1993-04-19 Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Scheduled: 20:00 Local Start Time ??:?? / End Time ??:??

Info & Setlist | Venue

As they are throughout this leg of the tour, the first three songs are performed by Bruce alone with an acoustic guitar. "Roll Of The Dice" includes "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love". "The Star-Spangled Banner" is played as a lead-in to "Born In The U.S.A.". First ever performances in the Netherlands of "This Hard Land", "Better Days", "Lucky Town", "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)", "Many Rivers To Cross", "Leap Of Faith", "Man's Job", "Roll Of The Dice", "Human Touch", "Souls Of The Departed", and "My Beautiful Reward".

Intro to “Seeds”
“Guten abend (crowd cheers) a song called “Seeds”…”

Intro to “Adam Raised a Cain”
“Dank u wel (crowd cheers)…uh, dit is een lied over vaders en zonen (crowd cheers) a song about fathers and sons…”

Intro to “This Hard Land”
“Thank you…here’s a…here’s a song I wrote a while back that I never recorded…(strums his guitar) this is a song I think is about trying to…I don’t know, find some perfect place but, uh…it’s called “This Hard Land” (crowd cheers)…”

Middle of “Light of Day”
“Are you tired? Are you tired? Are you tired? Are you tired? (crowd: “No”) Getting tired? (crowd: “No”) Getting tired? (crowd: “No”) Getting tired? (crowd: “No”) Getting tired? (crowd: “No”)…
(…) I’m driving 100 miles, 200 miles, 300 miles, 400 miles, 500 miles, 600 miles, 700 miles, 800 miles, 900 miles, 1,000 miles, 2,000 miles, 3,000 miles, 4,000 miles…I came thousands of miles just to be here tonight…and I’m here tonight with one purpose…I’m here tonight for one reason…now I know you’re downhearted…I know you’re depressed…I know you’re disillusioned…I know you’re disenchanted…I know you’re disappointed…I know there’s 57 fucking channels and nothing on…but I’m here tonight ‘cause I got one question…I’ve got something I’ve got to know…I got a reason that I want to live for…what I wanna know is…what I need to know is…what I’ve got to know is…what I wanna know is…I…I…I…I…I…I… what I got to know is I…I…I…I…what I wanna know is I…I…I…I…is there anybody alive out there? (crowd cheers)…”

Intro to “Glory Days”
“So you think you can keep rocking, huh? (crowd cheers)…”

Middle of “Glory Days”
“Crystal Taliefero on the guitar, percussion and vocals (crowd cheers) Miss Angel Rogers singing (crowd cheers) Miss Gia Ciambotti (crowd cheers) Miss Carol Dennis (crowd cheers) Miss Cleo Kennedy (crowd cheers) soul man, Mr. Bobby King (crowd cheers) Shane Fontayne on the guitar (crowd cheers) (?) man Tommy Simms on the bass (crowd cheers) Zack Alford on the drums (crowd cheers) and Professor Roy Bittan on the keyboards (crowd cheers)…
(…) Gonna keep on rocking now…we’re going home…I wanna see some wild Dutch people out there now (crowd cheers) wave your hands in the air…like you just don’t care…show the person next to you your underwear…let’s go…”

Intro to “Born to Run”
“We didn’t come all this way without playing this one so here we go…”

Intro to “Working on the Highway”
“(crowd chanting “Ole, ole”) Does that mean like one more or something? (crowd cheers) alright, we got one for the road for you, come on, Zach…”

After “Working on the Highway”
“We’ll be seeing you (crowd cheers) ik hou van je (crowd cheers) we love you (crowd cheers)…”

^{Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi.}