1988-09-06 Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary

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Bruce's first ever appearance in Hungary and his only performance there to date. First tour performances of "Working On The Highway" and "Hungry Heart", the latter in its sole known tour performance. The local guest performer is Hobo Blues Band, who play a 40-minute set. Their singer, Földes László, aka Hobo, joins on the finale songs.

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On Stage

Pre-Set

• Bruce Springsteen
• Tracy Chapman
• Peter Gabriel
• Youssou N'Dour
• Sting

Show

• Bruce Springsteen
• The E Street Band
  • Roy Bittan
  • Clarence Clemons
  • Danny Federici
  • Nils Lofgren
  • Patti Scialfa
  • Garry Tallent
  • Max Weinberg

• Tracy Chapman (Guest)
• Peter Gabriel (Guest)
• Hobo (Guest)
• Youssou N'Dour (Guest)
• Sting (Guest)

Setlist

Pre-Set GET UP, STAND UP Show BORN IN THE U.S.A. THE PROMISED LAND COVER ME WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY THE RIVER CADILLAC RANCH WAR MY HOMETOWN THUNDER ROAD HUNGRY HEART GLORY DAYS BORN TO RUN RAISE YOUR HAND CHIMES OF FREEDOM GET UP, STAND UP

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Performances

^{incl. Rehearsals.}

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• 1988-09-06 Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary

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Media

Recording

The complete "Chimes Of Freedom" was broadcast on Hungarian TV

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Audience tape released on CDR 'Budapest 88' (missing "Born To Run"), 'Hungary Heart' (including "Born To Run") and the 2 LP set 'Concert For Amnesty International'. The complete "Chimes Of Freedom" broadcast recording circulates.

Storyteller

Intro to "Raise Your Hand"
´´Is there anybody alive out there tonight ? (some cheers) is there anybody that can feel the living, the breathing spirit down in their souls tonight (some cheers) that´s good because I´ve got a question that I want to ask you…..what I want to know is are you ready for a little religious liberation ? (cheers) a little spiritual affirmation ? (cheers) a little sexual consummation ? (cheers) well, then come on and raise your hand one time…..
(….) Before I go, there´s one last thing I´ve got to know….is there something you need ? (cheers) is there something that you want ? (cheers) well, if there´s something that you need and there´s something that you want and if you want to make a difference, you gotta show a little guts out there and just raise your hand…..´´

Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi.

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News/Memorabilia

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Amnesty Rock Tour Performs in Budapest

A capacity crowd of 81,000 that included Prime Minister Karoly Grosz and other Hungarian Communist officials attended an all-star concert Tuesday night at Nep Stadium, the only Eastern European stop on the rock tour organized by Amnesty International to promote human rights.

Bruce Springsteen, dressed in black, played for nearly two hours. Spectators, many traveling from other countries across the Soviet bloc, sang along with the performer on his opening number, ''Born in the U.S.A.''

Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman and Youssou N'Dour also performed in the eight-hour concert, a rare event in Eastern Europe.

Mr. Gabriel at one point spoke in Hungarian to the crowd and urged Rumania to respect the rights of ethnic Hungarians. Mr. Grosz met last month with Nicolae Ceausescu, the Rumanian leader, to discuss the issue of the 1.7 million Hungarian minority living in Rumania.

Some spectators held up banners pleading the cause of the Hungarian minority in Rumania and calling for the United Nations to take up the issue.

The six-week rock tour, which is to cross five continents, opened Friday in London.

Via Associated Press.

Links:

• Amnesty Rock Tour Performs in Budapest ^{(NewYorkTimes)}

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