Bruce Springsteen Forum

Soundcheck:

1. Streets of Philadelphia
2. Lonesome Day


Start time: 7:36pm

Setlist:

1. Atlantic City
2. Lonesome Day
3. Night
4. No Surrender
5. Ghosts
6. Workin' On The Highway
7. The Promised Land
8. Spirit In The Night
9. Hungry Heart
10. Youngstown
11. Long Walk Home
12. E Street Shuffle
13. Nightshift
14. Streets of Philadelphia *Tour Premiere*
15. Racing In The Street
16. Last Man Standing
17. Backstreets
18. Because The Night
19. She's The One
20. Wrecking Ball
21. The Rising
22. Badlands
23. Thunder Road
24. Born To Run
25. Rosalita
26. Bobby Jean
27. Dancing In The Dark
28. Tenth Ave Freeze Out
29. Twist and Shout
30. I'll See You In My Dreams

End time: 10:45pm

From Stan Goldstein:

"Wednesday, Aug. 21
Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, set list
Lights out: 7:34 p.m.
First note: 7:36 p.m.

1. Atlantic City
I believe this was only the third time Bruce opened with this, the others being the 2003 Atlantic City show and the May 25, 2016 show in Manchester, England.
2. Lonesome Day
3. Night
4. No Surrender
5. Ghosts
6. Workin' On The Highway
An audible, Letter to You was on the printed set list
7. The Promised Land
8. Spirit In The Night
9. Hungry Heart
10. Youngstown
11. Long Walk Home
"This is a prayer for our country"
12. E Street Shuffle
13. Nightshift
14. Streets of Philadelphia
(Tour Premiere)
15. Racing In The Street
Roy's piano playing at the end, there are no words for how F****** good this was. Really got me tonight, the tears just started to flow,
I gave it an 11 on a scale of 1-10.
16. Last Man Standing
Bruce talked a little bit more on the introduction than usual. Mentioned Freehold sits between Philadelphia and New York and he got both the New York and Philadelphia TV stations. Channel 6 got a big cheer from the crowd.
"You guys (Philadelphia) used to have all those teen shows after school from the Steel Pier in Atlantic City and American Bandstand, Philly was a heavy music town, a heavy music town!" Bruce dedicated the song to George Theiss' wife, Dee, who was in attendance.
17. Backstreets
18. Because The Night
19. She's The One
20. Wrecking Ball
Bruce had a lot of fun with the Meadowlands and "Giants" part as the crowd booed. He the said "Eagles" to cheers.
21. The Rising
22. Badlands
23. Thunder Road
Encores:
24. Born To Run
25. Rosalita
Returns for the first time since April in the U.S.
26. Bobby Jean
27. Dancing In The Dark
28. Tenth Ave Freeze Out
29. Twist and Shout
30. I'll See You In My Dreams
Bruce: "Also want to apologize for our postponement from last summer. It took awhile but we got here. I want to thank you for your patience and your loyalty. We've had such great audiences in Philadelphia for the entire live of our band. Thank you very much. I'm going to send this one out tonight to Dee Theiss and and in memory of my nephew, Michael Shave."

Show over at 10:44 p.m. for a 3:09 show.
My first Bruce show since April and this is more of an emotional report as I didn't take any notes.
A beautiful night with almost autumn like weather, in the low 60s and later a full moon came over the stadium.
It's 1:30 a.m as I type this and damn, Bruce makes me feel like I am 16 again. My first Bruce show was 48 years ago and tonight was just as good as any show I have ever seen. Maybe it's just the appreciation I have for Bruce and the E Street Band and how they are still doing this for 50-plus years ... they are still the greatest show on earth.

Bruce was in fine form, his voice was great, he was having a lot of fun and he played up quite a bit that he was in Philadelphia and the crowd responded.
Just a perfect night, I don't usually cry at Bruce shows, but tonight I did several times. Thank you Bruce, thank you E Street Band. The older you get, the more is means."

Es ist nicht zu übersehen, dass Bruce das Lied viel zu selten singt und somit vom Teleprompter ablesen musste.
Wer weiß, ob er das Lied voriges Jahr bei der recht starren Setliste gesungen hätte? Mit der E Street Band und dem Hintergrundgesang finde ich es total gelungen und ich musste kurz an 30 Jahre davor denken, als Springsteen mit diesem Lied einen regelrechten Hype entfachte. Wenn ich als angehende Springsteen-Fan meine Zeitgenossen nach ihm befragte, fiel denen nicht "Born in the USA", sondern "Streets of Philadelphia" ein

Schauen wir mal, ob er beim zweiten Konzert das Lied wieder spielt.

Und ganz allgemein: Ich habe in diesem Jahr kein Konzert von Bruce mit der ESB besucht, aber es freut mich zu sehen, dass er heuer in sichtbar besserer Form und Stimmung ist. Zwar geniesse ich immer noch jeden Moment von meinen letzten Konzerten, aber ich vergesse auch nie die Angespanntheit, die der Boss an den Abenden zeigte. (Ausser "Darlington County" in Zürich, was mein Höhepunkt des Abends war.)

Greetinx, S.