Bruce springsteen and the e street band announce 2016 the river tour

[JerseyGirl]

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND ANNOUNCE 2016 THE RIVER TOUR

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band launch The River Tour 2016, a nine-week US trek, on Jan. 16 in Pittsburgh. The announcement of the tour coincides with today’s release of “The Ties That Bind: The River Collection,” a comprehensive look at the era of the 1980 “The River” album that “Rolling Stone” calls “Springsteen’s best archival release yet.”

Each night of the tour will be mixed for release on Live.BruceSpringsteen.net as high-quality downloads and CDs. Recordings will be available within days of each performance.

The original The River Tour began Oct. 3, 1980, two weeks before the release of Springsteen’s fifth album, and continued through Sept. 4, 1981. With sets that regularly approached the four-hour range, the 140-date international tour firmly established a reputation for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as marathon performers.

Tickets to The River Tour go on sale Dec. 11.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 2016 US Tour Dates:

Jan 16 Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center
Jan 19 Chicago, IL United Center
Jan 24 & 27 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Jan 29 Washington, DC Verizon Center
Jan 31 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Feb 2 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Feb 4 Boston, MA TD Garden
Feb 8 Albany, NY Times Union Center
Feb 10 Hartford, CT XL Center
Feb 12 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
Feb 16 Sunrise, FL BB&T Center
Feb 18 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
Feb 21 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
Feb 23 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
Feb 25 Buffalo, NY First Niagara Center
Feb 27 Rochester, NY Blue Cross Arena
Feb 29 St Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
Mar 3 Milwaukee, WI BMO Harris Bradley Center
Mar 6 St Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena
Mar 10 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Arena
Mar 13 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
Mar 15 & 17 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena


LINK: The Official Bruce Springsteen Website

 

[JerseyGirl]

‘Fade Away’ to make a comeback on River Tour

Bruce Springsteen had just two Top 40 singles from his 1980 double album The River: “Hungry Heart” and “Fade Away.” The Boss has performed the catchy “Hungry Heart” hundreds of times since then, and the heartbreaking “Fade Away” very rarely. He has, in fact, sung “Fade Away” just 26 times over the years, making it the most rarely performed Top 40 hit from any of his studio albums.

Fans who have never heard this atmospheric ballad live before will have plenty of chances on Springsteen’s upcoming River Tour. The entire River album will be performed every night.

One E Street Band member who should be happy about is Steven Van Zandt. In a 2013 interview with the San Jose Mercury News, he said that if he could pick just one Springsteen song for his iPod, it just might be “Fade Away.”

“The River will always be special to me,” he said. “It gave us our first hit — ‘Hungry Heart’ — and it led to a lot of other great things. I was a producer on that album and that was the first time we were able to capture what the band really sounded like. As for ‘Fade Away’ specifically, I loved the way Bruce sang it. It was a real traditional ’60s rock ballad — the kind that the Rolling Stones did so well without being corny and maudlin, and have some edge to it. That song was in that tradition.”

Just how much of a rarity is “Fade Away” among Springsteen hits? Well, I came up with a way to quantify it, devising a statistic that I’ll call the HIC (Hit in Concert) Rate. I looked at all of Springsteen’s Top 40 hits, and multiplied their highest chart position by the number of times they have been played live by him. You rise high on this list by only making the lower regions of the Top 40 but still being played a lot live. You sink lower by being bigger hit and being played less.

“Born to Run,” whose highest Top 40 ranking (No. 23) is relatively low, and is Springsteen’s most frequently played song, ranks highest on the list. “Secret Garden,” which rose to No. 19 and has been played only four times, ranks last. But “Secret Garden” doesn’t really count, because it was first released not on a regular studio album, but on Springsteen’s Greatest Hits album, which came out in early 1995, when he wasn’t touring (and so the song never got the attention that a studio-album single would).

Here are all of Springsteen’s Top 40 hits, ranked by HIC rate. The first number in parentheses is the song’s highest Billboard ranking, the second the number of times it has been played live. Statistics by Wikipedia.com and brucebase.wikispaces.com.

“Born to Run” — 31,832 (23 x 1,384)
“Prove It All Night” — 21,450 (33 x 650)
“Born in the USA” — 6,480 (9 x 720)
“Hungry Heart” — 3,225 (5 x 645)
“Glory Days” — 2,640 (5 x 528)
“Cover Me” — 2,352 (7 x 336)
“Better Days” — 1,920 (16 x 120)
“Human Touch” — 1,904 (16 x 119)
“My Hometown” — 1,728 (6 x 288)
“I’m on Fire” — 1,626 (6 x 271)
“Dancing in the Dark — 1,368 (2 x 684)
“Brilliant Disguise” — 1,055 (5 x 211)
“Tunnel of Love” — 801 (9 x 89)
“Streets of Philadelphia” — 783 (9 x 87)
“War” — 768 (8 x 96)
“One Step Up” — 767 (13 x 59)
“I’m Goin’ Down” — 684 (9 x 76)
“Fade Away” — 520 (20 x 26)
“Secret Garden” — 76 (19 x 4)




LINK: ‘Fade Away’ to make a comeback on River Tour | NJArts.net

 

[AboutAGirl]

He's coming here this Saturday! I'd love to go but those ticket prices are a little prohibitive.

 

[JerseyGirl]

He's coming here this Saturday! I'd love to go but those ticket prices are a little prohibitive.

Yeah, secondary market is ridiculous. I managed to get tickets for the 31st from Ticketmaster. Can't wait!

 

[JerseyGirl]

Rumors are that Bruce opens the tour with a tribute to David Bowie playing Suffragette City.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Opening night in Pittsburgh...3:20 hour show! Listened to the live stream and it was amazing. Hope Jersey gets one just as good.


SETLIST: SPRINGSTEEN'S RIVER TOUR, PITTSBURGH 1/16/16

Sounds like Bruce Springsteen and the lean, mean E Street Band were in fine form for opening night of the River Tour 2016 in Pittsburgh tonight. After kicking off with what appears to be the go-to River outtake “Meet Me In The City,” the band launched into “The River” album in full and never looked back. Until they finished “Wreck On The Highway,” of course, at which time they launched into an impressive 13-song run making up the “more” promised in the tour promotional materials — including a raucous “Rebel Rebel” in honor of David Bowie to kick off the encores. Here’s the whole almost 3 1/2-hour rundown:

1. Meet Me In The City
2. The Ties That Bind
3. Sherry Darling
4. Jackson Cage
5. Two Hearts
6. Independence Day
7. Hungry Heart
8. Out In The Street
9. Crush On You
10. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
11. I Wanna Marry You
12. The River
13. Point Blank
14. Cadillac Ranch
15. I’m A Rocker
16. Fade Away
17. Stolen Car
18. Ramrod
19. The Price You Pay
20. Drive All Night
21. Wreck On The Highway
22. Badlands
23. Wrecking Ball
24. Backstreets
25. Because The Night
26. Brilliant Disguise
27. The Rising
28. Thunder Road

ENCORE:
29. Rebel Rebel
30. Bobby Jean
31. Dancing In The Dark
32. Born to Run
33. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
34. Shout


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