U N C L E *B R U C E* S P R I N G S T E E N *

Born In The USA

Cover Me

Workin On The Highway

Downbound Train

Jersey Girl

metsfan wrote:

hey bathy i just saw the handwritten setlist on brucespringsteen.net and i just got bummed when i saw thunder road as the closer. i really thought he was gonna bust it out while mulling around the stage with his harmonica as the roadies were breaking down the stage. I'm so itching to go to both garden shows.

THE LAST TIME: 10/9, E. RUTHERFORD, NIGHT 5 of 5
A special welcome message on the video screen as people entered the show; extra fireworks being shot off from the top of the press box; a 31-song setlist taking up three hours, fifteen minutes: it was clear that the final concert at Giants Stadium was intended to be special. Bruce again opened with "Wrecking Ball," which he introduced as one they wrote "especially for Giants Stadium, where we have had many victories and sucked up our share of glory!"

Closing night seemed to break very little new ground, however. The setlist was a near carbon copy of the previous Saturday's show, including the reprise performance of the Born in the U.S.A. album. The crowd certainly brought the noise, as exhorted by Bruce to do so, and the band’s performance was excellent, but as a whole, the show seemed to fall short of the heights that closing night in Jersey has brought in the past.

The performance of the Born in the U.S.A. was noticeably tighter and more focused than in its debut album-order performance, to great effect and extensive crowd participation. When introducing the album, Bruce took note to remember that "Born in the U.S.A." was "the song we started out with the first time we entered this arena." (He also dedicated the performance to "my friend, who 55 years ago tonight, was born in the USA.")

Setting things apart from the previous four nights included "Spirit in the Night" early in the set, the return of "Seven Nights to Rock" in the encore, and only the second "Tougher than the Rest" on this tour. Show highlights included Bruce again taking a "wild ride" through the crowd during "Hungry Heart" and, in the encore, via a sign complete with tongue-logo and suggested key (E), a "perfect request:" The Rolling Stones' "The Last Time," last played by the E Street Band at the final night of the Darkness tour. An extended "Kitty's Back" in the encore included intense solos from Curt Ramm on trumpet and Roy on piano.

As the show headed towards its end, Bruce skipped the setlisted "Thunder Road" and instead opted for "Jersey Girl," complete with lyric change to "take that one last ride / 'cross the river to the Jersey side." As the song ended, the crowd appeared to be in no rush to leave, perhaps expecting one final uptempo song to send off the stadium. Alas, it was not to be, as Bruce added a "Goodbye Giants Stadium!" to his traditional "We'll be seein' ya!" as the night ended.

In the New York Times, it's front-page news. In the crowd: Brian Williams; Chris Martin of Coldplay; Ed Burns; NJ Gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie; Jann Wenner.

Next stop: Bruce and the Band head to Philly next to shut down another old venue, with their final four shows at the Spectrum beginning Tuesday night.


If I had to come up with a " negative" , this would likely be it .
Now, we get to watch PJ close down the Spectrum .
Lets hope theyre tweaking their setlist just as The Boss has done .

And Metsy, I'd say there might be even more rarer songs at MSG-
such as " Incident " -
that Bruce is saving just for MSG / NYC .
I'd say definiely catch the MSG show(s) if you are able !

you lucky lucky Philadelphians !

Seaside Bar Song ! ? ! ?

Talk about pulling a rabbit out of the hat !

Question- did Bruce rearrange the " Wrecking Ball " Song for Philly / Spectrum ?
Or did he mention the Giants and Jets there, also ?