2004-10-02 Gund Arena, Cleveland, OH

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

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Bruce Springsteen / R.E.M / Bright Eyes Vote for Change concerts. Bruce joins R.E.M. for two songs this time - "Bad Day" and "Man On The Moon". "Mary's Place" includes "The Monkey Time". Michael Stipe again guests for "Because The Night", which features the Patti Smith lyrics. "The River" and "Bad Moon Rising" are added to the set, replacing night one's "Lost In The Flood" and "Proud Mary", respectively.

Bruce Springsteen

R.E.M.

Bruce Springsteen (Guest)

Intro to “Bad Day”
“(Michael Stipe: “Wonder what that’s for…please welcome to the stage, Mr. Bruce Springsteen”)(crowd cheers) We have pearls before swine tonight…”

Intro to “Man on the Moon”
“(Michael Stipe: “I do love this job…”)”

After “Man on the Moon”
“(Michael Stipe: “Thank you all, thank you all very much, we’ll see you again, goodnight”) R.E.M, let’s hear it (crowd cheers)…”

Intro to “Star Spangled Banner”
“(Michael Stipe: “Ladies and gentlemen…it is my supreme pleasure to say…please welcome to the stage…Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band” (crowd cheers))…”

Intro to “The River”
“Good evening, everybody (crowd cheers) thank you, thank you for coming out and supporting Vote for Change (crowd cheers) woo!… uh, thanks so much, I wanna thank R.E.M and Bright Eyes for playing with us, they’ve been so great (crowd cheers) oh, also the most important thing is registration, it ends here four o’clock on Monday and the mail won’t get you there so you gotta go in person and bring a friend, four o’clock Monday, tonight in the hall there are representatives from America Come Together, you can see ‘em with their t-shirts and they can help you register tonight (crowd cheers) so if you haven’t registered, please register to vote, we need you and while you’re at it, you can volunteer to help ACT or MoveOn.Org to get the word out and mobilize voters (crowd cheers) to get us to where we wanna be on November 2nd, thank you, thank you, alright…”

Intro to “Centerfield”
“Thanks, it’s my pleasure to bring out now somebody whose music has given me such pleasure for so long…gave me something great to play all those nights that we were playing in the bars (chuckles) one of the great American songwriters, Mr. John Fogerty (crowd cheers)…”

Intro to “Déjà vu”
“(John Fogerty: “Thank you!”) Alright…(John Fogerty: “(?) I’d like to do a new song for you, this song is, uh, my latest record, it’s called “Déjà vu” and I sing this song for families”)…”

Intro to “The Promised Land”
“Alright, he, uh…he borrows my band, he’s gotta sing one of my songs…”

After “The Promised Land”
“John Fogerty!…woo!…that’s fun…”

Intro to “Because the Night”
“Thank you, it’s my pleasure to bring up Michael Stipe – Michael, come on up…”

Middle of “Mary’s Place”
“Thank you and good evening (crowd cheers) I’m so glad to be here in your beautiful city tonight (crowd cheers) are you having fun? (crowd cheers) that’s good…but tonight, tonight we’re here with a purpose…tonight we’re on a mission (crowd cheers) the mighty E Street Band has risen up to take you down to the river of change and help you to cross over to the other side (crowd cheers) but we’ve got to do it together…now…just to provide a little extra incentive, I’ve studied closely some of the things in the platform of the Democratic Party and I found that if John Kerry is elected, pizza will be delivered to every home at 6 pm sharp every night (crowd cheers) beer will flow freely from the tap of even the most modest American home (crowd cheers) and there will be a ban on cellphone communications (crowd cheers) what we waiting for?…alright…so if you’re swinging, if you’re switching, if you’re swooping, if you’re swaying, if you just can’t make up your mind…or if you’re wearing a bowtie…come forth and be saved – oh, what, wait a minute, ladies and gentlemen, are you registered Republican? (man: “Ah, yes”) (chuckles) are you ready to be healed? (man: “I might be”) ah, everybody say “Haliburton” three times real fast (crowd: “Haliburton, Haliburton, Haliburton”)(man: “I’m switching”) oh (crowd cheers) that’s one!…nothing to it…(goes into the “Are you ready?”-call-and-response-thingy)…”

Intro to “Born to Run”
“Gonna bring up Peter Buck and Mike Mills, come on up, boys…from R.E.M, come on up, fellas…that’s a fine shirt, a fine shirt you have on there (chuckles)…woo! alright…my old guitar is finally coming apart (chuckles)…oh, alright, tonight it’s everybody’s favourite part of the show now: the public service announcement (chuckles) oh…I can’t, uh, over-emphasize how important the state of Ohio is to the next election (crowd cheers) and I just…want to remind you again to please register to vote, four o’clock Monday is the deadline, we need every single one of your votes and voices out there…ACT is in the hall tonight, America Come Together, they got it on their t-shirts, they can help you register this evening, please take the time and do so…for we remain a land of great promise but we need to move America towards the fulfilment of the promises that she’s made to her citizens…economic justice, civil rights, protection of the environment, respect for others and humility in exercising our power at home and around the world (crowd cheers) these core issues of American identity are what’s at stake on November 2nd, I believe that Senator Kerry and Senator Edwards understand these important issues and I believe they’re prepared to help our country move forward, please support them (crowd cheers) for America, America is not always right – that’s just a fairytale that I tell my kids at night before they go to bed – but America is always true and it’s in seeking her deeper truths that we find the truest form of patriotism, please don’t settle for anything less…so we’ve got some work to do between now and Election Day, if you share our concerns, find the best way to express yourself, roll up your sleeves, volunteer, get out there and do it and remember: the country we carry in our hearts is waiting…let’s go…”

Towards the end of “Born to Run”
“November 2nd, vote for change!…”

Intro to “Bad Moon Rising”
“Thank you, Peter and Mike, thank you…come on up, John, John Fogerty, come on up…(John Fogerty: “I just wanna tell you all that these are a great group of people to be working with, these guys are so wonderful”)(crowd cheers)…”

Intro to “What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love and Understanding”
“Woo, come on up, Mike, come on up, Conor, R.E.M, let’s get everybody out here…the man has got his peejays on already (chuckles) I should have brought my pyjamas (chuckles)…come on, Conor…come on, are you ready?…”

^{Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi.}

Jim	Just got back from the Vote for Change tour featuring the Boss and the E Street Band. Up first was this horrible band called Bright Eyes. As if it wasn't bad enough that each song sounded the same, the lead singer was a kid who looked to be no more than 17 and was an exact replica of Terminator 2's Edward Furlong. Anyway, this kid was so full of anger and hatred and he kept spitting all over the place. And there I am wondering what the hell he has to be so upset about at his age. I wanted to punch him. Then REM came up and they sure know how to kill a crowd dead. They'd play one classic song, and follow it with 8 crappy songs that nobody's ever heard of nor wants to hear ever again. They played for over an hour and I recognized 3 songs. Bruce joined them for the last couple of songs, so that was cool. So while REM was playing, I looked over to my left and saw this dude. It was Baba Booey from the Howard Stern show. So I went up to him and shook his hand. He said that he just came into town to see the show. I didn't really have a whole lot to say to him, because face it, who leaves their house and expects to meet Baba Booey? So we talked for a minute and I went back to where I was. I kept an eye on him throughout the show and he must have drank about 10 beers. Springsteen came on and kicked all kinds of ass like usual. It wasn't as good as last year, but it was multi-band show. Even John Fogerty came out and jammed. The end of the show was one big encore featuring all 50 people on stage, but only 3 guitars actually turned on. It was cool. It lasted for 5 hours and Springsteen played for 2. I got to hear "The River" so I am happy. Never pass up the opportunity to see Springsteen.
Jamie	Having a little time to comtemplate last nights show, I'm wondering how this group "bright eyes" ever got on this tour. It was one of the worst bands I have ever head. I remarked to my wife that I feel like slitting my wrists after hearing one depressing song after another. Terrible. REM wasn't much better. I liked the "popular" songs they sang (only three, especially Man On the Moon)but over all thumbs down. I thought Bruce and the band's set was really good. I especially liked the Fogerty/CCR songs and I wish they would have played a few more. Johnny 99, The River, and Mary's Place were also standouts for me. If your a Bruce fan only take my advice, blow off the first two groups, have a couple more beers, and just go in for the Bruce set. You're not missing anything.
Norm	Awesome show… Definately recharged my love of REM. Michael Stipe is a great entertainer and Bruce and the group was dead on all night. Is Clarence sick? He didn't move much. If so, hope he gets well soon. Thanks to the roadie who "upgraded" my tickets. 3rd Row!!!
Mike	Setlist is almost identical to the Philadelphia Vote for change show. The E-Street Band played Fortunate Son instead of Proud Mary with John Fogarty. Bruce played with REM for Man on the Moon. An awesome show all the way around. Bruce came out at the beginning and said this was a "No Bruuuuuceee ing zone" at the start of the show I understand why he requested that but at $77 dollars for a ticket I think we should be able to Bruce all we want. There were a lot of folks there strictly for the music and it was a great Rock and Roll concert regardless of politics.
John	The opening band Bright Eyes Were ok, the young lead singer seemed thrilled to be part of the show. REM put on a very good show especially when Bruce joined them for Bad Day and Man On The Moon. Bruce and the band were great! Highlights for me were The River, Johnny 99, Youngstown (Nils killed), Centerfield, Fortunate Son and Because The Night (Stipe sharing the singing with Bruce). During the group encores Conor Oberst the lead singer from Bright Eyes was all over the stage obviously excited to be on-stage with Bruce, REM and Fogerty. All and all another great night with the Boss.
Bass Man	First up I noticed some folks dogging REM and Bright Eyes. Don't know why this is. Bright Eyes is one of the best young talents around and gave me some hope that there's still some actual young artists around rather than the Britney/Jessica Simpson folks that climb the charts without talent or purpose and often times a voice. REM was loose, funny, and incredably energetic. Stipe is a born preformer, plain and simple. As for Bruce……well that one goes without saying. The one for me that still stands out is "Johnny 99." It was done much more rocking. I wish he'd release that on a concert cd or dvd. Heck I'd take a bootleg in a heartbeat. The band sounded great, Spot on as usual. The set flowed nicely. Adding a cover of "(What's so Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" was brilliant. So, great bands, great sets, great night. Bruce was awesome.

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