Newark 2nd May 2012 - show 20

Despite my best efforts I couldn't find a map of the USA showing Newark so here's two. The first points out Atlantic City and the second is New Jersey showing Atlantic City and Newark so you can get your bearings.  

For the last show of the USA spring tour we travel from New Orleans to Newark. It's about 1300 miles 

 2 hours 30 minutes flight time. 

Total miles 3295.

There are loads of stats on NJ.com if you are interested. How many songs have been played and from which albums, the albums which have featured the most and the least, the songs that have been played every night etc etc etc.  

Well an unusual set list.  I'm sure many of you would have given your right arm to be there but I'm not keen on some of the really early stuff.  Much as I have tried I don't particularly care for Its Hard To Be A Saint In The City. Bishop Danced would certainly have been a surprise but as surprises go I would probably have chosen something else (don't ask me what at the moment though!).  I don't dislike the song but it's not up there with my favourites and if we are talking about songs from Tracks  I'd choose Where The Bands Are or Loose Ends.  Mike? well no contest there - Back In Your Arms every time.

Anyway back to last night's set list. Oh dear ! Candy's Room too. It's not so bad live but I wouldn't choose to play this one at home.  Not such a good set list for me then but you can't please all the folks all the time.

A final note - I thought my musical knowledge had let me down again but actually, now I've heard it, I find I know The Weight.  I might be at odds with a lot of fans again on this point but I like to hear Bruce sing a good cover and this is good.

	Atlanta 18/03/12 Time 8.10 to 10.44	Newark 02/05/2010  Time 8.28 to 11.29
1	We Take Care Of Our Own	No Surrender (2)
2	Wrecking Ball	We Take Care Of Our Own (20)
3	Badlands	Wrecking Ball (20)
4	Death To My Hometown	Badlands (15)
5	My City Of Ruins	Death To my Home Town (20)
6	The E Street Shuffle	My City Of Ruins (20)
7	Jack Of All Trades	Bishop Danced (1)
8	Seeds	It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City (1)
9	Easy Money	Jack Of All Trades (20)
10	Waitin' On A Sunny Day	Candy’s Room (4)
11	The Promised Land	She’s The One (7)
12	The Way You Do The Things You Do	Shackled And Drawn (8)
13	634 -5789	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (20)
14	Shackled And Drawn	The Promised Land (18)
15	Lonesome Day	Talk To Me (2)
16	The Rising	634-5789 (19)
17	We Are Alive	The Way You Do The Things You Do (19)
18	Thunder Road	The Rising (20)
19	Rocky Ground	Lonesome Day (10)
20	Land Of Hope And Dreams	We Are Alive (20)
21	Born To Run	Land Of Hope And Dreams (15)
22	Dancing In The Dark	The Weight (1)
23	American Land	Rocky Ground (20)
24	Tenth Avenue Freeze Out	Born To Run (20)
25		Dancing In The Dark (20)
26		Rosalita (4)
27		Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (20)
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Two YouTube clips to round off the US leg.