Arnhem show postponed!

Official statement:

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET CONCERT POSTPONED TILL TOMORROW

Tonight's concert of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street band in the Gelredome in Arnhem will be postponed till tomorrow, Saturday, December 1st. Bruce Springsteen won't be able to perform tonight, due to a severe cold. He states he is very sorry to have to postpone tonight, but does want to give the fans the show they deserve. And at this point, he feels he won't be able to do so.

However, he is convinced his health will be recovered sufficiently tomorrow night, to perform 100% up to standards.

Milano

Another great night of magic, this time in Milano in front of the always enthusiastic italian crowd. Highlights of the night include "The Ties That Bind", "Incident on 57th Street" and "The E Street Shuffle". The handwritten setlist included "Growin' Up" and "Kitty's Back", finally not performed.

See complete set list.

Photo: Madrid 25.11.2007 copyright René Van Diemen

Madrid & Bilbao: E Street Power

Bruce Springsteen arrived in Madrid last Sunday and offered a good, solid show, in his first Magic tour show in Europe. The show included tremendous work from Nils Lofgren on "Tunnel of Love", plus a very well received "Thunder Road". Patti was absent in the first European show (also in Bilbao) so Soozie Tyrell took her place in front of the stage. This was the first E Street Band show ever without Danny Federici. We wish him well and a quick return to the band. Charles Giordano, seating for Danny, did a pretty good job considering the little time he had to learn and rehearse all the song. Hats off to him.

(photo: Madrid 25.11.2007 Enric Nonell/fotofotos.com)

Bilbao was a complete different story. Bruce was playing in town for the first time ever and got a tremendous reception. The band was ready, and he was on fire. The result was a spectacular show. It was one of those nights. From beginning to end there was no weak performances or throwaway songs. "Radio Nowhere" and "Night" set the tone of the show: intense, rocking, irresistible. "Jackson Cage" and "Reason to Believe" were a blast, followed by an explosive "She's The One". In the central 'rarities' spot, a nice "I'll Work for Your Love" (at a faster tempo than in Madrid the previous night) followed by a very intense and emotional version of "Backstreets". Next was the most rockin' and exhuberant take on "Darlington County" that you can get, followed by particularly good versions of "Devil's Arcade" and "The Rising".

He was sweatin' profusely, inter-playing with Nils and Steven quite often, jumping down to the front of the pit many many times, enjoying the warm and strong reception he was getting. And then came the encores. "Girls in their summer clothes" sounded fresh, dedicated to "all the girls from Bilbao, and one from New Jersey!". Next was "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" in its original, non-extended version and played with frenzy. This started a period of 25 minutes of non-stop playing . As "Tenth" was finishing and the crowd was roaring, Bruce started playing a familiar guitar intro... "Kitty's Back", totally unexpected and out of the blue. This was the real 'magic' moment of the night, with terrific solos from each band member. They all shone. We were transported back to 1975. Next were "Born to run", "Dancing in the Dark" (both with lights on and big excitement in the audience AND the stage) and a powerful "American Land" to end, with lyrics being shown on the screens (a wise idea). After the show ended, Bruce spent a good two minutes behind the stage waving goodbye, bowing and sending out kissed to the people seating in the sides of the stage. He sure loved the show. Can this get any better? Watch out tonight, Milano!



Photos below: Bilbao 26.11.2007, copyright 2007 by René Van Diemen

First European concert announced for 2008: Dublin

It's official. Bruce will be playing on May 22nd at the RDS in Dublin, Ireland, in a tour that will possibly start mid-May and end in Spain in mid-July.

Tickets for the Dublin show will be on sale Wed. November 28th at 9am.

Buy tix for Dublin.

Danny Federici

Shore Fire media has issued today the following statement about Danny Federici:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 21, 2007

STATEMENT

Danny Federici, an original member of the E Street Band, is taking a leave of absence from the current Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tour to pursue treatment for melanoma. Charles Giordano, who played with Bruce as a member of the Sessions Band, will temporarily fill in for Danny until he is able to return. Federici has been playing keyboards with Springsteen since the late Sixties. Said Springsteen, "Danny is one of the pillars of our sound and has played beside me as a great friend for more than 40 years. We all eagerly await his healthy and speedy return."

Federici has been actively supporting the Melanoma Research Foundation and its Wings of Hope Gala, honoring Dr. Paul Chapman.

Foto: Charles Giordano. Badalona 14.5.2006. Copyright René Van Diemen

New US Tour in 2008 for Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Photo: Danny Clinch

MAGIC TOUR 2008

Shore Fire Media has issued a press release today confirming the new US and Canadian dates for 2008.

Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com

February 28 Hartford, CT HCC Arena (On sale now)
March 2 Montreal, QC Bell Centre (Nov. 24)
March 3 Hamilton, ONT Copps Coliseum (Nov. 23)
March 6 Rochester, NY Blue Cross Arena (Sold out)
March 7 Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena (On sale now)
March 10 Hempstead, NY Nassau Coliseum (Jan. 19)
March 14 Omaha, NE Quest Center (Dec. 8)
March 16 St. Paul, MN Xcel Center (On sale now)
March 17 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center (Nov. 26)
March 20 Indianapolis, IN Canseco Center (Dec. 8)
March 22 Cincinnati, OH U.S. Bank Arena (Dec. 1)
March 24 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center (Dec. 1)
March 28 Portland, OR The Rose Garden (Dec. 8)
March 29 Seattle, WA Key Arena (Dec. 8)
March 31 Vancouver, BC GM Place (Nov. 30)
April 4 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena (Jan. 19)
April 5 San Jose, CA HPPavillion at San Jose (Jan. 21)
April 7 Anaheim, CA Honda Center (On sale now)
April 8 Anaheim, CA Honda Center (On sale now)
April 13 Dallas, TX TBA (TBA)
April 14 Houston, TX TBA (TBA)
April 18 Ft Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center (Dec. 1)
April 19 Orlando, FL Amway Arena (Dec. 1)
April 21 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum (Dec. 1)
April 25 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena (On sale now)
April 27 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Bobcat Arena (Dec. 7)
April 28 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum (Dec. 7)
April 30 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena (TBA)

Boston #2

The American leg of the Magic tour ended last night with an spectacular performance in Boston. It was the longest and most intense show of the tour so far, with notable set list changes. In the sandwich spot (between "Reason to Believe" and "She's The One") two songs instead of one: "Darkness" and "Candy's Room". For the first time "The Promised Land" is substituted, for the tour premiere of "This Hard Land", followed by the twin pack of Wild & Innocent songs: "Sandy" and "The E Street Shuffle".

In the encores, after the usual "Girls in their Summer Clothes" (note: a new 'winter mix' of the song is now being played on radios), another tour debut: "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (with guest Peter Wolf onstage) followed non-stop by "Kitty's Back", "Born to Run" and "American Land".

(The handwritten set list included "You'll Be Coming Down")

Next stop: Madrid, next Sunday, first stop of the European tour.


See complete set list.

Video: the end of last night's show in Boston.

Boston #1

In the first show in Boston, "Jungleland" comes back, this time in the encores. Other highlights include "I'll Work For Your Love", "Jackson Cage" and "She's The One".

See complete set list.

See 2008 Tour dates.

Photo: copyright 2007 Christine Conroy/Camragirl

New Bruce Springsteen video

Last Friday there was a video-shoot for Bruce Springsteen. He was in Asbury Park and Ocean Grove, New Jersey, with a video-crew, filming scenes for a video for the song "Girls in their Summer Clothes".

Regarding the 2008 tour, a new concert has been added: Bruce will play the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 17th. Tickets will be onsale thru Ticketmaster on Monday Nov. 26th at 10am CST.

Albany's double shot

Albany had the luck of getting the, possibly, longest show of the tour so far, including two unexpected tour premieres ("a double shot from Wild & Innocent", as Bruce mentioned): "Sandy" and "The E Street Shuffle". When the moment arrived, Danny Federici got the spotlight while beautifully playing the accordion (his favourite instrument for his favourite Springsteen song).

Before "She's the One", there were two choices in the handwritten set list, "Candy's Room" or "Darkness". No doubts tonight: Bruce did both.

"Thunder Road" was back in the encores, this time dedicated to Matt Delia ("on of my best friends in the whole world") for his 53rd birthday. Patti was absent.

See complete set list.

See official video: Ramrod (Auburn Hills 5 Nov 2007)

Pittsburgh

"Patti's not here tonight, but we've got a special guest: Joe Grushecky". Without Patti, but with Joe Grushecky in her place, Springsteen delivered a long concert in Pittsburgh, with 6 encores including the tour debut of "Youngstown" (acoustic). Joe went onstage to sing with Bruce the song they wrote together: "Code of Silence".

See complete set list.

Be on Bruce's new video...

Check out Heery Casting's website if you want to appear on Bruce Springsteen's video for "Girls in their summer clothes", to be filmed in New Jersey on November 17th and 18th.

Check out more details at Heery Casting's site.

New Bruce Springsteen concerts announced

Day by day new Springsteen dates are being confirmed and announced for 2008.

These are the confirmed dates so far:

28 Feb 2008 Hartford, CT
6 March 2008 Rochester, NY
7 March 2008 Buffalo, NY
16 March 2008 St. Paul, MN
7 April 2008 Anaheim, CA
25 April 2008 Atlanta, GA

all onsale soon thru Ticketmaster.

There's rumours of many other shows being announced soon, possibly including Milwaukee (17 March 2008), Indianapolis, Omaha, Houston, Tampa, Miami and many European (stadium) dates from late June to mid-July including Paris, Goteborg, Milano, Barcelona, Madrid and others. There's also many rumours going on about a very long string of dates at Giants Stadium in New Jersey (rumours vary from 10 to 15 shows) during July and August 2008.

'Light of Day' tour arrives to Europe this week

(Video: Willie Nile "Game of Fools")

This will be the second year of LOD Europe and we are happy to announce that two more great cities have been added onto the tour: Stockholm and Rotterdam! In addition to Rome, Bedford and Barcelona, this will be a five-city tour. Please spread the word and join Light of Day in these great countries as we try and raise awareness about Parkinson's and give everyone a great night of music!

Wednesday, November 14
Light of Day Stockholm
Hotel Birger Jarl
Tulegatan 8
Box 19016
104 32 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: 46(0)8-674 18 00
8pm Show - Ticket price: TBA
with Willie Nile, Marah (acoustic), Joe D'Urso
We will be raffling off 2 tickets to the upcoming
Bruce Springsteen Concert!

Thursday, November 15
Light of Day Rotterdam
Zaal De Gouden Ree
Cairostraat 83
3047 BB Rotterdam, Holland
Tickets: €20 and €50 (includes dinner with artists)
For ticket information go to: www.rouletteshop.nl
with Willie Nile, Marah (acoustic), Joe D'Urso
and Kevin Bachus
We will be raffling off 2 tickets to the upcoming
Bruce Springsteen Concert!

Friday, November 16
Light of Day Barcelona
Apolo
Nou De La Rambla, 113
Barcelona, Spain
Tickets: €22 Advance, €25 Day of Show
Doors: 8pm
Showtime: 8.30pm
with Jaime Anglada, Madison, Joe D'Urso, Marah
and Willie Nile
For more information, visit: www.goodsoundsmusic.com
Tickets On Sale Now at Ticktackticket.com
We will be raffling off 2 tickets to the upcoming
Bruce Springsteen Concert!

Saturday, November 17
Light of Day Rome
Big Mama
Vicolo Di S. Francesco A Ripa, 18
Roma, Italy
Tel: +39 06 5812551
with Willie Nile, Marah (acoustic), Joe D'Urso
and Graziano Romani
We will be raffling off 2 tickets to the upcoming
Bruce Springsteen Concert!

Sunday, November 18
Light of Day England
The Corn Exchange
Harpur Street
Bedford, England
Tickets: £20.00 advance and are available at www.entshed.com
with Badly Drawn Boy, Willie Nile, Marah (acoustic)
and Joe D'Urso
We will be raffling off 2 tickets to the upcoming
Bruce Springsteen Concert!

and then...

LIGHT OF DAY - CANADA

Saturday, December 8
Cadillac Lounge
1296 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON
Canada
(416) 536-7717
Tickets: $30 Canadian
Showtime: 8pm
The first of two Light of Day shows in Canada!
Confirmed so far are: Willie Nile, Joe D'Urso, Kat Goldman and Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers. More artists to be confirmed ... don't miss this great night in Toronto!

Sunday, December 9
Niagara Center for the Arts
Niagara Falls, ON, Canada
www.lightofdayniagara.com
Tickets: $25.00 Canadian
Students: $15.00 Canadian with valid form of student ID present at the door
Blocks of 10 tickets at $20 CND
First two rows with meet and greet with Artists: $50 CND
Showtime: 7pm
7:00 - 7:15: Sarah Martenson
7:20 - 7:40: Paul Gigliotti
7:45 - 8:15: Maddhatters & Dave Rave
8:20 - 8:55: Rick Rose Band
9:15: Songwriters Circle with Willie Nile, Joe D'Urso,
Ron Lasalle, Ron Sexsmith, Joe Grushecky


Video: Marah live in Barcelona in 2007.

Washington #2

Breaking the non-written rule of debuting new songs and adding surprises to the set list on the second night, this time it was the other way around: a strong set list with a tour debut on the first night, and a more standard (but not weak) set list on the second night, which included "Thunder Road", "Backstreets", "Jackson Cage" and "Town Called Heartbreak". The hand written set list included "Blinded by the Light" as an alternative to "Thunder Road".

See complete set list.

Meanwhile, more tour dates keep popping up and will be on sale soon thru Ticketmaster. To the already known date in St. Paul,MN (March 16) add these ones: Atlanta,GA (April 25), Anaheim,CA (April 7) and Buffalo,NY (March 7).

Washington #1

The first show in the capital city, featured a tour premiere: "Growin' Up", as second encore, followed by an electrifying "Kitty's Back". The show also included the second tour performance of "I'll Work For Your Love".

See complete set list.

Photo: Christine Conroy/Camragirl (Oakland25.10.2007)
See more photos from Oakland.

Video: "California Sun" (New York 9.11.2007)

At yesterday's benefit show in New York (for the "Joe Torre Safe at Home" fund) Springsteen sang "California Sun", plus "Bobby Jean", "Glory Days" and others.

See complete set list

From the front row...

in St. Paul, last November 2nd...

"Incident on 57th Street"



"Born to Run"



"Thunder Road"

Bruce at Stand Up For Heroes benefit

Bruce was the opening act last night at the Stand Up For Heroes benefit show (after him were comedians Robbin Williams, Lewis Black, and Brian Regan), and performed three songs with acoustic guitar and harmonica: "This Hard Land", "Devil's Arcade" and "Thunder Road".

MC Conan O'Brien introduced Springsteen as "the man who stole my drummer", which Bruce jokingly corrected "No, Conan, I believe you stole my drummer". After the show Bruce went onstage on his '91 Harley Davidson, which was finally auctioned for over $80,000.

Detroit: Three premieres are better than one

"Jackson Cage" made its debut last night, right before "She's the One", in stunning back to back. Later in the set, and finally, "I'll Work For Your Love" was premiered, and it sounded real good, leaving only "You'll Be Coming Down" off Magic waiting to be debuted on the tour.

And last... and least... already in the encores, a surprising 'audible': "Ramrod" substituted the set listed "Kitty's Back". Oh, well... not every debut can be perfect.

See complete set list.

See official video: Girls in their summer clothes (Cleveland 4.11.2007)

Greetings from Cleveland

The Magic tour visited Cleveland yesterday, with a stunning performance which included two tour premieres: "It's hard to be a saint in the city" and "Be True". Plus, still on the set: "Tunnel of Love" and the extraordinary "Kitty's Back".

See full set list.

See official video: Devil's Arcade (full performance) (St. Paul 2.11.2007)

Kitty's back (new!)

Los Angeles 30.11.2007.
This is a new video, shot from the front row. Enjoy.

Los Angeles 29.10.2007

"Badlands" and "Girls in Their Summer Clothes", direct from Youtube...

St. Paul

No big changes in St. Paul last night (except the absence of Patti Scialfa), though Springsteen delivered a hi-energy show in front of an excited audience with many young people in the front. Highlights included "Your Own Worst Enemy", "Incident on 57th Street" and "Thunder Road". (See complete set list)

Add to this a nice surpirse at the end, when the screens showed this message: "Bruce returns March 16. Tickets on sale November 10". This is the first 2008 date to be announced. It seems the first semester of the year Bruce will be playing in the U.S., and then move on to Europe for a long Summer tour of stadiums, with multiple shows in every country. Watch out for an announcement soon.

See official video from Bruce's website: Kitty's Back (Los Angeles 30.11.2007) (click on the photo)