2007-09-24 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ

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Scheduled: 19:30 Local Start Time ??:?? / End Time ??:??

Info & Setlist | Venue

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First public rehearsal show for the upcoming tour. First E Street Band performance of "Thundercrack" since 1974. "Empty Sky" is in a full-band, album-style arrangement, it's only such live performance to date. World premieres for "Gypsy Biker", "Girls In Their Summer Clothes", "Livin' In The Future", "Devil's Arcade", and "Last To Die", a live premiere for the single "Radio Nowhere", and first ever performance in the U.S. of "Long Walk Home", as well as the first ever E Street Band performances of "Long Walk Home" and "American Land". This is the only Magic Tour show or rehearsal at which "Badlands" does not appear.

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On Stage

Rehearsal Show

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• Bruce Springsteen
• The E Street Band
  • Roy Bittan
  • Clarence Clemons
  • Danny Federici
  • Nils Lofgren
  • Patti Scialfa
  • Garry Tallent
  • Steven Van Zandt
  • Max Weinberg
• Soozie Tyrell

Setlist

RADIO NOWHERE NO SURRENDER GYPSY BIKER EMPTY SKY SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT GIRLS IN THEIR SUMMER CLOTHES NIGHT THE PROMISED LAND LIVIN' IN THE FUTURE DEVIL'S ARCADE CANDY'S ROOM SHE'S THE ONE LONESOME DAY MY HOMETOWN THE RISING LAST TO DIE LONG WALK HOME THUNDERCRACK BORN TO RUN DARLINGTON COUNTY AMERICAN LAND

Performances

^{incl. Rehearsals.}

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• 2019-08-07 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2012-03-12 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2011-12-09 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2009-03-24 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2009-03-23 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2009-03-21 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2009-03-19 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2009-03-18 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2009-03-17 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2008-02-26 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2008-02-25 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2007-09-25 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2007-09-24 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2007-09-21 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2007-09-18 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2007-09-14 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2007-09-13 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2007-09-12 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2007-09-11 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2007-09-10 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2007-08-00 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2006-04-26 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2006-04-25 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2006-04-25 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2006-04-24 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2006-04-20 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2006-04-13 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2006-04-12 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2004-09-29 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2004-09-28 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2004-09-27 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2003-12-08 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2003-12-07 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2003-12-05 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2002-08-02 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2002-07-30 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ (Morning)
• 2002-07-30 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ (Evening)
• 2002-07-26 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2002-07-25 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2002-07-23 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2001-12-08 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2001-12-07 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2001-12-06 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2001-12-04 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2001-12-03 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2000-12-18 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 2000-12-17 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 1999-03-19 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 1999-03-18 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 1999-03-11 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 1999-03-10 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 1999-03-08 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 1999-03-05 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 1999-03-04 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 1999-03-00 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ

Appearances

^{incl. Interviews and Recording-sessions.}

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• 2014-11-13 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 1968-08-31 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 1967-08-12 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ

Cancelled

• 2003-12-06 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 1975-07-19 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 1973-08-04 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 1969-08-23 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ

Performances (w/o Bruce)

^{Springsteen's Bands without "The Boss" himself}

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• 2009-03-13 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ

Gallery

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Media

Recording

Audience tape.

Storyteller

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Eyewitness

Annette

Was there on the floor last night. Damn good concert - as usually, he was working it with the crowd. Wish he sang "Jersey Girl" though. (I'm sentimental). Loved the rap. Clarence lost a lot of weight. Candy's Room was dynamite and I'm glad he did "The Rising". It was good to hear Lonely Day. Was that a message? :( Damn place needs air conditioning. Wish Asbury Park would come back faster. The place needs so much more work.

TC

Although the show had some slow moments, there are hints of a potential killer show coming soon. Being a rehearsal show, the band was getting a fele for the new material, pacing the set, mixing in the old while constructing a theme. Overall, they did a fine job, but some tightening and tweaking will go a long way. Radio Nowhere was ok, needed to be more powerful, which I'm sure will as the tour moves into gear. No Surrender is a decent song, but perhaps Prove it all Night, Cover Me or even Open all Night will rock it a little more. The pairing of Empty Sky and Something in the Night lead for an emotional moment as both songs deal with loss, one physical, the other spiritual. Nicely done, with the band really nailing Something. Gypsy Biker — too new for me to tell yet. Girls in their Summer Clothes, Night & Promised Land worked well together as Bruce and band started off with a Beach Boy's-sounding tune, carefree and easy going, to the urgency of Night and then to stand firm in the hope and faith of the Promised Land. Devil's Arcade killed the momentum. But then an energetic Candy's Room and blistering She's the One re-juvinated the show. If Bruce were to possibly add How can a Poor Man and Badlands to that mini set — the 4 would be a highlight of the show without a doubt. My Hometown was OK, but there are so many other great songs they could play: Tougher than the Rest, All that Heaven will Allow, Spirit in the Night or Reason to Believe would work. The Rising, Last to Die and Long Walk Home all worked well together as they brought to our attention the sacrifices made for this country and the fact that we still have a way to go to mend so many things that have created a sense of disillusionment and frustration. Really nice job there. The encores, well, they definitely examplified that old E Street Band magic as they tore into Thundercrack and Born to Run, following with a rousing Darlington and American Land. The encores reminded anyone there of the real "magic" the band is capable of and will surely produce as the tour rolls along. It would also be nice to see Bruce take some solo piano turns, perhaps playing such classics as: Incident, For You, Drive all Night and Lost in the Flood. Feels good to have the band back.

News/Memorabilia

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Band Break Out Classics and Fresh Tracks at Benefit Rehearsal Gig

Last night Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band played the first of three benefit rehearsal shows at Asbury Park’s oceanfront Convention Hall. Springsteen, who took the stage around 8:30 PM in black jeans and a black T-shirt, welcomed the 3,000 lucky fans in attendance with, “We’re going to run through some things, some new things, some old things. There may be some mistakes — but I doubt it.” The band played twenty-one songs in two hours, including “Born to Run,” “Candy’s Room,” “No Surrender” and new single “Radio Nowhere,” off Springsteen’s newest album Magic, which hits stores next week. The Asbury Park shows (there’s another one tonight followed by a third at New Jersey’s Continental Airlines Arena on Friday) are a tradition for Springsteen, as he generally warms up for major tours in the New Jersey town that’s served as inspiration for much of his work over the years; he and the E Street Band will embark upon their first tour together in four years October 2nd in Hartford, CT.

By Elizabeth Goodman via Rolling Stone.

Links:

• Band Break Out Classics and Fresh Tracks at Benefit Rehearsal Gig ^{(RollingStone)}

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