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Epic! The Boss's Longest Show Ever—4 Hours 6 Minutes!—In Helsinki
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Jen Chung
Published Jul 31, 2012
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Today, Bruce Springsteen ended the European leg of his Wrecking Ball tour in grand style: Thirty-three songs in four hours and six minutes, plus a five-song pre-show acoustic set! According to Stan Goldstein of the Star-Ledger, "The 4:06 time is the longest Bruce Springsteen show ever. It beats the 3:48 show in Madrid on June 17. And don't forget, this man is 62-years old!"
Here's the set list:
- Rockin' All Over The World (tour premiere)
- Night
- Out In The Street
- Loose Ends
- We Take Care of Our Own
- Prove It All Night (with the 1978 Intro)
- Wrecking Ball
- Death To My Hometown
- My City of Ruins
- Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street? (sign request)
- Be True
- Jack of All Trades
- Downbound Train
- Because The Night
- Lonesome Day
- Darlington County
- Light Of Day (sign request)
- Shackled & Drawn
- Waitin' On a Sunny Day
- Back In Your Arms (tour premiere)
- The Rising
- Badlands
- Land of Hope & Dreams
Encores:- We Are Alive
- Born In The U.S.A
- Born To Run
- Detroit Medley (tour premiere)
- Glory Days
- Dancing In The Dark
- Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
- I Don't Want to Go Home (tour premiere, sign request)
- Higher and Higher (tour premiere)
- Twist and Shout
His pre-show, solo, acoustic set list was: "1. I'll Work For Your Love (tour premiere); 2. Leap of Faith (tour premiere); 3. No Surrender; 4. For You; 5. Blinded By the Light (tour premiere)" Springsteen also collected signs from fans for his dressing room.
Here's a photograph from Springsteen's Twitter, plus some videos of the show (warning, the sound quality is not that great):
Bruce surprised fans with a 5-song, pre-show acoustic set tonight in Helsinki. Photo by Jo Lopez. twitter.com/springsteen/st…
— Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) July 31, 2012
The Boss is back in the U.S. to perform in Boston on August 14; he'll be at MetLife Stadium in September.
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Jen Chung
Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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