As I eagerly await my trip to Albany next week, for my ninth-ever Bruce show, here’s a recap of the prior eight: w/ links to the reviews I’ve done since I started blogging and the set lists courtesy of Brucebase
Updated to include 5/13/14 concert.
1985-01-27 – CARRIER DOME, SYRACUSE, NY w/ the E Street Band
BORN IN THE U.S.A. / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / DARLINGTON COUNTY / WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY / JOHNNY 99 / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / REASON TO BELIEVE / THE RIVER / TRAPPED / OUT IN THE STREET / GLORY DAYS / THE PROMISED LAND / MY HOMETOWN / BADLANDS / COVER ME / DANCING IN THE DARK / HUNGRY HEART / CADILLAC RANCH / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / I’M ON FIRE / GROWIN’ UP / BOBBY JEAN / RACING IN THE STREET / CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE / BORN TO RUN / I’M A ROCKER / RAMROD / THUNDER ROAD / ROCKIN’ ALL OVER THE WORLD
1992-11-13 – CARRIER DOME, SYRACUSE, NY w/ “The Other Band”
BETTER DAYS / LOCAL HERO / LUCKY TOWN / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / THE BIG MUDDY / 57 CHANNELS (AND NOTHIN’ ON) / TRAPPED / BADLANDS / THE RIVER / IF I SHOULD FALL BEHIND / LIVING PROOF / LEAP OF FAITH / MAN’S JOB / ROLL OF THE DICE / GLORIA’S EYES / COVER ME / BRILLIANT DISGUISE / SOULD DRIVER / SOULS OF THE DEPARTED / THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER – BORN IN THE U.S.A. / REAL WORLD / LIGHT OF DAY / HUMAN TOUCH / GLORY DAYS (with Jon Landau) / BOBBY JEAN / THUNDER ROAD / BORN TO RUN / MY BEAUTIFUL REWARD / WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY
1996-11-13 – LANDMARK THEATRE, SYRACUSE, NY solo acoustic
THE RIVER / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / STRAIGHT TIME / HIGHWAY 29 / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / JOHNNY 99 / THE HITTER / PILGRIM IN THE TEMPLE OF LOVE / RED HEADED WOMAN / TWO HEARTS / BROTHERS UNDER THE BRIDGE / BORN IN THE U.S.A. / DRY LIGHTNING / GHOST OF TOM JOAD / SINALOA COWBOYS / THE LINE / BALBOA PARK / ACROSS THE BORDER / BOBBY JEAN / THIS HARD LAND / THERE WILL NEVER BE ANY OTHER FOR ME BUT YOU / GALVESTON BAY / THE PROMISED LAND
2002-10-07 – HSBC ARENA, BUFFALO, NY w/ The E Street Band
THE RISING / LONESOME DAY / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FURTHER ON (UP THE ROAD) / EMPTY SKY / YOU’RE MISSING / WAITIN’ ON A SUNNY DAY / YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH)/ NO SURRENDER / WORLDS APART / BADLANDS / SHE’S THE ONE / MARY’S PLACE / COUNTIN’ ON A MIRACLE / TOUGHER THAN THE REST / LOST IN THE FLOOD / INTO THE FIRE / DANCING IN THE DARK / RAMROD / BORN TO RUN / MY CITY OF RUINS / BORN IN THE U.S.A. / LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS – PEOPLE GET READY / WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY
2006-06-19 – SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY w/ Seeger Sessions Band
my blog’s review
JOHN HENRY / O MARY DON’T YOU WEEP / JOHNNY 99 / OLD DAN TUCKER / EYES ON THE PRIZE / JESSE JAMES / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / ERIE CANAL / MY OKLAHOMA HOME / FURTHER ON (UP THE ROAD) / MRS. McGRATH / HOW CAN A POOR MAN STAND SUCH TIMES AND LIVE? / JACOB’S LADDER / WE SHALL OVERCOME / OPEN ALL NIGHT / PAY ME MY MONEY DOWN / BRING ‘EM HOME / BUFFALO GALS / YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) / WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN
2007-11-15 – TIMES UNION CENTER, ALBANY, NY w/ The E Street Band
my blog’s review
RADIO NOWHERE / NO SURRENDER / LONESOME DAY / GYPSY BIKER / MAGIC / REASON TO BELIEVE / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / CANDY’S ROOM / SHE’S THE ONE / LIVIN’ IN THE FUTURE / THE PROMISED LAND / I’LL WORK FOR YOUR LOVE / 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / THE E STREET SHUFFLE / DEVILS ARCADE / THE RISING / LAST TO DIE / LONG WALK HOME / BADLANDS / GIRLS IN THEIR SUMMER CLOTHES / THUNDER ROAD / BORN TO RUN / DANCING IN THE DARK / AMERICAN LAND
2009-05-14 – TIMES UNION CENTER, ALBANY, NY w/ the E Street Band (Jay Weinstein subs for dad on drums)
my blog’s review
BADLANDS / RADIO NOWHERE / OUTLAW PETE / NO SURRENDER / OUT IN THE STREET / WORKING ON A DREAM / SEEDS / JOHNNY 99 / THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD / RAISE YOUR HAND / THUNDER ROAD / MONY MONY / WAITIN’ ON A SUNNY DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / BACKSTREETS / KINGDOM OF DAYS / LONESOME DAY / THE RISING / BORN TO RUN / HARD TIMES (COME AGAIN NO MORE) / KITTY’S BACK / LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS – PEOPLE GET READY / AMERICAN LAND / GLORY DAYS
2012-04-16 – TIMES UNION CENTER, ALBANY, NY w/ the E Street Band
my blog’s review
BADLANDS / WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN / WRECKING BALL / OUT IN THE STREET / DEATH TO MY HOMETOWN / MY CITY OF RUINS / DARLINGTON COUNTY / JACK OF ALL TRADES / MURDER INCORPORATED /DOWNBOUND TRAIN / SHACKLED AND DRAWN / WAITIN’ ON A SUNNY DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO – 634-5789 (SOULSVILLE, U.S.A.) / JANEY, DON’T YOU LOSE HEART / BACKSTREETS / THE RISING / LONESOME DAY / WE ARE ALIVE / LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS – PEOPLE GET READY / THUNDER ROAD / ROCKY GROUND / BORN TO RUN / DANCING IN THE DARK / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT
2014-05-13 – TIMES UNION CENTER, ALBANY, NY w/ the E Street Band (Tom Morello subs for Steve Van Zandt)
my blog’s review
DON’T CHANGE / MY LOVE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN / NO SURRENDER / THIS IS YOUR SWORD / BADLANDS / DEATH TO MY HOMETOWN / HIGH HOPES / TREAT HER RIGHT / SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT / SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME / BETTER DAYS / SEASIDE BAR SONG / MARY’S PLACE / STAYIN’ ALIVE / KINGDOM OF DAYS / SHACKLED AND DRAWN / THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD / THE RISING / LIGHT OF DAY / THE WALL / BORN IN THE U.S.A. / BORN TO RUN / DANCING IN THE DARK / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / RAMROD / SHOUT / THUNDER ROAD
I have been to some on this list. I have not been to some on this list. I am not going next week. Color me green, Phil.
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Mark: Be interesting to see if he adds a second leg to this tour–nothing scheduled after a couple of shows after Albany–and two Bruce appearances w/ Joe Grushecky’s band in Pittsburgh at the end of the month.
Looking back through the set lists I realized one thing–I’ve never seen him do Rosalita!
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