Hamilton 21st October 2012 - show 69

Hamilton is a very safe city made up of smaller, older communities. It provides rich, luscious scenery and a wonderful, culturally diverse setting.

I like the start of this review:-

Reviewing a Bruce Springsteen concert is like reviewing Father Christmas.

The Boss and Santa have very different gigs, but they never put on a bad show and, in the end, you always feel like you’ve been given a gift -- even if you’re the one paying for it ... 

The reviewer notes that the show can sometimes be cheesy and asks  how does he manage to find so many little girls who know the lyrics to Waiting On A Sunny Day? but he goes on to say  the show was passionate, even inspired.

There's nothing in the review that we don't already know, nothing to surprise us except ... the clarity of the sound system.!  I think this is the first time I have ever heard anyone compliment the sound at a Springsteen gig. 

I can't let the night go by without mentioning Terry's Song - a true rarity which according to Stan Goldstein has only been played once before. The song was apparently played in honour of Sydney Wood.  Here's the full story which I spotted on this forum :-

Hello, 

I just wanted to give you some of the back story to the dedication of "Terry's Song" that was performed last night in Hamilton. My 11-year-old daughter Grace was good friends and a basketball teammate of Sydney's, and as you can imagine Sydney's sudden death has been something Grace has tried to understand. She thought about the message in "Terry's Song" that love is a power greater than death, and so she decided that would be her sign. She would ask Bruce to sing "Terry's Song".

This was the fifth concert Grace has been to (what can I say, her Dad and I are fans) and I warned her that he has only played this song once before, but Grace was sure he would see the sign. This was the first time we were going to try to get into the pit; previously we had thought our girls were too little. We made it into the pit by 13 spots — 13 was Sydney's soccer number. The last person in the pit was bracelet number 311 — 11 was Sydney's basketball number. Grace's faith that the Big Man, Terry, and Danny were all working some Magic seemed to be well founded. In the pit it was strangers who held her up and put her on their shoulders to get the sign to Bruce.

The first time Bruce collected signs he passed her by; undaunted, Grace held up her sign again and this time Bruce leaned over and took it. I explained that he might not play the song, but he read the sign, and that may be enough... however something magical happened, and Bruce told a story of friendship, love, and hope, and dedicated that song to Sydney. Grace at that moment was the picture of pure joy; joy that so many people now knew how loved Sydney is by her friends.

Last night as we tucked our excited but exhausted little girl into bed she looked up at us and said, "Sydney is smiling tonight!" Sydney and a whole lot of other people, thanks to Bruce's kindness. If you could pass on a message to him somehow that he has made a little girl's grief at the loss of a friend a little lighter, knowing that love is a power greater than death, we would appreciate that very much.

Thank you,

Mary and Grace Mahler

What more can I say except here's the set list

	Ottawa 19/10/12 Time 8.13 to 11.22	Hamilton  21/10/12 Time unknown
1	The Promised Land (38)	My Love Will Not Let You Down (9)
2	The Ties That Bind (17)	Out In The Street (34)
3	No Surrender (20)	Hungry Heart (28)
4	Hungry Heart (27)	We Take Care Of Our Own (69)
5	We Take Care Of Our Own (68)	Wrecking Ball (69)
6	Wrecking Ball (68)	Death To My Hometown (69)
7	Death To My Hometown (68)	My City Of Ruins (69)
8	My City Of Ruins (68)	Spirit In The Night (39)
9	Spirit In The Night (38)	Does This Bus Stop On 82nd Street (11)
10	The E Street Shuffle (18)	Jack Of All Trades (57)
11	Jack Of All Trades (56)	Trapped (14)
12	Prove It All Night (25)	I’m Goin’ Down (5)
13	Candy’s Room (11)	She’s The One (23)
14	Darlington County (21)	Because The Night (28)
15	Shackled And Drawn (52)	Working On The Highway (34)
16	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (68)	Shackled And Drawn (53)
17	Drive All Night (3)	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (69)
18	The Rising (58)	Terry’s Song (1)
19	Badlands (60)	The Rising (59)
20	Thunder Road (41)	Badlands (61)
21	Queen Of The Supermarket (1)	Land Of Hope And Dreams (45)
22	We Are Alive (55)	I’m A Rocker (3)
23	Born To Run (68)	Born To Run (69)
24	Glory Days (19)	Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (16)
25	Dancing In The Dark (68)	Dancing In The Dark (69)
26	Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (67)	Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (68)
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