Sunday 9 September 2012

Chicago 7th September 2012 - show 62



My Brother and family lived in the USA for a couple of years and travelled around a lot during their stay.  Their favourite city is Chicago.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-20120907-bruce-springsteen-chicago-pictures,0,7768045.photogallery

Here is the review from examiner.com. 

Bruce Springsteen's concert Friday night (Sept. 7) at Wrigley Field in Chicago was a remarkable display of showmanship, stage presence, and superb musicianship from the Boss and a revamped E Street Band that included Jake Clemons standing in for his late uncle Clarence on saxophone.

Over the course of 28 songs covering a staggering three hours and 25 minutes, Springsteen delivered quite simply one of the greatest concerts Wrigley has ever witnessed.

And given the location of the show I have to include the Chicago Tribune's review. This one isn't quite so effusive.

This review is even rather critical but still ends with this paragraph.

These are just simple truths: Those who paid $10,000+ for front row seats got a deal. Those who didn’t know “Shackled and Drawn” from the tour debut of B-side “None But the Brave” walked away satisfied. Those who came just because their friends scored tickets from their parents and, okay, they think they heard “Dancing in the Dark” at their orthodontist’s office once or twice before, walked away diehard Springsteen fanatics. Nobody left disappointed.

So here is the set list. According to Backstreets None But The Brave has been played live by the E Street Band only twice before.

"None But the Brave." "I think this is a tour debut, I could be wrong," Bruce said,




Philadelphia 03/09/2012
Time 8.20 to 11.45
Chicago 07/09/2012
Time - 3 hours 25 minutes - don't know the start and finish times.
1
Factory (1)
Prove It All Night (22)
2
Adam Raised A Cain (4)
My Love Will Not Let You Down (7)
3
Streets Of Fire (2)
Out In The Street (31)
4
Prove It All Night (21)
Hungry Heart (22)
5
Something In The Night (5)
We Take Care Of Our Own (62)
6
We Take Care Of Our Own (61)
Wrecking Ball (62)
7
Wrecking Ball (61)
Death To My Hometown (62)
8
Death To My Hometown (61)
My City Of Ruins (62)
9
My City Of Ruins (61)
Spirit In The Night (35)
10
Spirit In The Night (34)
Trapped (13)
11
Does This Bus Stop On 82nd Street? (9)
Jack Of All Trades (53)
12
It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City (4)
Atlantic City (11)
13
Frankie (4)
Lonesome Day (22)
14
Jack Of All Trades (52)
I’m Goin’ Down (4)
15
Atlantic City (10)
Darlington County (18)
16
Darlington County (17)
Shackled And Drawn (46)
17
Shackled And Drawn (45)
Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (62)
18
Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (61)
None But The Brave (1)
19
The River (28)
Ghost Of Tom Joad (5)
20
Lonesome Day (21)
Badlands (55)
21
Badlands (54)
Land Of Hope And Dreams (42)
22
Thunder Road (35)
We Are Alive (51)
23
We Are Alive (50)
Thunder Road (36)
24
Born To Run (61)
Born To Run (62)
25
Dancing In The Dark (61)
Dancing In The Dark (62)
26
Jungleland (3)
Jungleland (4)
27
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (60)
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (61)
28
American Land (9)
Twist And Shout (23)
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