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.
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.
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.
The same website had published recently an interview with Brendan O’Brien. Read.
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).
Foto: Backstreets.com. Bruce and The Max Weinberg Seven at the benefit show in Middletown
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.
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.