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Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will perform again at the tiny Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY, on October 30, 2012. Tickets go on sale September 8th at 10am thru Ticketmaster.

Although the «middle-of-nowhere» venue didn’t seem the right place for a concert (it was a huge open space on a horse racetrack next to a casino), yesterday’s performance by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band in Vernon was fantastic, and the artist offered a set list full of hits, rarities and fan favorites from all throughout his career, including the tour premieres of «Human Touch» and «Stand on it». Judging by the great set list, yesterday’s show looked more like a «second night» concert rather than a one-stand.

The show began with «Out in the Street», followed by several fan requests that included the thrilling «It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City» and «I’m a Rocker». Then came «Darkness on the Edge of Town», «Frankie», the swing version of «Open All Night» and the 1978 version of «Prove it All Night», plus a beautiful «Backstreets» (with snippets of «Dream Baby Dream»).

The encores featured «Thunder Road», «Rosalita» and the sensational «Quarter to Three», before closing with «Twist and Shout», after playing 30 songs during three hours and thirty-five minutes. Next stop is Philadelphia, where he will play on Sunday and Monday.

See complete set list.

Official review at BS.net

Bruce Springsteen’s Canadian tour made a stop in Moncton, New Brunswick, where he played for the first time ever. Bruce and the band performed before a virgin audience, as it seems most of them had never seen Bruce live before. And they got a 3-hour performance, full of classics and greatest hits, rather than the mix of hits and rarities and obscure songs that he’s been offering in recent months.

The Moncton audience got to hear lots of crowd-favorites such as «Working on the Highway», «Darlington County», «Glory Days», «Hungry Heart», «Dancing in the Dark», «No Surrender», «Lonesome Day» and «The Rising», along with most of his classic signature songs: «Thunder Road», «Born to Run», «The Promised Land», «Badlands», «Because the Night» or «The River». The show also featured a couple of not-so-common performances: «Pay Me My Money Down», and the solo piano version of «If I Should Fall Behind».

There were over 30,000 people at the show, a very enthusiastic crowd, as Bruce recognized saying «You’re pretty lively out there Moncton!»: Bruce got a little help from The Trews and Tom Cochrane (who played on the same stage, before him) as they were invited to go onstage for «Twist & Shout». Bruce’s final words were “Moncton! We’ll be back! Incredible!”.

See complete set list.