Interessant - Bruce war seit 1972 in jedem US-Praesidentschaftswahljahr auf Tour. Das laesst ja auf 2012 hoffen
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FOUR MORE YEARS!
Springsteen and his E Street running mates get back on the trail tonight
by Chris Phillips
It's February 28, 2008, and Springsteen is about to hit the road again. Of course he is -- it's an election year! And Bruce hasn't missed one yet. 2004's Vote for Change tour was the most...synergistic, shall we say. But political or not, the election-cycle timing of Springsteen on the road has been consistent ever since 1964 when, shortly after LBJ beat Goldwater, Bruce's mother gave him his first electric guitar for Christmas. Let's check the record:
1972 - Greetings from Asbury Park tour
Bruce starts off the year gigging with the Bruce Springsteen Band, playing solo shows come the summer. But in the fall of '72, coinciding with Nixon winning a second term against McGovern, Springsteen puts together the first incarnation of the E Street Band, starting to play in support of his forthcoming debut album.
1976 - Born to Run tour
The second portion of the Born to Run tour -- also known as the "Chicken Scratch Tour" -- runs from March through November. On November 2, the night Jimmy Carter is elected, Springsteen and the E Street Band are on stage at The Palladium in New York City, playing the final stand of the tour.
1980 - The River tour
The River tour starts in October; on November 5, the day after Ronald Reagan beats Carter in a landslide, Springsteen plays Arizona State University, famously telling the crowd, "I don't know what you guys think about what happened last night, but I think it's pretty frightening. You guys are young, there's gonna be a lot of people depending on you coming up. So this is for you..." and launching into an intense "Badlands."
1984 - The Born in the U.S.A. tour
With Springsteen and the E Street Band's profile higher than ever, they begin a world tour in June. As Reagan wins a second term against Walter Mondale, Springsteen and the E Street Band have just finished a seven-night stand at the L.A. Sports Arena, where the live footage was shot for the "Born in the U.S.A." video.
1988 - The Tunnel of Love Express tour / Human Rights Now! Tour
The Tunnel tour begins and ends in '88, as does Bruce and the band's worldwide jaunt for Amnesty International -- two tours in one year, back-to-back, leading up to George H.W. Bush's defeat of Michael Dukakis.
1992 - The Human Touch/Lucky Town tour
The 1992-93 tour begins in Stockholm in June, and by November Bruce and his new band are well into a North American leg. On election night, as Bill Clinton defeats President Bush (and don't forget Ross Perot), they're on stage in Milwaukee, WI. "A big night tonight," Bruce tells the crowd as results roll in, "Election night! I hope you all voted. You get a little older, it's kind of hard to put too much faith in politicians. Or in rock stars... but it would be nice to have an administration, I've been saying, that's at least interested in all the people. So, hope will spring eternal." And as the show continues, Bruce is able to announce to the crowd after "Roll of the Dice" (any significance of which I'll leave up to you): "All right, we've got a new President of the United States -- Bill Clinton."
1996 - The Ghost of Tom Joad solo acoustic tour
A full year of Joad shows, the tour having started in late '95 and continuing into spring '97. By election day, when Clinton wins a second term against Bob Dole, Springsteen has just wrapped up a West Coast swing; his next show a few days later is a standout, as he returns to play at his old Catholic school in Freehold, NJ, on November 8.
2000 - The reunion tour
On February 28 in the year of Bush v. Gore, Buce and the E Street Band kick off a second year of reunion shows.
Here we are exactly eight years later, and they're about to do it again, returning to Hartford, CT tonight to open this second portion of the Magic tour. (It's worth nothing that, in between 2000 and 2008, February 28 was also the date that the Rising tour picked back up in '03 -- that's three E Street Band tours in a row. Hey numerologists, is there something about this date?) We've currently got 55 shows stretching out before us, compared with the 37 tourdates they played last year, so this baby's young. I'll be looking for this February 28 kick-off to lead to the same kind of Year 2 as the Reunion and Rising tours: a looser set, with more shakeups and surprises -- the Special Interests, so to speak, that Bruce tends to roll out as they go along, keeping the tour vital, keeping the band on their toes, keeping us fans coming back for more.
Of course, right now they've got a set doesn't need any major retooling -- it's tighter than Max Weinberg's snare, moving like Junior Johnson from one song to the next, and I wouldn't be surprised if the Boss intends to keep it tight. But it's a deep catalog that's crying out to Bruce -- I hear you, Tracks! -- and Year 2 seems to be when he heeds the call. And that, my friends, is change we can believe in.
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