LOOSE ENDS - Il Forum Italiano dedicato a Bruce Springsteen

Setlist:
This Hard Land
Devil's Arcade
Thunder Road

Springsteen dedicated a very apropos "Devil's Arcade" to the veterans and their families. This was the first acoustic version of the song, Bruce adding some "Promised Land"-style percussive effects on the guitar where Max would normally be doing his thing. On either side, he opened with "This Hard Land," and closed with "Thunder Road." No "Fire" duet with Robbin Williams, unfortunately. But Bruce wasn't quite done yet -- after his performance, he rolled onstage on his '91 Harley, which was auctioned off and raised north of $80,000 for the cause.

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And on a night when I needed to feel young, he made me feel like I was hearing music for the very first time. (Jon Landau - May 22, 1974)
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In the midst of the E Street Band tour, Springsteen went it alone tonight for the Stand Up for Heroes benefit, playing three songs on acoustic guitar and harmonica. On a bill that also included Robbin Williams, Lewis Black, and Brian Regan -- this was a New York Comedy Festival event -- Bruce deferred to the funnymen and went on first. Which was a surprise to many in the crowd -- when's the last time Springsteen was an opening act? Emcee Conan O'Brien introduced him as "the man who stole my drummer," and Bruce corrected him, "No, Conan, I believe you stole my drummer." In keeping with the Comedy Festival setting, Bruce kept it pretty light and offered a corny joke to intro to each song, including the classic "Interrupting Cow" knock-knock joke. But in keeping with the beneficiary of the event (the Bob Woodruff Family Fund, which assists returning vets injured in combat, particularly those suffering from brain trauma) and playing to a good number of soldiers in the front rows, Springsteen dedicated a very apropos "Devil's Arcade" to the veterans and their families. This was the first acoustic version of the song, Bruce adding some "Promised Land"-style percussive effects on the guitar where Max would normally be doing his thing. On either side, he opened with "This Hard Land," and closed with "Thunder Road." No "Fire" duet with Robbin Williams, unfortunately. But Bruce wasn't quite done yet -- after his performance, he rolled onstage on his '91 Harley, which was auctioned off and raised north of $80,000 for the cause.

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