Springsteen Plays Request at Madison Square Garden

Yesterday marked the second show of two-night stand at Madison Square Garden for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. While so far this tour, The Boss has kept most of the set the same each show, there are a handful of slots in which the Jersey native will rotate in songs from his deep back catalog. Newcomers have no fear – he still plays the greatest of his hits on a nightly basis such as Dancing In The Dark, Born to Run and 10th Avenue Freeze-Out, but those Bruce fans who see dozens or hundreds of shows are usually thrown a few bones at each gig.

[via @Springsteen]

At the first MSG show, on Friday, Springsteen busted out the rarity Lion’s Den, which hadn’t been performed since the Reunion Tour in 2000, as well as the tour debut of Murder Incorporated, while last night’s set included the first Spirit In The Night and Backstreets of the tour. A memorable moment occurred in the middle of Monday’s main set when The Boss grabbed a fan’s sign which read, “Thundercrack For A Birthday Gal” and brought it up to the stage before starting a rendition of the show-stopping tune from early in his career. A multi-camera shot video of Thundercrack has been uploaded to YouTube by clark kent and displays why fans are always requesting the song…

Bruce Springsteen – Thundercrack

Setlists

Monday, April 9

Set: Badlands, We Take Care of Our Own, Wrecking Ball, Out in the Street, Death to My Hometown, My City of Ruins, Spirit in the Night, Thundercrack, Jack of All Trades, Trapped, She’s the One, Easy Money, Waitin’ on a Sunny Day, The Promised Land, Apollo Medley, Because the Night, The Rising, We Are Alive, Backstreets, Land of Hope and Dreams

Encore: Rocky Ground (with Michelle Moore), Rosalita, Born to Run, Dancing in the Dark, Tenth Avenue Freeze-out

Friday, April 6

Set: Badlands, We Take Care of Our Own, Wrecking Ball, Out in the Street, Death to My Hometown, My City of Ruins, Murder Incorporated, Johnny 99, Jack of All Trades, Shackled & Drawn, Lion’s Den, Easy Money, Waitin’ on a Sunny Day, The Promised Land, Apollo Medley, American Skin (41 Shots), Lonesome Day, The Rising, We Are Alive, Thunder Road

Encore: Rocky Ground (with Michelle Moore), Kitty’s Back, Born to Run, Dancing in the Dark, Tenth Avenue Freeze-out

[Setlists via Backstreets]

The tour continues on Thursday night at The Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich.

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