Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band...
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"Not sure where to start.
I knew there would be a lot of tears tonight. There were.
I knew there would be a lot of great music tonight. There was.
I knew Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band would leave us with something special to cherish whether it's for a year, two years or more. They did.
An incredible night in Buffalo. What a way to end the tour. Leaving your fans feeling mighty proud of a journey that may have come to an end temporarily but we sure hope we see again.
A three-and-half-hour show with 33 songs. So moving, so joyous and all of us walking out of the HSBC Arena close to midnight realizing we just witnessed something special that will be part of our lives for a long time.
Show began at 8:22 p.m.
Patti Scialfa was not at the show.
1. Wrecking Ball
Bruce didn't change the lyrics too much but did say "Buffalo is going up in flames."
The sold-out crowd got into the song.
2. The Ties That Bind
Nice second song. Missed hearing this a lot this tour and was glad to get it tonight. Crowd was into it. Entire arena was on their feet.
3. Hungry Heart
Ususal crowd surfing. The pit was packed tonight so it was no problem moving Bruce.
4. Working On A Dream
"Good evening great city of Buffalo. Let me look at you, let me look at you," Bruce said as the some of the lights were on the crowd. "Let me say hello back. We're here for one last time for a little while. We came here to fulfill our vow to rock the house!"
I think Bruce has finally built his house (part of his story on this song this tour).
Bruce talked about how the band has been touring since October of 2007 and how it has been some of the best times for the band. "Thank you for supporting us."
He talked about playing other albums and "tonight for the one and only time we're playing Greetings from Asbury Park."
"This was the miracle. We were way below zero to one. It was our big moment, big time. There was a guy at CBS Recods, John Hammond, who invited me to play for him. My pal did some incredible talking to get me in to play some songs. I played some of the song acoustically.
"I'm dedicating this to Mike Appel. The man who got me in those doors."
Mike Appel was Bruce's first manager through his free three albums before splitting after 1975. Mike was at the show, standing in the back of the pit, and he looked very proud all night listening to the Greetings songs and the entire show.
5. Blinded By The Light
Start of the "Greetings from Asbury Park" set. Nils was playing acoustic guitar. Fun.
6. Growin' Up
We were hoping we would get a story in the middle of the song (an old Springsteen tradition) and we got a good and very moving one tonight.
"There were were. Steven and myself playing some bar in Asbury Park, New Jersey. There was a northeaster washing away parts of Kingsley Ave. The door lifted open and blew away and a large shadow of a man stepped in.
"Had King Curtis come out of my dreams? Was it Junior Walker? He walked to the stage and said (Clarence now speaking): ' 'I want to play with you.'
"What could I say," said Bruce. "I said sure!
"Clarence played the sax (and Clarence did start playing the sax) and I heard this force of nature. At the end of the night we looked at each other (and Bruce and Clarence looked at each other and they nodded their heads) .
"We then drove though the woods. We then were sleeping and had a long dream.
"When we woke up we were in ****** Buffalo! In ******** Buffalo, N.Y.!"
Great story, great song. Lots of tears and smiles. A wow moment.
7. Mary Queen of Arkansas (tour premiere)
Only Bruce, Nils (on harmonica) and Max.
8. Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?
Always a fun song to hear.
9. Lost In The Flood
Very powerful and well done. I wrote "awesome" in my notebook. Some great guitar work by Bruce at the end. Bruce and Max were playing off each other, it was intense.
10. The Angel (tour premiere)
First time ever done by Bruce and the E Street Band. Bruce had played it one time previously, on the Ghost of Tom Joad Tour in 1995.
It was only Roy on piano and Bruce singing. Nice to hear because it is so rare, but probably would not work at future shows. A violin player (no Soozie) came out to play at the end.
11. For You
Always nice to hear. Full-band version. Bruce and Steven were laughing at the end of the song.
12. Spirit In The Night
Another regular from this album. Bruce was all over the stage, back of the stage and did some high kicks. Bruce picked a hat from my friend Bill Falls of Brooklyn (formerly of Canada) and wore it for a little bit.
13. It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
Great guitar work by Bruce and Steven. They play off each other so well on this song.
At the end Bruce held up his guitar to the audience.
14. Waitin On A Sunny Day
This was my one minor complaint of the evening. Bruce went right into this song withut even acknowledging Clarence or Garry (and Danny Federici) who played on Greetings. It would have been nice to take a minute or so before going right into "Waitin'."
Bruce brought a little girl up to sing with him Let's just say she was loud with a powerful voice.
It was during this sone I noticed a big sign off Steven's side of the stage that read "It's only Rock and Roll but it feels like love." Bruce later brought this up on stage. I learned it was made by my friends Jill and Deborah from New Jersey. Nice job!
15. The Promised Land
Nice to hear this. It has been out of the setlist for awhile and it's a song that means a lot of things to different people. Always powerful.
Before the next song Bruce said: We have a birthday boy in the house tonight. Steve is my age. How did we get that old?
"For years he's been asking to play this one song. It's very obscure. It's on Tracks and we're going to do this for Stevie for his birthday. Hope it works out.
"We may have played it one other time. I'm not sure (it has never been played before live by Bruce).
16. Restless Nights (tour, world premire)
Sounded pretty good but only the die-hard fans in the audeince seem to know it. "Damn it!" Bruce said when they finished. "He might have been right all those years!"
Guitar tech Kevin Buell then brought out a birthday cake that looked like it had 59 candles on it (I believe Steven turned 59). Bruce went on one side of the cake and Steve on the other and they blew out th candles together.
17. Surprise Surprise
Played for Steven for his birthday. Nice rarity from the Working on a Dream album. At one point Bruce stuck his finger in the cake (it was by Max's drum kick) and he tried to wipe some frosting on Steven's face. Bruce then licked his fingers at the end of the song.
"Happy Birthday Steve!" Bruce said.
18. Green Onions (sign collection)
Instrumental. Nice to hear this 1962 tune by Booker T. and the M.G.s.
19. Merry Christmas Baby (sign request, tour premiere)
Bruce had to figure out what key to do it in "G? C? A?" then Roy got it. Bruce was singing to behind the state to "wake these people up" And then he pointed to the upper decks and said "Everbody up top say hey!" He then came back to the little stage at the back of the pit and sang from there for a little bit.
At the end he was saying "I need more jingle bells" and with that the band went into:
20. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (electric sign request)
Bruce asked for the lights out so he could show off this cool electric sign of Santa's hat.
Toward the end of the song, Steven brought up a big sign that was a drawing of Bruce and Santa Claus.
"I'm going to put this on my front door." Bruce said.
"We have excellent sign makers tonight. You have outdone yourself."
21. I Don't Wanna Hang Up My Rock N Roll Shoes (sign request)
A very appropriate request for this, the final show. Bruce joked "that the request was made by stalker who got to be from Italy. We see them across the Seven Seas."
He then said "We need the lyrics. We don't know the words!"
This was written by Chuck Willis and peaked at No. 24 in 1958.
Very nicely done. No, we don't want Bruce and the E Street Band to hang up their rock n roll shoes.
22. Boom Boom (sign request)
Hearing this always brings me back to the Tunnel of Love Tour in 1988. This was the second song in the setlist for awhile then.
Well played tonight. Bruce yelled "turn it up" during Charlies solo. All three guitars (Nils, Bruce, Steven) were up front at the end.
23. My Love Will Not Let You Down
A rediscovered gem. Had the crowd up and dancing. This has worked well since coming back in the setlist lately.
24. Long Walk Home
Quite powerful tonight. A group of four friends near me held on to each other during the entire song.
Very emotional on an emotional night.
25. The Rising
Great as always. I always know we're getting toward the end of the show when I hear this and tonight that made it a little tougher.
26. Born To Run
House lights up. I really focused on Clarence's sax solo tonight. I sure hope this wasn't the last time we ever hear this.
27. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
"I want to tell you the story of the band." Bruce said "Is there anybody alive out there."
At the end of it Bruce said "That's about the size of it"
There was an "E Street Band" chant from the crowd.
Encores:
Bruce thanked the crowd. Said how "lucky he was to be playing for you" and how he "works for our love."
28. I'll Work For Your Love (tour premiere)
Very nice to hear. A song from the Magic album that has not played enough.
Worked very well hear. Good start to the encores.
29. Thunder Road
I'm so glad Bruce played this tonight. One of his classics and it needed to be played. Hearing the crowd singing "Ssow a little faith there's magic in the night, you ain't a beauty but tey you're all right" gave me chills. There was magic in the night in Buffalo.
30. American Land
Bruce introduced Clarence as "Bigger than Shakespeare. His book is bigger than the Bible."
Bruce yelled "Buffalo" three times and then "New York" three times.
He later held up a sign that read "Thank you."
Some fans were giving these out before the show and many people were holding them up. We were saying thank you to Bruce and he was saying thank you to us.
31. Dancing In The Dark' (Bruce held up the sign that read: "II's only rock n roll, but it feels like love).
Two of the dancers who were on the mini stage on the back of the pit at the Nov. 8 Madison Square Garden show made a return appearance in Buffalo. One was escorted off pretty quickly but the other managed to get a few cool moves in before security got to her. Nice job ladies!
A boy came onstage to dance with Steven then Bruce. He sang the "Hey Baby!" parts also.
32. Rosalita
Got to have this song on this night. Bruce and Steven held their hands out at the end and Max played a little bit of a military march.
33. Higher And Higher
Buffalo's own Willie Nile joined Bruce on stage.
"What I want to know at the end of the night, Do you think we can take it higher? Can we bring it higher in Buffalo tonight?"
Bruce, Curtis, Cindy and Soozie came back to sing from the stage at the back of the pit . Fun, fun, fun.
34. Rockin All Over The World
Thought we might get "Blood Brothers" in this spot (it ended the Reunion Tour in 2000 and the Rising Tour in 2003) and there would have been tons of tears but Bruce decided to end it on a high note.
"We ain't going nowhere" Bruce said to start.
Bruce talked about how he's seen so many different faces in different countries.
"We appreciate you coming ou to the see the E Street Band.
"We're going to say goodbye for a very little while."
He then thanked his road crew, saying all their first names, as well as "the E Street Band and Miss Patti Scialfa"
He also mentioned Barbara Carr, George Travis, Jon Landau and Barry Bell.
"We love you! We'll be seeing you!" Bruce said before slowly leaving the stage. He and Clarence then hugged. Pretty emtional moment.
Show over at 11:51 p.m.
Quite the night in Buffalo. A night none of us will soon forget.
Some notes: A very tough ticket. I don't know if there ever was a drop. Lots of people around the box office all day. Arena was packed. Lots of signs. Very good crowd, not as good as Cleveland or some other cities, but they were into it for the most part.
More than 1,500 in the GA lottery. The pit was packed, as crowded as I've ever seen it.
It was like a high school reunion. Everywhere you went in Buffalo you ran into a Bruce fan: From New Jersey, New York, Europe everywhere. A very special weekend with a lot of great memories."
Man skulle varit där...
"Not sure where to start.
I knew there would be a lot of tears tonight. There were.
I knew there would be a lot of great music tonight. There was.
I knew Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band would leave us with something special to cherish whether it's for a year, two years or more. They did.
An incredible night in Buffalo. What a way to end the tour. Leaving your fans feeling mighty proud of a journey that may have come to an end temporarily but we sure hope we see again.
A three-and-half-hour show with 33 songs. So moving, so joyous and all of us walking out of the HSBC Arena close to midnight realizing we just witnessed something special that will be part of our lives for a long time.
Show began at 8:22 p.m.
Patti Scialfa was not at the show.
1. Wrecking Ball
Bruce didn't change the lyrics too much but did say "Buffalo is going up in flames."
The sold-out crowd got into the song.
2. The Ties That Bind
Nice second song. Missed hearing this a lot this tour and was glad to get it tonight. Crowd was into it. Entire arena was on their feet.
3. Hungry Heart
Ususal crowd surfing. The pit was packed tonight so it was no problem moving Bruce.
4. Working On A Dream
"Good evening great city of Buffalo. Let me look at you, let me look at you," Bruce said as the some of the lights were on the crowd. "Let me say hello back. We're here for one last time for a little while. We came here to fulfill our vow to rock the house!"
I think Bruce has finally built his house (part of his story on this song this tour).
Bruce talked about how the band has been touring since October of 2007 and how it has been some of the best times for the band. "Thank you for supporting us."
He talked about playing other albums and "tonight for the one and only time we're playing Greetings from Asbury Park."
"This was the miracle. We were way below zero to one. It was our big moment, big time. There was a guy at CBS Recods, John Hammond, who invited me to play for him. My pal did some incredible talking to get me in to play some songs. I played some of the song acoustically.
"I'm dedicating this to Mike Appel. The man who got me in those doors."
Mike Appel was Bruce's first manager through his free three albums before splitting after 1975. Mike was at the show, standing in the back of the pit, and he looked very proud all night listening to the Greetings songs and the entire show.
5. Blinded By The Light
Start of the "Greetings from Asbury Park" set. Nils was playing acoustic guitar. Fun.
6. Growin' Up
We were hoping we would get a story in the middle of the song (an old Springsteen tradition) and we got a good and very moving one tonight.
"There were were. Steven and myself playing some bar in Asbury Park, New Jersey. There was a northeaster washing away parts of Kingsley Ave. The door lifted open and blew away and a large shadow of a man stepped in.
"Had King Curtis come out of my dreams? Was it Junior Walker? He walked to the stage and said (Clarence now speaking): ' 'I want to play with you.'
"What could I say," said Bruce. "I said sure!
"Clarence played the sax (and Clarence did start playing the sax) and I heard this force of nature. At the end of the night we looked at each other (and Bruce and Clarence looked at each other and they nodded their heads) .
"We then drove though the woods. We then were sleeping and had a long dream.
"When we woke up we were in ****** Buffalo! In ******** Buffalo, N.Y.!"
Great story, great song. Lots of tears and smiles. A wow moment.
7. Mary Queen of Arkansas (tour premiere)
Only Bruce, Nils (on harmonica) and Max.
8. Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?
Always a fun song to hear.
9. Lost In The Flood
Very powerful and well done. I wrote "awesome" in my notebook. Some great guitar work by Bruce at the end. Bruce and Max were playing off each other, it was intense.
10. The Angel (tour premiere)
First time ever done by Bruce and the E Street Band. Bruce had played it one time previously, on the Ghost of Tom Joad Tour in 1995.
It was only Roy on piano and Bruce singing. Nice to hear because it is so rare, but probably would not work at future shows. A violin player (no Soozie) came out to play at the end.
11. For You
Always nice to hear. Full-band version. Bruce and Steven were laughing at the end of the song.
12. Spirit In The Night
Another regular from this album. Bruce was all over the stage, back of the stage and did some high kicks. Bruce picked a hat from my friend Bill Falls of Brooklyn (formerly of Canada) and wore it for a little bit.
13. It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
Great guitar work by Bruce and Steven. They play off each other so well on this song.
At the end Bruce held up his guitar to the audience.
14. Waitin On A Sunny Day
This was my one minor complaint of the evening. Bruce went right into this song withut even acknowledging Clarence or Garry (and Danny Federici) who played on Greetings. It would have been nice to take a minute or so before going right into "Waitin'."
Bruce brought a little girl up to sing with him Let's just say she was loud with a powerful voice.
It was during this sone I noticed a big sign off Steven's side of the stage that read "It's only Rock and Roll but it feels like love." Bruce later brought this up on stage. I learned it was made by my friends Jill and Deborah from New Jersey. Nice job!
15. The Promised Land
Nice to hear this. It has been out of the setlist for awhile and it's a song that means a lot of things to different people. Always powerful.
Before the next song Bruce said: We have a birthday boy in the house tonight. Steve is my age. How did we get that old?
"For years he's been asking to play this one song. It's very obscure. It's on Tracks and we're going to do this for Stevie for his birthday. Hope it works out.
"We may have played it one other time. I'm not sure (it has never been played before live by Bruce).
16. Restless Nights (tour, world premire)
Sounded pretty good but only the die-hard fans in the audeince seem to know it. "Damn it!" Bruce said when they finished. "He might have been right all those years!"
Guitar tech Kevin Buell then brought out a birthday cake that looked like it had 59 candles on it (I believe Steven turned 59). Bruce went on one side of the cake and Steve on the other and they blew out th candles together.
17. Surprise Surprise
Played for Steven for his birthday. Nice rarity from the Working on a Dream album. At one point Bruce stuck his finger in the cake (it was by Max's drum kick) and he tried to wipe some frosting on Steven's face. Bruce then licked his fingers at the end of the song.
"Happy Birthday Steve!" Bruce said.
18. Green Onions (sign collection)
Instrumental. Nice to hear this 1962 tune by Booker T. and the M.G.s.
19. Merry Christmas Baby (sign request, tour premiere)
Bruce had to figure out what key to do it in "G? C? A?" then Roy got it. Bruce was singing to behind the state to "wake these people up" And then he pointed to the upper decks and said "Everbody up top say hey!" He then came back to the little stage at the back of the pit and sang from there for a little bit.
At the end he was saying "I need more jingle bells" and with that the band went into:
20. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (electric sign request)
Bruce asked for the lights out so he could show off this cool electric sign of Santa's hat.
Toward the end of the song, Steven brought up a big sign that was a drawing of Bruce and Santa Claus.
"I'm going to put this on my front door." Bruce said.
"We have excellent sign makers tonight. You have outdone yourself."
21. I Don't Wanna Hang Up My Rock N Roll Shoes (sign request)
A very appropriate request for this, the final show. Bruce joked "that the request was made by stalker who got to be from Italy. We see them across the Seven Seas."
He then said "We need the lyrics. We don't know the words!"
This was written by Chuck Willis and peaked at No. 24 in 1958.
Very nicely done. No, we don't want Bruce and the E Street Band to hang up their rock n roll shoes.
22. Boom Boom (sign request)
Hearing this always brings me back to the Tunnel of Love Tour in 1988. This was the second song in the setlist for awhile then.
Well played tonight. Bruce yelled "turn it up" during Charlies solo. All three guitars (Nils, Bruce, Steven) were up front at the end.
23. My Love Will Not Let You Down
A rediscovered gem. Had the crowd up and dancing. This has worked well since coming back in the setlist lately.
24. Long Walk Home
Quite powerful tonight. A group of four friends near me held on to each other during the entire song.
Very emotional on an emotional night.
25. The Rising
Great as always. I always know we're getting toward the end of the show when I hear this and tonight that made it a little tougher.
26. Born To Run
House lights up. I really focused on Clarence's sax solo tonight. I sure hope this wasn't the last time we ever hear this.
27. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
"I want to tell you the story of the band." Bruce said "Is there anybody alive out there."
At the end of it Bruce said "That's about the size of it"
There was an "E Street Band" chant from the crowd.
Encores:
Bruce thanked the crowd. Said how "lucky he was to be playing for you" and how he "works for our love."
28. I'll Work For Your Love (tour premiere)
Very nice to hear. A song from the Magic album that has not played enough.
Worked very well hear. Good start to the encores.
29. Thunder Road
I'm so glad Bruce played this tonight. One of his classics and it needed to be played. Hearing the crowd singing "Ssow a little faith there's magic in the night, you ain't a beauty but tey you're all right" gave me chills. There was magic in the night in Buffalo.
30. American Land
Bruce introduced Clarence as "Bigger than Shakespeare. His book is bigger than the Bible."
Bruce yelled "Buffalo" three times and then "New York" three times.
He later held up a sign that read "Thank you."
Some fans were giving these out before the show and many people were holding them up. We were saying thank you to Bruce and he was saying thank you to us.
31. Dancing In The Dark' (Bruce held up the sign that read: "II's only rock n roll, but it feels like love).
Two of the dancers who were on the mini stage on the back of the pit at the Nov. 8 Madison Square Garden show made a return appearance in Buffalo. One was escorted off pretty quickly but the other managed to get a few cool moves in before security got to her. Nice job ladies!
A boy came onstage to dance with Steven then Bruce. He sang the "Hey Baby!" parts also.
32. Rosalita
Got to have this song on this night. Bruce and Steven held their hands out at the end and Max played a little bit of a military march.
33. Higher And Higher
Buffalo's own Willie Nile joined Bruce on stage.
"What I want to know at the end of the night, Do you think we can take it higher? Can we bring it higher in Buffalo tonight?"
Bruce, Curtis, Cindy and Soozie came back to sing from the stage at the back of the pit . Fun, fun, fun.
34. Rockin All Over The World
Thought we might get "Blood Brothers" in this spot (it ended the Reunion Tour in 2000 and the Rising Tour in 2003) and there would have been tons of tears but Bruce decided to end it on a high note.
"We ain't going nowhere" Bruce said to start.
Bruce talked about how he's seen so many different faces in different countries.
"We appreciate you coming ou to the see the E Street Band.
"We're going to say goodbye for a very little while."
He then thanked his road crew, saying all their first names, as well as "the E Street Band and Miss Patti Scialfa"
He also mentioned Barbara Carr, George Travis, Jon Landau and Barry Bell.
"We love you! We'll be seeing you!" Bruce said before slowly leaving the stage. He and Clarence then hugged. Pretty emtional moment.
Show over at 11:51 p.m.
Quite the night in Buffalo. A night none of us will soon forget.
Some notes: A very tough ticket. I don't know if there ever was a drop. Lots of people around the box office all day. Arena was packed. Lots of signs. Very good crowd, not as good as Cleveland or some other cities, but they were into it for the most part.
More than 1,500 in the GA lottery. The pit was packed, as crowded as I've ever seen it.
It was like a high school reunion. Everywhere you went in Buffalo you ran into a Bruce fan: From New Jersey, New York, Europe everywhere. A very special weekend with a lot of great memories."
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