May 23: New Jersey

Bruce says goodbye to his New Jersey neighbors with a phenomenal performance, possibly the best of the tour so far. With the E Street Band in full force, the last show of the US Spring tour features three tour premieres and lots of vintage classics. No less than 3 songs from The Wild, The Innocent... ("The E Street Shuffle", "Incident on 57th Street" -tour premiere- and a vibrant version of "Kitty's Back" -one of the highlights of the night-). Plus tow more tour premieres ("Something in the Night" and "Cover Me"), "Good Lovin" (during the sign-request collecting) and "Mony Mony" closing the night.

Max Weinberg was back last night, playing stronger than ever alongside his E Street Band buddies, who went the extra mile. Patti was absent.

Next: the tour lands in Euro land on May 30th, with a show at the Pinkpop festival in the Netherlands.

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Photo: copyright 2009 Amy Kaplan, 21.05.2009
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