Thursday 12 July 2012

Prague 11th July 2012 - show 43



Prague’s famous castle is the largest castle area in the world. It’s a whopping 18 acres in total with numerous courtyards and subsidiary buildings in its grounds.




There's a review on Backstreets about the Prague show.  Here are a few snippets :-

The show had a distinctly international flavor, with not only fans traveling from traditional Springsteen strongholds (Spain, Germany, the United States) but also with many fans from other European countries (Greece, Poland, Romania) for whom this show represented the closest Springsteen tour stop to their hometown. The die-hards down front brought much energy to the vicinity of the stage, but the rest of the house was a different situation: people applauded, and clapped along at times, but remained seated.

...Bruce working extremely hard, showing off the different pieces of what a Springsteen show encompasses. There was his fierce guitar solo during "Prove It All Night," and Bruce displayed his harmonica and falsetto skills on a particularly strong version of "The River." He tried goofy dancing during "Working on the Highway" and the party-trick singalong that is "Waitin' on a Sunny Day." 

Finally, by the encore, Bruce succeeded — most notably with the power of "Born in the U.S.A." to get the Czech audience up and out of their seats. Encore songs such as "Bobby Jean" and "Dancing in the Dark" may be rote elsewhere, but they fit the mood perfectly in Prague, helping keep energy high and bodies dancing until the end of the show. A reported 10:00pm curfew was ignored as Bruce exclaimed, "It’s too early to go home!" before bringing the show to a close with "Twist and Shout."

A couple of good ones in the set list that haven't appeared so often this tour - Prove It All Night and My Love Will Not Let You Down. The Ghost of Tom Joad would have been a surprise.  I see from the Backstreets article that the last time he played Prague was on the 'Tom Joad' tour.

Here's the set list





Zurich  09/07/12
Time 7.22 to 10.45
Prague 11/07/12
Time 7.27 to 10.42
1
Don’t look Back (1)
The Ghost Of Tom Joad (3)
2
Badlands (35)
Badlands (36)
3
Ties That Bind (10)
Prove It All Night (13)
4
We Take Care Of Our Own (42)
We Take Care Of Our Own (43)
5
Wrecking Ball (42)
Wrecking Ball (43)
6
Death To My Hometown (42)
Death To My Hometown (43)
7
My City Of Ruins (42)
My City Of Ruins (43)
8
Spirit In The Night (20)
Spirit In The Night (21)
9
Working On A Dream (1)
Candy’s Room (9)
10
Growing Up (2)
She’s The One (16)
11
Save My Love (4)
This Hard Land (1)
12
Jack Of All Trades (39)
Jack Of All Trades (40)
13
Youngstown (10)
Atlantic City (6)
14
Johnny 99 (12)
Because The Night (17)
15
Working On The Highway (16)
My Love Will Not Let You Down (4)
16
Shackled And Drawn (28)
Working On The Highway (17)
17
Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (42)
Shackled And Drawn (29)
18
Promised Land (28)
Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (43)
19
If I Should Fall Behind (1)
The River (20)
20
The River (19)
The Rising (42)
21
The Rising (41)
Land Of Hope And Dreams (30)
22
Out In The Street (22)
Thunder Road (25)
23
Land Of Hope And Dreams (29)
Born In The USA (19)
24
We Are Alive (39)
Born To Run (43)
25
Born In The USA (18)
Bobby Jean (11)
26
Born To Run (42)
Seven Nights To Rock (11)
27
Hungry Heart (12)
Dancing In The Dark (43)
28
Seven Nights To Rock (10)
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (43)
29
Dancing In The Dark (42)
Twist And Shout (7)
30
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (42)

31
Twist And Shout (6)

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Here's This Hard Land which , according to the Backstreets article, was played in lieu of a sign request for Blowin' In The Wind

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