Vienna 12th July 2012 - show 44

Vienna has over 300 Balls each year

This guy often has some harsh things to say about Bruce but he obviously enjoyed this set list 

... thanks to some inspired for a change sign requests and Bruce's good mood, we got a show with some very special moments... the stretch of this show from song five through 10 is about as good as anything he's done on this tour and he comes back with a winner at 12... 

Let's take a look at this: "My City Of Ruins," "Loose Ends" and "Rendezvous" from Tracks, "Empty Sky," and "Trapped." I got "Loose Ends" in Nashville a few years back and it was exceptionally cool. "Rendezvous" is another favorite of mine. I love seeing "Empty Sky" played...

"Tougher Than The Rest" was performed tonight, and it was done solo piano. There better be a YouTube clip of this and if there is you can bet your ass we'll post it. Ever since the 4th of July show in Paris, Bruce has been doing a solo piano slot towards the end of the main set. This is what we call a good idea.

And what about this from this short review

Even though Springsteen was almost 40 minutes late to take to the stage he played for much longer, longer than he was authorised by Vienna city authorities.

At 23.00 officials even had the lighting turned on in the stadium to make clear the time was up, but Springsteen and his E-Street Band were not influenced by this and carried on playing to the delight of the fans.

So Tougher Than The Rest - another solo piano performance. Mike and I came late to the party so we didn't see any of the 'Tunnel Of Love Express' tour.  If I could choose one tour to go back to this would be the one. We didn't go to a show on 'The Born To Run' tour either but I don't regret missing that so much. 

Loose Ends! Loose Ends!!  Mike reckons I overuse the word 'love' when I tell you how I feel about various songs but without a doubt I love this song.  It is one of my all time favourites.  We've been lucky enough to hear it live but I'm gutted that Bruce played it when we weren't there - how could he!

According to Greasy Lake Bruce made a mess of the intro to Johnny 99 so gave up and went onto Darlington County.

All in all a great set list - does it rival Paris night 2?

	Prague 11/07/12 Time 7.27 to 10.42	Vienna 12/07/12 Time 8.09 to 11.48
1	The Ghost Of Tom Joad (3)	We Take Care Of Our Own (44)
2	Badlands (36)	Wrecking Ball (44)
3	Prove It All Night (13)	Badlands (37)
4	We Take Care Of Our Own (43)	Death To My Hometown (44)
5	Wrecking Ball (43)	My City Of Ruins (44)
6	Death To My Hometown (43)	Spirit In The Night (22)
7	My City Of Ruins (43)	Rendezvous (2)
8	Spirit In The Night (21)	Loose Ends (1)
9	Candy’s Room (9)	Empty Sky (1)
10	She’s The One (16)	Trapped (12)
11	This Hard Land (1)	Jack Of All Trades (41)
12	Jack Of All Trades (40)	Because The Night (18)
13	Atlantic City (6)	Darlington County (7)
14	Because The Night (17)	Working On The Highway (18)
15	My Love Will Not Let You Down (4)	Shackled And Drawn (30)
16	Working On The Highway (17)	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (44)
17	Shackled And Drawn (29)	Raise Your Hand (3)
18	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (43)	Tougher Than The Rest (1)
19	The River (20)	Racing In The Street (6)
20	The Rising (42)	The Rising (43)
21	Land Of Hope And Dreams (30)	Lonesome Day (16)
22	Thunder Road (25)	Land Of Hope And Dreams (31)
23	Born In The USA (19)	We Are Alive (40)
24	Born To Run (43)	Born In The USA (20)
25	Bobby Jean (11)	Born To Run (44)
26	Seven Nights To Rock (11)	Hungry Heart (13)
27	Dancing In The Dark (43)	Glory Days (10)
28	Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (43)	Seven Nights To Rock (12)
29	Twist And Shout (7)	Dancing In The Dark (44)
30		Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (44)
31		Twist And Shout (8)
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Lot of talking in this - perhaps a better one will come along.