2014-04-29 BB&T Center, Sunrise, FL

Scheduled: 19:30 Local Start Time: 20:12 / End Time: 23:07

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A night with a few surprises, not least the quartet of tour premieres that kicks off with a solo acoustic "I Wanna Marry You", played for the only time this tour and the first time since the River show in 2009. The first ever performance (and only tour appearance) of Born To Run outtake "Linda Let Me Be The One" follows. Now only one song from the first CD of Tracks remains unplayed; "Bring On The Night". Tour one-off "Boom Boom" is the third premiere, before the first "Hearts Of Stone" during a "proper" show. "Save My Love" is preceded by a nice story about the first time he heard one of his own songs on the radio. "Prove It All Night" includes the 1978-style introduction. The encores open with "Highway To Hell" after Bruce spots a girl in a AC/DC t-shirt. "The Wall" is played after "Shout", and the set closes with a full-band "Thunder Road". Final tour appearances for "Save My Love", "Darlington County", and "Highway To Hell". Both Patti Scialfa and Steven Van Zandt are absent.

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Bruce Springsteen Dusts Off ‘Linda Let Me Be the One’ for Stage Debut

Bruce Springsteen‘s 2014 tour has been filled with rarities and left-field covers, and the rock legend didn’t disappoint Tuesday night in Sunrise, Florida, performing a 40-year-old track – Born to Run outtake “Linda Let Me Be the One” – for the first time on-stage.

The E Street Band unveiled the tender sing-along several tracks into the setlist, though the performance wasn’t without its hiccups. After a mid-song miscue, Springsteen stops the band, playfully reminding the audience to give them a break. “We fucked the whole thing up right there!” the singer shouts. “I told you it was the first time!” After that humorous interruption, the band then finishes the simmering track (which features a chorus cadence not unlike “Hungry Heart”). The night’s setlist also included an opening cover of the Clash’s “Clampdown” and a version of John Lee Hooker’s “Boom Boom.”

Other rare tracks featured on the current tour include “Hearts of Stone” (performed for the third time ever) and “Iceman” (performed for the first time with the full band), not to mention the second-ever full band performance of 1973’s The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle. Along the way, Springsteen has also played a handful of geographically themed cover songs, including Lorde’s “Royals” in New Zealand (which made the latter singer “teary” in appreciation) and an eclectic batch of tracks (AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell,” the Bee Gee’s “Stayin’ Alive”) in Australia.

Despite Courney Love expressing her distaste of the E Street Band’s musical style (claiming “saxophones don’t belong in rock & roll” in a recent Youtube video), it’s been a great month for the backing band, who joined their frontman in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

^{By Ryan Reed via Rolling Stone.}

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