Dec. 15th & 16th, 1978: Bruce Springsteen is about to end his Darkness on The Edge of Town tour when he arrives to San Francisco for two shows at the Winterland Ballroom that would become history. The first night was broadcast live on KSAN, and the show became one of his most known and legendary performances (and most bootlegged too). A strong candidate for an official download? (you decide). Listen to the full broadcast and judge.
According to Song Mango, Bruce Springsteen might add one more concert to his tour schedule_ a show in the small club The Joint (4,000 people), located at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, possibly on March 19th. The show would be broadcast live or at a later date by HBO.
Out of the blue Bruce phoned E Street Radio this morning during Dave Marsh’s program, and talked in lenght about the new tour and the solo project he was working on.
«The project I’ve been working on is more of a solo project, It wasn’t a project I was going to probably take the band out on. So I said, ‘Gee, that’s going to push the band playing again until a ways in the future. It’ll be nice to get some playing in so you don’t wind up being two or three years between E Street tours.’ This will give us a chance to get out there and stretch our muscles a little bit.»
«We made the box set and there was no plan to tour. Then we felt, ‘Maybe we should do a show just to raise the flag and have some fun and make it a little more exciting.’ I said. ‘Okay, maybe we’ll do a show in New York.’ Then that went quick to, ‘Maybe we should do a couple of shows.’ Then it turns into, ‘Maybe we should do a small series of shows, basically one-nighters, with maybe a little bit around the country.»
«We ended up with that idea, it seemed, if you’re going to get everyone together, then you might as well play it out a few times, get a chance to see everybody. And of course, the idea, was to do «The River» top to bottom, and my recollection was that it was a very good night of music when we played it at the Garden. It’s something that we haven’t done; something unique for the fans. If you were ever curious to hear it played in concert, this is a shot for you to hear it.»
«It’s going to take a little guessing out of the evening. You’re going to know what the next song is. Maybe we’ll make up for some of that in the encores. We plan on picking out some of the best of our outtakes for the end of the show, along with obviously be some fan favorites. I don’t know myself how it will play out. It should be interesting and a lot of fun for the fans.»
«We just stripped it down to the basic band it’s been since 1985, including Steve. Of course, Jake will be along, and Soozie Tyrell. It’s a little bit more of a rock band format, I’m looking forward to that for a little while, seeing how that feels again.»
«It’ll be a little more of a rock band format, I’m looking forward to that for a little while and seeing how that feels again. It should be perfect for this record and what we’re doing right now. I miss playing with the guys. I miss playing period. It’s going to be fun.»
«I did listen to the single album: that was fun. The record does have a very different tone. I still think we were right to hold off, get the big spread of material.»
«There was another double album of really, pretty good material that we were making our choices from. We made a lot of music during that period, and lot of it stands up pretty well. I’m looking forward to playing some of it. It was fun pulling that stuff out, and you know, spit-shining it.»
Bruce Springsteen has revealed he’ll perform all 20 songs from The River, at every show, in its original sequence, like he once did at a show at New York’s Madison Square Garden in November of 2009.
Official announcement: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band launch The River Tour 2016, a nine-week US trek, on Jan. 16 in Pittsburgh. The announcement of the tour coincides with today’s release of “The Ties That Bind: The River Collection,” a comprehensive look at the era of the 1980 “The River” album that “Rolling Stone” calls “Springsteen’s best archival release yet.”
Each night of the tour will be mixed for release on Live.BruceSpringsteen.net as high-quality downloads and CDs. Recordings will be available within days of each performance.
The original The River Tour began Oct. 3, 1980, two weeks before the release of Springsteen’s fifth album, and continued through Sept. 14, 1981. With sets that regularly approached the four-hour range, the 140-date international tour firmly established a reputation for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as marathon performers.
Tickets to The River Tour go on sale Dec. 11.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 2016 US Tour Dates:
| Jan 16 | Pittsburgh, PA | Consol Energy Center |
| Jan 19 | Chicago, IL | United Center |
| Jan 24 & 27 | New York, NY | Madison Square Garden |
| Jan 29 | Washington, DC | Verizon Center |
| Jan 31 | Newark, NJ | Prudential Center |
| Feb 2 | Toronto, ON | Air Canada Centre |
| Feb 4 | Boston, MA | TD Garden |
| Feb 8 | Albany, NY | Times Union Center |
| Feb 10 | Hartford, CT | XL Center |
| Feb 12 | Philadelphia, PA | Wells Fargo Center |
| Feb 16 | Sunrise, FL | BB&T Center |
| Feb 18 | Atlanta, GA | Philips Arena |
| Feb 21 | Louisville, KY | KFC Yum! Center |
| Feb 23 | Cleveland, OH | Quicken Loans Arena |
| Feb 25 | Buffalo, NY | First Niagara Center |
| Feb 27 | Rochester, NY | Blue Cross Arena |
| Feb 29 | St Paul, MN | Xcel Energy Center |
| Mar 3 | Milwaukee, WI | BMO Harris Bradley Center |
| Mar 6 | St Louis, MO | Chaifetz Arena |
| Mar 10 | Phoenix, AZ | Talking Stick Resort Arena |
| Mar 13 | Oakland, CA | Oracle Arena |
| Mar 15 & 17 | Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena |