Rewind: Bruce Springsteen - Metlife Stadium NJ 19th, 21st, 22nd September 2012

19th September 2012

 Pre-show acoustic set:
Growin' Up/For You

Setlist:
Shackled and Drawn
Prove It All Night ('78 intro)
The Ties That Bind/Hungry Heart
We Take Care of Our Own
Wrecking Ball
Death to My Hometown
My City of Ruins
Spirit in the Night
E Street Shuffle (with Vini Lopez)
Jack of All Trades
Human Touch 

 Johnny 99
Darlington County
Working on the Highway
Easy Money
The Promised Land
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Mansion on the Hill
Racing in the Street
The Rising
Badlands
Land of Hope and Dreams
* * *
We Are Alive
Thunder Road
Born to Run
Rosalita
Dancing in the Dark
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Twist and Shout 

21st September 2012

Setlist:

 
LIVING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (World Premiere!)
Out in the Street
Night
Hungry Heart
No Surrender
Lost in the Flood
We Take Care of Our Own
Wrecking Ball
Death to My Hometown
My City of Ruins
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
JOLE BLON (with Gary U.S. Bonds)
THIS LITTLE GIRL (with Gary U.S. Bonds)
FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME)
Talk to Me
This Depression
Shackled and Drawn

MARY'S PLACE

Waiting on a Sunny Day

Incident on 57th Street

Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)

Rocky Ground

Born to Run

Ramrod

Bobby Jean

Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

American Land

 To complete the set I've added a few videos from other shows close to the date of this one on the 22nd September due to links for that particular song not being available from the night in question. Hope that doesn't spoil your enjoyment. Click on the links to enjoy the music.

 

22nd September 2012

Setlist:
Out in the Street
The Ties that Bind (taken from Metlife show 19/09/12)
Cynthia (Tour Premiere)
Badlands
Who'll Stop the Rain
Cover Me
Downbound Train
We Take Care of our Own (taken from Philadelphia show 02/09/12)
Wrecking Ball
Death to My Hometown (taken from Metlife show 21/09/12)
My City of Ruins (Pt1) (Pt2)
It's Hard to be a Saint in the City
Jole Blon (with Gary U.S. Bonds)
This Little Girl (with Gary U.S. Bonds)
Pay Me My Money Down
Janey Don't You Lose Heart
In the Midnight Hour
Into the Fire (Tour Premiere) Dedicated to Fallen Firefighter Rich Nappi
Because the Night
She's the One
Working on the Highway
Shackled and Drawn (taken from Metlife show 19/09/12)
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Meeting Across the River

Jungleland
* * *
Thunder Road
Rocky Ground
Born to Run (taken from Metlife show 21/09/12)
Glory Days
Seven Nights to Rock
Dancing in the Dark (taken from Metlife show 21/09/12)
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (with Gary U.S. Bonds)
Twist and Shout (with Gary U.S. Bonds, Adele Springsteen)

LISTEN TO THE WHOLE AUDIO OF THE SHOW HERE.

 

Rewind: Metlife Stadium 22nd September 2012 Bruce's Birthday Show

Notes from Backstreets: Of all the Bruce Facts I have at my fingertips, Latest-Ending Stadium Show isn't one of them. But I have to think that 1:55 AM has a decent shot at the title. So without trying to rate or rank the three 2012 MetLife Stadium shows, how will Night 3 be known? Certainly by at least one of the following:
1) THE ONE WITH THE RAIN DELAY
With the National Weather Service announcing severe thunderstorms moving in, just the field was cleared in the hour before the show's expected start time. Then, at 8:30pm, the entire "seating bowl" was evacuated, and everyone found a place inside the building. The rain came shortly thereafter, quite heavy at times, and a bolt or two of lightning — the real issue — was spotted.
So an air of boredom, anticipation, and worry set in over the hallways and access ramps. Would the show happen at all? What's the curfew situation? Would the show have to be shortened? Will public transportation and shuttle buses still be running? Will the babysitter stay late? If the show is cancelled, do we need to rearrange our plans for tomorrow? Beer sales seemed to be going through the roof; would the crowd still be standing if the show was given the green light?
If Bruce ever tours for Amnesty International again, please have them look into MetLife stadium's need to have the "Please clear the field" announcement playing incredibly loudly on an endless loop for the entire hour-and-a-half of the evacuation. It bordered on the surreal, and I'd have given up many state secrets to get them to turn that off.
At 10pm, the all-clear was announced, and the crowd reentered the seating bowl. This all happened relatively orderly, though my heart goes out to GA folks who had waited a long time to get a spot down front. That territory was not easily reclaimed. The walk-on music ("In the Midnight Hour"... ha!) kicked in at 10:30pm and the band briskly got to their places. Deciphering their sprint was the first in a series of efforts to try and read the tea leaves: was this going to be a regular show or an Express version? It turned out, of course, that the band played a full show, but no one knew what was coming. Bruce didn't address it one way or the other, and the intensity of the first run of the show put those worries to the side. The eight-song run up to and including "We Take Care of Our Own" was smoking hot, and the first five seemed to be audibles. Tour premiere "Cynthia" was announced as one of Little Steven's favorites. "A little E Street Underground Garage," said Bruce, and if previous live versions had failed to thrill some, this worked nicely. "Cover Me" was part of a wet-weather three-fer (with "Who'll Stop the Rain" and "Downbound Train"), and the time the song has spent on the bench has served it well — Bruce sang the heck out of this one with some extended blistering guitar work. We were off and running. But where to?

2) THE ONE WITH THE BIRTHDAY
When Bruce took the stage for the first time, he came to the lip to check out the rain. Though it was drizzling, he gestured "Eh, no problem." Then he came to his mic to say, "I think I just invited 55,000 people to my birthday party!" And with the late start, it was official that we'd all be together when Bruce turned 63 at midnight. He referenced his birthday several times over the night, but only in Jersey would the audience start spontaneously singing "Happy Birthday" when midnight arrived right as "Janey Don't You Lose Heart" was ending. "Let me hear it!" said Bruce, "Is it midnight?" As the crowd finished, Bruce shouted out the keys to "In the Midnight Hour" and we were off and running with another great tour premier to follow "Janey." (While we're here, "Janey" was a welcome change-up in the show, a bit of mellow beauty with a nice Ed Manion solo and some sweet harmonies from Nils.)

At the end of the night, after "Tenth Avenue," Bruce's family wheeled a Telecaster-decorated cake onstage. His mom, Adele, and sis, Ginny, were there, along with his mother-in-law and brother-in-law, too. A fun, beautiful moment to share, and Bruce seemed surprised enough that he was clearly trying to figure out how to all at once introduce and corral his family, blow out some candles ("Don’t light them all, I just winded myself!"), and try to keep the crowd engaged. He handed out a couple pieces of cake to the crowd, including, as Steve said, the "band's first fan," Obie. With everyone onstage, now what? "Twist and Shout," with Adele and others taking the harmony parts. But the band was only allowed to start playing after Bruce stuffed some tissue in his mother's ears: "It's loud over there," said Bruce, "Can a boy deafen his mother on his birthday?"

3) THE ONE WITH JUNGLELAND (AND MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER)
Overall a nice balance in the song selection tonight, including a guest re-appearance by Gary U.S. Bonds. At first they appeared set to do only "Jole Blon," as Bonds headed back down the ramp at the song's close. Uh-oh... another sign of a shortened show? But Bruce called him back up for a repeat of Night 2's Bonds two-fer. At this rate, maybe he'd come back out at 2:45am for "Quarter to Three"?  (Sadly, no.)

"Pay Me My Money Down" perhaps wasn't quite what the crowded wanted at the time, but the horns showpiece made up for it. And tour premiere "Into the Fire,” dedicated to fallen firefighter Rich Nappi, resonated.
But would he do "Jungleland"? Night 3 in Jersey, he had to, right? And as Curt Ramm came forward to begin the tour premiere of "Meeting Across the River," the crowd realized what was about to happen.
Jake performed The Solo a few times over the summer, but now Jersey got to see it. It was a thing of beauty. All at once you're enjoying the song and the sound... and you're thinking about Clarence, and you're rooting for Jake, and you're maybe a little nervous for him... and you're watching him nail it in front of 55,000 people. Bruce hugged him at the end, and that didn't feel staged. Then the powerful vocal closing with the verse sung (not spoken) and the howling wails. That capped the main set and made a memory.

And so a show with intermittent rain that started two hours later than expected ended after almost three-and-a-half hours. As I scan the upper deck at 1:50 in the morning, it remains packed with people dancing the night away. Bruce is busy running up and down the steps, cutting and serving cake to the crowd and wiping frosting off his guitar strings. Nicely done, band. Nicely done, Jersey. Happy birthday, Bruce. - Jon Phillips reporting - photographs by A.M. Saddler (1,4-7,9) and Guy Aceto (2,3,8)

 To complete the set I've added a few videos from other shows close to the date of this one on the 22nd September due to links for that particular song not being available from the night in question. Hope that doesn't spoil your enjoyment. Click on the links to enjoy the music.

Setlist:
Out in the Street
The Ties that Bind (taken from Metlife show 19/09/12)
Cynthia (Tour Premiere)
Badlands
Who'll Stop the Rain
Cover Me
Downbound Train
We Take Care of our Own (taken from Philadelphia show 02/09/12)
Wrecking Ball
Death to My Hometown (taken from Metlife show 21/09/12)
My City of Ruins (Pt1) (Pt2)
It's Hard to be a Saint in the City
Jole Blon (with Gary U.S. Bonds)
This Little Girl (with Gary U.S. Bonds)
Pay Me My Money Down
Janey Don't You Lose Heart
In the Midnight Hour
Into the Fire (Tour Premiere) Dedicated to Fallen Firefighter Rich Nappi
Because the Night
She's the One
Working on the Highway
Shackled and Drawn (taken from Metlife show 19/09/12)
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Meeting Across the River

Jungleland
* * *
Thunder Road
Rocky Ground
Born to Run (taken from Metlife show 21/09/12)
Glory Days
Seven Nights to Rock
Dancing in the Dark (taken from Metlife show 21/09/12)
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (with Gary U.S. Bonds)
Twist and Shout (with Gary U.S. Bonds, Adele Springsteen)

LISTEN TO THE WHOLE AUDIO OF THE SHOW HERE.

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball Tour Stats Part Two

Percentages by Album of Songs 

Played on The Tour.

Songs from every album released were represented in the setlist over the course of the tour.

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball Tour Stats Part One: Songs Played

01    Death to My Hometown     129    
      Born to Run     129
      Dancing in the Dark     129
04    Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out     128
      Waitin' on a Sunny Day     128
06    Wrecking Ball     127
07    Badlands     121
08   We Take Care of Our Own     111
09   Shackled and Drawn     109

10  The Rising     103
11  My City of Ruins     94
12  Land of Hope and Dreams     81
      Thunder Road     81
14  Spirit in the Night     78
15  Hungry Heart     67
16  Jack of All Trades     65
17  Born in the U.S.A.     60
18  We Are Alive     59
19  Out in the Street     57
      The Promised Land     57
21  Darlington County     53
22  The River     50
23  Working on the Highway     49
      Because the Night      49
      She's the One     49
26 Twist and Shout (The Top Notes cover)     42
27 Prove It All Night     41
28 Rocky Ground     40
29 Bobby Jean     36
     Lonesome Day     36
     No Surrender     36
32 Johnny 99     34
33 The E Street Shuffle     33
34  Glory Days     32
35  Apollo Medley     31
      Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)     31
37 Atlantic City     27
38 American Land     25
     The Ties That Bind     25
     My Love Will Not Let You Down     25
41 Pay Me My Money Down (The Weavers cover)     24
     Seven Nights to Rock (Moon Mullican cover)     24
43 Candy's Room     23
     Murder Incorporated     23
45 Radio Nowhere     21
46 Trapped (Jimmy Cliff cover)     20
     The Ghost of Tom Joad     20
48  Downbound Train     19
      Backstreets     19
50 Youngstown     18
     Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?     18
     Easy Money     18
53 Open All Night     17
     Jungleland     17
     Racing in the Street     17
     Raise Your Hand (Eddie Floyd cover)     17
57 Night     16
     Cover Me     16
59 Adam Raised a Cain     15
     Shout (The Isley Brothers cover)     15
     Something in the Night     15
     Two Hearts     15
     Darkness on the Edge of Town     15
64 I'm on Fire     13
     I'm Goin' Down     13
     Growin' Up     13
67 American Skin (41 Shots)     12
     This Little Light of Mine     12
69  Cadillac Ranch     11
      Light of Day     11
71 My Hometown     10
     Incident on 57th Street     10
     Jackson Cage     10
     Long Walk Home     10
75  Ramrod     9
      Who'll Stop the Rain? (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)     9
      This Hard Land     9
      Lost in the Flood     9
      Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (Harry Reser and His Orchestra cover)     9
      For You     9
81 I'm a Rocker     8
     Drive All Night     8
     Seeds     8
     Streets of Fire     8
     Sherry Darling     8
     It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City     8
87 Thundercrack     7
     The Promise     7
     This Depression     7
     Meeting Across the River     7
91 High Hopes (The Havalinas cover)     6
     If I Should Fall Behind     6
     Loose Ends     6
     Seaside Bar Song     6
     Frankie     6
     Talk to Me     6
     Tougher Than the Rest     6
98 Kitty's Back     5
     Save My Love     5
     Better Days     5
     Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran cover)     5
     Human Touch     5
     Point Blank     5
     Factory     5
     You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)     5
     Detroit Medley     5
107  My Lucky Day     4
        Reason to Believe     4
        Rockin' All Over the World (John Fogerty cover)     4
        Roulette     4
        Blinded by the Light     4
        Be True     4
        Leap of Faith     4
114  Stand on It     3
        Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker cover)     3
        Long Time Comin'     3
        Savin' Up (Clarence Clemons & The Red Bank Rockers cover)     3
        Brilliant Disguise     3
        Red-Headed Woman     3
        Jole Blon (Harry Choates cover)     3
        Girls in Their Summer Clothes     3
        Devils & Dust     3
        I'll Work for Your Love     3
        Ain't Good Enough for You     3
        Fire     3
        Janey Don't You Lose Heart     3
        Jersey Girl (Tom Waits cover)     3
128  Don't Look Back     2
        4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)     2
        Cynthia     2
       Burning Love (Arthur Alexander cover)     2
       Streets of Philadelphia     2
       Pink Cadillac     2
       Drift Away (Dobie Gray cover)     2
       Lion's Den     2
       Real World     2
       So Young and in Love     2
       Rendezvous     2
       Queen of the Supermarket     2
       Bishop Danced     2
       Man's Job     2
       This Little Girl (Gary "U.S." Bonds cover)     2
       Mountain of Love (Johnny Rivers cover)     2
       From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)     2
       Back in Your Arms     2
       Lucky Town     2
       Empty Sky     2
       Quarter to Three (Gary "U.S." Bonds cover)     2
       Surprise, Surprise     2
       Follow That Dream (Elvis Presley cover)     2
       Mary's Place     2
152  Highway Patrolman     1
      All That Heaven Will Allow     1
      Where the Bands Are     1
      Nebraska     1
      How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? (Alfred Reed cover)     1
      Sweet Soul Music (Arthur Conley cover)     1
      When I Leave Berlin (Wizz Jones cover)     1
      Get Out of Denver (Bob Seger cover)     1
      Working on a Dream     1
      Gotta Get That Feeling     1
      (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher (Jackie Wilson cover)     1
      Hearts of Stone     1
      Shake, Rattle and Roll (Big Joe Turner cover)     1
      O Sole Mio (Eduardo di Capua cover)     1
      Roll of the Dice     1
      The Fever     1
      Independence Day     1
      We've Gotta Get Out of This Place (The Animals cover)     1
      Fade Away     1
      Dirty Water (The Standells cover)     1
      Something You Got (Chris Kenner cover)     1
      Wild Billy's Circus Story     1
      Bad Luck (Social Distortion cover)     1
      Across the Borderline (Ry Cooder cover)     1
      My Kind of Town (Frank Sinatra cover)     1
      Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)     1
      Terry's Song     1
      None But the Brave     1
      One Way Street     1
      A Night With the Jersey Devil     1
      I Fought the Law (The Crickets cover)     1
      Mansion on the Hill     1
      Give the Girl a Kiss     1
      New York City Serenade     1
      Spanish Eyes     1
      Kansas City (Wilbert Harrison cover)     1
      Mary Don't You Weep (Fisk Jubilee Singers cover)     1
      Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)     1
      Man at the Top     1
      California Sun (The Rivieras cover)     1
      Monster Mash (Bobby "Boris" Pickett cover)     1
      Stolen Car     1
      Secret Garden     1
      Take 'Em as They Come     1
      Travelin' Band (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)     1
      Green Onions (Booker T. & The MG’s cover)     1
      Wild Thing (The Wild Ones cover)     1
      My Beautiful Reward     1
      Knock on Wood (Eddie Floyd cover)     1
      When the Saints Go Marching In     1
      You've Got It     1
      When You Walk in the Room (Jackie DeShannon cover)     1
      Maria's Bed     1
      In the Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett cover)     1
      I Wish I Were Blind     1
      Ain't Too Proud to Beg (The Temptations cover)     1
      Last to Die     1
      The Weight (The Band cover)     1
      I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles cover)     1
      Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley cover)     1
      Good Rockin' Tonight (Roy Brown cover)     1
      Pretty Flamingo (Manfred Mann cover)     1
      The Price You Pay     1
      State Trooper     1
      Long Tall Sally (Little Richard cover)     1
      TV Movie     1
      Living on the Edge of the World     1
      In Dreams (Roy Orbison cover)     1
      Just Like Fire Would (The Saints cover)     1
      Wages of Sin     1
      Into the Fire     1
      Shake (Sam Cooke cover)     1
      96 Tears (? and the Mysterians cover)     1
      Held Up Without a Gun     1
      Local Hero     1
      I Don't Want to Go Home (Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes cover)     1
      You Can't Sit Down (Phil Upchurch Combo cover)     1
      You Never Can Tell (Chuck Berry cover)     1
      Lucille (Little Richard cover)     1         

Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band - Highlights from The Wrecking Ball Tour Part Two

All of these links are from the 3rd Leg of the Tour in the USA/Canada/Mexico beginning on the 14th August in Boston and finishing on the 10th December in Mexico (for some odd reason I never blogged the setlist for this show and posted no videos, so for the first time ever I have tried to include as many of the videos from the show as possible and that amounts to 21 of the 26 songs played).

Dirty Water - Boston 14th August 2012.

Thunder Road (Bruce and Roy) - Boston 15th August 2012.

Knock on Wood - Boston 15th August 2012.

Jungleland - Foxboro 18th August 2012.

Drift Away - Foxboro 18th August 2012.

Incident on 57th Street (Solo Piano) - Tornoto 24th August 2012.

Thunder Road/Born to Run/Rosalita/Dancing in the Dark - Tornoto 24th August 2012.

Because the Night - Moncton 26th August 2012.

Stand On It/I'm A Rocker - Vernon Downs Raceway NY 29th August 2012.

Sherry Darling - Philadelphia 2nd September 2012.

Badlands - Philadelphia 2nd September 2012.

 The Whole Show! - Philadelphia 3rd September 2012.

Prove It All Night ('78 Intro) - Chicago 7th September 2012.

Atlantic City (with Eddie Vedder) - Chicago 7th September 2012.

Darkness at the Edge of Town (with Eddie Vedder) - Chicago 8th September 2012. 

This Depression (with Tom Morello) - Chicago 8th September 2012. 

Blinded By The Light - Nationals Park, Washington 14th September 2012.

E Street Shuffle (with Vini 'Mad Dog' Lopez)- Metlife Stadium NJ 19th September 2012. 

Human Touch -
Metlife Stadium NJ 19th September 2012. 

Mansion on the Hill -
Metlife Stadium NJ 19th September 2012.

 Jole Blon (with Gary US Bonds) - Metlife Stadium NJ 21st September 2012.

This Little Girl (with Gary US Bonds) - 
Metlife Stadium NJ 21st September 2012.

From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)  - Metlife Stadium NJ 21st September 2012.

The Birthday Show Complete (Audio) - Metlife Stadium NJ 22nd September 2012.

The Promised Land - Ottowa 19th October 2012.

My City of Ruins - Hamilton, Ontario 21st October 2012. 

Rosalita -
Hamilton, Ontario 21st October 2012.

Give That Girl A Kiss - Charlottesville 23rd October 2012. 

Held Up Without A Gun/Radio Nowhere - Hartford 26th October 2012.

Pretty Flamingo - Pittsburgh 27th October 2012.

A Night With The Jersey Devil - Rochester NY 31st October 2012.

Monster Mash -
Rochester NY 31st October 2012.

Jersey Girl - State College PA 1st November 2012. 

Shackled and Drawn - Louisville 3rd November 2012.

Long Walk Home - St Paul, Minn 11th November 2012.

If I Should Fall Behind -
St Paul, Minn 11th November 2012.

Stolen Car - St Paul, Minn 12th November 2012.

Devils and Dust (Full Band Version) - St Paul, Minn 12th November 2012.

Reason to Believe - Omaha, Nebraska 15th November 2012.

Open All Night - Omaha, Nebraska 15th November 2012.

Highway Patrolman - Omaha, Nebraska 15th November 2012.

My Beautiful Reward - Kansas City 17th November 2012.

Get Out of Denver - Denver 19th November 2012.

Across the Borderline - Denver 19th November 2012.

She's the One - Vancouver 26th November 2012.

Waiting on a Sunny Day - Vancouver 26th November 2012. 

Dancing in the Dark - Vancouver 26th November 2012.

Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out - Vancouver 26th November 2012.

Spirit in the Night - Portland 28th November 2012.

Loose Ends - Portland 28th November 2012.

Seeds - Portland 28th November 2012.

Land of Hope and Dreams - Oakland 30th November 2012.

Cover Me - Oakland 30th November 2012.

Hungry Heart - Oakland 30th November 2012.

Kitty's Back - Oakland 30th November 2012.

The Whole Show - Anaheim 4th December 2012.

Lost in the Flood - Glendale, Arizona 6th December 2012.

Be True - Glendale Arizona 6th December 2012.

Light of Day - Glendale, Arizona 6th December 2012.

Apollo Medley (with Sam Moore) - Glendale, Arizona 6th December 2012.

Final Show of 2012

Mexico City 10th December

Badlands 

Out in The Street 

Hungry Heart

We Take Care of Our Own 

Death to My Hometown. 

Spirit in the Night 

Because the Night/She's the One

The Promised Land

The River

Waiting on a Sunny Day

The Rising/Land of Hope and Dreams 

Apollo Medley

 Thunder Road 

Born in the USA/Born to Run/Glory Days/Dancing in the Dark 

Santa Claus is Coming to Town/Tenth Avenue Freeze Out