2002-11-23 American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL

Scheduled: 19:30 Local Start Time 20:17 / End Time 23:02

Info & Setlist | Venue

Tour premieres of "Out In The Street", "Because The Night", "So Young And In Love" (in its only tour performance), and "If I Should Fall Behind". Bono (of U2) and Dave Stewart (of the Eurythmics) joins on "Because The Night", with Bono adding vocals (including some unique lyrics in the outro) and Stewart contributing a guitar solo. Dion lends his vocals to a performance of "If I Should Fall Behind", which sounds more like the 1996 tour version than the 1999-2000 tour arrangement. And in a very cool appearance, Vincent Pastore ("Big Pussy" from The Sopranos) comes on-stage to introduce the encores. "Mary's Place" includes "The Monkey Time" and "Baby I've Been Missing You". "For You" is the piano version. "Countin' On A Miracle" is again not played.

Bono (Guest)
Dion DiMucci (Guest)
Dave Stewart (Guest)

Intro to “Empty Sky”
“Thank you (crowd cheers)…thanks, nice to be here in Miami (crowd cheers)…gonna do, uh…need a little bit of quiet for these next few songs, thank you…”

Intro to “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day”
“Alright, Stevie…the man is in his element tonight…he, he had on the Bermuda shorts but, uh, I had to have him take ‘em off…”

Intro to “Out in the Street”
“Alright…let me hear it (crowd cheers) let me hear it (crowd cheers) let me hear it (crowd cheers) let me hear it (crowd cheers) this is for Doug…”

Middle of “Mary’s Place”
“(Does the “Are you ready”-call-and-response with the crowd)… Well, are you ready for a house party? (crowd cheers) alright then… but if we’re gonna have a house party, first, the music has got to be righteous (crowd cheers) and second, you’ve got to get up off your ass now! (crowd cheers) I wanna introduce you to the greatest house band in all the land (crowd cheers) on the piano, Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) on the violin and vocals, out of New York City, Sister Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) ladies and gentlemen, before there was Silvio, before there was Little Steven, (?) there was Miami Steve (crowd cheers)(?)…on the bass, Mr. Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) on the drums, the man that brings the power hour after hour, night after night, star of “Late Night Television,” Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) on the guitar, Secretary of heart and spirit, the great Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) on the organ and accordion, brother Dan Federici (crowd cheers) to this side of the stage, on guitar and vocals, my personal saviour, Miss Patti Scialfa (crowd cheers) thank you, baby, thank you, baby, oh yes, thank you, oh yes…that’s right…and last but not least (crowd cheers) do I have to say his name? (crowd cheers) do I have to say his name? (crowd cheers) Minister of soul, Secretary of the brotherhood, resident of the state of Florida (crowd cheers) ladies and gentlemen, I know you wish you could be like him but I’m sorry you can’t because there’s only one Clarence “Big Man” Clemons (crowd cheers) that’s right…”

Intro to “Because the Night”
“Thanks…got some friends of ours here tonight (?) Dave Stewart, come on up, and Bono, come on up, man (crowd cheers)…”

Intro to “For You”
“Somebody, uh…somebody said this is their birthday so…(?) so this one’s for you, happy birthday and all of that stuff…”

Intro to “So Young and in Love”
“(“Big Pussy” of the Sopranos: “Miami Beach, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band” (crowd cheers) Big Pussy, ladies and gentlemen (crowd cheers) he’s alive (crowd cheers)…”

Middle of “Glory Days”
“Miami Steve! (crowd cheers)…maestro…I know what you’re wondering…why do they call Steve “Miami Steve?”…well, back in the day…when very few of us had been outside the boundaries of the great state of New Jersey (crowd cheers) see, it gets greater the further you are away from it (?)…when very few of us…Steve Van Zandt took it on himself to come down here to Miami (crowd cheers) and he came back in the middle of winter with one of those Russian fur hats…and a Miami shirt, Florida shirt…(?) the reason we called him Miami Steve is we can go away too…anyway…I think I’m going down to the well tonight…”

Intro to “If I Should Fall Behind”
“Thanks (crowd cheers) gonna bring out a friend of mine I always see when we’re down here in Florida, this is a guy…when I was a kid, I was, he’s one of my favourite singers of all-time, I always say he’s the real link between Frank Sinatra and rock’n’roll, one of the greatest singers…of all, Dion’s gonna come and sing a song with us (crowd cheers)…(Dion: “Yo!”) testing (Dion/Bruce: “Trusting… trusting, trusting”)…”

Intro to “My City of Ruins”
“Thank you (crowd cheers) thank you very much…I wanna thank everybody for coming out to the show tonight, thanks for your support (crowd cheers) we appreciate it…got some friends in the hall tonight, folks from the Daily Bread Foodbank (crowd cheers)(?) around 1982, the Daily Bread Foodbank’s been here, here in Florida serving all those in need…forty percent of the hungry they serve are kids, they continue to work towards justice and try to be a force for those who are hungry and in need, they’re here in Florida doing good work, please check them out, the Daily Bread Foodbank (crowd cheers) these are folks that are out there on the frontline (crowd cheers) doing things that we’re singing about…this is for them…”

Intro to “Born in the U.S.A”
“Thank you…I wrote this song twenty years ago about the Vietnam War and I play it tonight as a prayer for peace (crowd cheers)…”

^{Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi.}

Steve B.	It's 7AM on a Sunday morning and I should be sleeping- but I can't. What I was privileged to witness last night will not get out of my mind. I've seen Bruce 5 times and this is by the far the best he's been. Where do we start? Well I was a bit concerned because my ticket was facing the back corner of the stage. However when my friend and I arrived, we were pleasantly surprised to find were only 10! rows back. OK enough about me- on with the show. What a setlist! The Rising songs sounded great live. This concert had many surprises! When Bruce introduced Bono and Dave Stewart I almost fell over the row in front of me. Then they launched into an absolute blistering version of "Because the Night". I won't list all of the songs he did because you can read that in the setlist area, but I can only remark about the feelings I had in being a part of this astounding experience. The version of "Dancing in the Dark" absolutely rocked! I hope he releases it on a future CD. When can you say that you saw not one, but two legendary singers appear at a concert! Dion? Are you serious? He's older that Bruce and his voice still sounded great. I felt like I was listening to some old friends singing on the street corner. At the risk of sounding pretentious, I remarked to my friend that we will always remember this concert for the rest of our lives. In my 36 years of being around there has never been anyone who can perform like Bruce Springsteen. Thanks for reading.
Darren Cooksey	After the awesome show in Orlando it was hard to figure how he could top that, but when you travel all the way from England to catch three shows you enjoy every minute you can! This time around I was seated on the side of the arena, middle-ish, high up in the nosebleeds. As the time neared the 2015 time it was a bit worrying to see the floor two thirds empty and lots of empty seats, but as the concert began it soon filled up to a near full-house. Bruce walked on and greeted us with "Good evenin' Miami!" and sang 'The Rising' and 'Lonesome Day'. Next up was 'The Promised Land', a nice early slot for this number, which is great because you know that somethin' special will follow Sunny Day later on! He followed this with 'The Fuse' and 'Candy's Room' which were great but marred by poor sound in the arena. You could hear background voices over the speakers and it was a little off-putting. It was like being in a multiplex cinema watching a quiet movie and all you can hear is explosions and bullets from the screen next door. A major sound cock-up, but thankfully it didn't last too long. After the trilogy of Rising songs finished with the audience participation of 'Sunny Day', Bruce said "This is for Doug!" and for the first time on the tour he pulled out 'Out In The Street', identical to the Re-union tour version. A powerful run through of 'Worlds Apart, Badlands and She's The One got the place rocking, and the following 'Mary's Place got every one off their asses. This tour has been full of surprises, but imagine our surprise when you consider what happen next! On came the extra microphone stand and Bruce introduced 'Dave Stewart' and some one else. I thought he said Bono, but couldn't be sure. On strolled Dave Stewart with guitar in hand, and sure enough on came Mr. U2 himself… Bono. The place erupted. Roy began the opening intro to 'Because The Night' and the roar was deafening. Bono sang the first two versus with Bruce singing another. Dave belted out the guitar salvo and the song ended with some nice improvised raps from Bono, a great version of this song. Bruce then climbed to his piano and acknowledged a sign behind the stage which read FOR YOU FOR MY BIRTHDAY! He dedicated the song to the fan at the end he wished her happy birthday, a nice touch and a green flag to anyone wishing to hear a particular song. The superb Into The Fire rounded off the first set. The encores were anticipated greatly as every one expected to see Bono again, but more surprises were in store! So Young And In Love, from Tracks and a Wild and The Innocent out-take opened up, with Bruce urging everyone to scream at the appropriate point in the later stages of the song. Glory Days followed with a middle portion were Bruce explained how Miami Steve got his name. Yet another guest, Dion, came out to sing a teleprompter read 'If I Should Fall behind', same as the '99 version but with Bruce and Dion trading lines. Clarence walked over in the darkness with his Sax to try to get a solo but Bruce waved him off! A rousing Born To Run, My City Of Ruins, Born In the USA and Land Of Hope and Dreams closed out the show, but sure enough as in Orlando the rejuvenated Dancing In The Dark closed out the show. Fantastic follow up to Orlando!!
MadamMarie	WOW!! I've seen Bruce and the band 13 times and Miami was the second greatest show I've seen. From the opening chords of The Rising, Bruce and the band were tight and on and remained that way all night! Candy's Room, Out in the Street, She's the One, SO YOUNG AND IN LOVE!!! Rockin! Bruce and Bono! Was I dreaming? Because the Night was just about perfect. Dion and Bruce took If I Should Fall Behind (one of my favorite songs ever, to a new level. It was just beautiful! The first timer I took (my 69 years young Mom) loved it also and was finally able to realize what her daughter was all about all these years! Bravo Bruce and fellow E Streeters. In my opinion there is no other rock and roll band today, alive or dead, that can match the musicianship of this band. Thanks Bruce!
Morten T.	The show was supposed to have started at 7:30 pm, but due to 'a wreck on the highway', I suppose they decided to delay it an hour, which was ok, as we knew what was coming. It was only my 2nd Bruce concert and was really looking forward to comparing it with the one we saw in Paris some 2 years ago. It started out with 'The Rising' which is such a great song, and the crowd seemed to enjoy it quite a bit. After 'a Lonesome Day', we got 'treated' with 'The Promised Land' which reminded me of the live-version on the 'live 1975/1985'. Already there you knew this was going to be something special. Bruce then knew that he had us in the palm of his hands and announced that he needed some silence during the next few songs. It's amazing that one man can make 20,000 people 'shut up' for a certain period of time. What we then were experiencing was something quite unique, as the crowd was completely quiet during 'the fuse', and it seemed like the audience lost the 'steam' a bit, but then came 'Mary's Place' which I never really enjoyed on the cd, but live it's such a happy song, and it really got this 'house party' (as Bruce called it) started. The arena was rocking and jumping, and the party certainly started. After a mixture of new and old songs, came a huge surprise. Dave Steward and Bono were introduced and that got everybody totally wild. 'Because the night' was performed so beautifully by Bruce and bono, and it seemed like everybody were singing as loud as they could. Two great voices at the same time made this song probably one of the best of the evening. It was performed with such power and passion. By the way, it was amazing to see how 'small' bono was next to the boss. I can of course keep going on and on about each song performed, which I will not do, but can all in all say that this show was absolutely perfect. In the weeks before the show i was hoping for certain songs to be played, and have to say that i was not disappointed, however had hoped to have heard either 'thunder road' or 'racing in the streets', but guess we can't have everything !! At the end of the show it seemed like Bruce was only getting started and fired up. He was running like crazy around the stage and sliding on his knees, which is exactly what we came to see. Have to add that everybody in the band looked great and it really appeared that they were having a great time together. The newest addition to the band, Ms. Soozie did really great, and her violin added something quite unique. On the way home from the American airlines arena, we passed by about 20 homeless people fighting for Cover and blankets - quite a sad and 'scary' sight, keeping in mind that we just left the arena singing 'land of hopes and dreams'…… Thanks, Bruce (and the rest of the band) for an experience which will be remembered for life.

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