Today, Bruce Springsteen ended the European leg of his Wrecking Ball tour in grand style: Thirty-three songs in four hours and six minutes, plus a five-song pre-show acoustic set! According to Stan Goldstein of the Star-Ledger, "The 4:06 time is the longest Bruce Springsteen show ever. It beats the 3:48 show in Madrid on June 17. And don't forget, this man is 62-years old!"
Here's the set list:
1. Rockin' All Over The World (tour premiere)
2. Night
3. Out In The Street
4. Loose Ends
5. We Take Care of Our Own
6. Prove It All Night (with the 1978 Intro)
7. Wrecking Ball
8. Death To My Hometown
9. My City of Ruins
10. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street? (sign request)
11. Be True
12. Jack of All Trades
13. Downbound Train
14. Because The Night
15. Lonesome Day
16. Darlington County
17. Light Of Day (sign request)
18. Shackled & Drawn
19. Waitin' On a Sunny Day
20. Back In Your Arms (tour premiere)
21. The Rising
22. Badlands
23. Land of Hope & Dreams
Encores:
24. We Are Alive
25. Born In The U.S.A
26. Born To Run
27. Detroit Medley (tour premiere)
28. Glory Days
29. Dancing In The Dark
30. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
31. I Don't Want to Go Home (tour premiere, sign request)
32. Higher and Higher (tour premiere)
33. Twist and Shout
His pre-show, solo, acoustic set list was: "1. I'll Work For Your Love (tour premiere); 2. Leap of Faith (tour premiere); 3. No Surrender; 4. For You; 5. Blinded By the Light (tour premiere)" Springsteen also collected signs from fans for his dressing room.
Here's a photograph from Springsteen's Twitter, plus some videos of the show (warning, the sound quality is not that great):
Bruce surprised fans with a 5-song, pre-show acoustic set tonight in Helsinki. Photo by Jo Lopez. twitter.com/springsteen/st…
— Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) July 31, 2012
The Boss is back in the U.S. to perform in Boston on August 14; he'll be at MetLife Stadium in September.