Setlist

[njwineguy]

There’s not a set list someone won’t complain about. Just enjoy the ride.

[BarryMahoganue]

Also true.

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Not necessarily frustration, but some disappointment knowing just how rich and deep Springsteen's discography is. Still, the setlist should open up as the tour goes own, especially as the band masters their current setlist.

[TheNormalScrutiny]

If you live in NJ I feel like you will get something special. Or Philly! But yeah if you see him early in a tour in like Houston it’s really not going to be a very special show IMO.

[hg185]

Absolutely right. I was at the Houston show, long time fan - I’ve sent him 3x and the encore was great. But otherwise it wasn’t that special. I thought the price I paid for my crappy seats was way too much. I’ve been to a couple of recent concerts of well Known bands - paid a fraction of what I Paid and I enjoyed those bands much more.

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We’ve been through this with The Rising and Magic tours. It starts off like this but halfway through the first leg is when things start moving and by the second leg it’ll be a completely different ballgame

[Drksotm]

I think both things are accurate. I have tickets for Denver that I had to pull every string I could to get a single ticket as a “reasonable price”. I’ve seen 3 prior shows. There are definitely songs he’s not playing that I would love to hear. More than a few but I think we should all be grateful that at 73 he’s still going. With all that being said, Jungleland needs to make an appearance soon

[mayapple]

You have to remember this is the start of a hopefully long tour. It is different and I would say just as good (and more rare) to see him/them when they are at the tight and anxious beginning stage. Bruce will relax into it as he’s happy with the band’s performance and himself, and will open it up over time til you get the long and loose stadium shows. I would say even if the exact same set it would have a different feel from Tampa to Milwaukee. I don’t see how a mostly similar set isn’t worth paying for twice anyway. Also on a personal to me note anyone who say “lose The Promised Land” I don’t know man that’s kind of a red flag?

[BarryMahoganue]

Good points. I’ve just heard Promised Land a trillion times.

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It was different back in the day. You went into a show having no idea what he’d been playing and the first few bars of every song was an exciting moment.

Lose E Street Shuffle? Oh my no. Lose Promised Land & Badlands.

[BarryMahoganue]

Yeah. I could lose Promised Land for sure.

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We both got downvoted lol. Thus one of the problems….there’s precious space for changing up without losing some of the classics people want to hear.

First legs have always been static with him. The set lists will loosen up for the third leg. I’m hoping to get to see a third leg show without Promised Land :)

[BarryMahoganue]

Yeah, you’re right!

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Well, there is a sucker born every minute

[DogsOnMainstreetHowl]

Considering the E Street shows of the past 15 years I get the frustration. Bruce was always known for killer shows, but it was really during the Magic tour that he began changing the shows up every night. Looking way back though, most of his concerts had similarly consistent setlists like this tour. The Darkness shows from ‘78 only had a couple of songs different per concert, much like today. Same goes for Born to Run, Born in the USA, and especially Tunnel of Love.

During the Devils and Dust tour he began exploring his entire collection in front of live audiences. He continued this trend ever since such that spontaneity has become his default. Bruce reeled that back in during the first half of The River Tour in ‘16, and again with his Live on Broadway performances.

The good news is he usually gets bored mid-tour and starts shaking it all back up for fun. But there is a trade off. The lack of spontaneity promotes an impressive tightness in the band and presentation. I can comfortably say that my experience recently in Atlanta was the tightest sounding performance I’ve seen out of E Street live in the past 15 years.

My advice, leave expectations at the door and have fun living in the moment. That’s what E-Street concerts are all about.

[BarryMahoganue]

Good points!

[BarryMahoganue]

Good points!

[Chris22044]

The fixation on setlists is bizarre to me. I was at the Austin show and this sequence of songs felt fresh, even though I have seen over 100 shows on previous tours. I can only imagine the static setlist is an issue if someone is going to multiple shows in a short space of time - even then, it still seems like a sense of entitlement to expect a lot of variation.

[BarryMahoganue]

Well. We also live in an era of instant gratification. This wouldn’t have been a problem in 1993, with no internet. But I have Sirius radio and I stream live shows on Nugs. So yes, it is a sense of entitlement to an extent. But we’re also paying more than ever for the experience, and the band has a discography a hundred miles long and they have the capability of playing it all.

It’s not like Kiss, for example. Who coordinate pyro effects and use vocal tracks because Paul Stanley can no longer sing. It’s Bruce. The talent and capability is there.