Along with Springsteen, also being honored area Robert DeNiro, Mel Brooks, Grace Bumbry, and Dave Brubeck. Honorees traditionally do not perform themselves, but rather are seated with the First Family to watch the night's salutes. Artists rumored to be paying tribute to the Boss on the Kennedy Center Opera House stage are Eddie Vedder and Ben Harper; confirmed is Melissa Etheridge, who tells Spinner.com that she'll be playing with Kenny Aronoff on drums as well as a horn section. On December 29 at 9 p.m., CBS will air a two-hour broadcast of the event.

To mark the occasion, Springsteen spoke with the Washington Post's Joe Heim for a feature that will run in the Sunday edition. Springsteen tells Heim that he considers this weekend's honor "a recognition that you've worked to be a part of the cultural life of your country which was something that was an ambition of mine from a very young age." Bruce also addresses the question of whether the recent tour will be his last with the E Street Band: "Are you kidding me? There's still fannies in the seats out there! People want to see this [bleep].... We're musicians to the bone. It ain't easy to get us to go home.... And there's many miles to go before we sleep."

Heim also spoke about the Boss with U2's Bono, who says, "...through all of his criticism of the country where he was born and raised, you get the sense that he was the greatest ambassador for the idea that is America."

Read Heim's full story at WashingtonPost.com. Plus outtakes, too! Check out "Overtime with Bruce Springsteen" for more of the interview.

Congratulations, Bruce!
- December 4, 2009

Let's crash the event!

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Best F'ing tour(s) ever. Unfortunately, the Stones can't hold a candle to a Tour of this caliber.

The fact is, even in their prime The Stones weren't as professional and dedicated as The E Street Band.These guys are about rock and roll as much as the stones were about debauchery back in their heyday.I think Bruce is the only artist I'd rather see in concert



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why not go to a springsteen board then pollute this site with 33 pages of crap

the guy is a putz

real stones fans don't give a shit about this clown

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Dear Doctor
why not go to a springsteen board then pollute this site with 33 pages of crap

the guy is a putz

real stones fans don't give a shit about this clown

Real Stones fans also tend to listen to other bands as well.Real fans are not obsessed over whether their fav band really is the greatest rock band in the world, they just enjoy listening to the music.Real Stones fans are open-minded enough to acknowledge that some people might consider some artists to be superior to The Stones.Am I less of a fan if I just happen to like some other artist slightly better than The Stones?At times The Stones are my most favourite band in the world, at other times it can be The Beatles or Bruce, or even Grateful Dead.Does it matter really?



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Dear Doctor
why not go to a springsteen board then pollute this site with 33 pages of crap

the guy is a putz

real stones fans don't give a shit about this clown

Their would'nt be 33 pages if real Rolling Stones fans didn't give a crap. In fact their have been more posts on this thread than you have made in 5 years. So what would you know about real Rolling Stones fans.

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Dear Doctor
why not go to a springsteen board then pollute this site with 33 pages of crap

the guy is a putz

real stones fans don't give a shit about this clown

Hey, it's FuckwitTroll time!!!

I'd love to see a boxset of just the unreleased/recorded cover songs!! That'd be awesome!!

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VoodooLounge13
I'd love to see a boxset of just the unreleased/recorded cover songs!! That'd be awesome!!

From this tour or generally?

N

Cover songs from fan requests would be a favorable separate DVD inclusion of live WOAD tour collection.

L.O.

He does more songs in one show than the stones in one tour... Priceless

BRUCE GETS HIS "RAINBOW RIBBON" (from Backstreets.com)
Springsteen headlined the Honors Gala last night at the Kennedy Center, as the fifth and final honoree at the 32nd annual event. Jon Stewart began the salute to Bruce, acknowleding that Springsteen hated to have the attention squarely directed at himself, and it was surely killing him "to be up in the box seats with the rainbow ribbon with a dreamcatcher at the end of it." On this night, sitting beside President and Michelle Obama, Bruce would just have to grin and bear it. Following tributes from Stewart and Born on the Fourth of July author Ron Kovic, the music:

"Tenth Avenue Freeze-out" - Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band (including Shane Fontayne, Cindy Mizelle, and Curtis King)
"Born in the U.S.A." - John Mellencamp
"My Father's House" - Ben Harper
"Glory Days" - Jennifer Nettles
"I'm on Fire" - Ben Harper/Jennifer Nettles
"Born to Run" - Melissa Etheridge
"My City of Ruins" - Eddie Vedder
"The Rising" - Sting

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Gazza
yep..what else are they gonna do? Why quit now?

Anyway - here's a list of songs played by the band during the 85 tour concerts. A total of 194, plus seven more unreleased cover versions played at RnRHall of Fame gig in October - a total of 201.

Each song is listed by the album it was originally released on, followed by the number of tour shows where it was played.
GREETINGS FROM ASBURY PARK, NJ (1973) (9/9)
Blinded By The Light 2
Growin' Up 14
Mary Queen of Arkansas 1
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd St? 3
Lost In The Flood 2
The Angel 1
For You 7
Spirit In The Night 21
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City 5

THE WILD, THE INNOCENT & THE E-STREET SHUFFLE (1973) (7/7)
E-Street Shuffle 9
4th July Asbury Park (Sandy) 3
Kitty's Back 9
Wild Billy's Circus Story 1
Incident on 57th Street 4
Rosalita 42
New York City Serenade 1

BORN TO RUN (1975) (8/8)
Thunder Road 50
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out 42
Night 23
Backstreets 21
Born To Run 85
She's The One 34
Meeting Across The River 13
Jungleland 27

DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (1978) (10/10)
Badlands 81
Adam Raised A Cain 8
Something In The Night 8
Candy's Room 11
Racing In The Street 8
The Promised Land 72
Factory 5
Streets Of Fire 3
Prove It All Night 22
Darkness On The Edge Of Town 10

THE RIVER (1980) (20/20)
The Ties That Bind 7
Sherry Darling 8
Jackson Cage 5
Two Hearts 7
Independence Day 2
Hungry Heart 43
Out In The Street 40
Crush On You 1
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) 3
I Wanna Marry You 2
The River 16
Point Blank 3
Cadillac Ranch 11
I'm A Rocker 2
Fade Away 2
Stolen Car 1
Ramrod 8
The Price You Pay 2
Drive All Night 2
Wreck On The Highway 1

NEBRASKA (1982) (2/10)
Atlantic City 9
Johnny 99 67

BORN IN THE USA (1984) (12/12)
Born In The USA 7
Cover Me 11
Darlington County 14
Working On The Highway 16
Downbound Train 6
I'm On Fire 12
No Surrender 45
Bobby Jean 34
I'm Going Down 13
Glory Days 32
Dancing In The Dark 63
My Hometown 4

LIVE 1975-85 (1986) (5/8)
Raise Your Hand 62
Seeds 63
Because The Night 18
Fire 1
Jersey Girl 3

TUNNEL OF LOVE (1987) (1/12)
Tougher Than The Rest 2

HUMAN TOUCH (1992) (2/14)
Human Touch 4
All Or Nothin' At All 1

LUCKY TOWN (1992) (2/10)
If I Should Fall Behind 2
Living Proof 1

PLUGGED (1993) (1 / 2)
Red Headed Woman 2

GREATEST HITS (1995) (3/5)
Streets Of Philadelphia 1
This Hard Land 4
Murder, Inc. 6

THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD (1995) (2/12)
The Ghost Of Tom Joad 27
Youngstown 16

TRACKS (1998) / 18 TRACKS (1999) (15/62)
Seaside Bar Song 1
Thundercrack 3
Rendezvous 4
Give The Girl A Kiss 1
So Young and In Love 3
Roulette (1988 b-side) 1
Loose Ends 4
Be True (1980 b-side) 5
My Love Will Not Let You Down 12
Stand On It (1985 b-side) 1
Pink Cadillac (1984 b-side) 4
Janey Don't You Lose Heart (1985 b-side) 2
Back in Your Arms 2
The Fever 2
Restless Nights 1

LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY (2001) (2/2)
Land Of Hope And Dreams 39
American Skin (41 Shots) 7

THE RISING (2002) (6/15)
Lonesome Day 74
Into The Fire 4
Waiting On A Sunny Day 80
Mary's Place 1
The Rising 81
My City In Ruins 1

THE ESSENTIAL BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Bonus disc) (2003) (2/11)
Trapped (originally released on 'We Are The World' 1985) 11
From Small Things Big Things Come 1

DEVILS AND DUST (2005) (0/12)

HAMMERSMITH ODEON LONDON '75 (2005) (2/2)
Detroit Medley (also released on 'No Nukes' album in 1981) 11
Quarter To Three 1

WE SHALL OVERCOME – THE SEEGER SESSIONS (2006) (1/18)
American Land 85

LIVE IN DUBLIN (2007) (0/3)

MAGIC (2008) (6/12)
Radio Nowhere 44
Gypsy Biker 1
Girls In Their Summer Clothes 4
Last To Die 3
Long Walk Home 9
I'll Work For Your Love 1

WORKING ON A DREAM (2009) (10/13)
Outlaw Pete 72
My Lucky Day 21
Working On A Dream 84
Queen Of The Supermarket 1
What Love Can Do 1
This Life 3
Good Eye 3
Kingdom Of Days 32
Surprise Surprise 7
The Wrestler 21

MISCELLANEOUS RELEASED SONGS (5)
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (1975) 7
I Ain't Got No Home (1988) 1
Wrecking Ball (2009 i-tunes single) 15
Great Balls of fire (RnRHoF concert, 1996 – backing Jerry Lee Lewis) 1
Merry Christmas Baby 1

UNRELEASED COVER VERSIONS (61)
Hard Times 55
Mustang Sally 1
Seven Nights to Rock 9
Good Rockin' Tonight 1
Proud Mary 3
Bad Luck 1
I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide 1
I Wanna Be Sedated 1
Wild Thing 2
Rockin' All Over The World 4
96 Tears 1
You can't sit down 3
Mountain of Love 2
London Calling 2
Seventh Son 1
Hang On Sloopy 2
Expressway To Your Heart 1
You really got me 1
Louie Louie 1
My Generation 1
Woolly Bully 1
Good Lovin' 5
Mony, Mony 6
Twist & Shout 23
Little Latin Lupe Lu 1
Like a rolling stone 1
Dark end of the street 1
Who'll Stop The Rain 2
Boom Boom 2
Coma Girl 1
I Fought the law 3
Pretty woman 1
Travellin' band 1
Summertime Blues 2
You never can tell 2
Burning love 2
Born to be wild 1
Sha La La 1
Heat wave (instrumental) 1
Jole Blon 2
Then She Kissed Me 1
Double shot of my baby's love 1
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 2
Da Doo Ron Ron 1
Rockin' Robin 1
The Wanderer 1
Jailhouse Rock 1
The Last Time 1
Little Bit o' Soul 1
When you walk in the room 1
Medley : All Shook Up/Blue Suede Shoes 1
Higher and higher 11
Save the last dance for me 1
Roll Over Beethoven 1
Brown eyed girl 1
Sweet Soul Music 1
Cant help falling in love 2
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man 1
Ring Of Fire 1
Green Onions 2
I Don't Wanna Hang Up My Rock 'n' Roll Shoes 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)

A few bars of about 6 other songs were played as intros or outros of some of the above, but I didnt count them, nor did I count any of the local folk songs that Nils Lofgren played on accordion at the start of several European dates. Bruce's guest appearances at other artists' shows during the course of the tour also werent counted.

You forgot to list the 200 some odd lectures about how to be a better, "enlightened and progressive" citizen of the world. An impressive selection of data nonetheless.

I liked Bruce Springsteen up to Nebraska and then stopped listening to him, the records since then are in my opinion bilge, the only exception i can think of was the song Philadelphia. The last time i saw him live was on the Born In The USA tour, the concert was unbearable bombastic drivel and i swore i would never go again.

He plays so many old covers because he wants to be seen in that canon of classic rock n roll, but in my opinion he doesnt belong there, he is standard rock/pop to me like Bryan Adams,Bon Jovi etc

Was it not Keith who once said about him, "nice guy but faking it"

Dont hate me,just an opinion

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humanriff77
I liked Bruce Springsteen up to Nebraska and then stopped listening to him, the records since then are in my opinion bilge, the only exception i can think of was the song Philadelphia. The last time i saw him live was on the Born In The USA tour, the concert was unbearable bombastic drivel and i swore i would never go again.

He plays so many old covers because he wants to be seen in that canon of classic rock n roll, but in my opinion he doesnt belong there, he is standard rock/pop to me like Bryan Adams,Bon Jovi etc

Was it not Keith who once said about him, "nice guy but faking it"

Dont hate me,just an opinion

Maybe you should give a try to some of his more recent material.He did kinda lost it with Born in The USA but he recovered with a series of great album starting with The Ghost of Tom Joad.If you liked his seventies stuff, you might easily get into Magic.It's far superior to Born in The USA.Quite honestly I can't understand how you can put him in the same league with Bryan Adams and Bon Jovi.Bruce recorded such albums as Nebraska,Born to Run,The wild, the innocent and the e street shuffle.Those two guys are far below Bruce in terms of quality.Anyway I guess that Bruce is one of those artists that you either adore or loathe.There's not much middle ground.

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VoodooLounge13
I'd love to see a boxset of just the unreleased/recorded cover songs!! That'd be awesome!!

From this tour or generally?

Well I'd meant this tour, but if there's others the Boss has, then by all means include em all. It'd be his own live anthology set!!

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R
You forgot to list the 200 some odd lectures about how to be a better, "enlightened and progressive" citizen of the world. An impressive selection of data nonetheless.

And if you'd actually heard any of the shows, you'd probably be aware that there's no 'lecturing' whatsoever. Unless you have a problem with someone occasionally asking fellow human beings to donate to a food bank.

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R
You forgot to list the 200 some odd lectures about how to be a better, "enlightened and progressive" citizen of the world. An impressive selection of data nonetheless.

And if you'd actually heard any of the shows, you'd probably be aware that there's no 'lecturing' whatsoever. Unless you have a problem with someone occasionally asking fellow human beings to donate to a food bank.

I have no problem with the food bank pitch at the beginning of the encore. I used to go to many a Bruce show with an extra $40 in my pocket for them (instead of an ugly t-shirt). If he's quit lecturing the audience (during the run-up to "Mary's Place" if memory serves) then good for him. Too bad it was too little too late as he had to resort to the 'playing a full album' gimmick to sell tickets and still performed to 65-70% houses on the recently ended leg of his ESB tour.

No political lectures on the last tour and in fact, contrary to the rantings of some who would love to think otherwise, they were pretty few and far between (and generally done in a self deprecating way) on the one before it.

Aug 19 Hartford, CT..........................................15,745 / 24,729.........64%..................$ 950,865
Aug 22 Mansfield, MA........................................combined with below..80%
Aug 23 Mansfield, MA........................................31,842 / 39,800.........80%...............$ 2,546,748
Aug 25 Saratoga Springs, NY.............................17,682 / 25,559.........69%...............$ 1,047,945
Sep 12 Tampa, FL.............................................13,763 / 19,144.........72%...............$ 1,011,698
Sep 14 Ft Lauderdale, FL...................................11,586 / 13,836.........84%...............$ 1,049,482
Sep 17 Greenville, NC........................................10,281 / 10,938.........94%..................$ 831,990
Sep 20 Chicago, IL............................................18,249 / 18,249.........SELLOUT.......$ 1,739,826
Sep 21 De Moines, IA..........................................8,451 / 15,448.........55%..................$ 678,928
Sep 30 East Rutherford, NJ................................combined with below..96%
Oct 02 East Rutherford, NJ.................................combined with below..96%
Oct 03 East Rutherford, NJ.................................combined with below..96%
Oct 08 East Rutherford, NJ.................................combined with below..96%
Oct 09 East Rutherford, NJ.................................260,668 / 270,388......96%.............$ 22,570,336
Oct 13 Philadelphia, PA......................................combined with below..93%
Oct 14 Philadelphia, PA......................................combined with below..93%
Oct 19 Philadelphia, PA......................................combined with below..93%
Oct 20 Philadelphia, PA......................................60,416 / 65,120.........93%...............$ 5,972,428
Oct 25 St Louis, MO...........................................11,178 / 15,048.........74%..................$ 847,038
Nov 02 Washington, DC.....................................17,545 / 17,545.........SELLOUT........$ 1,653,329
Nov 03 Charlotte, NC..........................................12,385 / 16,197........76%....................$ 855,357
Nov 07 New York, NY.........................................combined with below..SELLOUT
Nov 08 New York, NY.........................................37,064 / 37,064.........SELLOUT........$ 3,459,026
Nov 10 Cleveland, OH........................................16,232 / 17,261..........94%...............$ 1,426,330
Nov 13 Auburn Hills, MI......................................15,170 / 19,431..........78%...............$ 1,169,764
Nov 15 Milwaukee, WI........................................AWAITING DATA
Nov 18 Nashville, TN..........................................11,044 / 14,297..........77%...................$ 929,165
Nov 20 Baltimore, MD........................................14,679 / 14,679..........SELLOUT........$ 1,295,766
Nov 22 Buffalo, NY.............................................18,665 / 18,665..........SELLOUT........$ 1,489,441



Not quite true with the empty-seats stats, but a good try. One or two stinkers (such as Des Moines - hardly vintage Bruce territory) but generally pretty good. On the first leg of the tour only one show (Greensboro at 89%) had less than 94% tickets sold, and almost every show sold out.

Think he did more than OK considering he's toured pretty much non stop for two years, with multiple visits to the same markets. And more importantly, the audiences went home happy. Too bad it wasnt the flop some people prayed for.

Better luck next tour!

Overall career US tour grosses (for people who are interested in these things but at least there's some Stones content in this)


#1....Rolling Stones.......$1,737,000,000
#2....U2........................1,298,643,000.....tour break (resumes June 2010)
#3....Springsteen..........1,146,718,925
#4....Celine Dion...........1,017,000,000
#5....Madonna.................990,427,000


Bruce became the second act to top the $1 billion mark, although U2 overtook him by the end of the year. No one will ever top the Stones figure, I would imagine! I guess the Stones may top $2 billion on their next tour if its as long as the last one, considering the fact that Springsteen grossed $190 million on his last world tour with a lower ticket price.

(source - Earthslayer/Greasy Lake)



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 2009-12-07 22:19 by Gazza.

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Gazza
No political lectures on the last tour and in fact, contrary to the rantings of some who would love to think otherwise, they were pretty few and far between (and generally done in a self deprecating way) on the one before it.

Aug 19 Hartford, CT..........................................15,745 / 24,729.........64%..................$ 950,865
Aug 22 Mansfield, MA........................................combined with below..80%
Aug 23 Mansfield, MA........................................31,842 / 39,800.........80%...............$ 2,546,748
Aug 25 Saratoga Springs, NY.............................17,682 / 25,559.........69%...............$ 1,047,945
Sep 12 Tampa, FL.............................................13,763 / 19,144.........72%...............$ 1,011,698
Sep 14 Ft Lauderdale, FL...................................11,586 / 13,836.........84%...............$ 1,049,482
Sep 17 Greenville, NC........................................10,281 / 10,938.........94%..................$ 831,990
Sep 20 Chicago, IL............................................18,249 / 18,249.........SELLOUT.......$ 1,739,826
Sep 21 De Moines, IA..........................................8,451 / 15,448.........55%..................$ 678,928
Sep 30 East Rutherford, NJ................................combined with below..96%
Oct 02 East Rutherford, NJ.................................combined with below..96%
Oct 03 East Rutherford, NJ.................................combined with below..96%
Oct 08 East Rutherford, NJ.................................combined with below..96%
Oct 09 East Rutherford, NJ.................................260,668 / 270,388......96%.............$ 22,570,336
Oct 13 Philadelphia, PA......................................combined with below..93%
Oct 14 Philadelphia, PA......................................combined with below..93%
Oct 19 Philadelphia, PA......................................combined with below..93%
Oct 20 Philadelphia, PA......................................60,416 / 65,120.........93%...............$ 5,972,428
Oct 25 St Louis, MO...........................................11,178 / 15,048.........74%..................$ 847,038
Nov 02 Washington, DC.....................................17,545 / 17,545.........SELLOUT........$ 1,653,329
Nov 03 Charlotte, NC..........................................12,385 / 16,197........76%....................$ 855,357
Nov 07 New York, NY.........................................combined with below..SELLOUT
Nov 08 New York, NY.........................................37,064 / 37,064.........SELLOUT........$ 3,459,026
Nov 10 Cleveland, OH........................................16,232 / 17,261..........94%...............$ 1,426,330
Nov 13 Auburn Hills, MI......................................15,170 / 19,431..........78%...............$ 1,169,764
Nov 15 Milwaukee, WI........................................AWAITING DATA
Nov 18 Nashville, TN..........................................11,044 / 14,297..........77%...................$ 929,165
Nov 20 Baltimore, MD........................................14,679 / 14,679..........SELLOUT........$ 1,295,766
Nov 22 Buffalo, NY.............................................18,665 / 18,665..........SELLOUT........$ 1,489,441



Not quite true with the empty-seats stats, but a good try. One or two stinkers (such as Des Moines - hardly vintage Bruce territory) but generally pretty good. On the first leg of the tour only one show (Greensboro at 89%) had less than 94% tickets sold, and almost every show sold out.

Think he did more than OK considering he's toured pretty much non stop for two years, with multiple visits to the same markets. And more importantly, the audiences went home happy. Too bad it wasnt the flop some people prayed for.

Better luck next tour!

Overall career US tour grosses (for people who are interested in these things but at least there's some Stones content in this)


#1....Rolling Stones.......$1,737,000,000
#2....U2........................1,298,643,000.....tour break (resumes June 2010)
#3....Springsteen..........1,146,718,925
#4....Celine Dion...........1,017,000,000
#5....Madonna.................990,427,000


Bruce became the second act to top the $1 billion mark, although U2 overtook him by the end of the year. No one will ever top the Stones figure, I would imagine!

If there were no lectures on the last tour it's because the damage had already been done. The "Living In A Dream" fiasco merely compounded it. Five "sellouts' out of how many shows (despite the full album gimmick)? Too many for me to bother counting.

How much of that $1 billion is he going to give to the down and out? How much for additional thoroughbred horses and vintage Corvettes?

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R

Five "sellouts' out of how many shows (despite the full album gimmick)? Too many for me to bother counting.

How much of that $1 billion is he going to give to the down and out? How much for additional thoroughbred horses and vintage Corvettes?

Two questions:

1) When did the Stones last sell out a stadium?
2) Why should Bruce just dole money to the "down and out" when there are obviously better ways of acheiving social justice?

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R

Quote
Gazza
No political lectures on the last tour and in fact, contrary to the rantings of some who would love to think otherwise, they were pretty few and far between (and generally done in a self deprecating way) on the one before it.

Aug 19 Hartford, CT..........................................15,745 / 24,729.........64%..................$ 950,865
Aug 22 Mansfield, MA........................................combined with below..80%
Aug 23 Mansfield, MA........................................31,842 / 39,800.........80%...............$ 2,546,748
Aug 25 Saratoga Springs, NY.............................17,682 / 25,559.........69%...............$ 1,047,945
Sep 12 Tampa, FL.............................................13,763 / 19,144.........72%...............$ 1,011,698
Sep 14 Ft Lauderdale, FL...................................11,586 / 13,836.........84%...............$ 1,049,482
Sep 17 Greenville, NC........................................10,281 / 10,938.........94%..................$ 831,990
Sep 20 Chicago, IL............................................18,249 / 18,249.........SELLOUT.......$ 1,739,826
Sep 21 De Moines, IA..........................................8,451 / 15,448.........55%..................$ 678,928
Sep 30 East Rutherford, NJ................................combined with below..96%
Oct 02 East Rutherford, NJ.................................combined with below..96%
Oct 03 East Rutherford, NJ.................................combined with below..96%
Oct 08 East Rutherford, NJ.................................combined with below..96%
Oct 09 East Rutherford, NJ.................................260,668 / 270,388......96%.............$ 22,570,336
Oct 13 Philadelphia, PA......................................combined with below..93%
Oct 14 Philadelphia, PA......................................combined with below..93%
Oct 19 Philadelphia, PA......................................combined with below..93%
Oct 20 Philadelphia, PA......................................60,416 / 65,120.........93%...............$ 5,972,428
Oct 25 St Louis, MO...........................................11,178 / 15,048.........74%..................$ 847,038
Nov 02 Washington, DC.....................................17,545 / 17,545.........SELLOUT........$ 1,653,329
Nov 03 Charlotte, NC..........................................12,385 / 16,197........76%....................$ 855,357
Nov 07 New York, NY.........................................combined with below..SELLOUT
Nov 08 New York, NY.........................................37,064 / 37,064.........SELLOUT........$ 3,459,026
Nov 10 Cleveland, OH........................................16,232 / 17,261..........94%...............$ 1,426,330
Nov 13 Auburn Hills, MI......................................15,170 / 19,431..........78%...............$ 1,169,764
Nov 15 Milwaukee, WI........................................AWAITING DATA
Nov 18 Nashville, TN..........................................11,044 / 14,297..........77%...................$ 929,165
Nov 20 Baltimore, MD........................................14,679 / 14,679..........SELLOUT........$ 1,295,766
Nov 22 Buffalo, NY.............................................18,665 / 18,665..........SELLOUT........$ 1,489,441



Not quite true with the empty-seats stats, but a good try. One or two stinkers (such as Des Moines - hardly vintage Bruce territory) but generally pretty good. On the first leg of the tour only one show (Greensboro at 89%) had less than 94% tickets sold, and almost every show sold out.

Think he did more than OK considering he's toured pretty much non stop for two years, with multiple visits to the same markets. And more importantly, the audiences went home happy. Too bad it wasnt the flop some people prayed for.

Better luck next tour!

Overall career US tour grosses (for people who are interested in these things but at least there's some Stones content in this)


#1....Rolling Stones.......$1,737,000,000
#2....U2........................1,298,643,000.....tour break (resumes June 2010)
#3....Springsteen..........1,146,718,925
#4....Celine Dion...........1,017,000,000
#5....Madonna.................990,427,000


Bruce became the second act to top the $1 billion mark, although U2 overtook him by the end of the year. No one will ever top the Stones figure, I would imagine!

If there were no lectures on the last tour it's because the damage had already been done. The "Living In A Dream" fiasco merely compounded it. Five "sellouts' out of how many shows (despite the full album gimmick)? Too many for me to bother counting.

How much of that $1 billion is he going to give to the down and out? How much for additional thoroughbred horses and vintage Corvettes?

This last tour total was a 90% sell out. Not bad for someone who has been on the road for 9 out of the last 11 years.It has nothing to do with lectures.It is because he has played so much over the years.

And as far as the down and out,he has probably given more than just about anyone.Most of which we probably don't even know about.(so you really should get your facts straight!)