Set Openers And Closers
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The songs that have opened and closed setlists, from 1975 to present. Information is correct up to the end of 2009's 'Working On A Dream' tour.
| Openers | # | Closers | # |
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Born To Run Tour (1975) |
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| Thunder Road (Slow version) | 26 | Quarter To Three | 27 |
| unknown | 22 | unknown | 27 |
| Incident on 57th Street | 18 | Twist & Shout | 15 |
| Tenth Avenue Freeze-out | 6 | Detroit Medley | 5 |
| Meeting Across The Street | 5 | Carol | 4 |
| Night | 2 | A lOve So Fine | 2 |
| Spirit In The Night | 2 | 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) | 1 |
| Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (slow version) | 1 | Little Queen | 1 |
Chicken Scratch Tour (1976) |
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| Unknown | 19 | Unknown | 22 |
| Night | 18 | Detroit Medley | 6 |
| Quarter To Three | 6 | ||
| Twist And Shout | 2 | ||
| Sea Cruise | 1 | ||
The Lawsuit Tour (1976-77) |
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| Night | 51 | Born To Run | 20 |
| Unknown | 8 | Quarter To Three | 19 |
| Something In The Night | 3 | You Can't Sit Down | 10 |
| Unknown | 8 | ||
| Higher And Higher | 2 | ||
| Raise Your Hand | 1 | ||
| Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) | 1 | ||
| Twist And Shout | 1 | ||
Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978) |
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| Badlands | 56 | Quarter To Three | 77 |
| Good Rockin' Tonight | 15 | Unknown | 26 |
| Summertime Blues | 11 | Twist And Shout | 20 |
| Unknown | 9 | You Can't Sit Down | 8 |
| High School Confidential | 8 | Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out | 5 |
| Rave On | 4 | Detroit Medley | 1 |
| Oh Boy | 2 | Raise Your Hand | 1 |
| Darkness On The Edge Of Town | 1 | ||
| Lucille | 1 | ||
| Ramrod | 1 | ||
| Reddy Teddy | 1 | ||
| The Last Time | 1 | ||
The River Tour (1980-81) |
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| Prove It All Night | 41 | Detroit Medley | 77 |
| Born To Run | 29 | Rockin' All Over The World | 26 |
| Thunder Road | 13 | Twist And Shout | 20 |
| Badlands | 11 | Raise Your Hand | 8 |
| Follow That Dream | 8 | Quarter To Three | 5 |
| Factory | 7 | Thunder Road | 1 |
| Rockin'All Over The World | 7 | Unknown | 1 |
| Night | 5 | ||
| Out In The Street | 3 | ||
| Run Through The Jungle | 3 | ||
| The Ties That Bind | 3 | ||
| Unknown | 2 | ||
| Who'll Stop The Rain | 2 | ||
| Good Rockin' Tonight | 1 | ||
| Haunted House | 1 | ||
| Merry Christmas baby | 1 | ||
| Summertime Blues | 1 | ||
Born In The USA Tour (1984-85) |
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| Born In The U.S.A. | 146 | Twist And Shout | 62 |
| Thunder Road | 4 | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | 39 |
| Badlands | 3 | Detroit Medley | 18 |
| High School Confidential | 1 | Sherry Darling | 11 |
| Independence Day (acoustic) | 1 | Rockin' All Over The World | 8 |
| Stand On It | 6 | ||
| Travelin' Band | 5 | ||
| Ramrod | 2 | ||
| Unknwon | 2 | ||
| Glory Days | 1 | ||
| Jersey Girl | 1 | ||
Tunnel Of Love Express Tour (1988) |
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| Tunnel Of Love | 65 | Twist And Shout | 28 |
| Badlands | 2 | Raise Your Hand | 23 |
| Detroit Medley | 11 | ||
| Lonely Teardrops | 2 | ||
| New York, New York | 2 | ||
| Sweet Soul Music | 1 | ||
Amnesty International Tour (1988) |
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| Born In The U.S.A. | 18 | Get Up Stand Up | 18 |
| Unknown | 1 | Twist And Shout | 1 |
| War | 1 | Unknown | 1 |
World Tour (1992-93) |
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| Better Days | 60 | Working On The Highway (acoustic) | 32 |
| Darkness On The Edge of Town (acoustic) | 14 | My beautiful Reward | 30 |
| Seeds (acoustic) | 13 | Bobby Jean | 8 |
| Read Headed Woman (acoustic) | 11 | It's Alright | 7 |
| Sherry Darling (acoustic) | 2 | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | 7 |
| Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street? (acoustic) | 1 | Born To Run | 6 |
| I Ain't Got No Home (acoustic) | 1 | Jersey Girl | 4 |
| Local Hero | 1 | Follow That Dream | 3 |
| Lonesome Valley (acoustic) | 1 | Hungry Heart | 2 |
| Spirit In The Night | 1 | Rockin' All Over The World | 2 |
| Darlington County | 1 | ||
| In The Midnight Hour | 1 | ||
| Janey Don't You Lose Heart (acoustic) | 1 | ||
| Twist And Shout | 1 | ||
World Solo Acoustic Tour (1995-97) |
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| The Ghost Of Tom Joad | 105 | The Promised Land (acoustic) | 90 |
| Tom Joad (acoustic) | 13 | My Best Was Never Good Enough (acoustic) | 31 |
| The River (acoustic) | 6 | Blowin' Down The Road (Old Dusty Road) (acoustic) | 3 |
| Blinded By The Light (acoustic) | 1 | 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) | 2 |
| For You (acoustic) | 1 | In Freehold (acoustic) | 1 |
| It's Hard To be A Saint In The City (acoustic) | 1 | In Michigan (acoustic) | 1 |
| Ponyboy (acoustic) | 1 | ||
Reunion Tour (1999-2000) |
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| My Love Will Not Let You Down | 38 | Land Of Hope And Dreams | 89 |
| The Ties That Bind | 31 | Ramrod | 31 |
| Don't Look Back | 14 | Blinded By The Light | 4 |
| I Wanna Be With You | 10 | 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) | 1 |
| Code Of Silence | 7 | Blood Brothers | 1 |
| Take 'Em As They Come | 5 | Cadillac Ranch | 1 |
| Adam Raised A Cain | 4 | Raise Your Hand | 1 |
| Another Thin Line | 2 | Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) | 1 |
| Backstreets | 2 | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | 1 |
| Candy's Room | 2 | Thunder Road | 1 |
| Further On (Up The Road) | 2 | Viv Las Vegas | 1 |
| Badlands | 1 | ||
| Darkness On The Edge Of Town | 1 | ||
| Growin' Up | 1 | ||
| Incident On 57th Street | 1 | ||
| Jersey Girl | 1 | ||
| Lion's Den | 1 | ||
| Little Queenie | 1 | ||
| Night | 1 | ||
| No Surrender | 1 | ||
| Rendezvous | 1 | ||
| Roulette | 1 | ||
| The Promised Land | 1 | ||
| Viva Las Vegas | 1 | ||
| Who'll Stop The Rain | 1 | ||
| Working On The Highway | 1 | ||
The Rising Tour (2002-03) |
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| The Rising | 59 | Dancing In The Dark | 61 |
| Born In The U.S.A. (acoustic) | 16 | Land Of Hope And Dreams | 16 |
| The Promised Land | 10 | Thunder Road | 6 |
| Adam Raised A Cain | 4 | Ramrod | 5 |
| No Surrender | 3 | Working On The Highway | 5 |
| Souls Of The Departed | 3 | Twist And Shout | 4 |
| Diddy Wah Diddy | 2 | Darlington County | 3 |
| I Walk The Line | 2 | Dirty Water | 3 |
| War | 2 | Glory Days | 3 |
| Who'll Stop The Rain | 2 | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | 3 |
| American Skin (41 Shots) | 1 | Around And Around | 1 |
| Atlantic City | 1 | Blood Brothers | 1 |
| Candy's Room | 1 | Cadillac Ranch | 1 |
| Cynthia | 1 | I'm A Rocker | 1 |
| Code Of Silence | 1 | Jersey Girl | 1 |
| Darkness On The Edge Of Town (acoustic) | 1 | Kansas City | 1 |
| Downbound Train | 1 | Kitty's Back | 1 |
| From Small Things (Big Things One They Come) | 1 | Little Queenie | 1 |
| Get Out Of Denver | 1 | Roll Of The Dice | 1 |
| Jackson Cage | 1 | Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) | 1 |
| Janey, Dont You Loose Heart | 1 | Seven Nights To Rock | 1 |
| My Ride's Here | 1 | ||
| Roulette | 1 | ||
| The Ghost Of Tom Joad (acoustic) | 1 | ||
| The River (acoustic) | 1 | ||
| This Hard Land (acoustic) | 1 | ||
| Tunnel Of Love | 1 | ||
Vote For Change Tour (2004) |
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| The Star Spangled Banner | 7 | People Have The Power | 7 |
Devils & Dust Tour (2005) |
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| My Beautiful Award (solo organ) | 26 | Dream Baby Dream (solo organ) | 64 |
| Into The Fire (solo organ) | 8 | The Promised Land (acoustic) | 8 |
| Idiot's Delight (bullet mic) | 7 | ||
| Reason To Believe (bullet mic) | 5 | ||
| Born In The U.S.A. (bullet mic) | 4 | ||
| Adam Raised A Cain (acoustic) | 2 | ||
| Back In Your Arms (solo piano) | 2 | ||
| Downbound Train (solo organ) | 2 | ||
| Living Proof (solo organ) | 2 | ||
| Rumble (solo) | 2 | ||
| Empty Sky (solo) | 1 | ||
| Fade Away (solo piano) | 1 | ||
| I'm On Fire (solo banjo) | 1 | ||
| If I Should Fall Behind (solo organ) | 1 | ||
| Lift Me Up (solo piano) | 1 | ||
| Prove It All Night (acoustic) | 1 | ||
| Shut Out The Light (Solo organ) | 1 | ||
| Soul Driver (solo piano) | 1 | ||
| Stolen Car (solo piano) | 1 | ||
| Tunnel Of Love (solo piano) | 1 | ||
| Two For The Road (solo piano) | 1 | ||
| Wreck On The Highway (solo piano) | 1 | ||
Seeger Sessions Tour (2006) |
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| John Henry | 27 | American Land | 21 |
| Atlantic City (seeger version) | 7 | When The Saints Go Marching In | 18 |
| O Mary Don't You Weep | 7 | Buffalo Gals | 10 |
| American Land | 5 | Froggie Went A'Courtin' | 4 |
| Blinded By The Light (seeger version) | 5 | The Daring Young Man On The Flying Trapeze | 2 |
| Old Dan Tucker | 3 | We Shall Overcome | 1 |
| Jesse James | 2 | ||
Magic Tour (2007-08) |
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| Radio Nowhere | 36 | American Land | 72 |
| Night | 12 | Twist and Shout | 12 |
| Out In The Street | 7 | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | 5 |
| No Surrender | 6 | Kitty's Back | 3 |
| Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out | 5 | Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) | 3 |
| Summertime Blues | 4 | Born To Be Wild | 1 |
| So Young And In Love | 2 | Dancing In The Dark | 1 |
| The Promised Land | 2 | Gloria | 1 |
| The Ties That Bind | 2 | Glory Days | 1 |
| Two Hearts | 2 | Rockin' Alll Over The World | 1 |
| Adam Raised A Cain | 1 | ||
| Atlantic City | 1 | ||
| Backstreets | 1 | ||
| Blood Brothers (rock version) | 1 | ||
| Born In The U.S.A. | 1 | ||
| Cadillac Ranch | 1 | ||
| Darlington County | 1 | ||
| Double Shot (Oh My Baby's Love) | 1 | ||
| From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come) | 1 | ||
| Gypsy Biker | 1 | ||
| Jackson Cage | 1 | ||
| Light Of Day | 1 | ||
| Loose Ends | 1 | ||
| Ricky Wants A Man of Her Own | 1 | ||
| Reason To Believe | 1 | ||
| Roulette | 1 | ||
| Souls Of The Departed | 1 | ||
| Spirit In The Night | 1 | ||
| Then She Kissed Me | 1 | ||
| Thunder Road | 1 | ||
| Trapped | 1 | ||
| Tunnel Of Love | 1 | ||
Working On A Dream Tour (2009) |
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| Badlands | 43 | Twist And Shout | 19 |
| Wrecking Ball | 12 | Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) | 18 |
| No Surrender | 3 | Dancing In The Dark | 11 |
| Jackson Cage | 2 | Glory Days | 9 |
| Seeds | 2 | Higher And Higher | 7 |
| Sherry Darling | 2 | Thunder Road | 4 |
| Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out | 2 | Detroit Medley | 2 |
| Thundercrack | 2 | Hungry Heart | 2 |
| Who'll Stop The Rain | 2 | Mony Mony | 2 |
| Cadillac Ranch | 1 | Rockin' All Over The World | 2 |
| Coma Girl | 1 | American Land | 1 |
| Downbound Train | 1 | Bobby Jean | 1 |
| London Calling | 1 | Born In The U.S.A. | 1 |
| Loose Ends | 1 | Jersey Girl | 1 |
| Night | 1 | Kitty's Back | 1 |
| Outlaw Pete | 1 | Seven Nights To Rock | 1 |
| Prove It All Night | 1 | Wooly Bully | 1 |
| Seaside Bar Song | 1 | ||
| The Price You Pay | 1 | ||
| The Ties That Bind | 1 | ||
| When You Walk in The Room | 1 | ||
| Working On The Highway | 1 | ||
Career(official tour performances only) |
| Born In The U.S.A. | 185 | Twist And Shout | 162 |
| Badlands | 116 | Quarter To Three | 126 |
| The Ghost Of Tom Joad | 106 | Detroit Medley | 122 |
| Night | 89 | Land Of Hope And Dreams | 105 |
| Tunnel Of Love | 68 | The Promised Land | 98 |
| Unknown | 61 | American Land | 94 |
| Better Days | 60 | Unknown | 80 |
| The Rising | 59 | Dancing In The Dark | 73 |
| Thunder Road | 44 | Dream Baby Dream | 64 |
| Prove It All Night | 43 | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | 55 |
| My Love Will Not Let You Down | 38 | Rockin' All Over The World | 39 |
| The Ties That Bind | 37 | Ramrod | 38 |
| Radio Nowhere | 36 | Working On The Highway | 37 |
| Born To Run | 29 | Raise Your Hand | 35 |
| John Henry | 27 | My Best Was Never Good Enough | 31 |
| My Beautiful Reward | 26 | My Beautiful Reward | 30 |
| Incident On 57th Street | 19 | Born To Run | 26 |
| Darkness On The Edge Of Town | 17 | Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) | 24 |
| Good Rockin' Tonight | 16 | Get Up Stand Up | 18 |
| Summertime Blues | 16 | When The Saints Go Marching In | 18 |
| Seeds | 15 | You Can't Sit Down | 16 |
| Don't Look Back | 14 | Glory Days | 14 |
| Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out | 14 | Thunder Road | 12 |
| No Surrender | 13 | Sherry Darling | 11 |
| The Promised Land | 13 | Buffalo Gals | 10 |
| Tom Joad | 13 | Bobby Jean | 9 |
| Wrecking Ball | 12 | Higher And Higher | 9 |
| Adam Raised A Cain | 11 | It's Alright | 7 |
| Red Headed Woman | 11 | Jersey Girl | 7 |
| I Wanna Be With You | 10 | People Have The Power | 7 |
| Out In The Street | 10 | Stand On It | 6 |
| Atlantic City | 9 | Kitty's Back | 5 |
| High School Confidential | 9 | Travelin' Band | 5 |
| Follow That Dream | 8 | 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) | 4 |
| Code Of Silence | 8 | Blinded By The Light | 4 |
| Factory | 7 | Carol | 4 |
| Into The Fire | 7 | Darlington County | 4 |
| Idiot's Delight | 7 | Froggie Went A'Courtin' | 4 |
| O Mary Don't You Weep | 7 | Hungry Heart | 4 |
| Rockin' All Over The World | 7 | Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out | 4 |
| The River | 7 | Blowin' Down The Road (Old Dusty Road) | 3 |
| The Star Spangled Banner | 7 | Dirty Water | 3 |
| Who'll Stop The Rain? | 7 | Follow That Dream | 3 |
| Blinded By The Light | 6 | A Love So Fine | 2 |
| Reason To Believe | 6 | Blood Brothers | 2 |
| American Land | 5 | Cadillac Ranch | 2 |
| Meeting Across The River | 5 | Little Queenie | 2 |
| Take 'Em As They Come | 5 | Lonely Teardrops | 2 |
| Rave On | 4 | Mony Mony | 2 |
| Downbound Train | 4 | New York, New York | 2 |
| Jackson Cage | 4 | Seven Nights To Rock | 2 |
| Sherry Darling | 4 | The Daring Young Man On The Flying Trapeze | 2 |
| Souls Of The Departed | 4 | Around And Around | 1 |
| Spirit In The Night | 4 | Born In The U.S.A. | 1 |
| Backstreets | 3 | Born To Be Wild | 1 |
| Candy's Room | 3 | Gloria | 1 |
| Old Dan Tucker | 3 | I'm A Rocker | 1 |
| Roulette | 3 | In Freehold | 1 |
| Run Through The Jungle | 3 | In Michigan | 1 |
| Something In The Night | 3 | In The Midnight Hour | 1 |
| War | 3 | Janey Don't You Lose Heart | 1 |
| Another Thin Line | 2 | Kansas City | 1 |
| Back In Your Arms | 2 | Roll Of The Dice | 1 |
| Cadillac Ranch | 2 | Sea Cruise | 1 |
| Diddy Wah Diddy | 2 | Sweet Soul Music | 1 |
| From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come) | 2 | Viva Las Vegas | 1 |
| Further On (Up The Road) | 2 | We Shall Overcome | 1 |
| I Walk The Line | 2 | Wooly Bully | 1 |
| Jesse James | 2 | ||
| Living Proof | 2 | ||
| Loose Ends | 2 | ||
| Oh Boy | 2 | ||
| Rumble | 2 | ||
| So Young And In Love | 2 | ||
| Thundercrack | 2 | ||
| Two Hearts | 2 | ||
| Working On The Highway | 2 | ||
| American Skin (41 Shots) | 1 | ||
| Blood Brothers | 1 | ||
| Coma Girl | 1 | ||
| Cynthia | 1 | ||
| Darlington County | 1 | ||
| Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street? | 1 | ||
| Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) | 1 | ||
| Empty Sky | 1 | ||
| Fade Away | 1 | ||
| For You | 1 | ||
| Get Out Of Denver | 1 | ||
| Growin' Up | 1 | ||
| Gypsy Biker | 1 | ||
| Haunted House | 1 | ||
| I Ain't Got No Home | 1 | ||
| I'm On Fire | 1 | ||
| If I Should Fall Behind | 1 | ||
| Independence Day | 1 | ||
| It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City | 1 | ||
| Janey Don't You Lose Heart | 1 | ||
| Jersey Girl | 1 | ||
| Lift Me Up | 1 | ||
| Light Of Day | 1 | ||
| Lion's Den | 1 | ||
| Little Queenie | 1 | ||
| Local Hero | 1 | ||
| London Calling | 1 | ||
| Lonesome Valley | 1 | ||
| Lucille | 1 | ||
| Merry Christmas Baby | 1 | ||
| My Ride's Here | 1 | ||
| Outlaw Pete | 1 | ||
| Pony Boy | 1 | ||
| Ramrod | 1 | ||
| Reddy Teddy | 1 | ||
| Rendezvous | 1 | ||
| Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own | 1 | ||
| Seaside Bar Song | 1 | ||
| Shut Out The Light | 1 | ||
| Soul Driver | 1 | ||
| Stolen Car | 1 | ||
| The Last Time | 1 | ||
| The Price You Pay | 1 | ||
| Then She Kissed Me | 1 | ||
| This Hard Land | 1 | ||
| Trapped | 1 | ||
| Two For The Road | 1 | ||
| Viva Las Vegas | 1 | ||
| When You Walk In The Room | 1 | ||
| Wreck On The Highway | 1 |
Compiled by Jake
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