Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band live from Glendale Arizona

The second show of the Working on a Dream Tour has taken place at the Jobing Com Arena Glendale Arizona

1. Badlands
2. Outlaw Pete
3. My Lucky Day
4. Night
5. Out In The Street
6. Working On A Dream
7. Seeds
8. Johnny 99
9. The Ghost Of Tom Joad
10. Working On The Highway
11. Downbound Train
12. Because The Night
13. Waiting On A Sunny Day
14. The Promised Land
15. The Wrestler
16. Kingdom Of Days
17. Radio Nowhere
18. Lonesome Day
19. The Rising
20. Born To Run

21. Hard Times (Come Again No More)
22. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
23. Rosalita
24. Land Of Hope And Dreams
25. American Land
26. Dancing In The Dark

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band open Tour in San Jose

The Working on a Dream tour has opened at the HP Pavillion Center San Jose, with a set list featuring 6 titles from the recently released album of the same name. A 26 song set list clocks in at just under 2 hours 40 minutes, a long set by recent opening night/early tour performances of previous years.

The set is populated by 2 cover versions 'Good Rocking Tonight', and Hard Times (Come Again No More.) The main set opens with the classic 'Badlands and closes with 'Born to Run', 2 of the landmark songs in Springsteen's near 40 years as a recording artist. Clearly not content to dismiss the issues of the day, a strong 3pack of Seeds/Johnny 99 and The Ghost of Tom Joad, focus matters on the everyday struggle as recession bites globally.


1. Badlands
2. Outlaw Pete
3. My Lucky Day
4. No Surrender
5. Out In The Street
6. Working On A Dream
7. Seeds
8. Johnny 99
9. The Ghost Of Tom Joad
10. Good Eye
11. Good Rockin' Tonight
12. Darlington County
13. Growin' Up
14. Waiting On A Sunny Day
15. The Promised Land
16. The Wrestler
17. Kingdom Of Days
18. Radio Nowhere
19. Lonesome Day
20. Born To Run

21. Hard Times (Come Again No More)
22. Thunder Road
23. Dancing In The Dark
24. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
25. Land Of Hope And Dreams
26. American Land

Miami Steve Hints at tour extension

With the start of the Working on A Dream world tour just hours away, E Street Band member Steve Van Zandt has hinted at further dates, after the run of European Shows ends in August. In an Interview for Billboard, Little Steven is reported as saying "I would think there's a bit more than that. I gotta believe we're gonna (tour) until at least Thanksgiving or Christmas, somehow, somewhere. I hope so. I hope we take a month off and then go back out."

Also there is no problems expected in the absence of Max Weinberg. Van Zandt goes on,"I think it's gonna be fine," said Van Zandt, who produced the new album by Norway's the Cocktail Slippers, "St. Valentine's Day Massacre," due out April 28. "And knowing Max, he's not going to miss much... Conan has been absolutely terrific about this...I don't think we thank him often enough. Max is a big part of that show, and for (O'Brien) to just say, 'Go whenever you feel like it,' I mean, Jesus, how nice. So we'll see."

Second Rehearsal Show in Asbury Park

The second rehearsal show has taken place at the Convention Hall in Asbury Park.

A suprise opening for 'Badlands' and a tough 4 pack of Seeds/Johnny 99/Ghost of Tom Joad/Good Eye, give an indication that the show will not be all 'sweetness and light' and that there will be reference to issues of the day.

Set List March 24th 2009

1. Badlands
2. Outlaw Pete
3. My Lucky Day
4. No Surrender
5. Out In The Street
6. Working On A Dream
7. Seeds
8. Johnny 99
9. The Ghost Of Tom Joad
10. Good Eye
11. Darlington County
12. Waiting On A Sunny Day
13. The Promised Land
14. The Wrestler
15. Kingdom Of Days
16. Lonesome Day*
17. Radio Nowhere*
18. Born To Run*

19. Hard Times (Come Again No More)
20. Dancing In The Dark
21. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
22. Land Of Hope And Dreams
23. American Land


*with Jay Weinberg

Asbury Park Warm up for Working on a Dream Tour

The first of Two rehearsal shows which have benefited local charities has taken place in Asbury Park, at the Convention Hall. Interestingly The E Street Band is complimented by Cindy Mazelle and Curtis King on back up vocals. Mazelle and King were last seen as part of the Seeger Sessions tour of 2006.

Included in the rehearsal show first night set, are rare outings for Johnny 99, and I ain't got no home, as well as the Stephen Foster written 'Hard Times Come Again No More. John Eddie guests on Mustang Sally, and Jay Weinberg features mid set on a 5 song salvo.

Set List March 23rd 2009

1. Outlaw Pete (VIDEO)
2. My Lucky Day
3. Night
4. Out In The Street
5. Working On A Dream
6. Johnny 99
7. I Ain't Got No Home
8. Good Eye
9. Radio Nowhere
10. Candy's Room
11. Because The Night
12. Mary's Place
13. The Wrestler
14. This Life
15. Long Walk Home
16. Surprise Surprise
17. Badlands
18. No Surrender

19. Hard Times (Come Again No More)
20. Mustang Sally*
21. Thunder Road
22. Born To Run
23. American Land
24. Seven Nights To Rock

*with John Eddie

Bruce Springsteen performs Outlaw Pete in Asbury Park

Bruce Springsteen performs Lucky Day in Asbury Park

Press

The new material sounded vibrant and complex in the live setting, especially "This Life," with its lush, Beach Boys-like warmth, and the harsh, bluesy "Good Eye."

Kelly Jane Cotter Asbury Park Press

Press
From the start, it was clear that a lot had changed since the last time Springsteen took the band on the road. With a new album out, new members in the band and a new president in office, Springsteen seemed to offer a renewed sense of purpose and optimism onstage

Anthony D'Amato Rolling Stone

Ranney School Benefit in Long Branch

Ahead of rehearsal/warm up shows in Asbury Park, Bruce Springsteen joined the Panther Club Band.

OCEAN PLACE RESORT, LONG BRANCH, NJ
with The Panther Club
(Ranney School Benefit)

1. 634-5789
2. Mustang Sally
3. Twist And Shout

Jay Weinberg to make E Street Debut

Jay Weinberg the 19 year old son, has been confirmed as the 'stand in' drummer for his father Max Weinberg on a small number of shows on the Working on a Dream Tour. These shows are likely to be as part of the European Leg, as Max's committment to the Late Night with Conan O' Brien is not expected to start until the 1st of June.

Springsteen has released the following statement

''In response to the many questions concerning the upcoming tour, the drummer on the small number of shows that Max Weinberg won't be able to appear at will be a brilliant young drummer from New Jersey named Jay Weinberg. Commenting on the situation, Bruce said: "Once again, I want to express my appreciation to Conan O'Brian, and everyone on his team, for making it possible for Max to continue to do double duty for both us and for him. We promise to return him in one piece."

Rehearsals in Asbury Park

Private Rehearsals have taken place at the Convention Hall in Asbury Park. These have seen the first workings of many of the new songs expected to debut on the forthcoming tour beginning San Jose on April 1st.

March 11th Rehearsal

1. Outlaw Pete
2. My Lucky Day
3. Working On A Dream
4. What Love Can Do
5. This Life

March 12th Rehearsal

1. Good Eye
2. Life Itself
3. Kingdom Of Days
4. Surprise, Surprise
5. Outlaw Pete
6. This Life

March 17th Rehearsal
1. Lonesome Day (without Bruce)
2. Murder Inc. (without Bruce)
3. No Surrender (without Bruce)
4. Dancing In The Dark (without Bruce)
5. Adam Raised A Cain (without Bruce)
6. Darkness On The Edge Of Town (without Bruce)
7. Good Eye
8. My Lucky Day
9. Night
10. No Surrender
11. This Life
12. Working On A Dream
13. Johnny 99
14. Stand On It
15. I Ain't Got No Home
16. Radio Nowhere
17. Youngstown
18. Because The Night
19. She's The One
20. Mary's Place
21. This Life
22. Kingdom Of Days
23. Life Itself
24. Outlaw Pete
25. Long Walk Home
26. Surprise Surprise
27. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live

March 18th Rehearsal

1. Outlaw Pete
2. My Lucky Day
3. No Surrender
4. Out In The Street
5. Working On A Dream
6. Johnny 99
7. I Ain't Got No Home
8. Good Eye
9. This Life
10. Surprise, Surprise

March 19th Rehearsal

1. The Promised Land
2. Born To Run
3. Prove It All Night
4. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
5. The Rising
6. Lonesome Day
7. Thunder Road
8. American Land
9. The River
10. Working On The Highway
11. Seven Nights To Rock
12. Mary's Place


In view of the expected absence of Max Weinberg on some European Dates due Television Committments, Jay Weinberg 19 year old son of Max, has played drums during rehearsals, fuelling rumours that Springsteen will keep it in the family for the upcoming European Tour

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Springsteen to celebrate Pete Seeger at 90.

Bruce Springsteen is expected to be part of a special tribute to Folk Legend Pete Seeger who turns 90 years young in May. Fellow legendary performers will include Steve Earle, John Mellancamp, Eddie Vedder, and Emmylou Harris. The show will take place at the Madison Square Garden in New York City on May 3rd.

Sporingsteen and Seeger have performed before, most recently at the Inaugaration Celebrations for new US President Barack Obama. Seeger of course provided much of the inspiration and influence for the Folk Album released by Springsteen in 2005, 'We Shall Overcome.. The Seeger Sessions'.

"From Asbury Park to the Promised Land'' The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen.

A new Springsteen exhibition will open at the Cleveland'S Rock and Roll Hall of fame will open on April 1st.

The exhibition will feature a number of donated items from Springsteen, including the 4 track recorder, which Bruce used to record the first of his critically acclaimed acoustic albums Nebraska in 1982. As well as this fascinating piece of machinery, fans can take a closer look at some of the clothes Bruce wore on stage, as well as a wide range of guitars.

A long time Coming.....Springsteen and E Street Band to return to Scotland

For the first time in 28 long years, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band are to return to Scotland. It will be the Band's first visitsince 1981's in support of 'The River' The concert will take place on the 14th of July at Scotland's National Stadium Hampden Park.

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band to headline at Glastonbury

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band are to headline the world famous Glastonbury Music Festival at Worthy Farm on Saturday June 28th. This will be Springsteen's first ever Festival Performance in the UK, and comes a day before the already sold out show in Hyde Park London.

The Glastonbury festival attracts crowds close to 100,000 and tickets for the 3 day showcase are now sold out. Festival promoter Micheal Eavis said "He's one of the all-time rock legends and I'm confident that this will be one of our best shows ever,"

London Calling...........Springsteen to play London's Hyde Park

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will headline Hard Rock Calling, in London's Hyde Park on Sunday 28th June, this following a highly rumoured first ever performance at the Glastonbury Music Festival scheduled for 27th June.

Festival shows are forming part of the European Tour, with other shows in Netherlands and France already on the list.

All 45,000 tickets for Hyde Park are reported as sold out.

Best Rock Song Grammy for 'Girls in their Summer Clothes'

A somewhat surprising nomination, but its another Grammy for Springsteen. Girls in Their Summer Clothes, is a deft pop song from Springsteen's 2007 album Magic

Ticketmaster issue Apology on ticket fiasco

Ticketmaster have issued the following apology in light of the recent fiasco, and anger felt by both artist and fans.

An Open Letter of Apology to Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, and the Entire Springsteen Tour Team, received from Ticketmaster CEO Irving Azoff and reprinted in its entirety:

While we were genuinely trying to do the right thing for fans in providing more choices when the tickets they requested from the primary on-sale were not available, we clearly missed the mark. Fans are confused and angry, which is the opposite of what we hoped to accomplish. We sincerely apologize to Bruce, his organization and, above all, his fans.

We recognize that we need to change our course. We have committed to Bruce and state publicly here that we have taken down all links for Bruce’s shows directing fans from Ticketmaster to TicketsNow. This redirection only occurred as a choice when we could not satisfy fans’ specific search request for primary ticket inventory, but to make sure there is no misunderstanding in the future, we also publicly state that we will never again link to TicketsNow in a manner that can possibly create any confusion during a high-demand on-sale. Specifically, we will not present an option to go to TicketsNow from Ticketmaster without the consent of the artist and the venue, both of whom work together to bring the joy of live entertainment to millions of fans.

If any fans inadvertently purchased tickets in the resale marketplace believing in error they were purchasing from the initial on-sale, we will refund the difference between the actual purchase price and the face price of the ticket. (Please don’t abuse this good faith gesture – we did not give brokers any preferential access to tickets.)

We are committed to helping deliver the most transparent and best live entertainment experience to fans. We will do better going forward.

Sincerely,
Irving Azoff, CEO, Ticketmaster Entertainment

Grab your ticket? Springsteen slams Ticketmaster

In response to the anger felt by fans, after recent ticketmaster sales for Springsteen's US Tour, diverted fans to secondary market ticket sellers, Bruce Springsteen has slammed ticket organisation Ticketmaster, perceiving the matter to be a breaking of trust and a conflict of interests. In an unprecedented move, Springsteen has issued a letter on his website, detailing just how both he and his management feel about the recent sales.

A Letter to Our Fans:

We know there was much confusion regarding Ticketmaster and TicketsNow during last Monday's on-sale dates. We were as confused as you were, as we were given no advance notice of the major changes in the Ticketmaster-TicketsNow world. (Bear in mind that we are not clients of any ticketing company, and that all those arrangements are between venues and ticketing companies.)

Last Monday, we were informed that Ticketmaster was redirecting your log-in requests for tickets at face value, to their secondary site TicketsNow, which specializes in up-selling tickets at above face value. They did this even when other seats remained available at face value. We condemn this practice.

We perceive this as a pure conflict of interest. Ticketmaster is there to ensure that we have a good, fair sale of our tickets at their face value plus normal ticketing charges. TicketsNow is supposed to be a secondary site where people who already have tickets may exchange, trade, and, unfortunately, speculate with them. We have asked this redirection from Ticketmaster to TicketsNow cease and desist immediately and Ticketmaster has agreed to do so in the future and has removed its unwanted material from their and our site.

We know the many cynical arguments some make in favor of the Ticketmaster system: There are rumors that some artists or managers participate in Ticketmaster charges--we do not. There are rumors that some artists or managers are receiving a percentage of the amount above face value at secondary outlets like TicketsNow--we do not. Some artists or managers may not perceive there to be a conflict between having the distributor of their tickets in effect "scalping" those same tickets through a secondary company like TicketsNow--we do.

While many of you have sent notes to us and your local promoters, you may also send accurate informational letters to Albert Lopez of Ticketmaster [Albert.Lopez@ticketmaster.com] and he will try to address your questions.

A final point for now: the one thing that would make the current ticket situation even worse for the fan than it is now would be Ticketmaster and Live Nation coming up with a single system, thereby returning us to a near monopoly situation in music ticketing. Several newspapers are reporting on this story right now. If you, like us, oppose that idea, you should make it known to your representatives.

The abuse of our fans and our trust by Ticketmaster has made us as furious as it has made many of you. We will continue to do our utmost now and in the future to make sure that these practices are permanently curtailed on our tours.

Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau and the entire Springsteen Tour Team

American Tour in Support of Working on a Dream Announced

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band have announced dates in the United States, to beogn in April.

Full dates here

Apr 1 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose
Apr 3 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Center
Apr 5 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
Apr 7 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
Apr 8 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Apr 10 Denver, CO Pepsi Arena
Apr 15 Los Angeles, CA LA Memorial Sports Arena

Apr 16 Los Angeles, CA LA Memorial Sports Arena
Apr 21 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
Apr 22 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
Apr 24 Hartford, CT XL Center
Apr 26 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
Apr 28 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Spectrum
Apr 29 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Spectrum

May 2 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
May 4 Hempstead, NY Nassau Veterans Mem. Col.
May 5 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena
May 7 Toronto, ONT Air Canada Centre
May 8 University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center
May 11 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
May 12 Chicago, IL United Center
May 14 Albany, NY Times Union Center
May 15 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
May 18 Washington, DC Verizon Center
May 19 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
May 21 E. Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
May 23 E. Rutherford, NJ Izod Center

Springsteen achieves 8th UK Number 1 Album

Working on a Dream has debuted at No1 in the UK Album Chart, giving Springsteen his 8th career No 1 Album in the UK, and his 4th in this decade alone. Elsewhere in Europe, Springsteen has repeated success, as the album reaches No 1 in 15 other European Countries.

The album has recieved mixed critical reviews, but this has not deterred Springsteen fans from turining out in force in the opening week of sales.

I have seen the future of Half Time Entertainment....

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band have performed as the half time entertainment at the Superbowl in Tampa. After years of saying no, Springsteen gave way in late 2008, and this performance has been perhaps the most highly anticipated in Superbowl history.

Set
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
Working on a Dream
Born to Run
Glory Days