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May, 15, 2009

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band Enter Final Weeks Of U.S. Spring 2009 'Working On A Dream' Tour

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band charge into the final dates of their U.S. spring tour in support of their new CD 'Working on a Dream' (Columbia Records) with a string of ecstatic reviews in tow. Reviewers are saying the energy on display is at an enthusiastic, infectious and heart-pounding peak. "It just got better and better... perfect, simply perfect. Not much more I can say about a night I'll never forget," raved Shawn Courchesne of the Hartford Courant.

"He's the best there is," exclaimed Melissa Baron of SF Weekly, "Springsteen played so hard that sweat dripped off his whole body." Ricardo Baca of The Denver Post wrote, "Springsteen is a better showman today than in 1984," while Mike Ragogna said in the Huffington Post, "If you haven't been to one of Springsteen's shows in a while, you need to catch this tour." Meanwhile Sarah Rodman of the Boston Globe writes, "Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band don't have to play for two hours and 40 minutes. Nor, when they play, is it a requirement that Springsteen fall to his knees, shimmy and shake, attack his guitar like he's still discovering new sounds it can make, or take audience requests that he and his band don't know how to play... Springsteen and his band did all of that and more." Martin Cizmar of The Phoenix New Times had never seen Springsteen live. "I'm not from Jersey, I didn't grow up with The Boss and I'd never seen him play before," Cizmar admits, "but I will say
that nearly everything you've heard or read about a Springsteen show is true. The fans are rabid, the set marathon, Springsteen a first-rate showman."

Setlists for the first 22 shows have included more than 100 different songs and a staggering range of covers chosen by fans who wave homemade posters and placards with song requests at the concerts. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band refuse to be stumped, performing songs from almost all of Springsteen's 24 albums and covering "London Calling," "You Really Got Me," "Hang on Sloopy," "Wild Thing," "I Wanna Be Sedated," "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" and many more (see lists of all songs at end of release.)

 

Remaining U.S. spring tour dates:

May 15 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
May 18 Washington, DC Verizon Center
May 19 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
May 21 E. Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
May 23 E. Rutherford, NJ Izod Center

Throughout the WOAD tour, Bruce Springsteen has donated both concert tickets and hospitality passes to various Food Banks across the nation. The tickets and passes are auctioned off prior to each performance and if a minimum
donation of $10,000 is made to the Food Bank, Springsteen holds a meet and greet at the show with the auction winners and matches their donation (up to $50,000). Fans are also encouraged to participate in canned food drives that take place at each venue.

'Working on a Dream' debuted at #1 in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and New Zealand and received exemplary reviews in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, People, and elsewhere.

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 'Working on a Dream' tour cover songs:

 

My Generation (The Who)
Wooly Bully (Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs)
Raise Your Hand (Eddie Floyd)
Hard Times Come Again No More (Stephen Foster)
Detroit Medley (Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels)
Louie, Louie (Richard Berry/The Kingsmen)
You Really Got Me (The Kinks)
Expressway to Your Heart (Soul Survivors)
Seventh Son (Willie Dixon/Johnny Rivers)
Hang on Sloopy (The McCoys)
London Calling (The Clash)
Mountain of Love (Harold Dorman)
You Can't Sit Down (The Dovells)
96 Tears (? and the Mysterians)
Trapped (Jimmy Cliff)
Wild Thing (Chip Taylor/The Troggs)
Rocking All Over the World (John Fogerty)
I Wanna Be Sedated (The Ramones)
Seven Nights to Rock (Moon Mullican)
I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide (ZZ Top)
Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Bad Luck (Social Distortion)
Good Lovin' (Young Rascals)
Mony, Mony (Tommy James and the Shondells)
Mustang Sally (Sir Mack Rice)
I Ain't Got No Home (Woody Guthrie)
Good Rocking Tonight (Elvis Presley)

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 'Working on a Dream' tour setlist:

Badlands
Candy's Room
Darkness on the Edge of Town
The Ties That Bind
Outlaw Pete
Jackson Cage
She's The One
My Lucky Day
Prove it All Night
Night
No Surrender
Adam Raised a Cain
Out in the Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Roulette
Youngstown
Tougher Than the Rest
The Ghost of Tom Joad
I'm On Fire
Working On The Highway
Cadillac Ranch
It's Hard to Be A Saint in the City
I'm Goin' Down
Red Headed Woman
Thundercrack
Fire
The Fever
Spirit in the Night
Gypsy Biker
For You
Rendezvous
Sherry Darling
Downbound Train
Good Eye
Darlington County
The E Street Shuffle
Growin' Up
Hungry Heart
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Human Touch
Streets of Philadelphia
The Wrestler
This Life
Backstreets
Racing In The Street
Kingdom of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Long Walk Home
Surprise, Surprise
Because the Night
Mary's Place
Hard Times
Jungleland
Tenth Avenue Freezeout
Thunder Road
Rosalita
I'm A Rocker
Land of Hope and Dreams
So Young and in Love
American Land
Bobby Jean
Kitty's Back
Dancing in the Dark
Glory Days
Ramrod