New Springsteen single out tomorrow

Comes onstage dribbling a basketball, and opens with Van Halen's "Jump."

 

That was strange. The show was awesome though.

(And for those wondering, I was there for some of the previous acts, and they played an hour set. So Bruce got 3 times as much as them. Which is fitting because he has 3 times the music to choose from.)

 

You forgot he and the band come on stage to "Sweet Georgia Brown". Has a jump ball (that he loses) with Nils Lofgren (who is half a foot shorter) as roadie Kevin Buelle dressed as a ref tossed the ball up. Then they went into "Jump".
A little Bruce schtick to recognize the fact they're playing at a concert during the Final Four.

 

It was a fun show -- the setlist was more intended for the causal fan, but he seemed into it. Great quality on the video.

 

Agreed on the video quality.
Looked to be a direct feed from the cameras shooting for the video screens.
The internet stream was fantastic - whomever they used was able to handle the high volume of traffic with a strong high-speed connection.

 

Ran into tickets for Columbus. This will be my first Springsteen concert. Quite excited.

 

One thing is sure: if "Hoosiers" is remade, Nils Lofgren has to play Shooter Flatch.





Actually Bruce is starting to look a little Norman Dale-ish.

"I had a different schedule in mind. Leave the ball, will ya, George?"

 

The start of the show - from Sweet Georgia Brown walk-on, through part of Jump...

 

Here's the full song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fG8W3gmc0U

 

Opened with high hopes

 

High hopes
Badlands
No surrender
Death to my hometown
Hungry Heart
Spirit of the night
Burnin love
Satisfaction
Meet me tonight
Johnny 99
American skin*
Promised land
Because the night
I'm on fire
Downbound train
Shackled and drawn
Waitin on a sunny day*
Ghost of Tom joad
The Rising
Land of hopes and dreams
The wall
Point blank*
Born in the USA
Born to run
Dancin in the dark
5th Avenue
Shout
Thunder Road

 

No one writes better about life and Bruce than Posnanski -- http://joeposnanski.com/joeblogs/the-iceman/