New for 2023: Video for 1999; audio for 2006
1973: Bruce and the E Street Band open for Chicago at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in New Haven.
1974: Bruce and the band play the Agora in Cleveland. The show is recorded by WMMS-FM in Cleveland and is well worth a listen for its superb sound quality and rare performances of “Tokyo,” “You Never Can Tell,” and “Let the Four Winds Blow.”
1978: The Darkness Tour stops at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. Bruce tour premieres “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” in the encore.
1979: Bruce attends the wedding of his lighting director and travel agent at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood. Bruce performs a three hour wedding-themed set (including “Wedding March,” “Wear My Ring Around Your Neck,” “Mother-in-Law” and “Hava Nagila”) with the E Street Band, Rickie Lee Jones, and Boz Scaggs.
1989: Bruce serenades the attendees of Roy Bittan’s wedding with a cover of Elvis’ “Loving You.”
1999: Reunion Night Two in Paris brings a setlist shake-up, featuring the first-ever performances of “Lion’s Den” and “Loose Ends,” plus the welcome return of “Racing in the Street.”
2000: The Reunion Tour enters its final month with the first of two nights at Philips Arena in Atlanta, where Clarence ad libs his usual line in “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” with a pretty funny replacement.
2006: Nils guest-stars on “Pay Me My Money Down” (and enjoys the show from the pit!) when the Seeger Sessions Tour stops in Glendale, Arizona. For more on this show, see my Where the Band Was report from this show.
2012: In Lisbon’s Bela Vista Park, Bruce and the E Street Band headline Rock in Rio. (Technically this show is performed on June 4th, as Bruce starts the show after midnight.) Bruce closes the show with the tour premiere of “Twist and Shout.”
2013: Bruce plays San Siro in Milan, always the site of amazing shows. Bruce delivers a full album performance of Born in the U.S.A., along with the tour premiere of “Long Tall Sally.”
2016: A stunning River show in Coventry, England: Bruce opens with the tour premieres of “For You” and “Something in the Night,” and tour premieres “Save My Love,” “Travelin’ Band,” and “Seven Nights to Rock” as well.
2020: With no fanfare, Bruce premieres his own recording of “Idiot’s Delight,” (originally released by Joe Grushecky but co-written by both artists) on the fifth installment of his From My Home to Yours radio show on Sirius XM.
