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1972: Bruce runs a classified ad in the Asbury Park Press seeking a “together and ready to travel” pianist and country violinist. Let’s hope he finds at least one of them. Maybe David Sancious is still available?
1977: At Atlantic Studios in New York City, Bruce records “Talk to Me,” “Hearts of Stone,” “City of Night,” and “Wrong Side of the Street“– all of which will go unreleased for decades–plus “The Ballad,” which is still unreleased to this day.
1980: Bruce calls an out-of-left-field audible at his River Tour stop at Milwaukee’s Mecca Arena, resulting in his first public performance of “In the Midnight Hour.”
1988: Bruce plays his first-ever show in Argentina (although half of those in attendance were from Chile) when the Human Rights Now! Tour stops in Mendoza.
2000: Bruce jams with The Gotham Playboys (and future Sessions Band bandmates), who are once again the entertainment at Bruce’s belated birthday party at his house in Colts Neck.
2002: The first European leg of the Rising Tour kicks off in Paris, where Elliot Murphy makes a guest appearance for “Born to Run.”
2007: The Magic Tour heads north to Canada, starting with a show at ScotiaBank Place in Ottawa, where Win Butler and Regine Chassagne of Arcade Fire guest star for the tour premiere of “State Trooper” and Bruce’s only performance of “Keep the Car Running” to date. Also tour premiering at this show: “Tougher Than the Rest” and “Backstreets,” performed back to back.
2009: Night Two of the final four shows at the Philadelphia Spectrum opens with a rare “Thundercrack” and features the only performance to date of “What Love Can Do” along with a full album performance of Darkness on the Edge of Town.
2017: Bruce can’t seem to decide on the order of “Long Walk Home” and “The Rising” during his Broadway show at the Walter Kerr Theater in New York City–the two songs switch places for the third time.
