Confessions of a Fanboy

Acceptance. That’s the final stage, right? He’s going to play some duds. It’s time to face facts: “Mary’s Place” and “Bobby Jean” aren’t going anywhere. Once you accept that and get past it, you see there are some great tunes being folded into the list night after night as well.

Patti is back on tour and she brought Tunnel of Love with her. For the second straight night, the title track was played. Instead of “Tougher Than The Rest” we get “Brilliant Disguise” as the second cut from that album.

“Jungleland” leads the encore, and is really the only highlight of it. “Born to Run” gets played there every night – as it must and should. The rest of the encore? Meh. I really like “American Land.” I like “Dancing in the Dark,” but not a lot. “Bobby Jean” does nothing for me and I wish Bruce would trim the covers from the set. He’s playing too many songs by other people. It’s not like he’s short on material. Anyway, this is a solid set list even with a couple crappers and too many covers.

1. Night
2. Radio Nowhere
3. Lonesome Day
4. The Promised Land
5. Spirit in the Night
6. Summertime Blues
7. Brilliant Disguise
8. The River
9. Cover Me
10. Trapped
11. No Surrender
12. Out in the Street
13. Because the Night
14. Cadillac Ranch
15. Livin’ in the Future
16. Mary’s Place
17. Tunnel of Love
18. The Rising
19. Last to Die
20. Long Walk Home
21. Badlands

1. Jungleland
2. Seven Nights to Rock
3. Born to Run
4. Bobby Jean
5. Dancing in the Dark
6. American Land
7. Twist and Shout

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