Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band resume World Tour in Hartford CT

Fresh from a 2 month break, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band have resumed their world tour in support of the critically acclaimed album Magic released in October 2007.

The first show is starred by a surprise opening of 'so young and in love', as well as 'Loose Ends' which surfaced on the Tracks box set in the late 90's.

Set List from Hartford CT.

1. So Young And In Love
2. Radio Nowhere
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason To Believe
7. Loose Ends
8. She's The One
9. Living In The Future
10. The Promised Land

11. Waiting On A Sunny Day
12. Janey, Don't You Lose Heart
13. The River14. Devil's Arcade
15. The Rising
16. Last To Die
17. Long Walk Home
18. Badlands

19. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
20. Backstreets
21. Kitty's Back
22. Born To Run
23. American Land

Press

Much of Springsteen's 23-song set, though, was about what happens when reality overtakes dreams. He sounded a note of walled-off desperation on "The River," and tried to make sense of crumbling love on "Loose Ends." He reprised the chilling, bone-weary political allegory "Magic," with Soozie Tyrell adding mournful violin and harmony vocals, and murmured about a power both seductive and dark on "Devil's Arcade."

Eric Danton Hartford Courant

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band set to resume Magic Tour

So back to the Insurance capital of the US, Springsteen hotbed of Hartford CT, for part 3 of the critically acclaimed Magic Tour.

Springsteen will tour through February, March, and April in the US, before undergoing a stadium tour of Europe.

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band on tour at

28 Feb HCC Arena, Hartford, CT 02 Mar Bell Centre, Montreal, QC 03 Mar Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, ONT 06 Mar Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, NY 07 Mar HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY 10 Mar Nassau Coliseum, Hempstead, NY 14 Mar Qwest Center, Omaha, NE1 6 Mar Xcel Center, St. Paul, MN 17 Mar Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI 20 Mar Canseco Center, Indianapolis, IN 22 Mar U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH 24 Mar Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH 28 Mar The Rose Garden, Portland, OR 29 Mar Key Arena, Seattle, WA 31 Mar GM Place, Vancouver, BC 04 Apr Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA 05 Apr HPPavillion, San Jose, CA 07 Apr Honda Center, Anaheim, CA 08 Apr Honda Center, Anaheim, CA 13 Apr Dallas, TX 14 Apr Houston, TX 18 Apr Bank Atlantic Center, Ft Lauderdale, FL 19 Apr Amway Arena, Orlando, FL 21 Apr St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL 25 Apr Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 27 Apr Bobcat Arena, Charlotte, NC 28 Apr Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC 30 Apr John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA

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Springsteen and his longtime band were simply great, performing a well-considered set with heightened intensity and a very clear sense of purpose... Springsteen remains one of the most potent live performers in popular music -- largely because he's among the most committed practitioners of the form, draining all of his creative energy every time he's onstage." WASHINGTON POST