Kitty goes to Cali

Second night in L.A.: Halloween night. Like in 1980: disguised band members bring a coffin onstage in the middle of smoke. An arm comes out of it, they bring a guitar and Bruce comes out of the coffin and the show starts. A show with a few changes from the first night in L.A., incorporating "The Ties That Bind", "Night" and "Tunnel of Love", plus an important tour premiere: "Kitty's Back" in the place of "Thundercrack".

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See official video of the beginning of the show, with Bruce in the coffin.

Goin' Cali

On their first concert in Los Angeles Bruce and The E Street Band played the standard set list, including the recently premiered "Working on the Highway".

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See official video: "Candy's Room" (Chicago 22.10.2007)

Second Night in Oakland

An enthusiastic audience in Oakland got three tour premieres: "Two Hearts" (right before "She's the One"), "Racing in the Street" and "Working on the Highway". After a little rest, "Thundercrack" is back in the encores. "Tunnel of Love" returns too.

Everything from the original handwritten set list was performed tonight, without any last-minute changes.

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Photo: NYC 18.10.2007 copyright Edgar Aguilera

First night in Oakland

No tour debuts, but "Thunder Road" stays in the encores. A high-energy show which features "Backstreets", "Your Own Worst Enemy" and "Adam Raised a Cain". The original set list included "Tunnel of Love" and "Working on the Highway", finally not performed.

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See official video: Gypsy Biker (New York 18.10.2007)

See official video: Adam Raised a Cain (Chicago 21.10.2007)

"Bruce Springsteen: The Boss Revealed" Photo Exhibition in London

To coincide with the release of Bruce Springsteen's new album Magic and his UK tour dates, Proud Galleries launches "Bruce Springsteen: The Boss Revealed" on 25th October, an exclusive exhibition of limited edition photography celebrating the iconic rock legend that is Bruce Springsteen. This will be a truly exciting exhibition and a rare chance to see "The Boss" both behind the scenes and doing what he does best, rocking out packed stadiums filled with enraptured audiences.

They've brought together 7 fantastic photographers, drawing on their personal experiences of working with The Boss to show as many different faces of Bruce Springsteen as possible, revealing the man and his music in a comprehensive collection that has never been seen before. This will be essential viewing for any Springsteen fan.

The photo exhibit will show pictures by Adrian Boot, René Van Diemen, Debra L. Rothenberg, Lynn Goldsmith, Jim Marchese, Terry O'Neil, Barry Plummer and Steve Rapport. Exhibition opens 26th October until 2nd December. Proud Central, 5 Buckingham Street, London.

Spirits over Chicago

With six different songs from the first night, Springsteen came back to the arena with the full E Street Band, including Patti Scialfa. Three tour premieres: "Tunnel of Love", "Spirit in the Night" and, as first encore, an audible "Thunder Road" (in the place of both "Girls" and "Thundercrack"). But it wasn't just another tiring version of "Thunder Road". According to attendees, it was played with energy and dedicated to the young people in the audience (contrary to previous US tours, there seems to be quite a number of young new fans at these shows).

The handwritten set list (See) included "Darkness on the Edge of Town" and "I'll Work For Your Love" (would have been a first), though they were dropped in favor of "Candy's Room" and "Darlington County".

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See official video: Livin' in the Future (New York 17.10.2007)

Photo: copyright Edgar Aguilera. Madison Square Garden, NY 18.10.2007

First night in Chicago

Patti was absent last night, which meant Soozie took her spot on the stage and sang "Magic" with Bruce. "Patti sends her regards... it's a kids thing, that's all I can tell you" joked Bruce. Second tour appearances of "Your Own Worst Enemy", "Backstreets" and "Cadillac Ranch". Not bad at all for a first night! Chicago, watch out tonight!

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Jon Stewart... and Bruce Springsteen

Down in... New York City

Photo: Philadelphia 6.10.2007 copyright Ruben García

As usual, the second night in a row proves to be a special night. Night #2 at the Garden featured another hot performance, with two great tour debuts: "Meeting Across the River" followed by "Jungleland", with Clarence Clemons nailing the sax solo. Many guests at the show, some on the audience (DJ Howard Stern or singer Bette Midler), and some onstage, like a good part of the Seeger Sessions Band who joined the E Street Band, for "American Land", with Lisa Lowell (vocals), Jeremy Chatzky (bass), Larry Eagle (percussion), Charlie Giordano (piano) and Greg Liszt (banjo).

The handwritten set list included "Cadillac Ranch" (finally subtituted for "You Can Look" ) and "Ramrod"... in place of "Thundercrack"! Fortunately, "Thundercrack" stayed on his encore spot (will this still happen when the tour reaches Europe? This is a bad sign...).

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Official video from brucespringsteen.net: Magic (live Toronto 15.10.2007)

Magic arrives to NYC

The first night at the glorious Madison Square Garden featured an intense concert. No tour premieres, but a hot show that's getting better and better each night. Celebrities in the audience included James 'Tony Soprano' Gandolfini, Bono, Jesse Malin and The Killers. Bruce remembered his 1973 shows at Max's Kansas City where he used to close the shows with "Thundercrack".

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Cover Me: Bruce Springsteen in Rolling Stone

This week's Rolling Stone features Bruce on the cover. "Bruce Springsteen's Restless Heart", shows the cover. Inside there's an interview with the artist, done by Joe Levy in Asbury Park (read).

"Lately, I've had a little romance with my oldest stuff" he says. "There was a lot of freeness in it. When you start and when you finish — that's when the pressure is off. In the beginning, you're too unknown, you're not really competing with people. And at this point, I'm not competing with 50 Cent or trying to get on MTV. I'm playing for myself and my band and my audience."

In the UK, MOJO magazine has given 5 stars to the album Magic, reviewed by Keith Cameron. The magazine considers the new record "an instant classic".

Bruce to play at fundraiser to fight domestic violence

The Joe Torre Safe at Home website has announced Bruce Springsteen will play a solo show at their Fifth Annual Gala. The event is scheduled for Friday evening, November 9th, at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, in New York City. More info at Joe Torre Safe At Home website. Prices for this Gala begin at $2,500.

Toronto

Yesterday's gig in Toronto featured the tour debut of "For You", one of the best songs from Bruce's debut album Greetings From Asbury Park NJ. Still on the set list remain jewels like "Incident on 57th Street" and "Night", and "Thundercrack" comes back to the encores.

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At Springsteen's official web site you can now see a video of "State Trooper", as performed in Ittawa with Arcade Fire. Of course, with excellent sound and picture quality.

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Entertainment Weekly's website has published a very interesting interview with manager Jon Landau, where he gives details on the creation of Magic and the professional relationship of Bruce & Brendan O'Brien. Click here to read.

The same website had published recently an interview with Brendan O'Brien. Read.

Bruce & Arcade Fire

Bruce Stringsteen and Arcade Fire - State trooper
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Bruce Stringsteen and Arcade Fire - Keep the car running
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Bruce Springsteen's busy weekend

This has been a busy weekend, both for Bruce Springsteen and Max Weinberg. First, they both performed last saturday at a benefit concert in Middletown, New Jersey. The show, organized by Max for the Montmouth County SPCA, featured the Max Weinberg Seven plus, at the end of the show, special guest Bruce Springsteen. The songs performed with Bruce were "Seven Nights to Rock", "634-5789", "From Small Things", "Kansas City", "Tenth Avenue Freeze-out" and "Twist and Shout", in front of 500 people. The show was dedicated to the memory of Terry Magovern.

On Sunday, Bruce was back on his Magic tour with the E Street Band, in the city of Ottawa, Canada. The show included 4 tour debuts; "Tougher than the rest", "Backstreets", plus a special surprise during encore time: two members of indie band Arcade Fire joined onstage for "State Trooper" (a song the canadian band has performed in concert) and "Keep the Car Running" (from Arcade Fire's latest album Neon Bible).

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Foto: Backstreets.com. Bruce and The Max Weinberg Seven at the benefit show in Middletown

...and Bruce raised a Cain

4 tour premieres, 3 songs live on VH1, plus the hottest performance of the tour so far. Bruce and the band were at their best, and delivered the goods: a hot "Adam Raised a Cain" preceded "She's the One", plus the 2nd ever live performance of "Cynthia", a rockin' "You Can Look" and, (finally!) the live debut of "Your Own Worst Enemy" (c'mon Bruce! bring out "I'll Work For Your Love" and "You'll Be Comin Down"!).

Add to this the usual, fantastic versions of "Night", "Reason to Believe", "Last to Die", "Incident on 57th Street" or "Thundercrack" and you have a fabulous show.

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Second show added in Oakland, on sale 10/15

A second show, for Thursday Oct.25th at the Oracle Arena, has been added in Oakland. Tickets will go on sale 10/15 at 10am (PST) thru Live Nation's website.

Springsteen plays first show for homestate crowd

A big contrast last night: Bruce and the band delivered a great amount of energy from the stage, while their homestate audience was basically quietly sitting. A great performance, with a great setlist, though the most interesting parts of it ("Incident on 57th Street", "Backstreets", "You Can look") were skipped in favour of "Brilliant Disguise" and "Darlington County" (exactly as in Philly Night #1). Still, a great show.

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VCR Alert! Today is an all-Springsteen day at VH1. They're broadcasting (24 hours) many Springsteen specials and concerts, PLUS a live broadcast from tonight's show at CAA.

Philadelphia Special II

'She's the One' (6.10.2007)


'Night' (6.10.2007)


'Last to die' (6.10.2007)

Philadelphia Special

Two nights, two shows, many surprises. Just 3 shows into the tour, Bruce has proved he can nail a show this early on the tour. If the first night had a great start but an uneven flow with some low points in the middle of the set (the trio formed by 'Brilliant Disguise', 'My Hometown' and 'Darlington County'), the second night featured a tremendous set list, combining old and new, classic and modern, and without any low points. Since the opening chords of 'Night' it was clear the energy level was really high, and Bruce delivered all the goods: 'The Ties That Bind', 'Prove it all night', 'Incident on 57th Street' (which was stunning and mind-blowing), 'Cadillac Ranch' (possibly his best, most rockin' version ever), 'Dancing in the Dark' and the usual, fiery versions of 'She's the One', 'Last to Die', 'Badlands' or 'Thundercrack'. It's just the third show of the tour, and it's as good or better than the best of the Rising tour gigs.

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First stop: Hartford. All aboard.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band embarked last night on a world tour. The first stop was Hartford, CT, where Bruce & band debuted "Darkness on the edge of town" in a 5-song-encore concert (which included both "Girls in their summer clothes" and "Waitin' on a Sunny day").

Growin' Up: from the 2-hour-long rehearsal set to the current 2-hrs.-and-20-minutes set.

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Photo: Hartford's handwritten set list, from bs.net.

Madrid ticket alert

Tickets for the Madrid concert (25th November) go onsale tomorrow at 10am CET (9am in the UK, 3am ECT), on this site:

www.ticktackticket.com

Tickets for the concert in Bilbao (26th November) will go on sale tuesday October 9th at 10am in the same website.

Springsteen in the press

Check out the following articles:


New York Times - In Love with Pop, Uneasy with the world

The London Times - We Need to Talk About America

Entertainment Weekly - Magic

The Boston Globe - Boss plays to his base

Billboard - Springsteen finds 'Magic' with E Street Band

Los Angeles Times -The Boss Keeps the Faith in 'Magic'


In spanish:

Efe Eme - El Diccionario de Bruce Springsteen

ABC - El Jefe siempre tiene razón

El Periódico - Springsteen envuelve sus letras amargas en sonido pop

El Mundo - 35 años dando caña

El País - El lado oscuro de Bruce