Bruce Springsteen launched his 2023 tour tonight in Tampa, Fla., marking his first stay efficiency with the E Street Band in shut to 6 years.
“Good evening, Tampa!” he declared as he stepped on stage, greeted by thunderous applause from the followers in attendance. From there, Springsteen jumped straight into opening track “No Surrender,” the facet two opener from 1984’s Born in the usA.
Watch Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Perform ‘No Surrender’
He then proceeded to ship materials from all through his profession. Early on the set featured a few of Springsteen’s newer tunes, corresponding to “Ghosts” and “Letter to You” from 2020’s Letter to You. Two different songs from that album made their stay debut this night time: “Last Man Standing,” which he delivered solo acoustic and “Burnin’ Train.” He additionally carried out his rendition of “Nightshift,” the Commodores traditional he lined on 2022’s Only the Strong Survive.
After 21 songs, Springsteen took a breather, solely to return for an encore that includes lots of his most beloved hits. “Born to Run,” “Glory Days” and “Dancing in the Dark” ramped up the vitality, with the Boss then closing his night time with a solo acoustic rendition of “I’ll See You in My Dreams.”
Pictures and the total set record from the efficiency will be discovered beneath.
Watch Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Perform ‘Nightshift’
Springsteen’s final live performance with the E Street Band happened on Feb. 25, 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand, although he has participated in another initiatives since then — he launched Springsteen on Broadway within the fall of 2017, co-hosted a podcast with former President Barack Obama and launched three albums, Western Stars (2019), Letter to You (2020) and Only the Strong Survive (2022).
“I’m going to consider myself lucky if I lose just a year of touring life,” Springsteen stated to Rolling Stone in 2020, about six months into the pandemic. “Once you hit 70, there’s a finite amount of tours and a finite amount of years that you have. And so you lose one or two, that’s not so great. Particularly because I feel the band is capable of playing at the very, very, very top, or better than, of its game right now. And I feel as vital as I’ve ever felt in my life. … It’s not being able to do something that is a fundamental life force, something I’ve lived for since I was 16 years old.”
Springsteen will proceed touring throughout the U.S. within the coming months, after which carry the present to Europe for a string of dates that start on April 28 in Barcelona. He’ll then return to the States for a second North American leg that begins in August.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, 2/1/23, Amalie Arena, Tampa
1. “No Surrender”
2. “Ghosts”
3. “Prove It All Night”
4. “Letter to You”
5. “The Promised Land”
6. “Out in the Street”
7. “Candy’s Room”
8. “Kitty’s Back”
9. “Brilliant Disguise”
10. “Nightshift” (Commodores cowl)
11. “Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)” (Ben E. King cowl)
12. “The E Street Shuffle”
13. “Johnny 99”
14. “Last Man Standing”
15. “House of a Thousand Guitars”
16. “Backstreets”
17. “Because the Night” (Patti Smith Group cowl)
18. “She’s the One”
19. “Wrecking Ball”
20. “The Rising”
21. “Badlands”
22. “Burnin’ Train”
23. “Born to Run”
24. “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)”
25. “Glory Days”
26. “Dancing in the Dark”
27. “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out”
28. “I’ll See You in My Dreams”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 2023 Opening Night
Springsteen hits the highway together with his longtime backing band for the primary time in six years.
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