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He rarely plays BITUSA in North America. It's featured more often in Europe & elsewhere.
Even Thunder Road or a song like The River aren't regulars, despite being some of his most popular songs.
And yes, there will be changes.
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That must have been lights out good!
This is back when he used to have intermissions at shows, right?
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He rarely plays BITUSA in North America. It's featured more often in Europe & elsewhere.
Even Thunder Road or a song like The River aren't regulars, despite being some of his most popular songs.
And yes, there will be changes.
I think he's done "Thunder Road" every time I've seen him. I've seen quite a few shows going back to 1978. Shook his hand when he came out in the crowd during 1 of the shows I saw on the original "River" tour. He stood on a chair directly in front of me. I was lucky I got to see 2 shows each on the Darkness & original River tours.
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That must have been lights out good!
This is back when he used to have intermissions at shows, right?
Yes. Darkness came out when I was in high school. Early in the tour he played a 2200 seat theater. I became a fan for life. Then he came back at the end of the tour to a 5000 seat arena. I had great seats. That show he came back out long after the lights came on & half the crowd had left. Said "this if for all you die hard crazies out there". It was the last night of the tour. They did "Rave On" & "Twist & Shout" with the lights on & then trashed the stage. The original "River" tour I saw back to back nights in Seattle & Portland, both in arenas. The Seattle show was when I shook his hand. The Portland show the next night featured a minor eruption of Mt St Helens the day of the show. The band did "On Top of Old Smokey" in honor of that. It was quite an adventure driving home through the volcanic ash. I must say that the River show in 2016 was really close to the glory days. Fantastic show! It's nice that I only have less than a month to wait for the show this year. I don't go to a lot of shows these days for financial & health reasons. I got lucky & got pretty good tickets for $100 each. I'm 4 rows up behind the stage which for Bruce isn't bad. Kind of like the view from the live stream last night except I won't have people standing in front of me. Sadly, I have to sit in the seating for diabled people.
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That must have been lights out good!
This is back when he used to have intermissions at shows, right?
Yes. Darkness came out when I was in high school. Early in the tour he played a 2200 seat theater. I became a fan for life. Then he came back at the end of the tour to a 5000 seat arena. I had great seats. That show he came back out long after the lights came on & half the crowd had left. Said "this if for all you die hard crazies out there". It was the last night of the tour. They did "Rave On" & "Twist & Shout" with the lights on & then trashed the stage. The original "River" tour I saw back to back nights in Seattle & Portland, both in arenas. The Seattle show was when I shook his hand. The Portland show the next night featured a minor eruption of Mt St Helens the day of the show. The band did "On Top of Old Smokey" in honor of that. It was quite an adventure driving home through the volcanic ash. I must say that the River show in 2016 was really close to the glory days. Fantastic show! It's nice that I only have less than a month to wait for the show this year. I don't go to a lot of shows these days for financial & health reasons. I got lucky & got pretty good tickets for $100 each. I'm 4 rows up behind the stage which for Bruce isn't bad. Kind of like the view from the live stream last night except I won't have people standing in front of me. Sadly, I have to sit in the seating for diabled people.
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Soundcheck Atlanta:
- Thunder Road full band
- Land of a 1.000 Guitars
- Badlands
- My Hometown
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No worries. This patron knows better not to sing along!
The guy in Tampa couldn't carry a tune in a goalie bag.
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No worries. This patron knows better not to sing along!
The guy in Tampa couldn't carry a tune in a goalie bag.
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Not much change in the setlist so far. A bit.... & no Patti
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Steve is back to his Sopranos season 1 weight.
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I really like that last song of the night. Bruce's voice sounded great on that. Excellent song.
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I really like that last song of the night. Bruce's voice sounded great on that. Excellent song.
I'll See You In My Dreams is an excellent song indeed, but it sounds better as the full band studio version IMO.