A Look at Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball Tour Debuts
On March 9th Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band unofficially kicked off the Wrecking Ball World Tour at the Apollo Theatre in New York City. Just over six months and 69 shows later, the group brought the third leg of the massive tour to a close at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Saturday night.

Before the band returns to the road on October 19th we wanted to offer a look at just how many songs The Boss has dusted off during what many fans consider his best tour since bringing the E Street Band back in 1999. For those who think Springsteen plays the same songs every night, you might be surprised to see just how deep the Jersey native and his longtime backing band dig. Of the 69 shows only 12 didn’t contain any tour debuts. Here’s a look at the tunes debuted at each show this tour…
3/9 – Apollo Theatre: We Take Care of Our Own, Wrecking Ball, Badlands, Death to My Hometown, My City of Ruins, The E Street Shuffle, Jack of All Trades, Shackled and Drawn, Waitin’ on a Sunny Day, The Promised Land, Mansion on the Hill, The Way You Do The Things You Do, 634-5789, The Rising, We Are Alive, Thunder Road, Rocky Ground (with Michelle Moore), Land of Hope and Dreams/People Get Ready, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, Hold On, I’m Comin’
3/15 – ACL Live: I Ain’t Got No Home, Seeds, The Ghost of Tom Joad, The Harder They Come, Time Will Tell, Many Rivers To Cross, We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, This Land Is Your Land
3/18 – Philips Arena: Easy Money, Lonesome Day, Born To Run, Dancing In The Dark, American Land
3/19 – Greensboro Coliseum: Because The Night, Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
3/23 – Tampa Bay Times Forum: Prove It All Night, Atlantic City, Radio Nowhere, Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street, Talk To Me, American Skin (41 Shots), Glory Days
3/26 – TD Garden: Thundercrack, Jackson Cage, She’s The One, Raise Your Hand
3/28 – Wells Fargo Center: Seaside Bar Song
3/29 – Wells Fargo Center: Night, Trapped, Darkness On The Edge of Town, Streets of Philadelphia, Kitty’s Back
4/01 – Verizon Center: The Promise, Adam Raised A Cain, Out In The Street
4/03 – Izod Center: So Young and In Love
4/04 – Izod Center: Racing In The Street, Candy’s Room, Johnny 99, The Ties That Bind, Ramrod,
4/06 – Madison Square Garden: Murder Incorporated, Lion’s Den
4/09 – Madison Square Garden: Backstreets, Spirit In The Night
4/12 – The Palace of Auburn Hills: Incident of 57th Street, Youngstown,
4/13 – First Niagara Center: Rendezvous, Mountain Of Love, Point Blank
4/16 – Times Union Center: Darlington County, Downbound Train, Janey Don’t You Lose Heart
4/17 – Quicken Loans Arena: My Love Will Not Let You Down, Light Of Day
4/24 – HP Pavilion: No Tour Debuts
4/26 – Los Angeles Sports Arena: Something In The Night, California Sun
4/27 – Los Angeles Sports Arena: No Surrender, Bobby Jean
4/29 – New Orleans Jazz Fest: How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?, Something You Got, O Mary Don’t You Weep, Pay Me My Money Down, When The Saints Go Marching In,
5/02 – Prudential Center: Bishop Danced, Saint In The City, The Weight
5/13 – Estadio Olimpico: I’m Goin’ Down
5/15 – Estadio de Gran Canaria: Two Hearts, Working On The Highway, The River, Born In The U.S.A.
5/17 – Estadi Olimpic: You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch), Hungry Heart
5/18 – Estadi Olimpic: No Tour Debuts
5/25 – Commerzbank-Arena: Summertime Blues, Cadillac Ranch, Sherry Darling
5/27 – Rhein-Energie Stadium: Seven Nights to Rock, Honky Tonk Woman
5/28 – Pinkpop: I’m On Fire, 96 Tears
5/30 – Olympic Stadium: When I Leave Berlin, Save My Love
6/02 – Estadio Anoeta: Who’ll Stop The Rain?,
6/03 – Rock In Rio: Twist and Shout
6/07 – San Siro: No Tour Debuts
6/10 – Stadio Artemio Franchi: Be True, Burning Love
6/11 – Stadio Nereo Rocco: No Tour Debuts
6/17 – Estadio Santiago Bernabeu: Spanish Eyes,
6/19 – Park & Suites Arena: Growin’ Up, Fire
6/21 – Stadium of Light: No Tour Debuts
6/22 – Etihad Stadium: No Tour Debuts
6/24 – Isle of Wight Festival: No Tour Debuts
7/04 – Bercy: 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy), Independence Day
7/05 – Bercy: No Tour Debuts
7/07 – Roskilde Festival: No Tour Debuts
7/09 – Stadium Letzigrund: Don’t Look Back, Working On A Dream, If I Should Fall Behind
7/11 – Synot Tip Arena: This Hard Land
7/12 – Ernst-Happel Stadium: Loose Ends, Empty Sky, Tougher Than The Rest
7/14 – Hyde Park: I Saw Her Standing There, Take ‘Em As They Come,
7/17 – RDS Arena: I Fought The Law, I’m A Rocker, My Hometown
7/18 – RDS Arena: No Tour Debuts
7/21 – Valle Hovin: Streets of Fire, Ain’t Good Enough For You,
7/23 – Bergenhus Festning-Koegen: Cover Me, This Depression
7/24 – Bergenhus Festning-Koengen: Long Walk Home, My Lucky Day, Red Headed Woman, Proud Mary, You’ve Got It
7/27- Ullevi Stadium: Girls In Their Summertime Clothes, Drive All Night
7/28 – Ullevi Stadium: Lost In The Flood, Frankie, Where The Bands Are, Jungleland,
7/31 – Olympic Stadium: I’ll Work For Your Love, Leap of Faith, Blinded By The Light, Rockin’ All Over The World, Back In Your Arms, Detroit Medley, I Don’t Want To Go Home, Higher and Higher,
8/14 – Fenway Park: Boom Boom, Dirty Water,
8/15 – Fenway Park: Knock On Wood, Quarter to Three,
8/18 – Gillette Stadium: Open All Night, Drift Away
8/24 – Rogers Centre: Mona
8/26 – Magnetic Hill: No Tour Debuts
8/29 – Vernon Downs Raceway: Stand On It, Human Touch
9/2 – Citizens Bank Park: Green Onions, Good Rocking Tonight, Jersey Girl, You Can’t Sit Down
9/3 – Citizens Bank Park: Factory
9/7 – Wrigley Field: None But The Brave
9/8 – Wrigley Field: No Tour Debuts
9/14 – Nationals Park: Blinded By The Light (full band)
9/19 – MetLife Stadium: Mansion On The Hill
9/21 – MetLife Stadium: Living On The Edge of The World, Jole Blon, This Little Girl, From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come), Mary’s Place
9/22 – MetLife Stadium: Cynthia, In The Midnight Hour, Into The Fire, Meeting Across The River






Take note phish
Thank you Scott, great write up, I am going to post this everywhere I can…. just put it on the Backstreets page.
so how many different songs have they played on the 2012 tour so far.
Great list.
I count 173 but don’t quote me on that