1988-06-11 Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy

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Scheduled: 19:00 Local Start Time ??:?? / End Time ??:??

Info & Setlist | Venue

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First "Because The Night" of the tour. "Cover Me" includes "Gimme Shelter" in the outro. "Light Of Day" includes "Born To Be Wild" in the midsection. "Born To Run" is solo acoustic. European debuts of "Tunnel Of Love", "Boom Boom", "Be True", "Adam Raised A Cain", "Two Faces", "All That Heaven Will Allow", "Brilliant Disguise", "Spare Parts", "War", "Tougher Than The Rest", "Ain't Got You", "I'm A Coward", "One Step Up", "Light Of Day", "Have Love Will Travel", and "Raise Your Hand" and first ever performances in Italy of "Seeds", "She's The One", "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)", "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out", and "Sweet Soul Music". "Part Man, Part Monkey" is dropped for the first time on the tour.

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On Stage

• Bruce Springsteen
• The E Street Band
  • Roy Bittan
  • Clarence Clemons
  • Danny Federici
  • Nils Lofgren
  • Patti Scialfa
  • Garry Tallent
  • Max Weinberg
• The Horns Of Love
  • Mario Cruz
  • Ed Manion
  • Mark Pender
  • Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg
  • Mike Spengler

Setlist

TUNNEL OF LOVE BOOM BOOM BE TRUE ADAM RAISED A CAIN TWO FACES ALL THAT HEAVEN WILL ALLOW SEEDS COVER ME BRILLIANT DISGUISE SPARE PARTS WAR BORN IN THE U.S.A. TOUGHER THAN THE REST AIN'T GOT YOU - SHE'S THE ONE YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) I'M A COWARD I'M ON FIRE ONE STEP UP BECAUSE THE NIGHT BACKSTREETS DANCING IN THE DARK LIGHT OF DAY BORN TO RUN HUNGRY HEART GLORY DAYS HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT SWEET SOUL MUSIC RAISE YOUR HAND TWIST AND SHOUT

No Handwritten or Printed Setlist available.

Performances

^{incl. Rehearsals.}

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• 2009-07-21 Stadio Olimpico, Turin, Italy
• 1988-09-08 Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy
• 1988-06-11 Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy
• 1988-06-10 Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy

Cancelled

• 1988-06-12 Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy

Gallery

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Media

Recording

Some pro-shot video footage of "Tunnel Of Love" and "Boom Boom" from this concert was featured in the 1988 "Notte Rock" Springsteen TV special shown on RaiUno in Italy.

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Audience tape and audience shot DVD. Five recording sources circulate, released on CDRs 'Torino 88' and 'At 6pm He Left Mandria' (which is transferred from the vinyl of the same name), the four-LP set 'Live In Torino' and most recently on 'This Is Not A Dark Ride' ^(Godfather). A second source was released on the four-LP set 'Tunnel Of Love European Tour '88'. A third source was recently put into circulation from first generation tapes (November 2013) ^(mjk5510). A fourth source was released from first generation ^(ML) tapes ^{(Mauro R/Hrubresh)}. A fifth source ^(FedeUD) was released from the master tapes ^(Hrubresh). Concert is filmed from a drinks stand.

Storyteller

Intro to "I´m a Coward"
´´Is there anybody alive out there tonight ? (cheers)….can you feel the spirit out there
tonight ? (cheers)….are there any brave Torino men out there tonight ? (cheers)….are there any sweet, sexy, Italian women out there tonight ? (cheers)…oh, that´s nice, that´s very nice ….because what I wanna say is…I´m a brave man….that´s right….I´m half-Italian, baby…. that´s right….what I wanna say is….though I´m a brave man….I am a coward when it comes to amore….”

Intro to "Born to Run"
´´This is an old song….I´d like to do it for you, wishing you all love, home and happiness….”

Intro to "Have Love Will Travel"
´´We didn´t come all the way to Torino to stop now, baby….are you ready for a little more ? (cheers)….can you stand it ? (cheers)….then you´re gonna get it, hit me, man !….I´m here tonight because I´ve got one thing in mind….I´ve traveled thousands and thousands of miles just get here to Italy because I´m a man with a mission….is there anybody there that needs a little love tonight ? (cheers)….do you need a little love out there ? (cheers)….can you feel the (?) spirito ? (cheers)….let´s Have Love Will Travel….”

Middle of "Light of Day"
´´On the piano, Professor Roy Bittan…..on the guitar, the great Nils Lofgren…..guitar and vocals, Miss Patti Scialfa….on the drums, the Mighty Max Weinberg….on the bass, Garry W.Tallent….on the organ, Phantom Dan Federici…..in the back the Horns of Love from New Jersey….and last but not least…..that great Italian….Clarence ´Big Man´ Clemons….´´

Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi.

Eyewitness

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News/Memorabilia

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