Ecco la scaletta delle prove di ieri, martedi 17 marzo:

Faith was rewarded for about 50 fans who stayed until about 5:40 p.m. as Bruce Springsteen came out after rehearsals at Asbury Park’s Convention Hall and signed autographs and posed for some pictures.
Bruce walked from the top of the ramp alongside Convention Hall and made his way down the corridor between Convention Hall and the Paramount Theatre and stopped and shooked hands with just about every fan and signed a lot of autographs.
He then walked to the bottom of the ramp and met people there. He again signed autographs and shook hands and took pictures.
It was pretty incredible as he said hello to all the fans waiting.
A great day of rehearsals with some unique songs played.

Jeremy (Bosstime55) got his picture taken with Bruce and will post it later. He had to head to work.
I’m sure there will be others posting their pictures also.
Really nice of Bruce do that. Thank you Bruce.

Good day for autographs as Nils Lofgren, Max Weinberg, Jay Weinberg, Garry Tallent, Charles Giordano and Little Steven signed for the fans on their way in.
Today was Clarence Clemons first day at rehearsals and the “Big Man” arrived appropriately in a big stretch limo.
Bruce didn’t arrive til 1:15 p.m. Patti was not there today.

Prior to Bruce arriving, the band worked on a few songs with Steven/Nils doing the lead vocals:
1. Lonesome Day
2. Murder Inc.
3. No Surrender
4. Dancin In The Dark
5. Adam Raised a Cain
6. Darkness On the Edge of Town

Bruce then arrived there was a shot break and the music started up at 2 p.m.

1. Good Eye
They worked on it wice.
2. Lucky Day
3. Night
4. No Surrender
5. This Life
Worked on the end part a bit. We may have some backup singers on the tour, more on that later
6. Working on A Dream
Yes, there is the whistling part. They played this half way through and started back up a bit.
Clarence played some sax at the end of the song.
7. Johnny 99
Played with the full band. Sounded like the version played on the 2004 Vote For Change Tour.
Had some nice piano in it and pedal steel. Nice rocking version.
8. Stand On it
Didn’t play the whole song but started and stopped it.
9. I Ain’t Got No Home
The surprise song of the day. The Woody Guthrie song.
According to the always reliable Flynn:
The first time I Ain’t Got No Home was played by Bruce in concert in front of a live audience was Sept 23, 1988, in Oakland. It was also played at shows on March 23, 1993 (Basie), and June 24, 1993 (Meadowlands). It has not been played at a concert since June 24, 1993.

10. Radio Nowhere
11. Youngstown
Nice Nils guitar sole in there.
12. Because The Night
13. She’s The One
Bruce played harmonica at the end
14. Mary’s Place
15. This Life
16. Kingdom of Days
17. Life Itself

a half hour break before starting up again with:

18. Outlaw Pete
19. Long Walk Home
20. Surpise Surpise
Nice Clarence sax solo at the end
21. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live
The song that Bruce played on the Seeger Sessions Tour. They did not play the whole song.

Curtis King, who was one of the backup singers on the Seeger Sessions Tour, was there today and there may have been one other backup singer. Maybe Bruce is deciding if he wants to use them on this tour.

When Bruce arrived after 1 p.m., he was driven up the ramp and surprisingly he came down to say hello to the fans. A couple of people got pictures with him and a few handshakes but that was it.
Security then set up barriers in the concourse between the Paramount Theatre and Convention Hall and this made is good for later on, when Bruce came walking out and was able to sign autographs, shake hands and greet everyone along the barrier.
Max Weinberg signed autographs on the way out and Clarence stoped in his limo on the way out of the lot on Ocean Avenue and signed for a few people.
Most fans around all week. The bar (Caroline O’Tooles) was open inside Convention Hall so people were able to enjoy a beer on St. Patrick’s Day.
Pretty cold out today, not horrible, but as I type this, I’m still strying to warm up.

Scaletta presa da SPL.

Le prove dei giorni precedenti le potete trovare qui e qui.

Secondo voi come aprirà il Working on a dream tour?

Continuano le prove per il tour di Working on a dream.

Ieri Springsteen non si è visto come riportato dal solito Stan:

All the action moved over to Convention Hall today.
It apparently was a rehearsal for Max’s son, Jay, to learn the material.
No Bruce, Clarence, Steve, Patti or Soozie.

Roy, Charlie, Max, Garry and Nils were there along with Jay.

They ran through a bunch of different songs, with Jay Weinberg playing along.

Songs rehearsed today (with Nils doing the vocals) were:
1. Jungleland 2. Night 3. Beacuse The Night. 4. Badland 5. Adam Raised a Cain 6. American Land 7. Working on the HIghway 8. The Rising 9. Last To Die 10. Long Walk Home 11. Out In the Street 12. Cover Me 13. She’s The One and 14. Bobby Jean.

I see someone else posted that they did Backstreets but no one I talked to could confirm that. Same with Candys Room.

Some of the songs they worked on a few times and others they played straight through.

Very cold and a bit windy down on the boardwalk. About a dozen fans around.
Garry, Max and Roy signed autographs on their way in this morning.
A fan asked Jay Weinberg to sign an autograph on his way out and he was happy to do it.

A questo punto non credo ci siano più dubbi su chi sostituirà Max.

Speriamo che le scalette non diventino troppo statiche.

Una nuova data è stata aggiunta al leg europeo del tour di Working on a Dream, Glasgow in Scozia martedi 14 luglio.

Ecco l’ articolo originale:

Bruce Springsteen and U2 to play massive summer gigs at Hampden
Mar 1 2009 By Billy Sloan

THE Boss and Bono are hitting Scotland for two spectacular gigs this summer.

We can reveal Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band will headline Hampden Park in Glasgow on Tuesday, July 14.

It’s the US superstar’s first gig in Scotland with his group for 28 years.

U2 will follow him to the national stadium to play a massive show – on Tuesday, August 18 – to promote new album No Line On The Horizon.

The Boss’s date is only the fifth time he’s appeared in Scotland and follows weeks of secret negotiations.

Last month he topped the charts with brilliant album Working On A Dream and was confirmed as headline act for Glastonbury Festival in June.

His E Street Band – featuring guitarists Miami Steve Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren and saxophone star Clarence Clemons – are one of rock’s greatest live acts.

They showed why when they wowed 73,000 fans – plus millions watching on TV around the world – at Hampden – and now it’s official.

Scotland was the first rock territory – outside their native Ireland – to be conquered by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.

And they’re promising their greatest stadium show yet.

Bono said:”What we’ve planned for outdoors has never been done before.

It’s a feat of engineering genius.”

The supergroup are riding high with new single Get On Your Boots from their 12th studio album No Line On The Horizon.

It was produced by the studio dream team of Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno and Steve Lillywhite in Morocco, Dublin and London.

U2 wowed Barack Obama and two million fans when they played at his inauguration gig.

For Springsteen tickets, call Live Nation on 0844 576 5483 and 0844 481 5880 or use www.gigsinscotland.com, www.livenation.co.uk, or ww.secxtra.com from 9am on March 6. U2 details to come.

THE BOSS

WHEN: July 14

WHERE: Hampden

TICKETS: £55 and £47.50 on sale 9am, Friday March 6.

U2

WHEN: August 18

WHERE: Hampden

TICKETS: On sale from March 20. Prices to be confirmed.

Buona trasferta a chi ci andrà.