BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

& The E-Street Band

" TOUR 2023 OPENING NIGHT - TAMPA FL, FEBRUARY 1 2023"

Recorded Live

4 Coloured LP Deluxe Box Set

Very Rare

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, N. 259/300

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• 28-song opening night set.
• Six songs from 2020’s “Letter To You”: “Ghosts,” “Letter To You,” “Last Man Standing,” “House Of A Thousand Guitars,” “Burnin’ Train” and “I’ll See You In My Dreams”
• “Last Man Standing” features a new arrangement.
• “I’ll See You In My Dreams” is performed solo acoustic to end the show. Bruce takes the opportunity to talk about his late friend and Castiles bandmate George Theiss before dedicating the song to Emily Marcus (daughter of legendary rock journalist and long-time Springsteen ally Greil Marcus), who passed away a few days prior.
• Two songs from 2022’s “Only the Strong Survive” in their first E Street Band performances: “Nightshift” (written by Franne Golde, Dennis Lambert and Walter Orange, popularized by The Commodores) and “Don’t Play That Song” (written by Ahmet Ertegun and Betty Nelson, popularized by Ben E. King).
• “Johnny 99” is performed in the “Wrecking Ball” tour arrangement.
• Concert stalwarts including “Because The Night” and “Dancing in the Dark” are performed in tighter, shorter versions.
• Rare inclusion of a new song, “Burnin’ Train,” as the first track of the encore.

Bruce Springsteen sauntered onstage Wednesday night (February 1st) with nothing to prove and all the determination to prove it anyway. The E Street brethren opened their much-anticipated 2023 tour at Tampa’s sold-out Amalie Arena with a show high on highs and prove-it-all-night uplift. Twenty-eight songs total, starting with a bombastic “No Surrender” and ending with the sombre solo acoustic “I’ll See You in My Dreams.”

When the house lights kicked on for the seven-song encore, which commenced with the live debut of “Burnin’ Train,” it signalled an even looser, grittier performance, a whole lot of fun, but a little barroom sloppy, too. “Professor” Roy Bittan is a brilliant pianist to be sure, “Born to Run” and “Rosalita” and “Glory Days” still run hot on full tanks of Jersey fuel.

Bruce Springsteen – Lead vocal, electric and acoustic guitars, harmonica; Roy Bittan – Piano, keyboards; Nils Lofgren – Electric and acoustic guitars, lap steel, backing vocal; Patti Scialfa – Guitar, percussion, backing vocal; Garry Tallent – Bass; Stevie Van Zandt – Electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocal; Max Weinberg – Drums; Jake Clemons – Tenor saxophone, percussion, backing vocal; Charlie Giordano – Organ, keyboards; Soozie Tyrell – Violin, acoustic guitar, percussion, Anthony Almonte – Percussion, backing vocal; Ada Dyer – Backing vocal; Curtis King – Backing vocal; Lisa Lowell – Backing vocal; Michelle Moore – Backing vocal; Barry Danielian – Trumpet; Ed Manion – Baritone and tenor saxophone;  Ozzie Melendez – Trombone; Curt Ramm – Trumpet