Live Review: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band @Ricoh Arena, Coventry, 3 June 2016

Kicker and Rebel head off at stupid o’clock to meet up with an old friend of the pod, Jump Back Jacket, to make sure they get a front row position in the pit to see the phenomenon that is Bruce Springsteen live.

just the 36 hours to go…

Have a listen to the trio’s hopes for the gig and what it is that makes otherwise reasonable people spend nearly two days in a queue, an interview with the brains behind the E Street Fans ‘Tougher Than The Rest’ charitable organisation (see below), and, of course, the tired and emotional reflections on a very special concert.

You can download here and stream just there:

We took loads of wobbly pictures, and here are a selection:

a solo bruce opens with ‘for you’

jump back jacket recognises someone

the sniffles couldn’t stop the boss – sniff

an acoustic thunder road closes the show

There was a decent chance here

Tactile Bruce Obsession In Action

The setlist:

1. For You (solo piano)
2. Something In The Night
3. Prove It All Night
4. My Love Will Not Let You Down
5. The Ties That Bind
6. Sherry Darling
7. No Surrender
8. Two Hearts
9. Save My Love
10. Hungry Heart
11. Out In The Street
12. Crush On You
13. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
14. Death To My Hometown
15. Youngstown
16. Murder Incorporated
17. The River
18. Drive All Night
19. The Promised Land
20. Working On The Highway
21. Darlington County
22. Waitin’ On A Sunny Day
23. Because The Night
24. The Rising
25. Badlands
26. Travelin’ Band (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
27. Born In The USA
28. Born To Run
29. Seven Nights To Rock (Moon Mullican cover)
30. Dancing In The Dark
31. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
32. Shout (Isley Brothers cover)
33. Thunder Road (solo acoustic)

For more information about the E Street Fans and their projects, click on the following links:

Light of Day

Backstreet Merch – for E Street Fans LOD T-shirts

E Street Fans Facebook Group