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The second show in LA brought changes, new songs and a special guest: Mike Ness, from southern California punk-rock band Social Distortion. Bruce and Mike dueted on «Bad Luck» (from Social Distortion’s classic album Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell), in one of the most impressive moments of the show, and the whole tour. Later on, Ness helped playing guitar on «The Rising». The second, and unexpected, guest of the night was Jay Weinberg, who played drums on three songs («Lonesome Day», «The Rising» and «Born ro run»).

Other notable changes and additions to the show: «Candy’s Room» (right after «Badlands»); «No Surrender» and «Adam Raised a Cain», a high-energy two-fer (in the place of «Out in the Street»); plus stupendous versions of «Raise Your hand», «Hungry Heart», «Growin’ Up» and Creedence’s classic «Proud Mary». Some moments later another tour debut arrived, with the classic «Backstreets», one of the show’s many highlights.

See complete set list.

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Today, April 18th, is the «Record Store Day» in the U.S. Bruce Springsteen has given his support by publishing an exclusive vinyl 7″ single that will be available only at those indie shops (see full listing).

The single features «What Love Can Do», plus «A Night With the Jersey Devil» on the flip side. No doubt this will become an instant collector’s item. So get out there, support indie stores, and take the singles while they last!

The reports from Los Angeles talk about a high energy show. Patti Scialfa was absent last night, though Bruce had a special guest: Tom Morello who came onstage to play on the powerful «The Ghost of Tom Joad».

The nearly-three-hours-long show featured the tour debuts of «Darkness», «Raise Your Hand» and «Spirit in the Night», and one of the highlights was an extra long «Racing in the Street». Bruce sent the happy fans home with the classic «Rosalita».

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Official clips from the Houston show:

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in Houston, Texas, April 8th 2009:

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The sixth stop of the tour finally brings some set list shake up. After a rousing «Badlands», Denver got the tour debut of «The ties that bind», later followed by some more premieres: «Tougher than the rest», «The E Street shuffle» and the superb «Racing in the street».

The tour now takes a break until Bruce starts playing in cities with two shows (and a strong and veteran fan base), like Los Angeles (April 15 + 16), Boston (April 21 + 22) or Philadelphia (April 28 + 29).

Still no sign of most of the songs off the new album Working on a Dream.

See complete set list.