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was flicking through the internet last night and elsewhere, someone had put up the set list but it must have been early as it only went to song 17. i thought it looked okay but hardly his best. but checked this morning and from then on, amazing. would have loved to have seen it.

every bruce song i have really wanted to hear i have heard him do, except 'for you'. so envious. he doesn't play it often.


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you do realise that as a moderator, i can have you killed, dismembered and buried in an unmarked grave for such blasphemy.

i'm sure you'll love it. everything i read on last year's tour suggested it was as good as he has done - i've banged on enough about the concert i saw in melbourne. truly amazing. he seems to have

i was disappointed van zandt could not make last year's aussie tour but morello was brilliant an has been a shot in the arm to the band. great to see him back.

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Lucky the band have the day off today

The heat is oppressive here, and all the band were dripping wet and by the end Bruce looked totally exhausted and spent.

The only noticeable absence last night was Patty

Cheers

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Lucky the band have the day off today

The heat is oppressive here, and all the band were dripping wet and by the end Bruce looked totally exhausted and spent.

The only noticeable absence last night was Patty

Cheers

any idea why no patti?

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not sure on that one Ken maybe she was not well ,who knows she's in the tour program spotlight.gif We will just have to wait and see,god i wish i could go to another show ,but for that I would have to deal with scalpers in the legit or not so legit form lets hope he's back soon ,or that he does a DVD of the OZ tour ,still at least i got to see him got some good shots of him sculling a beer with the crowd.

I can't see him giving it away anytime soon he looked as addicted to it as we were to him

cheers enjoy i know you willparty.gif

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not sure on that one Ken maybe she was not well ,who knows she's in the tour program spotlight.gif We will just have to wait and see,god i wish i could go to another show ,but for that I would have to deal with scalpers in the legit or not so legit form lets hope he's back soon ,or that he does a DVD of the OZ tour ,still at least i got to see him got some good shots of him sculling a beer with the crowd.

I can't see him giving it away anytime soon he looked as addicted to it as we were to him

cheers enjoy i know you willparty.gif

she might be crook. i thin she missed some shows in south africa as well.

if you can, post the photos!

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will do mate

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photos look pretty crappy i will see what i can do with them ,mainly took videos which i will upload to youtube

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Here is the first video guess who's not a professional camera man like someone else here on the forum lol3.gif

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Here is another video of one lucky fan love the look on his face at the end lol3.gif

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saw a review in the guardian. i think they were impressed.

Bruce Springsteen – review

Perth Arena

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eebedac7-13ce-4b16-91a3-f13d82a033e4-460x276.jpeg'The remotest place on earth': Bruce Springsteen and Steve Van Zandt at Perth Arena. Photograph: Tony McDonough/AAP

Bruce Springsteen opened his Australian tour with a first ever West Australian concert last night, the first of three sold-out shows at Perth Arena. The three-hour extravaganza reaffirmed the Boss's reputation as the best live performer in rock‘n’roll. Celebrating the biggest hits of his famous catalogue interspersed with newer material, the show was a masterclass in audience interaction and the virtuoso jams of an 18-piece E Street Band.

“Hey Perth! It’s great to be in the remotest place on earth,” Springsteen exclaimed before a note was sung. The Boss teamed up with old sparring partner Steve Van Zandt to sing opener Frankie Fell in Love, from new album High Hopes. That album’s title track followed before a cover of Australian punks the Saints’ Just Like Fire Would, then Badlands, taking us back to 1978.

From there the floodgates opened: a great Hungry Heart, then The E Street Shuffle, during which The Boss let most of the band have a solo. The extended jam culminated in Springsteen himself performing an astounding blues guitar solo, a reminder of what a great player he is.

Formidable solos became a theme for the evening, with Springsteen and Van Zandt joined in axe worship by Nils Lofgren and ex-Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello. Lofgren’s epic lead on Because the Night saw him spinning like a whirling dervish, while Morello’s technically jaw-dropping shred on The Ghost of Tom Joad – on which he also duetted – was mesmerising.

Then there were the songs that sent emotions flying the other way. Wrecking Ball, The River and American Skin (41 Shots) were moving to the point of tears for many, their themes of struggle, hope and despair getting to the core of why Springsteen is the king of heartland rock.

was performed solo on grand piano after Springsteen saw a sign calling for it in the crowd. The 1973 track never sounded so affecting.

Deep cuts were dressed up with invitations for lucky punters to join the Boss on stage, the funniest of which was Stevie’s Angels, a group of girls worshipping Van Zandt, who twerked their way through Ramrod.

And there were hits. The Rising. Born to Run. Dancing in the Dark. No Born in the USA but it didn’t matter. And when it seemed that it couldn’t get any better, with the E Street Band finally retired following a raucous take on the Isley Brothers' Shout, The Boss returned solo, performing Thunder Road to close the show.

It was a once in a lifetime end to a show that could hardly have been bettered. [/font][/color]

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hard to see too clearly but that looked like patti on violin?

No it's Soozie I guess we will find out at tonight's concert not that I will be there I guess Magnus can let us know

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Downloaded the cape town show the audio file is in FLAC or 320 kbs MP3 ,I used FLAC quality is excellent

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saw the list and i thought a really interesting set. amazing how much he chops and changes these days. i suppose that keeps him keen as well. shame about the sound.

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just downloaded the first Perth (5th of Feb) gig for bruce,have to admit the sound quality is better than one of the S.A ones.

I downloaded the FLAC format which is meant to be best quality over say mp3's which suffer because of compression ,then converted to apple lossless

I know what you mean about the sound Magnus, thought it was just me ,not sure if it is necessarily the band or is the the sound ,IE speakers stage provided by the venue ,i am sure some where in that arena there is a nice "sweet spot"

Still I am not complaining,my only complaint is that I just didn't discover all this earlier

never heard "Kittys back " before ,what a top song

fingers crossed we might see him again here within a couple of years

cheers

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lets hope it does mate next time I am in the mosh pitlol3.gif

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Badlands, Atlantic city and ghost of Tom joad my faves. Thanks for organising the the tickets Magnus! Great show.

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Last night's opener! Couldn't believe it!!! biggrin.png

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he must have been reading the forum.

full set list.


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I sent this tweet a couple of days ago. Don't know if it had anything to do with Candys Room being played,but I'd like to think it did smile.png

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who knows? can't have hurt.

is that twitter?

do me a favour - send one to them asking for 'for you' for either 2nd adelaide, first hunter or brizzy!

heard every real fave song of his i want except that one.

heard him do 'candy's room' in melb last year. brilliant. he picked out to signs - one for candy's room and one for ??? - and would hold up one, then the other, for the crowd to vote with their screams. kept doing it. candy's room won. i had no voice for three days. great stuff.

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This is interesting. Somebody posted a copy of the original setlist for Perth 8 Feb on Twitter. Quite a difference compared to what they ended up playing.... Apart from Darkness and American Skin lm happier with what they ended up playing.

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amazing how different. can't be easy being in the band but i guess they are used to it.

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amazing how different. can't be easy being in the band but i guess they are used to it.

I'd say if their not used to it by now they never will be ,I reckon it also keeps the band real tight

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here is the above mentioned song

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this one is for Ken beautiful version

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