Portland 28th November 2012 - show 82

Portland is one of the few destinations outside of France where you can take your dog into pubs.

This blog post is only short but it's interesting because it's the writer's first Springsteen show.

I attended my first Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band concert last night and it was possibly the best concert I’ve ever attended. Highlights included, well, just about every second of the three-hour and 15 minute concert. Seriously, it was that good.

He features some of the tweets he posted during the show - a real impression of how this person felt as it happened.  And... you've gotta laugh at the comment by Mike!

The bloggers were out in force that night here is another.  This time a seasoned Bruce concert goer. He opens with this:-

For those of us who have attended dozens of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band concerts over the years, sometimes it can seem as though you have seen it all - the crowd interaction, the sign requests, the rarities and the genuine "holy shit!" moments - and that nothing can surprise you anymore.

and ends with this :-

For longtime veterans of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band concerts, it can sometimes be a little tempting to become jaded, or to judge these shows merely by the unpredictable setlists. Part of this, is simply because Springsteen sets the bar so high, that his most ardent fans tend to become somewhat more naturally demanding themselves. These are of course the same fans who would probably scream the loudest if either "Badlands" or "Born To Run" weren't played at all, even though both have been dusted off at virtually every E Street Band concert since 1978.

Those fans had to leave the arena feeling pretty satisfied in Portland. But even if none of the rarities had been played at all, this would have ranked as one of the great ones. The newly expanded E Street Band played their asses off for over three hours making for one very high energy show. The band was tight, the new horn section sounded great, and Bruce and Steve in particular looked like they were having the time of their lives.

So to the set list 

As Stan Goldstein mentions LOHAD was very much a surprise opener to start with:-

It was the first time Bruce has ever opened a show with. LOHAD  

... and Steve chose Loose Ends for the band to play from a sign request - one of his favourites and one of mine. With Drive All Night in the set list too I would've been a very happy bunny that night.

	Vancouver  26/11/12 Time 8.16 to 11.23	Portland 28/11/12 Time 8.12 to 11.40
1	Shackled And Drawn (65)	Land Of Hope And Dreams (57)
2	Out In The Street (40)	No Surrender (22)
3	Hungry Heart (38)	Hungry Heart (39)
4	We Take Care Of Our Own (81)	We Take Care Of Our Own (82)
5	Wrecking Ball (81)	Wrecking Ball (82)
6	Death To My Hometown (81)	Death To My Hometown (82)
7	My City Of Ruins (81)	My City Of Ruins (82)
8	Spirit In The Night (48)	Spirit In The Night (49)
9	Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street (13)	Loose Ends (4)
10	Red Headed Woman (2)	Growin’ Up (5)
11	Streets Of Fire (4)	Jack Of All Trades (59)
12	Because The Night (34)	Seeds (5)
13	She’s The One (29)	Johnny 99 (23)
14	Cover Me (7)	Darlington County (27)
15	Darlington County (26)	Shackled And Drawn (66)
16	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (81)	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (82)
17	Raise Your Hand (11)	Drive All Night (5)
18	The Rising (65)	The Rising (66)
19	Badlands (73)	Badlands (74)
20	Land Of Hope And Dreams (56)	Thunder Road (45)
21	Racing In The Street (12)	If I Should Fall Behind (4)
22	Radio Nowhere (11)	Born To Run (82)
23	Born To Run (81)	Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (20)
24	Dancing In The Dark (81)	Dancing In The Dark (82)
25	Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (4)	Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (5)
26	Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (80)	Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (81)
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