2017-09-30 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON

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Bruce Springsteen performs during the star-studded Closing Ceremony of the Invictus Games Toronto 2017. After a three-song solo acoustic set, he joins Bryan Adams for two more songs backed by Adams's band, including his second ever performance of "Cuts Like A Knife" (played for the first time outside the U.S.). Also on the bill are Cœur de pirate, Kelly Clarkson, Bryan Adams, and Bachman & Turner.

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On Stage

Invictus Games: Closing Ceremony

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Springsteen Set

• Bruce Springsteen

Bryan Adams Set

• Bryan Adams
• The Dudes of Leisure
  • Gary Breit
  • Mickey Curry
  • Norm Fisher
  • Keith Scott

• Bruce Springsteen (Guest)

Setlist

Soundcheck

• CUTS LIKE A KNIFE

Show

1. WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY
2. THE PROMISED LAND
3. DANCING IN THE DARK
4. CUTS LIKE A KNIFE
5. BADLANDS

Performances

^{incl. Rehearsals.}

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• 2024-11-03 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON
• 2017-09-30 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON
• 2016-02-02 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON
• 2009-05-07 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON
• 2007-10-15 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON
• 2005-07-14 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON
• 2002-12-05 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON
• 2000-05-04 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON
• 2000-05-03 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON

Cancelled

• 2023-11-16 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON
• 2023-11-14 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON

Gallery

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Media

Recording

Broadcast live on ESPN and via webcast.

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An audio rip of the broadcast circulates.

Storyteller

Intro to “Working on the Highway”
“(“Ladies and gentlemen, I’m really, really sorry, there is one more thing I need to say (crowd cheers) you know him as simply The Boss, ladies and gentlemen, Bruce Springsteen!”)(crowd cheers) Evening!…”

Intro to “The Promised Land”
“Thank you (crowd cheers) thank you, it’s great to be here at the Invictus Games (crowd cheers) I wanna send this out to all the athletes and their families…this is called “Promised Land”…”

Intro to “Dancing in the Dark”
“Put on your dancing shoes…”

After “Dancing in the Dark”
“Thank you, Invictus (crowd cheers) thanks, you guys are…lovely (chuckles) (crowd cheers)…”

Intro to “Cuts like a Knife”
“(Bryan Adams: “Ladies and gentlemen, let’s bring back the Boss, Bruce Springsteen”) (crowd cheers)…”

Intro to “Badlands”
“Everybody, give it up, Bryan Adams and his band! (crowd cheers) (Bryan Adams: “I gotta tell you…when…I knew this was happening before him and I had the pleasure to speak to Bruce before the show and we worked out another song (crowd cheers) this time, Bruce’s done one of mine, now we’ll do one of Bruce’s, this one’s called “Badlands,” go on)…Are you ready, Invictus? (crowd cheers) here we go…”

After “Badlands”
“(Prince Harry: “Okay, alright, calm down, calm down (laughs from the crowd) a lot of you said to me last year you wanted Bruce Springsteen – tell you what, we got him, and both of them, both of them flew all this way for one night for all of you so again (crowd cheers)…”

Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi.

News/Memorabilia

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See Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams Sing ‘Cuts Like a Knife’ in Toronto Rockers also collaborate on “Badlands” at Invictus Games’ closing ceremony

Bruce Springsteen performed Saturday night at 2017 Invictus Games closing ceremony in Toronto, where he was joined by Ontario’s own Bryan Adams for a pair of tracks, Adams’ “Cuts Like a Knife” and Springsteen’s “Badlands.”

On the latter song – which Adams learned prior to the show, he told the crowd – the two rockers traded verses on the Darkness on the Edge of Town classic before coming together on the chorus.

Springsteen and Adams previously played “Cuts Like a Knife” together seven years ago at a Rainforest Fund benefit concert in 2010, NJ Arts reports.

Springsteen’s five-song set at the Invictus Games – the Paralympic multi-sport event spearheaded by Prince Harry – also included solo renditions of “Working on the Highway,” “The Promised Land” and “Dancing in the Dark.”

Adams also shared video of the two practicing “Cuts Like a Knife” backstage prior to the show. “What a moment to hang on to, thanks Bruce,” Adams wrote:
"Working on "cuts like a knife" backstage with @brucespringsteen just before we went out and sang it for real at the #invictusgames Toronto. What a moment to hang on to, thanks Bruce."

By Daniel Kreps via Rolling Stone.

Links:

• Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams Sing ‘Cuts Like a Knife’ in Toronto ^{(RollingStone)}

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