The Dark End of the Street
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More Boston dates
Check out WZLX’s website. Two shows at the Comcast Center in Mansfield (for Aug 22nd and 23rd) have been announced there.
June 2: Tampere
The second show of the European tour has brought Bruce and the E Street Band to Finland, where tonight they have delivered a very long 28-song set, which has included the tour premiere of the fantastic soul song «The Dark End of the Street», a jewel written in 1967 by Muscle Shoals’ Dan Penn and Chips Moman, and originally sung by the great James Carr (see video).
Other songs Springsteen has played thanks to sign-requests have been «Cover Me», «Thunder Road» and «Because the Night». Tonight’s set list was far more varied than last Saturday’s at Pinkpop, and thus the finnish have got the chance to hear «Prove it All Night», «Hungry Heart», «Kingdom of Days» and «Bobby Jean», plus a 7-song encore which has ended with «Glory Days», «Santa Claus is Coming to Town» (another, very early, tour premiere) and «Dancing in the Dark». Jay Weinberg is the drummer for this part of the tour.
Thursday begins a 3-show stand in Stockholm.
Photo: copyright 2009 René Van Diemen
30 May: Pinkpop Festival
The Pinkpop Festival was Bruce’s first stop on the 2009 European tour. Festival concert-goers got a two and a half hour show full of greatest hits, and only two songs off the new album (even «Kingdom of Days» and the usual cover of «Hard Times» were dropped from the set). In the sign-request chapter there was «Trapped», «I’m on Fire» and the tour premiere of «From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)», plus «Thunder Road» sung as a duet with guest vocalist Brendan Flowers (from The Killers). Jay Weinberg sat on the drums (as he’ll be doing in the forthcoming shows) and Patti was absent.
photo: copyright 2009 René Van Diemen
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NJ outlets sued for selling Springsteen tickets early
New Jersey’s attorney general on Wednesday sued three ticket sellers who allegedly sold tickets to upcoming Bruce Springsteen shows before they were available to the public.