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Six months after Bruce Springsteen took a break from his world tour to get better from a painful peptic ulcer, he returned to the E Street Band stage Tuesday night time in Phoenix for his first present of the yr. And whereas the setlist was largely the identical because the one he delivered nightly in 2023, he made a number of minor modifications to make room for extra additions because the yr progresses.
Most of final yr’s live shows began with “No Surrender,” however the ambiance loosened up in the course of the closing stadium part when he prefaced it with “Lonesome Day” and “Night.” He continued to make use of these three songs on the prime of his Phoenix present, and in addition performed “Darlington County” and “Darkness on the Edge of Town” earlier within the night time. Both songs had been solely carried out ultimately yr’s choice occasion.
The 12-minute “Kitty’s Back” was carried out in any respect 66 performances in 2023, however it was not carried out on the Phoenix efficiency, together with “The E. Street Shuffle,” which was carried out 50 occasions final yr. This freed up almost 20 minutes of set time, permitting him to sing “Spirit within the Night” (his solely two performances final yr) and Ben E. King’s “Don’t Play,” which had been faraway from the live performance.・We acquired the house to play “That Sound (You Ride).” The second week of the tour can be in 2023.
The second half of the present was a lot the identical as earlier units, beginning with the story of Castile’s late bandmate George Theis and an emotional double shot of “Last Man Standing” and “Backstreet.” But on the finish of his first encore, he sang “Twist and Shout” in response to a cue from an 18-year-old fan who was seeing him for the primary time.
The tour continues March twenty second at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Heading to Europe in May for a stadium efficiency, then returning to the US in August for a headline slot on the Sea.Hear.Now pageant in Asbury Park, New Jersey, in addition to an area/stadium mixture. A efficiency can be held. It concludes on November twenty second at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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If historical past is any indication, the setlist ought to proceed to evolve within the coming months. It’s attainable we’ll by no means attain the purpose within the 2010s when Springsteen radically modified his present from night time to nighttime and responded to random autograph requests all through the night, however it’s inconceivable to say for positive. There’s nonetheless an extended method to go till Vancouver’s night time is over.
Here’s Phoenix’s full setlist:
“Lonely day”
“night time”
“Not surrendering in any respect”
“Two hearts”
“Darlington County”
“ghost”
“Prove all of it night time”
“Darkness on the outskirts of city”
“Letter to you”
“The Promised Land”
“Night Spirit”
“Please don’t play that music (I lied).”
“Night shift”
“Mary’s Place”
“Last Man Standing”
“Back road”
“Because it’s night time.”
“She’s the one.”
“wrecking ball”
“rise”
“Badlands”
“Thunder Road”
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“Born to run”
“Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)”
“heyday”
“Dance within the Dark”
“tenth Avenue Freeze Out”
“Twist & Shout”
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“See you in a dream”