Scheduled: 18:00 Local Start Time 19:28 / End Time 22:18
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Bruce opens the show with a solo acoustic performance of "Don't Hang Up", his only ever rendition of the 1962 hit by American R&B group The Orlons. He dedicates the song to Malcolm Turnbull, the Australian Prime Minister who had an abrupt end to his phone call with President Trump yesterday. He introduces the song by saying "We stand before you as embarrassed Americans tonight… we're gonna use this to send a letter back home." "Two Hearts" includes "It Takes Two". "New York City Serenade" moves to a slot mid-way through the set, which also includes a solo acoustic "Long Walk Home", in its only tour performance, and "Twist And Shout", accompanied by a firework display over the stadium. Patti Scialfa is not present. A reunited Jet opens the event.
- DON'T HANG UP
- AMERICAN LAND
- THE TIES THAT BIND
- NO SURRENDER
- TWO HEARTS
- THE PROMISED LAND
- GLORY DAYS
- HUNGRY HEART
- WRECKING BALL
- NEW YORK CITY SERENADE
- ATLANTIC CITY
- JOHNNY 99
- MURDER INCORPORATED
- DEATH TO MY HOMETOWN
- THE RIVER
- MARY'S PLACE
- DARLINGTON COUNTY
- WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY
- I'M ON FIRE
- BECAUSE THE NIGHT
- THE RISING
- BADLANDS
- LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS - PEOPLE GET READY
- LONG WALK HOME
- BORN TO RUN
- DANCING IN THE DARK
- TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT
- SHOUT
- TWIST AND SHOUT
incl. Rehearsals
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Official concert recording available for purchase in multiple formats, including CD and high definition audio, from Springsteen's official live download site at nugs.net/bruce (previously live.brucespringsteen.net).
- Running Time: 2:51:30
Pro-shot video of "Don't Hang Up" is released through the official website and YouTube.
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Intro to “Don’t Hang Up”
“Evening! (crowd cheers) alright…one, two, yeah…we stand before you embarrassed Americans tonight (chuckles) this was a song from 1965 by the Orlons, we’re gonna use this to send a letter back home…”
Intro to “American Land”
“We come from a land of immigrants! (crowd cheers) this is an immigrant song…”
Middle of “Glory Days”
“Come on, Steve (Steve: “I’m with you, baby”) are you with me? (Steve: “I’m with you”) is the band with me? (Steve: “Oh yeah, yeah”) are the people with us? (crowd cheers)(Steve: “Oh yeah”)…”
Intro to “Murder Incorporated”
“(something’s wrong with Bruce’s guitar)…I got it, Steve, I got it (chuckles)…”
Intro to “Mary’s Place”
“Melbourne! (crowd cheers) are you in the house tonight? (crowd cheers) are you out there in the house tonight? (crowd cheers) I still can’t hear you – is there anybody in the house tonight? (crowd cheers) are you ready for a house party? (crowd cheers) are you ready for a house party? (crowd cheers) are you ready for a house party? (crowd cheers) then meet me right here – Max!…meet me right here…meet me right here…we need a house party…I’ve been so fucking depressed, man (crowd cheers) shit is fucked up home! …damn! (chuckles) what else can I say but damn? shit is fucked up (crowd cheers) the E Street Band needs some Aussie spirit tonight, brother! (crowd cheers) you’ve got to bring us up tonight! (crowd cheers) you’ve got to bring us up, that’s right (crowd cheers) (chuckles) alright, well, listen…”
Middle of “Mary’s Place”
“(chuckles) Woah, what was that?…tonight’s my night for fucking everything up (chuckles) let’s try it again – Max! (Max hits the drum) (speaks in a high voice: “Max…Mighty One”)…now, listen, ssshh…I said ssshh…don’t be Brucing me now (laughs from the crowd) I don’t wanna hear no fucking Brucing right now…just ssshh…”
Intro to “Long Walk Home”
“Thank you, thank you, Melbourne! (crowd cheers) it’s a beautiful night (crowd cheers) man…we’re here with some friends of ours tonight from the Feed Melbourne Appeal – Feed Melbourne Appeal is now in its eighth year, every dollar raised goes towards helping people who are struggling to afford to eat, supports local soup kitchens, community foodbanks, if you see the Feed Melbourne Appeal on your way out, please give them a hand, they’re on the frontlines doing a good work here in your town (crowd cheers) tonight we got folks from 21 countries in the pit tonight! (chuckles) (crowd cheers) from Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Korea, Japan, China, England, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Italy, Denmark – the Italians follow me wherever I go! – Holland (chuckles), Germany, South Africa and Slovakia and Belgium and Israel and Norway and Sweden, they’re out there somewhere in the pit tonight (crowd cheers) that’s so nice (chuckles) aaah, there she is, a Swedish girl, huh? alright (chuckles) this is a song I wrote during the Bush administration but I guess it still applies…”
Intro to “Shout”
“Melbourne!…B-flat…alright, alright, alright…alright, alright, alright …is there anybody in the house tonight? (crowd cheers) are you alive out there tonight? (crowd cheers) are you alive out there tonight? (crowd cheers) are you alive out there tonight? (crowd cheers) then shake your ass now…shake a hand, shake a hand… shake your hand now…come and shake your hands now…”
Middle of “Shout”
“On guitar, fiddle and vocals, Sister Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) on the organ, Brother Charlie Giordano (crowd cheers) on guitar and vocals, the incredible Brother Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) on the saxophone, Brother Jake Clemons (crowd cheers) on the drums, the mightiest of the mighty, the Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) on the or-, on the piano, Professor Roy “Spider” Bittan (crowd cheers) on the bass guitar, Brother Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) and last but not least, on guitar and vocals, Brother Steeeeve Van Zandt (crowd cheers) alright…alright…alright…that’s right…now listen to me…listen to me…listen to me…listen to me – uh! - listen to me – uh! - listen to me – uh! – listen to me – uh! listen to me…listen to me…listen to me…listen to me…listen to me… listen to me…listen to me…listen to me…listen to me…listen to me…
listen to me…listen to me…I want you to go home tonight, I want you to knock on your neighbor’s door, I want you to get them out their beds in their pyjammies and I want you to get in their face and tell them that you have just witnessed the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, Earth-shocking, hard rocking, booty-shaking, Earth-quaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary E (crowd: “Street Band!”)…
(…) I can’t go on…I can’t go on…I can’t go on…well, maybe if I hear a little more applause (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Twist and Shout”
“Now we know you can shout…we know you can shout (crowd cheers) we know you can shout (crowd cheers) we know you can shout (crowd cheers) we know you can shout (crowd cheers) but can you twist?…”
Towards the end of “Twist and Shout”
“Melbourne! (crowd cheers) Australia! (crowd cheers) the E Street Band loves you! (crowd cheers)…”
After “Twist and Shout”
“Woo! (crowd cheers) thank you, Melbourne, thank you, Australia! (crowd cheers) Nils, Nils is so excited he fell on his ass, alright, tell your friends we’ll be back on Saturday night for another extravaganza (crowd cheers)…”
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi. |
John | My first roll call, discovered it by accident, what a lucky break. Have made some amazing Bruce friends since. A very enthusiastic pit was counting their blessings seeing the E street band back in town so soon after the last tour. I think they are getting to know how much we love them.New York City Serenade with strings and Long walk home were highlights for me. |
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Bruce Springsteen trolls Trump all the way from Australia by covering “Don’t Hang Up”A not so subtle jab about the President's heated phone call with the Australian Prime Minister |
This morning, headlines in America and Australia are dominated by stories of President Trump’s very aggressive phone call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Trump reportedly hung up on Turnbull after yelling at him about a refugee transfer deal Obama struck with Australia before leaving office. It just so happens that one of Trump’s staunchest critics, Bruce Springsteen, is touring Australia at the moment, and he opened last night’s show in Melbourne by mocking the now infamous phone call.
“We stand before you embarrassed Americans tonight,” Springsteen told the crowd as he strapped on an acoustic guitar. “This is a song from 1965 by The Orlons. We’re going to use this to send a letter back home.”
He then went into a cover of “Don’t Hang Up”, a lovely little song with the ironically appropriate lyrics, “Don’t hang up/ Oh no, pretty darling, baby/ Don’t hang up/ Don’t hang up like you always do/ I know you think our love is true/ I’ll explain the facts to you/ Don’t hang up.” Interestingly enough, Kellyanne Conway had always heard that last part as, “I’ve got alternative facts for you.”
After he finished trolling Trump, Springsteen and the E Street Band continued to throw shade at the administration’s policies. “We come from a land of immigrants!” Springsteen bellowed as the band went into Wrecking Ball bonus track “American Land”. “This is an immigrant song!” Watch video of both songs (plus a few more from the early part of the set) above.
Members of the E Street band were taking their shots at Trump offstage, as well. Prior to the Melbourne show, Stevie Van Zandt tweeted out an apologetic message to the entire country of Australia for what he called a “temporary embarrassment.”
@StevieVanZandt
Australia is, was, and always will be one of the USA's best friends and closest allies. Apologies for today's temporary embarrassment.
By Ben Kaye via Consequences Of Sound. |
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