Magic tour stops off in the City Of Angels

Bruce Springsteen's Magic tour with the E Street Band gathers pace with 2 night stop off in Los Angeles CA. Sercond Night includes tour debut of Second albun rarity Kitty's Back

Night One

1. Radio Nowhere
2. No Surrender
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason To Believe
7. Candy's Room
8. She's The One
9. Living In The Future
10. The Promised Land
11. Town Called Heartbreak
12. Backstreets
13. Working On The Highway
14. Devil's Arcade
15. The Rising
16. Last To Die
17. Long Walk Home
18. Badlands

19. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
20. Thundercrack
22. Born To Run
22. Dancing In The Dark
23. American Land

Night Two

1. Radio Nowhere
2. The Ties That Bind
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason To Believe
7. Night
8. She's The One
9. Living In The Future
10. The Promised Land
11. Town Called Heartbreak
12. Tunnel Of Love
13. Working On The Highway
14. Devil's Arcade
15. The Rising
16. Last To Die
17. Long Walk Home
18. Badlands

19. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
20. Kitty's Back
22. Born To Run
22. Dancing In The Dark
23. American Land

California Dreaming, Racing in the Street Bruce Springsteen live from Oakland California

Two shows from the Springsteen hotbed of Oakland California includes a second night tour debut of Darkness masterpiece 'Racing in the Street'

1. Radio Nowhere
2. The Ties That Bind
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason To Believe
7. Candy's Room
8. Adam Raised A Cain
9. Living In The Future
10. The Promised Land
11. Town Called Heartbreak
12. Backstreets
13. Your Own Worst Enemy
14. Devil's Arcade
15. The Rising
16. Last To Die
17. Long Walk Home
18. Badlands

19. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
20. Thunder Road
22. Born To Run
22. Dancing In The Dark
23. American Land

Second Night

1. Radio Nowhere
2. No Surrender
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason To Believe
7. Two Hearts
8. She's The One
9. Living In The Future
10. The Promised Land
11. Tunnel Of Love
12. Racing In The Street
13. Working On The Highway
14. Devil's Arcade
15. The Rising
16. Last To Die
17. Long Walk Home
18. Badlands

19. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
20. Thundercrack
22. Born To Run
22. Dancing In The Dark
23. American Land

Springsteen weaves Windy City Magic

2 Sell out shows at the United Centre in Chicago, and on the second night, tour premiere of Born to Run Masterpiece, Thunder Road.

Night One

1. Radio Nowhere
2. No Surrender
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason To Believe
7. Adam Raised A Cain
8. She's The One
9. Living In The Future
10. The Promised Land
11. Your Own Worst Enemy
12. Backstreets
13. Cadillac Ranch
14. Devil's Arcade
15. The Rising
16. Last To Die
17. Long Walk Home
18. Badlands

19. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
20. Thundercrack
21. Born To Run
22. Dancing In The Dark
23. American Land

Night 2

1. Radio Nowhere
2. Prove It All Night
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason To Believe
7. Candy's Room
8. She's The One
9. Living In The Future
10. The Promised Land
11. Tunnel Of Love
12. Spirit In The Night
13. Darlington County
14. Devil's Arcade
15. The Rising
16. Last To Die
17. Long Walk Home
18. Badlands

19. Thunder Road
20. Born To Run
21. Dancing In The Dark
22. American Land

Magic in the Garden - Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Live From New York City

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band , 2 sold out shows from the world famous Madison Square Garden

Night One

1. Radio Nowhere
2. The Ties That Bind
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason To Believe
7. Adam Raised A Cain
8. She's The One
9. Living In The Future
10. The Promised Land
11. Brilliant Disguise
12. Backstreets
13. Darlington County
14. Devil's Arcade
15. The Rising
16. Last To Die
17. Long Walk Home
18. Badlands

19. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
20. Thundercrack
21. Born To Run
22. Dancing In The Dark
23. American Land

Second Night

1. Radio Nowhere
2. Night
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason To Believe
7. Candy's Room
8. She's The One
9. Living In The Future
10. The Promised Land
11. Tougher Than The Rest
12. Meeting Across the River
13. Jungleland
14. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
15. Devil's Arcade
16. The Rising
17. Last To Die
18. Long Walk Home
19. Badlands

20. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
21. Thundercrack
22. Born To Run
23. Dancing In The Dark
24. American Land (with 5 members of The Seeger Sessions Band)

PRESS SOUNDBITES

Then “Badlands” vowed to push through: with the colossal beat of Max Weinberg’s drums and Gary Tallent’s bass, the chime-topped keyboard chords of Roy Bittan and Danny Federici, Mr. Clemons’s saxophone, Soozie Tyrell’s fiddle and the triple-barreled guitar strumming of Nils Lofgren, Steve Van Zandt and Mr. Springsteen. When the band paused, the audience sang at top volume: all burdens, all misgivings were cast off once again. Jon Pareles New York Times

Springsteen has assumed many onstage personas over the years, with the last E Street tour dominated by “the preacher.” This time out he’s a construction worker -- the foreman of a crew that’s working hard and fast with no flashy moves. The work ethic is notable from the get-go as they plow through nine songs before they ever let the music fully fade and shut down the lights, Springsteen throwing and catching guitars among his roadies and then counting off the next song before the last has fully finished. Phil Gallo - Variety

Amy Macdonald - A Star is Born

Truly great British female artists are in truth a rarity, you could perhaps recall the wonderful Dusty Springfield and have done with it. But that's not to say that there are others out there, who are young enough to offer potential to deliver a lasting contribution to popular music, that job gets more difficult, as 'this years model' can come and go in a short space of time.

So step forward Scotland's latest starlet, and perhaps the first North of the Border songwriter to catch my eye since Sharleen Spiteri and Texas, 20 year old Amy Macdonald.

Amy's first album 'This is the Life' could easilly be filed alongside the KT Tunstall type artists, if it were not for far more observation of Amy's lyrics. Poison Prince is a sobering 20 year olds view of Pete Doherty which offers a more sympathetic and perhaps angry vision of Pete Doherty, the somewhat errant drug addict, and is interesting in the fact that I personally find him pathetic, the difference in my age and Amy's is one that shows how differently people can view each other, 'Oh who said life was easy, who said life was fair' and the magical lift of Dylan in

'soon you'll be knocking on heaven's door' suggest an anger at a life and a talent lost. And on Footballer's wife there's more than a nod of cynacism, and a definite 'are you thinking what Im thinking' attitude to this one.

My first thoughts on listening to this record is how comfortable it is as a listen, laden with hooks, and beats, is an up tempo folk-rock record that perhaps someone like Eddi Reader has made somewhere some time back.

Amy Macdonald is currently continuing marketing for her debut album, which is one of the best records of 2007, and surely the best by a newcomer

For You Toronto - Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band continue Magic Tour

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band have made a second stop in Canada on the first leg of thier Magic tour. This set list includes a song from Springsteen's debut album some 35 years ago, 'For You' from Greetings From Asbury Park NJ.

1. Radio Nowhere
2. Night
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. For You
6. Magic
7. Reason To Believe
8. Candy's Room
9. She's The One
10. Living In The Future
11. The Promised Land
12. Town Called Heartbreak
13. Incident On 57th Street
14. Darlington County
15. Devil's Arcade
16. The Rising
17. Last To Die
18. Long Walk Home
19. Badlands

20. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
21. Thundercrack
22. Born To Run
23. Dancing In The Dark
24. American Land


PRESS SOUNDBITES

Much of the middle-aged crowd seemed to have come to relive past glories - I saw four decades' worth of tour shirts strolling the aisles - but they responded well to the new songs. What they didn't recognize, they were willing to accept on trust. Thirty-four years after his debut album, the covenant between Springsteen and his audience remains strong, in part because he gives them permission to go on believing in trust, even when the world seems to offer so few things to deserve it. ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN globeandmail.com

Across the Border - Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band live from Ottawa Canada

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band live from Ottawa, featuring Win Butler and Regine Chassagne from Arcade Fire for a version of Bruce's Statetrooper, and Arcade Fire's Keep the Car Running

1. Radio Nowhere
2. The Ties That Bind
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason To Believe
7. Adam Raised A Cain
8. She's The One
9. Living In The Future
10. The Promised Land
11. Tougher Than The Rest
12. Backstreets
13. Darlington County
14. Devil's Arcade
15. The Rising
16. Last To Die
17. Long Walk Home
18. Badlands

19. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
20. State Trooper (with Win Butler and Régine Chassagne)
21. Keep The Car Running (with Win Butler and Régine Chassagne)
22. Born To Run
23. Dancing In The Dark
24. American Land

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band live from The Meadowlands

Tuesday 9th / Wednesday 10th October 2007

The Magic tour has continued through 'home ground' with 2 shows at the CAA, East Rutherford, a venue which Bruce famously 'opened' in 1981. He has played this venue more than any other with the E Street Band. The venue lies a stones throw from Giants Stadium, scene of Springsteen's 10 night Summer 2003 stand.

Tuesday 9th October

Set List

1. Radio Nowhere
2. No Surrender
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason To Believe
7. Candy's Room
8. She's The One
9. Living In The Future
10. The Promised Land
11. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
12. Brilliant Disguise
13. Darlington County
14. Devil's Arcade
15. The Rising
16. Last To Die
17. Long Walk Home
18. Badlands

19. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
20. Thundercrack
21. Born To Run
22. Dancing In The Dark
23. American Land

Setlist Wednesday 10th October 2007

1 Radio Nowhere
2. Night
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason To Believe
7. Adam Raised A Cain
8. She's The One
9. Living In The Future
10. Cynthia
11. The Promised Land
12. Town Called Heartbreak
13. Incident On 57th Street
14. Your Own Worst Enemy
15. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
16. Devil's Arcade
17. The Rising
18. Last To Die
19. Long Walk Home
20. Badlands

21. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
22. Thundercrack
23. Born To Run
24. Dancing In The Dark
25. American Land

Press Soundbites

Bruce Springsteen, unlike so many of his contemporaries, isn't ready to simply roll out the hits for his fans. He has too much he still wants to say.While most rockers from the '70s have long stopped trying to introduce new material into their sets, Springsteen and the E Street Band continue to bravely push new songs - and new ideas - to the faithful and the strategy is working Newsday.com

Magic heads US Charts to Give Springsteen 8th Career US No1 Album

Magic has sold in excess of 300,000 copies in the first week of sales in the US to propel the album to the top of the American Billboard chart.

Springsteen achieves 7th UK No 1 Album

Bruce Springsteen's critically acclaimed New Album 'Magic' has debuted at No 1 in the UK Chart. This is the 7th album to have done so in a chart career in the UK now stemming back to his seminal 1975 classic Born to Run. Magic follows on from his first UK Chart topper Born in the USA in 1985, Tunnel of Love in 1987, Human Touch 1992, Greatest Hits 1995, The Rising 2002, and Devils and Dust in 2005.

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band - Magic in the Philadelphia Night

WACHOVIA CENTER PHILADELPHIA PA OCTOBER 5TH and 6TH 2007

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band continue their 'Magic' World tour with a 2 night stop off in Philadelphia PA, one of Bruce's greatest audiences. The 2 concerts presents new songs from the critically acclaimed Magic album, as well as old favourites and rarities, on night 2, a full band Incident on 57th Street is 'nailed' to perfection. Next Stop - the homecoming to the Meadowlands

SET LIST

5.10.2007

1. Radio Nowhere
2. No Surrender
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason To Believe
7. Candy's Room
8. She's The One
9. Living In The Future
10. The Promised Land
11. Brilliant Disguise
12. My Hometown
13. Darlington County

14. Devil's Arcade
15. The Rising
16. Last To Die
17. Long Walk Home
18. Badlands

19. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
20. Thundercrack
21. Born To Run
22. Waiting On A Sunny Day
23. American Land

SET LIST

6.10.2007

1. Night
2. Radio Nowhere
3. Prove It All Night
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason To Believe
7. The Ties That Bind
8. She's The One
9. Living In The Future
10. The Promised Land
11. Town Called Heartbreak
12. Incident On 57th Street
13. Cadillac Ranch
14. Devil's Arcade
15. The Rising
16. Last To Die
17. Long Walk Home
18. Badlands

19. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
20. Thundercrack
21. Born To Run
22. Dancing In The Dark
23. American Land

PRESS SOUNDBITES

Then came "A Long Walk Home," a hymn that slowly built the strength to believe that faith can be restored. And that was followed by "Badlands," the rousing warhorse, which sounded as fresh as the day it was born and found the redemption Springsteen was looking for, every inch of it earned. PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER

Now that's what I call my own fault

The cost of motoring has really got to me today, and I expect no sympathy, and this is my tail of woe.

Red Light - £60.00 and 3 Points
Parking Fine -£30.00

Need for new licence to send off as part of the fixed penalty that Ive got - £22.00
Cost of postage -£4.75

For everything else there's mastercard I suppose

And So it Begins....... Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band 'Magic' tour opens in Hartford Connecticut

CIVIC CENTRE HARTFORD CT

TUESDAY OCTOBER 2ND 2007

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band's 'Magic' tour has opened in the Springsteen hotbed Hartford CT, a city which Bruce and the band have played on many a famous night.

The opening night set draws heavilly from the new release of Springsteen's 15th studio album Magic (released 1.10.07 in Europe, 2.10.07 in the US). On top of 8 songs from the new album, old favourites are littered around the set.

"And so it begins!" Springsteen cried before the band launched into the uplifting 1980 anthem The Ties That Bind and renewed its covenant with the sold-out crowd of 16,000

1. Radio Nowhere
2. The Ties That Bind
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason To Believe
7. Night
8. She's The One
9. Living In The Future
10. The Promised Land
11. Town Called Heartbreak
12. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
13. Darlington County

14. Devil's Arcade
15. The Rising
16. Last To Die
17. Long Walk Home
18. Badlands

19. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
20. Thundercrack
21. Born To Run
22. Waiting On A Sunny Day
23. American Land

Press soundbites

The beloved New Jersey icon, sporting a shocking amount of hairspray in his endearingly poufy 'do, was back among his people. All his people. BOSTON GLOBE

It's glorious and it's rare, yet it happened time after time as Springsteen and his band resurrected the secret hopes and guarded dreams of a generation that found release in his music. COURANT.COM

NEXT STOP WACHOVIA CENTER - PHILADEPHIA PA 5/6 OCTOBER 2007