BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Shea Stadium, New York, NY - 10/01/2003

TITLLE: Shea Stadium Night #1
"LABEL": Reason To Believe (RTB)
FORMAT: 3 CD
SOURCE: Audience
DATE: October 1, 2003
LOCATION: Shea Stadium, New York, NY
ARTWORK: Yes
SOURCE: Unknow

CD 1:
01 Souls Of The Departed
02 The Rising
03 Lonesome Day
04 Night
05 Tunnel Of Love
06 Brilliant Disguise
07 Empty Sky
08 Waitin' On A Sunny Day
09 Johnny 99
10 Man's Job
11 The Fuse
12 Because The Night
13 Badlands
14 No Surrender

CD 2:
01 Mary's Place
02 American Skin (41 Shots)
03 Into The Fire
04 Who'll Stop The Rain
05 Kitty's Back
06 Born To Run
07 Seven Nights To Rock
08 "Thank You For Coming Out"
09 My City Of Ruins
10 Born In The USA

CD 3:
01 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
02 Dancing In The Dark

Night one. Beatles Schmeatles, the main set opens with "Souls of the Departed" (complete with a new "WMD" Dubya sound-bite intro) and closes with "Who'll Stop the Rain." Add the return of the full-band "Born in the U.S.A." in the encores, and you've got a powerhouse political show with current world events at the fore more than any British Invasion. Two tour premieres tonight: we finally get deeper into Nebraska with a full-band "Johnny 99" (last played by Bruce on the Tom Joad tour in '97), and "Man's Job" has its E Street Band debut, Bruce's first airing of the song in more than ten years. "Night" (replacing the setlisted "Roulette"), "Tunnel," and "Brilliant Disguise" all turn up, and Bruce doesn't shy away from "American Skin" upon returning to New York. In the encores, "Kitty's Back" is tonight's serenade from the second record. (BACKSTREETS)

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BONUS TRACKS
2003-08-02 Gillete Stadium, Foxboro, MA

03 Racing In The Street

* A beautiful "Racing in the Street" that might have been better served had it gone right into "No Surrender."

2003-08-09 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA

04 Adam Raised A Cain
05 Trapped
06 For You
07 Spirit In The Night
08 Tougher Than The Rest
09 Where The Bands Are

* Opened this one up with "Adam Raised a Cain." Some real treats for Philly tonight: full-band "For You" and "Spirit in the Night" for the old-timers, "Tougher Than the Rest" for everyone who thought he'd forgotten about the Tunnel album, and "Trapped" for everyone who... well, for everyone.

2003-09-06 Fenway Park, Boston, MA

10 Be True
11 Across The Border

2003-09-20 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

12 County Fair

* The other thrill-ride song of the night: the never-released, never-performed "County Fair." The song, which dates back two decades, has made the rounds in collectors' circles as a treasured studio outtake, but there never seemed to be hope of hearing the song live. For some, surely the biggest surprise of the tour; this "County Fair" performance featured Danny on accordion and Soozie on fiddle.

2003-09-16 Rentschler Field, Hartford, CT

13 Let's Be Friends (Skin To Skin)

* Tour premiere of "Let's Be Friends," the only song from The Rising that remained to be performed live.

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