2003-05-08 Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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

Info & Setlist | Venue

"Darkness On The Edge Of Town" is solo acoustic. "Two Hearts" includes "It Takes Two" (a rare occurrence on the Rising Tour). "Mary's Place" includes "The Monkey Time" and "Baby I've Been Missing You". Patti Scialfa is not present.

Intro to “The Rising”
´´Good evening, Netherlands….´´

Intro to “Empty Sky”
´´Thank you, danke wel….(speaks Dutch)(chuckles)….thank you, thanks for seeing, thanks for coming out tonight, good to see everybody….Patti wants me to send you her best, uh, the kids get Mom before the bands does so (chuckles) but uh….I´m gonna need a little quiet for these next few songs, thank you….´´

Intro to “Waitin´ On A Sunny Day”
´´Alright, let´s go….(crowd cheers) don´t, don´t encourage him, don´t encourage him….. (chuckles) come on, Steve….´´

Middle of “Mary´s Place”
´´Well, are you ready for a house party now? (crowd cheers) Netherland-style (chuckles) ah, what do you think, C?….I think some of these guys are ready but I´m not sure everybody´s ready….we can´t continue, we´ve got to check this out, come with me, Brother….alright, let me see what we´ve got here….that´s good….that´s, you get an A for effort there but….if you´re gonna have a house party….we´ve got to have, two conditions have to be met….how many, C? (Clarence: ´Two´) that´s right (chuckles)….condition number one….the music has got to be (Clarence: ´Righteous´) righteous, that´s right….condition number two, you´ve got to get your (Clarence: ´Ass´) out of your seat (chuckles)….it is time to come on up for the Netherlands (Clarence: ´Ass´) rising (chuckles) please (chuckles)….I´m talking to all you folks out there with seats (chuckles) abandon your seats….the Dutch ass my rise right now right here (chuckles) get ´em up….alright….there they go, there they go, come on, oh, let me look at it, alright….because I´m about to introduce you….to the finest collection of ladies and gentlemen, to the greatest little houseband in all the land….here tonight for your dancing and listening pleasure….I wanna introduce to you on the piano, Professor Roy Bittan….out of New York City, on violin and vocals, Sister Soozie Tyrell….on the guitar….Silvio, Silvio, star of ´The Sopranos´-television show, Brother man, Little Steven Van Zandt….woo!….on the bass guitar, the Tennesee Terror, Mr.Garry W.Tallent….on the drums, the man that bring the power hour after hour, night after night, Minister of the big beat, Secretary of rhythm and star of ´Late Night (crowd: ´Television´) Mighty Max Weinberg….on the guitar, Secretary of spirit and heart, I´m proud to have on my stage one of the greatest guitarists in rock and roll, Nils Lofgren….Minister of mystery, on the organ and accordion, Brother Dan Federici….to this side of the stage (pretends to cry) ooh, in absentia, Miss Patti Scialfa, I miss my baby…. I´m alright, I´m alright, I´m alright, it´s ok ….and last but not least….do I have to say his name? (crowd cheers) do I have to say his name? (crowd cheers) do I have to say his name? (crowd cheers) I wanna (?) Minister of soul….Secretary of the brotherhood….Emperor of all of Netherlands….ladies and gentlemen, you wish you could be like him but, I´m sorry, you can´t because under the sun there´s only one Clarence ´Big Man´ Clemons….´´

Intro to “Racing In The Street”
´´Thank you….we´ve had a requests for this one…..´´

Intro to “Cadillac Ranch”
´´Alright, we got a request for this one, gonna do this for this guy, alright, go ahead, Max…. ain´t played this one in a while, we might need some help….let me think - what key are we in?….woo! ask your mama….´´

Intro to “Ramrod”
´´Come on, give us some guitar…keep going….don´t stop now, baby….
(….) Come on, Steve….I do believe….it´s quitting time…..going home time now….time to go watch some tv….some of those fine European pornographic films….time to go get something to eat….I´m getting a little hungry….I´m feeling a little hungry right now….well, Steve….if it ain´t quitting time, what I wanna know is….what time is it?….(Steve: ´According to local time, it´s B-B-B-Bosstime´)….
(….) Mr. and Mrs. Rotterdam, what time is it? (crowd: ´Bosstime´)….´´

Intro to “Detroit Medley”
´´I think you´re tired….I think you´re tired….no? (crowd: ´No´) no? (crowd: ´No´) no? (crowd: ´No´) no? (crowd: ´No´) no? (crowd: ´No´) no? (crowd: ´No´) no? (crowd: ´No´)….´´

Intro to “My City Of Ruins”
´´(chuckles) I wanna thank everybody for coming down to the show we did the other night and tonight, thank you very much….we´ve, uh, we´ve been coming here since 1975, it was the first time we came into Amsterdam and I wanna thank all our fans in the Netherlands for their loyalty and support over all these years, we appreciate it very much, thank you….´´

Intro to “Land Of Hope And Dreams”
´´´Thank you….I´ll send this out tonight as a prayer for peace, ´Land Of Hope And Dreams´ ….´´

Intro to “Dancing In The Dark”
´´(crowd cheers)….(chuckles) That singing always gets me….´´

^{Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi.}

Frank	I was unable to get tickets for Bruce's Dutch indoor concert in Ahoy Rotterdam October 2002. So, me and my girlfriend had to wait until last night to see the boss again. Once again an unforgettable experience. I won't comment on the setlist, as far too many people do that these days. What should have stayed in? What should have been left out? Frankly I don't care what he plays. What matters is that every time i see Bruce Springsteen in concert, he touches me somewhere deep inside. I've seen him play in 1981, 1985, 1988, 1993, 1993 and 1999. So last night was only my 7th concert, but it blew me away, again. I go to his concerts like you go visiting an old friend. You go over and you wonder how he's doing. And every time I get the same response from Bruce: I'm fine man, thanks for visiting, and don't wait so long before coming 'round again. Nice to know that some things stay the same.
more ice	What a great show! Having seen Tuesdays show also I must say that this was Bruce's best. I was there with my girl all the way up front, which provided me with great pictures of Bruce. Too bad though I got warned by the crew after shooting one during Cadillac Ranch. The big man missed a couple of notes, I think it was during the promised land, and Bruce broke a guitar string during She's The One… All though the show was minutes shorter, it was more dynamic! The boss Rules!!!!!!
Manus	Wow!! What can I say? I just got back from Rotterdam! I've been to the first one too and I gotta say that I preferred last show… This night I had field tickets so I was standing close to the stage. The sound was great!! The first night it was shit because I was way back in the stadium… It makes a huge difference!! My father and I went together and we were both pleasantly surprised. I gotta explain that "Darkness…" is (in constant battle with Born To Run) my favorite album, and what did I get this night of that?? Badlands, Promised Land, Candy's Room, Darkness on the Edge of town… and one of my old time favorites. Racing in the Streets. Especially that last song moved me tonight… I couldn't believe that I was witnessing it… Fantastic!! Thanks Bruce! And far more important: Thanks Rosie!! "The Ties that Bind" kicked away "Out in the Street" off the setlist of 2 nights before which I didn't mind at all… Though I love Out in the streets too… but… The Ties that Bind wins for me… "Darkness on the Edge of Town" (acoustic) was also a big surprise for me!! I love this version. I've known it from the "The Ghost of Tom Joad" single and I've always loved it!! "Countin' on a Miracle" is a song that I could miss in the set…. And so it did for tonight…. Make room for Cadillac Ranch!!! "We haven't played it for a while so we might need a little help" is what Bruce said about it… He kept on laughing during the song throughout the words… the fun and excitement was shining through him! Amazing! "She's the One" rocked really good!! Night is the only song that I haven't heard live from that album… So this was too shorten the list and to have a helluva great dancing time! I noticed during "The Promised Land" that Bruce was bleeding on one of his right hand fingers, but it didn't stop him at all… He didn't even payed attention to it… except for rubbing it clean once in a while "Detroit Medley" worked very good tonight (like two nights ago) just as "Ramrod" (man that rocks!!) This time the audience reacted very good on "Empty Sky" and "You're Missing"… The silence was dominating! All the Lalala/Nananana and Tututu songs (Darlington County, The Rising/Waiting on a Sunny day) worked very good… especially in the pit… I know now what I missed when I was sitting in the seats two days before!! After such a standard (but outstanding show!!) setlist as two nights ago, I didn't expect so many surprises (Like "Two Hearts" with the it-takes-two ending) but it was more than welcome!! This time he left the Back in your arms snippet away in "Mary's Place" but it worked very good!! "My City of Ruins" was moving me again…. Beautiful song!! No more words needed Candy's Room, Racing in the Streets, The Ties that Bind, Cadillac Ranch, Darkness (acoustic)…. Do I need to say more??? I feel like a lucky bastard!!!

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