
Loose Ends
Radio Nowhere
No Surrender
Lonesome Day
The Promised Land
Magic
Gypsy Biker
For You
Adam Raised a Cain
Prove It All Night
She’s the One
Livin’ in the Future
Mary’s Place
Devil’s Arcade
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
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Meeting Across the River
Jungleland
Born to Run
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
American Land
The second North Carolina show featured an impressive opening with two tour debuts, the killer “Roulette” followed by “Don’t Look Back”. This was a high energy rock concert, with unstoppable electric tracks such as “Radio Nowhere”, “Out in the Street”, “The Promised Land”, “Trapped”, “Saint in the City”, “Because the Night”, “Darkness” and “She’s The One”.
Just a little rest to catch their breath with “Livin’ in the Future”, followed by another tour debut: “Mary’s Place”, this time considerably shorter than on The Rising tour. “Saint in the City” was dedicated to Danny, and was introduced by Bruce with these words about Danny: “He had nine lives, and he used up about five of mine” and then a funny story about Bruce finding Danny in the hotel elevator with a screwdriver: “A towel’s not good enough for him, he’s gotta take the elevator buttons!”.
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En el segundo concierto en Carolina del Norte, Springsteen arranca el concierto a todo trapo con dos estrenos trepidantes y eléctricos, nada menos que “Roulette” seguida de “Don’t Look Back”. Si la noche anterior Bruce & Co. parecían algo cansados, en Greensboro el derroche de energía fue descomunal de principio a final, con trallazos de rock imparables uno tras de otro: “Radio Nowhere”, “Out in the Street”, “The Promised Land”, “Trapped”, “Saint in the City”, “Because the Night”, “Darkness”, “She’s The One”.
Sin tregua, sin apenas respiro hasta “Livin’ in the Future”, seguida por otro estreno: “Mary’s Place”, en esta ocasión sin los innecesarios minutos redundantes de la gira The Rising. “Saint in the City” la dedica a Danny, de quien dice “Tenía nueve vidas, e incluso usó cinco de las mías”, para luego contar la anécdota de la ocasión en que se encontró a Danny “en un ascensor, con un destornillador. Una toalla no era suficiente para él, tenía que llevarse los botones del ascensor!”.
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Roulette
Don’t Look Back
Radio Nowhere
Out in the Street
The Promised Land
Magic
Gypsy Biker
It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City
Trapped
Because the Night
Darkness on the Edge of Town
She’s the One
Livin’ in the Future
Mary’s Place
Waitin’ on a Sunny Day
Devil’s Arcade
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
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Backstreets
Bobby Jean
Born to Run
Ramrod
American Land
En la página web oficial de Bruce Springsteen se puede leer ahora el texto completo de elogio a Danny Federici que Springsteen leyó en el funeral celebrado en Red Bank, New Jersey, el pasado lunes 21 de abril. Un texto largo y emotivo, repleto de recuerdos de los cuarenta años de amistad entre ambos.
“So today, making another one of his mysterious exits, we say farewell to Danny, “Phantom” Dan, Federici. Father, husband, my brother, my friend, my mystery, my thorn, my rose, my keyboard player, my miracle man and lifelong member in good standing of the house rockin’, pants droppin’, earth shockin’, hard rockin’, booty shakin’, love makin’, heart breakin’, soul cryin’… and, yes, death defyin’ legendary E Street Band.” (Bruce Springsteen, 21/04/2008)
A continuación, el vídeo que se proyecta al inicio de cada concierto, donde se pueden ver imágenes de toda la carrera de Danny Federici con Springsteen, desde sus inicios.
Two tour debuts: “Souls of the Departed” (opening the show) and “Wild Billy’s Circus Story”, in a show where once again Bruce shakes up the set list, as “The Promised Land” goes up to the fourth slot while “Gypsy Biker” comes back to the set, now after “Reason to Believe”.
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The Orlando Sentinel published an article recently telling the story on how Roger McGuinn ended up onstage with the band in Orlando. Read it here.
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Dos estrenos: “Souls of the Departed” (dando inicio al concierto) y “Wild Billy’s Circus Story”, en otro concierto en el cual los cambios de orden del repertorio crean una sensación de sorpresa continua. “The Promised Land” pasa a ser la cuarta canción del concierto, mientras “Gypsy Biker” vuelve aunque tras “Reason to Believe”.
En un artículo del periódico Orlando Sentinel se cuenta la historia de la aparición de Roger McGuinn en Orlando: Steve Van Zandt le llamó para invitarle al concierto y se lo comentó a Bruce, quien rápidamente propuso que tocaran una canción juntos.
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soundcheck: Wild Billy’s Circus Story / Have Love Will Travel / Souls of the Departed / Devils & Dust
Souls of the Departed
Radio Nowhere
Night
The Promised Land
Wild Billy’s Circus Story
Reason to Believe
Gypsy Biker
Candy’s Room
Prove it all Night
She’s the One
Livin’ in the Future
Darlington County
Girls in their Summer Clothes
Lost in the Flood
Devil’s Arcade
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
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Thunder Road
Kittys’ Back
Born to Run
Dancing in the Dark
American Land
Check out Bruce’s official website to read his eulogy words to Danny, as read at Federici’s funeral in Red Bank on April 21st. It is a very long and moving eulogy, worth reading.
“So today, making another one of his mysterious exits, we say farewell to Danny, “Phantom” Dan, Federici. Father, husband, my brother, my friend, my mystery, my thorn, my rose, my keyboard player, my miracle man and lifelong member in good standing of the house rockin’, pants droppin’, earth shockin’, hard rockin’, booty shakin’, love makin’, heart breakin’, soul cryin’… and, yes, death defyin’ legendary E Street Band.”
The next show, in Orlando, was full of surprises again. The video tribute to Danny continues to open the show, and is followed in this case by a full band, electric version of “Blood Brothers”. Tour standards “Gypsy Biker” and “Magic” dissapear from a very shaken set list, which includes “Out in the Street”, “Spirit in the night”, “The River”, “Fire, “Lost in the flood” and the tour debut of “Does this bus stop at 82nd Street?”. The encores brought a very special treat, The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn came up to sing “Turn! Turn! Turn!” and “Mr. Tambourine Man” after a great introduction by Bruce (“the incredible Roger McGuinn!”) which said “I played that first Byrds album over 200 times in the dark”. Steve was in awe, playing, as Roger did, a beautiful 12-string Rickenbaker.
And last but not least, Friday’s show in Atlanta (where Magic was recorded) started with “Reason the Believe”, featured the tour debut of “Blinded by the Light”, plus a marvelous “Your Own Worst Enemy” (so few times played on the tour, unfortunately), a blistering “Prove it all Night”, “Point Blank” and “Rosalita”.