Here is an interesting quote from a recent Nils Lofgren interview:

The band, musically, is in the best shape we've ever been, I think," says Lofgren, an E Street Band member since 1984. "The whole show has become one long improv/audible now; sometimes (Springsteen) changes the first song on the way to the stage, and usually by the second song he's calling audibles, so the set list is useless. It's fun to be part of something ... where a band leader can do that much improv and get away with it and have a band that'll deliver and make it work. So, it's all really a pretty historic run, from my perspective."

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sweetcharmedlife
Here is an interesting quote from a recent Nils Lofgren interview:

The band, musically, is in the best shape we've ever been, I think," says Lofgren, an E Street Band member since 1984. "The whole show has become one long improv/audible now; sometimes (Springsteen) changes the first song on the way to the stage, and usually by the second song he's calling audibles, so the set list is useless. It's fun to be part of something ... where a band leader can do that much improv and get away with it and have a band that'll deliver and make it work. So, it's all really a pretty historic run, from my perspective."

Interesting indeed! Especially regarding the fact that the E-Street Band is missing one of its oldest members (in terms of membership) nowadays.



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nashville, 21.8.08

1. Out in the Street
2. Radio Nowhere
3. No Surrender
4. Lonesome Day
5. Spirit in the Night
6. GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT
7. Growin' Up
8. I'm Goin' Down
9. Held Up Without a Gun
10. Loose Ends
11. Youngstown
12. Murder Inc.
13. She's the One
14. The Promised Land
15. Mary's Place
16. I WALK THE LINE
17. I'm on Fire
18. The Rising
19. Last to Die
20. Long Walk Home
21. Badlands
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22. Girls in Their Summer Clothes
23. Thunder Road
24. Born to Run
25. I FOUGHT THE LAW
26. Rosalita
27. American Land
28. Dancing in the Dark

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It's fun to be part of something ... where a band leader can do that much improv and get away with it and have a band that'll deliver and make it work.

I've stopped wishing for the Stones to pull off something like this.
On the other, I think Springsteen is almost the only artist who'd
be able to do shows with these large changes in the setlists.
There's only one word to describe it : Amazing!!!

August 23 / St. Louis, MO / Scottrade Center

Setlist:

Then She Kissed Me
Radio Nowhere
Out in the Street
Adam Raised a Cain
Spirit in the Night
Rendezvous
For You
Mountain of Love
Backstreets
Gypsy Biker
Because the Night
Not Fade Away
She's the One
Livin' in the Future
Cover Me
Mary's Place
Drive All Night
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
* * *
Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Jungleland
Detroit Medley
Born to Run
Dancing in the Dark
American Land
Thunder Road
Little Queenie
Twist and Shout


August 24 / Kansas City, MO / Sprint Center

Setlist:

Ricky Wants a Man of Her Own
Cynthia
Radio Nowhere
No Surrender
Out in the Street
Hungry Heart
Spirit in the Night
Boys
Cadillac Ranch
Workin' on the Highway
It's All Over Now
Candy's Room
Gypsy Biker
Youngstown
The Promised Land
Livin' in the Future
Mary's Place
Devils & Dust
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
* * *
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Born to Run
Rosalita
American Land
Save the Last Dance for Me
Dancing in the Dark
Rockin' All Over the World



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This is nothing but amazing!!! 4 Tour premieres in St.Louis (all of them covers, and songs Rolling Stones fans would also have recognized). Then another 4 Tour premieres in Kansas City, among them Ricky and Cynthia and as a cover "It's all over now" sung by Mrs. Tyrell!

Once again hats off to this incredible artist, band and the fantastic shows. 20 song sets and then another 9 songs as encores. Magic indeed!

these last US shows are clockin' in at well over 3 hours...

the 152 songs performed in 103 shows so far (only one show left):

RADIO NOWHERE
THE TIES THAT BIND
LONESOME DAY
GYPSY BIKER
MAGIC
REASON TO BELIEVE
NIGHT
SHE'S THE ONE
LIVIN' IN THE FUTURE
THE PROMISED LAND
TOWN CALLED HEARTBREAK
DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
DARLINGTON COUNTY
DEVIL'S ARCADE
THE RISING
LAST TO DIE
LONG WALK HOME
BADLANDS
GIRLS IN THEIR SUMMER CLOTHES
THUNDERCRACK
BORN TO RUN
WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY
AMERICAN LAND
EMPTY SKY
FACTORY
RAISE YOUR HAND
NO SURRENDER
CANDY'S ROOM
BRILLIANT DISGUISE
MY HOMETOWN
PROVE IT ALL NIGHT
INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET
CADILLAC RANCH
DANCING IN THE DARK
ADAM RAISED A CAIN
CYNTHIA
YOUR OWN WORST ENEMY
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH)
TOUGHER THAN THE REST
BACKSTREETS
STATE TROOPER
KEEP THE CAR RUNNING
FOR YOU
MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER
JUNGLELAND
TUNNEL OF LOVE
SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT
THUNDER ROAD
TWO HEARTS
RACING IN THE STREET
WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY
KITTY'S BACK
IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY
BE TRUE
JACKSON CAGE
I'LL WORK FOR YOUR LOVE
RAMROD
GROWIN' UP
CODE OF SILENCE
YOUNGSTOWN
4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY)
THE E STREET SHUFFLE
THIS HARD LAND
TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
THE RIVER
BECAUSE THE NIGHT
SO YOUNG AND IN LOVE
LOOSE ENDS
JANEY, DON'T YOU LOSE HEART
ROSALITA
BUFFALO GALS
DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON
STREETS OF FIRE
RENDEZVOUS
LOST IN THE FLOOD
GLORY DAYS
SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT
YOU'LL BE COMING DOWN
SHERRY DARLING
TRAPPED
POINT BLANK
ATLANTIC CITY
NONE BUT THE BRAVE
MURDER INCORPORATED
OUT IN THE STREET
FIRE
BOBBY JEAN
LIGHT OF DAY
THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD
INDEPENDENCE DAY
TERRY'S SONG
ALWAYS A FRIEND
ALL JUST TO GET TO YOU
I'LL FLY AWAY
BLOOD BROTHERS
DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82nd STREET?
TURN! TURN! TURN!
MR. TAMBOURINE MAN
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT
SOULS OF THE DEPARTED
WILD BILLY'S CIRCUS STORY
ROULETTE
DON'T LOOK BACK
MARY'S PLACE
I WANNA BE WITH YOU
FACTORY
RAISE YOUR HAND
DOWNBOUND TRAIN
I'M ON FIRE
FROM SMALL THINGS
SUMMERTIME BLUES
STAND ON IT
SEVEN NIGHTS TO ROCK
HELD UP WITHOUT A GUN
HUNGRY HEART
I'M A ROCKER
TWIST AND SHOUT
BORN IN THE U.S.A.
DRIVE ALL NIGHT
COVER ME
IF I SHOULD FALL BEHIND
I'M GOIN' DOWN
PRETTY FLAMINGO
JERSEY GIRL
LITTLE LATIN LUPE LU
WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN
YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN
BACK IN YOUR ARMS
DOUBLE SHOT (OF MY BABY'S LOVE)
CRUSH ON YOU
QUARTER TO THREE
BOOM BOOM
PART MAN, PART MONKEY
GLORIA
GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT
MONA
I WALK THE LINE
I FOUGHT THE LAW
THEN SHE KISSED ME
MOUNTAIN OF LOVE
NOT FADE AWAY
LITTLE QUEENIE
RICKY WANTS A MAN OF HER OWN
IT'S ALL OVER, NOW
DEVILS & DUST
SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME
ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD

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sweetcharmedlife
It's fun to be part of something ... where a band leader can do that much improv and get away with it and have a band that'll deliver and make it work.

I've stopped wishing for the Stones to pull off something like this.
On the other, I think Springsteen is almost the only artist who'd
be able to do shows with these large changes in the setlists.
There's only one word to describe it : Amazing!!!

Yep,I was at nashville and St Louis. Amazing is right.

welcome back charmer

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welcome back charmer

Thanks Lukester. I've tried not to go on and on about it. But,now that the tour is basicly over and just the Harleyfest left. I think Gazza said something like this is the best tour done by any major act in several years. I couldn't agree more. The St Louis show was one of the best shows I have ever seen by anybody and the best Bruce show of the tour.

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

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Lukester
welcome back charmer

Thanks Lukester. I've tried not to go on and on about it. But,now that the tour is basicly over and just the Harleyfest left. I think Gazza said something like this is the best tour done by any major act in several years. I couldn't agree more. The St Louis show was one of the best shows I have ever seen by anybody and the best Bruce show of the tour.

could not agree more! just got back to Ohio, completely drained. saw both Missouri shows. I've seen close to 60 Stones concerts dating to 1972, many on back-to-back nights. some real great ones. but this was the best back-to-back nights of rock & roll I have ever witnessed. 46 different songs in 2 nights. 6.5 total hours of music, 58 songs in all. amazing performance. Mary's Place was phenomenal.

Hilarious video with Springsteen performing Glory Days while posing on a piano.

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nashville, 21.8.08

1. Out in the Street
2. Radio Nowhere
3. No Surrender
4. Lonesome Day
5. Spirit in the Night
6. GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT
7. Growin' Up
8. I'm Goin' Down
9. Held Up Without a Gun
10. Loose Ends
11. Youngstown
12. Murder Inc.
13. She's the One
14. The Promised Land
15. Mary's Place
16. I WALK THE LINE
17. I'm on Fire
18. The Rising
19. Last to Die
20. Long Walk Home
21. Badlands
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22. Girls in Their Summer Clothes
23. Thunder Road
24. Born to Run
25. I FOUGHT THE LAW
26. Rosalita
27. American Land
28. Dancing in the Dark

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Review: "Springsteen proves himself as 'future of rock' - over and over"

[www.tennessean.com]
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p.s. what a tremendous set; they got "Held Up Without A Gun," one of my all time fave rarities. "Out in the Street" mustve'be been one hell of an opener too!



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Last show of the tour. Harleyfest....The end to what has been one of the best performed tours in recent years. Thank you Bruce.

Posted: Aug 30, 2008 4:32 pm Post subject: Official Harley fest Set List ~ Aug 30, 2008

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9:44

1. Gypsy Biker
2. Out In The Street
3. Radio Nowhere
4. The Promised Land
5. Spirit In The Night
6. WOOLEY BULLY
7. Darlington Co.
8. You Can Look But You Better Not Touch
9. Darkness On The Edge of Town
10. Youngstown
11. Murder Inc.
12. She's The One
13. Living In The Future
14. Mary's Place
15. Working On The Highway
16. Racing In The Street
17. The Rising
18. Last To Die
19. Long Walk Home
20. Badlands
21. 7 Nights to Rock

22. 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) For Danny (w/his son on stage)
23. Tenth Ave Freezeout
24. Glory Days
25. Born To Run
26. Rosalita (Come Out Tonite)
27. Bobby Jean
28. American Land

29. Thunder Road
30. Dancing in the Dark
31. Born To Be Wild



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