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Best euro show so far? Most probably. Though it’s not fair to judge a show just by its set list, yesterday’s performance in Frankfurt has already been rated by many fans as the best so far in the current European tour. How can you go wrong with a show that included «Adam Raised a Cain», «The Ties That Bind», «Factory», «Something in the Night», «Trapped», «Because the Night», «Jungleland» and «Point Blank»?

The night came to a close with a long version of «Twist & Shout». The show was taped and part of it will be broadcast today on E Street Radio, at Sirius XM Radio, today, July 4th, at 12.00pm Eastern.

See complete Frankfurt set list.

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Roy Bittan’s 60th birthday was celebrated in Munich with a splendid show, full of set list changes and some special surprises.

To begin, «My Lucky Day» and «Kingdom of Days» return to the set, making the number of WOAD songs in the set up to four. «Atlantic City» stayed in the set, along with «Johnny 99», making it two songs off the Nebraska album.

The biggest surprises arrived thanks to sign-requests. There was «Seven Nights to Rock», «Because the Night», «This Hard Land» and the tour premiere of the wonderful Roy Orbison classic «Oh, Pretty Woman», a first with the E Street Band. Once again the main set had an extra song after «Born to Run», and this time it was «Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out».

The encores included a much welcomed «Detroit Medley», and finished with the now classic duo of «Dancing in the Dark» and «Glory Days».

photo: Bergen 2009, copyright Miguel Angel Fernández

See complete Munich set list.

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