I saw night 1 but not night 2 :( And yes I heard that Crystal Cat was there - I am looking forward to that version :)

**edit** I'm wrong - night 2 is up on Jungleland whoo hoo :-)

Let's hear it for technology - otherwise we nutso fans would not get to hear such an experience.

Agreed!! although very slow download/seeder so we have to be patient...

Have you seen the pro shot video of Independence Day?

Yes I have - I even downloaded it. Very emotional.....

I hardly dare to say it but with Easy Money Patti again knows how to ruin is. She is so out of tune with those parts. Would be a good reason for me not to play the song anymore or at least without her 'singing' ;-).

It's good to see more and more cities got 1 or 2 awesome shows from Bruce and the band. I did not expect such shows when this tour just started but man, some fans in some cities really got a big treat!

I salute you,
TS

I watched the making of Born To Run documentary for the first time today. I found it very interesting and pure. It's interesting to see what a struggle it was to get the songs recorded and the album released. Lots of different arrangements for the songs, a lot of layers were used. Very interesting documentary, as interesting as the one of the Darkness box in my opinion.

I salute you,
TS

Yeah they're both very good documentaries IMO.

Anybody know why the stage stays on the left or right (out side) side of the stadium ? Stage stood like that in Milano and tomorrow in Vienna.....

Can't say for sure, I've only been to one show at San Siro way backin 1986 but it was the same then as well.

Here at our stadium, Ullevi, in Gothenburg, they do the same when they don't expect to sell out the entire place.

Can someone please recommend some good quality bootlegs? Both audio and video? Thanks :)

Enjoy the show anyone who's going tonight, wish I was! And make sure you dress appropriately for mud and rain :p

There's a great deal of boots to dig up

1975 The punk meets the Godfather (bottom line show)

The grand ol' shows from 78 - Winterland for instance or Roxy Night

or newer ones any of the London or Gothenburg shows from 2008 (Crystal Cat)

or the recent show in Paris

As for DVDs. Passaic 78 is must

Thank you, Asok. I have downloaded Hyde Park 2009 audio, too. The performance of 'Youngstown' has converted me into near-obsessive at this stage. Can't get enough of The Boss.

What's the best forum? :p

www.jungleland.it is one of the best IMO

Greasy l.........I kid I kid :D

why is hard rock not on sky arts this year? :{

To download music Jungleland or the binary newsgroup ABMS (alt.binaries.music.springsteen) are probably the most used. There is a list of the 55 top shows: (though it is a bit outdated as it stops at 2003)

The 1970s
January 13, 1970 - The Matrix/San Francisco, CA (Steel Mill)
May 14, 1971 - Sunshine Inn: Asbury Park, NJ (Dr.Zoom & the Sonic Boom)
January 10, 1973 - WBCN Studios/Boston, MA (in-studio radio performance)
March 2, 1973 - Berkeley Community Theatre/Berekeley, CA
April 24, 1973 - Main Point Club/Bryn Mawr, PA
July 31, 1973 - My Father's Place/Roslyn, NY
January 19, 1974 - Kent State University/Kent, OH
March 10, 1974 - Liberty Hall/Houston, TX
April 9, 1974 - WBCN Studios/Boston, MA (in-studio radio performance)
February 5, 1975 - Main Point Club/Bryn Mawr, PA
August 15, 1975 - The Bottom Line/New York, NY
October 2, 1975 - Uptown Theatre/Milwaukee, WI (post-bomb scare)
December 30, 1975 - Tower Theatre/Philadelphia, PA
April 7, 1976 - Allen Theatre/Cleveland, OH
November 4, 1976 - Palladium/New York, NY
February 13, 1977 - Maple Leaf Gardens Concert Bowl/Toronto, Ontario
March 4, 1977 - Auditorium/Jacksonville, FL
March 25, 1977 - Boston Music Hall/Boston, MA
July 7, 1978 - The Roxy/Los Angeles, CA
August 4, 1978 - Civic Center/Charleston, WV
August 9, 1978 - The Agora/Cleveland, OH
September 19, 1978 - Capitol Theatre/Passaic, NJ
December 15, 1978 - Winterland/San Francisco, CA

The 1980s

November 5, 1980 - ASU Activities Center/Tempe, AZ
December 31, 1980 - Nassau Coliseum/Uniondale, NY
May 8, 1981 - Johnanneshovg Isstadion/Stockholm, SWD
August 20, 1981 - Sports Arena/Los Angeles, CA
August 20, 1984 - Brendan Byrne Arena/E. Rutherford, NJ
November 19, 1984 - Kemper Arena/Kansas City, MO
September 30, 1985 - LA Coliseum/Los Angeles, CA
October 13, 1986 - Shoreline Amphitheatre/Mt. View, CA
February 25, 1988 - The Centrum/Worcester, MA
May 3, 1988 - Shoreline Amphitheatre/Mt. View, CA
May 22, 1988 - Madison Square Garden/New York, NY
July 3, 1988 - Stockholms Stadion/Stockholm, SWD (First Set)
October 15, 1988 - River Plate Stadium/Buenos Aires, Aregentina

The 1990s

November 16 and 17, 1990 - Shrine Auditorium/Los Angeles, CA
July 10, 1992 - Wembley Arena/London, England
August 7, 1992 - Brendan Byrne Arena/E. Rutherford, NJ
March 23, 1993 - Ct. Basie Theatre/Red Bank, NJ
April 15, 1993 - Indoor Arena, Sheffield, UK
June 24, 1993 - Brendan Byrne Arena/E. Rutherford, NJ
July 22, 1995 - Tradewinds/Sea Bright, NJ (w/Joe Grushecky)
December 5, 1995 - Constitution Hall/Washington, DC
April 24, 1996 - Brixton Academy/London, England
September 25, 1996 - EJ Thomas Hall/Akron, OH
November 8, 1996 - St. Rose of Lima/Freehold, NJ
November 26, 1996 - Paramount Theatre/Asbury Park, NJ
December 11, 1996 - Veteran's Auditorium/Columbus, OH
June 24, 1999 - Olympic Stadion/Stockholm, Sweden
September 24, 1999 - The Spectrum/Philadelphia, PA
October 23, 1999 - Staples Center/Los Angeles, CA

The 2000s

May 8, 2000 - Civic Center/Hartford, CT
July 1, 2000 - Madison Square Garden/New York, NY
October 27, 2002 - Wembley Arena/London, England
December 9, 2002 - Carolina Center/Columbia, SC
March 7, 2003 - Boardwalk Hall/Atlantic City, NJ
June 22, 2003 - Ullevi Stadium/Gothenburg, Sweden
October 4, 2003 - Shea Stadium/Flushing, NY

Wow! Thanks a lot Kathleen. I appreciate it.

No problem :) Keep in mind that if you are looking for something in particular you can always ask me if I have it. I have a LOT of Bruce bootlegs that go all the way back and I am always willing to share.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/14/showbi...html?hpt=hp_t2

I get curfews, but pulling the plug on Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney is insane.

Well curfews count for everyone and every artist. Ofcourse, if I would have been there I would be baffled as well but in the end Bruce and Paul are artists like every other band or musician and they all have to stick to curfews. Yes he is a legend, a true artist but he has to stick to the rules as well. If he wanted to do those songs with Paul he should have planned it earlier in his show in my opinion.

Bruce or not, curfews are rules, rules have to be sticked to. Simple as that.
Then again, if he passed the curfew by 30 minutes, those extra 2 minutes wouldn't have hurt either I am sure.
Wondering if Bruce will be doing Hard Rock Calling again in the future.

I salute you,
TS

Indeed! What a night though! Absolutely brilliant!

Just been watching Tougher Than The Rest from Vienna. What a performance. I wasn't there but I still got goosebumbs. Such a pity that song isn't in his set all the time.

I salute you,
TS

That gig was sensational.

I had to leave after We Are Alive but got to hear the rest of the encore (though I obviously didn't realise McCartney was onstage at the end)

Was only when I got on the bus, a guy sitting next to me said they'd pulled the plug.


Either the show was amazing. I can honestly say it's the best gig I've ever been to. They were on fire right from the get go and the stuff like playing the tune for the Spanish dude and getting the kid up onstage just shows how much a class act Bruce is.

Yea, i was in Vienna and Trieste and i must say, he is the best performer ever. I still got goosebumbs!
Thougher than the rest was really something special!

The whole set was great. I can't think of one lull in it which is no mean feat given how long he played for.

Was worth the touch of sunstroke I've picked up and a horrible bus ride home with next to no sleep.

In the run up to this tour I've been thinking that this might be the last one they do and it bummed me out but if it is, they're going out on a high note.

Sunstroke?! WTF man? I can count maybe 15 min of sunshine the whole day.

I got burnt on Friday so standing around all day yesterday even when it wasn't that hot didn't help.

I'm a very pale ginge with short hair, I look at the sun ou of the window and burn up.

One of my favourite songs ;o

Same here my friend, same here :-).

I salute you,
TS

I said the same thing after The River show at MSG in 2009. I was afraid that was it, but if it were, they would have gone out on a super high note. I could even have gone to 1 more show after that in Baltimore and I declined. For that tour, nothing could have touched that River show.

Just back from the RDS. Fantastic show. That man is just so AMAZING!!
He totally took the piss out of what happened in HRC. Had a giant on / off switch, came on stage, turned it on and continued with Twist & Shout :) then I Fought The Law.
Switch came out at the end too and he had a policeman and an official looking guy saying they had to turn off the switch :) twas funny!

Highlight for me was Jack of all trades. Really loved it.
Got Badlands and Born to Run which were pretty much a given anyways but I love them. Recorded three songs I' A Rocker, Rosalita and My Hometown

Really wish I was going again tomorrow night!!!

I just saw the setlist. Funny to see he started the show with playing the last minute of Twist and Shout that was cut off at HRC. Nice set as well!

You sir, got a good show!
I hoped to hear JOAT as well here but he skipped it cause it was a festival-show.

I salute you,
TS

My Hometown is my husbands favorite song - he is officially jealous. You sure did get a nice show though. And it's also nice to see them having a laugh over what happened. A sense of humor is essential to survival LOL

It was an incredible night. Probably the best form I've ever seen Bruce and the band in. There was a magic about last night that raised it above Bruce's normal (unfathomably) high standards. Two things really stood out for me though; the first was how good Bruce's voice was, and the second was Jake's performance.

It's pretty cool that I get to do it all again tonight.

hahahah, check this out :



yesterday was one hell of a show :cool:

Yes why aren't you going tonight?? One thing I've learned over the years...if he plays multiple nights then go to both/three!

Work :(
If it were a weekend I'd be at both shows with bells on!
On the way home now very jealous of everyone going tonight.
Missed a few songs last night that may get played tonight. Last night was still brilliant though :)

Bit of a noob question; have they played Jungleland since The Big Man left us?

Nope, not once. Those of us here in Jersey have been hoping that he will pull it out at Giants in Sept, or even Philadelphia. Certainly Sandy was played after Danny died. Maybe by the end of the tour Jake will be ready to take it on.

If not, I was lucky enough to have heard it many, many times over the years and I guess I will have to be content with that.

Last night's show was incredible as usual. I preferred night 1 but those two nights were every bit as good as Bon Jovi's two nights in the same venue this time last year.

The big news from last night, if you haven't already heard, was that Jake had to play from a wheelchair. Nothing that serious, but he sneezed during the last song on Tuesday night and blew out his back. He was wheeled on (and off) staged and had to be lifted back to his spot with the brass section. Bruce managed to get quite a few laughs out of it but didn't seem to affect his playing one bit. He even "danced" with a girl during Dancing In The Dark.

But you got The Promise which is something that I have never heard live. I am hoping he will play it at Giants this fall.