thats a good setlist- thanks for posting

I was in Antwerp yesterday. Great show but I realized how little I know of BS's music. I knew maybe 3 song (I know, shame on me). Still, what a performance! Glad I went.
So, what 3 CD's should I buy first?

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Harm
I was in Antwerp yesterday. Great show but I realized how little I know of BS's music. I knew maybe 3 song (I know, shame on me). Still, what a performance! Glad I went.
So, what 3 CD's should I buy first?

Without any doubts: "Live 1975-85". It's a 3 Cd-Live-Set, still unmatched by any other record and some of the best music on this planet! Also gives you a nice overview from his first record up to Born in the USA.

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Harm
I was in Antwerp yesterday. Great show but I realized how little I know of BS's music. I knew maybe 3 song (I know, shame on me). Still, what a performance! Glad I went.
So, what 3 CD's should I buy first?

I'll tell you the one I started with - a bootleg from the 1978 tour. It's available as Winterland Night here:

[www.megaupload.com]

Then I got Darkness on the Edge of Town, Nebraska and Born To Run. Wildly different albums.

You might want to start with the current one (Magic), the most popular (Born in the USA), and the most legendary (Born To Run).

Thank you
BTW: excellent drummer...



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Yes!

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Harm
I was in Antwerp yesterday. Great show but I realized how little I know of BS's music. I knew maybe 3 song (I know, shame on me). Still, what a performance! Glad I went.
So, what 3 CD's should I buy first?

For what it's worth: I started with "The River" and to this day that still is my favourite Bruce album. I really think that is a very good album to start with but that's just my personal opinion and other people may recommend you another album.

I was at the Antwerp concert too and it was just amazing. Personal highlights were "The Ties That Bind", "Trapped", "The Rising" and most of all "I'm A Rocker".

So young And In Love / Radio Nowhere / The Ties That Bind / The Promised Land / Spirit In The Night / Magic / Trapped / Sandy / Prove It All Night / Thundercrack / Because The Night / She's The One / Livin' In The Future / Mary's Place / Fire / Point Blank / The Rising / Last To Die / Long Walk Home / Badlands // I'm A Rocker / Born To Run / Thunder Road / Glory Days / American Land

The River's a really recommendation, Phantom. It pretty much distills the essence of 70s Springsteen while hinting very strongly at the direction he'd take in the 80s.

It has a bit of the widescreen grandiosity of Born To Run, the comic playfulness of the first two albums (but none of the verbiage), the angry despair of Darkness. It also foreshadows Nebraska, Born In The USA and Tunnel of Love. In short, it's a watershed album. And it's called The River.

congratulations to Gazza - he got this great set in Milan:-


San Siro Stadium, Milan Italy - 6/25/08
1 Summertime Blues
2. Out In The Street
3. Radio Nowhere
4. Prove It All Night
5. The Promised Land
6. Spirit In The Night
7. None But The Brave
8. Candy's Room
9. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
10. Hungry Heart
11. Darlington County
12. Because The Night
13. She's The One
14. Livin' In The Future
15. Mary's Place
16. I'm On Fire
17. Racing In The Street
18. The Rising
19. Last To Die
20. Long Walk Home
21. Badlands

22. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
23. Detroit Medley
24. Born To Run
25. Rosalita
26. Bobby Jean
27. Dancing In The Dark
28. American Land
29. Twist & Shout

Most songs played, and longest show of the tour - 3 hours.

hope the Chrystal Cat guys made a great recording again!

Yesterday fantastic concert in Milan.
I was here in the FOS.
Great Boss and all E-Street Band in a fantastic full S.Siro.
BRUCE LOVE ITALY and ITALY LOVE BRUCE.
Sici

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congratulations to Gazza - he got this great set in Milan:-


San Siro Stadium, Milan Italy - 6/25/08
1 Summertime Blues
2. Out In The Street
3. Radio Nowhere
4. Prove It All Night
5. The Promised Land
6. Spirit In The Night
7. None But The Brave
8. Candy's Room
9. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
10. Hungry Heart
11. Darlington County
12. Because The Night
13. She's The One
14. Livin' In The Future
15. Mary's Place
16. I'm On Fire
17. Racing In The Street
18. The Rising
19. Last To Die
20. Long Walk Home
21. Badlands

22. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
23. Detroit Medley
24. Born To Run
25. Rosalita
26. Bobby Jean
27. Dancing In The Dark
28. American Land
29. Twist & Shout

Most songs played, and longest show of the tour - 3 hours.

Thanks for posting this. Wow! Another real corker. Lucky, lucky Gazza!

Fantastic!

Paris - June 27th 2008

1. Adam Raised a Cain
2. Radio Nowhere
3. No Surrender
4. The Promised Land
5. Spirit in the Night
6. Rendezvous
7. Candy's Room
8. Atlantic City
9. Janey Don't You Lose Heart
10.Darlington County
11.Because the Night
12.She's the One
13.Livin in the Future
14.Mary's Place
15.Fire
16.For You (solo piano)
17.The River
18.The Rising
19.Last to Die
20.Long Walk Home
21.Badlands
22.Out in the Street


23.Girls in Their Summer Clothes
24. 10th Avenue Freeze Out
25. BTR
26. Bobby Jean
27. Dancing
28. American Land



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Looks like Gazza got another great show.

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

I went to the Paris Show. Is there more to say than that HE made it to perfection. Sound was as good as could be in this sort of echodrome. A setlist that mixed warhorses with new songs. A responsive audience. When I arrived back home there was a couple who was walking the dog. They were yelling at him to come more rapidly. I just said to them : " He seems to be the boss". They answered : " Yes. Most of the time ". The dog's name was "Bruce".

An absolute dream setlist, with Rendezvous, Janey and For You (my personal favourite) as extra special stand-outs.

Indeed, Gazza had a WONDERFUL show!!!

With a couple of die-hard stonesfans we saw in

4 shows 51 songs!!!!!!!!

1. Jackson Cage (du)
2. Night (du)
3. Radio Nowhere (du – 020- antw - par)
4. Lonesome Day (du - 020)
5. The Promised Land (du – 020 – antw - par)
6. Spirit In The Night (du – 020 – antw - par)
7. Magic (du – antw)
8. Trapped (du - antw)
9. Prove It All Night (du – 020 - antw)
10. Darkness On The Edge Of Town (du - 020)

11. Darlington County (du – 020 - par)
12. Because The Night (du – 020 – antw - par)
13. She's The One (du – antw - par)
14. Livin' In The Future (du – 020 – antw - par)
15. Mary's Place (du - par)
16. Working On The Highway (du)
17. The River (du – 020 - par)
18. Devil's Arcade (du)
19. The Rising (du – 020 – antw - par)
20. Last To Die (du – 020 – antw - par)

21. Long Walk Home (du – 020 – antw - par)
22. Badlands (du – 020 – antw - par)
23. Girls In Their Summer Clothes (du – 020 - par)
24. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (du - par)
25. Born To Run (du – 020 – antw -par)
26. Glory Days (du –antw)
27. Dancing In The Dark (du – 020 - par)
28. American Land (du – 020 – antw - par)
29. Out In The Street (020 - par)
30. Gypsy Biker (020)

31. Mary's Place (020 - antw)
32. I'm On Fire (020)
33. Backstreets (020)
34. Summertime Blues (020) Tour Premiere--first time since 1982!
35. Stand On It (020) Tour Premiere--first since 2002
36. Seven Nights To Rock (020) Tour premiere
37. Bobby Jean (020 - par)
38. So Young and In Love (antw)
39. The Ties That Bind (antw)
40. 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) (antw)

41. Thundercrack (antw)
42. Fire (antw - par)
42. Point Blank (antw)
43. I'm A Rocker (antw) Tour Premier
44. Thunder Road (antw)
45. Adam Raised A Cain (par)
46. No Surrender (par)
47. Rendezvous (par)
48. Candy's Room (par)
49. Atlantic City (par)
50. Janey Don't You Lose Heart (par)
51. For You (par)[/size10]

Even without the Stones a wonderfull year!

Herman

Copenhagen Jun 29th

1 Two hearts
2 Radio nowhere
3 Out in the street
4 The promised land
5 Spirit in the night
6 Blinded by the light
7 Something in the night
8 Trapped
9 Gypsy biker
10 working on the highway
11 Hungry heart
12 Because the night
13 She's the one
14 Living in the future
15 Mary's place
16 I'm on fire
17 Downbound train
18 For you ( solo at the piano)
19 The rising
20 Last to die
21 long walk home
22 badlands

23 Jungleland
24 7 Nights to rock
25 Born to run
26 Ramrod
27 Bobby Jean
28 Dancing in the dark
29 American land

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Another incredible set list and a three hour show - hope he keeps it up when he returns to the States.

Milan and Paris were both superb shows in front of excellent crowds. Was great to get so many songs that I even I hadnt seen him play before. "For You" solo on piano in Paris was a real highlight.

So Copenhagen got a minute more than Milan? Damn! Maybe that bit where he goes into the crowd and collects the song requests just went on for longer there!

The first couple of reviews of the Cph show has already hit the news, and both extremely positive rewarding the show with 5 and 6 stars out of six respectively.

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Harm
I was in Antwerp yesterday. Great show but I realized how little I know of BS's music. I knew maybe 3 song (I know, shame on me). Still, what a performance! Glad I went.
So, what 3 CD's should I buy first?

Born To Run, Darkness On The Edge of Town, The River.

The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle is in my top 3 personally, but its maybe not as accessible. Buy the "Essential Bruce Springsteen" compilation, which should be a good introduction.

Antwerp had an astounding setlist even by Bruce standards. Lots of rarities and songs he hasnt played much in many years. He definitely didnt 'punish' the Belgian fans for not buying enough tickets by delivering a standard setlist!

I just saw Bruce´ s show in copenhagen

just a little story first,
my mom have been sick for a while and is in the hospital called Rigshospitalet ,
and its just under 5-600 meters from Idrætsparken where Bruce is playing this evening ,and we have,the family and friends visiting all been talking with eachothers and with my mom about Bruce playing just around the corner,and we opened the vindow to try to hear if we could hear anything ,but nope not a thing,and then when my brother and me was about to go home after staying all day visiting our mom,the clock was 22.15
and I said to my brother,hey lets go over to Idrætsparken and hear if we can hear anything outside ,and just have a cigarette and then go home,
ok my brother said lets do that.

as we got closer to Idrætsparken we could start to hear the music more and more,and just when we got there ,we lit up a cigarett and a women in her late 20´s came over to were we where standing to get her bike,and I asked her ,if she has been inside to see the show,and she said yeah I asked her why she was allready leaving ,and that Bruce is famous for playing long shows about 3 hours long,and she told us that she had to go home to her Baby,because the babysitter only could stay to 23.00.
I then asked here if the show was good and if it was a good sound,
she said yeah its just GREAT and then said that I could have her ticket,she told me that there dont tear the snippet of the ticket,so I could still use it if I wanted to ,
wauv . my brother and me looked at eachothers
and my brother said hey hurry man go in and see the last part of the show,and I said no I cant do that and just leave you outside no way,
Your a fool my brother said , come on its bruce get your ass in there now,

and just then this couble about 60 years of age came walking by,and I also asked them if there have been inside ,and there said yeah its great ,but it was to hard to stand up much longer for them both between all the people,
and we stood and talked for a little minute about the show,and I told them the story that I just got this ticket from this women,and then the man said ,well then you are one ticket short,and he got his hand in his pocket,got out a ticket and gave it to my brother,also with the snippet intact,
wauv 1 more time

the door number on my ticket was C 10 and my brothers was C13 ,we then went over to door c10 where I should go in,and I asked the doorman if my brother and me could both go in at this door,because we dont want to loose eachothers in the crowd if we had to go in by 2 different doors,and he said yeah no prob just go in here the both of you,
and 2 min later we stood inside looked at eachothers with BIG BIG smiles on our faces and Bruce and the e street Band Rocking right in front of us.
and the clock was only 22.30.

it had not taking us any longer to walk to Idrætsparken,talk to the lady who gave me the ticket ,talk to the couble who gave my brother a ticket,and get inside the building than about 15 min.
I asked someone standing beside me ,when the show had started and he said about 21.oo .,
and man Bruce Rocket out right to midnight ,
so we got 1 1/2 hour of pure Bruce and the E street band MAGIC.

and it was unbelievable GREAT
I was supposed to see Bruce last year,but at the time of the concert my mom was also very sick so I decided not to go.

I saw Bruce in the late 80´s for the first and only time,and I remember I was amaced at his energy and very long show.

and I tell you, tonight it was so F....... unbelievable the energy MR Springsteen and his Band had,
up on the big screen you could see bruce´s eyes filled with so much fire,so much joy and so much pure raw human emotion,that it just blew me away.
you could literally feel His joy and energy coming right at you from the stage.
UNBELIEVABLE really UNBELIEVABLE


I will leave the setlist to others to write about, as I only saw half a show
but can tell that for extra numbers he played

Jungleland,
for a girl called christina ,who had made a big sign wishing for the song that Bruce got a hold of and showed to the crowd

7 nights to Rock
Born to run
Ramrod
booby jean
dancing in the dark,
american land ? with violin and harmonica

a Unbelievable evening with some incredible music
from a incredible Band



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Love reading about your experiences.

Can't wait for Giants Stadium New Jersey!

You gonna have a ball deadgad thats for shure

Bruce and The Estreet Band is Rocking and just ubelievable.

such a joy to experience such a incredible bunch of musicians delivering
every single song with nerve, energy, entusiasm, pure enjoyment,endles energy
and Love for the MUSIC.

I could go on and on but I can also say it in just one single word
If anybody ask me what the show was like ,

MAGIC

Swedish press isn't that excited. Bruce was struggling most of the concert and the sound in "Parken" was horrible.

'Struggling'... LOL..yeah he's on his last legs....

Seems to be a thing with the press there. Didnt Keith have a pop at them last year for rubbishing the Stones gig in Sweden?

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'Struggling'... LOL..yeah he's on his last legs....

Seems to be a thing with the press there. Didnt Keith have a pop at them last year for rubbishing the Stones gig in Sweden?

Yeah, I agree with the Swedish press Gazza. I saw Bruce both nights at Emirates, and he was really struggling through his three hour sets. He was struggling so much he had to sit down on a stool to sing I'm On Fire.

he did that in Milan too. Must have been the heat. ('I'm on Fire' - geddit?) In fact at a couple of points during the shows, he was so tired he even leaned back off the stage into the crowd for support.

"BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND LIVE FROM EUROPE
SIRIUS will broadcast exclusively from a concert performance by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band live in Göteborg, Sweden. The rare broadcast event will air on E Street Radio Ch. 10 on July 4, with coverage beginning at 1 pm ET. SIRIUS host and Bruce Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh will lead the special broadcast of a live July 4th-themed show, segueing into the concert in Sweden to bring listeners selected live songs."