Monday's show in Providence included the first full-band version of "Spirit in the Night" on the tour, but the show will probably mostly be remembered for the fact that Bruce dedicated "Bobby Jean" to the victims of the nightclub fire a few weeks ago in West Warwick not far from Providence in Rhode Island. The show opened with "War" for the second time on the tour and also included a solo piano version of "If I Should Fall Behind". In other news, Patti was absent due to illness. Bruce commented that she was probably sick of him. Read more

   

The March leg of the US tour ended last night in Rochester, NY, with one of the most unusual setlists so far. By request "Fire" was played in an E Street Band concert for the first time since 1985, not counting the snippet they did on the Reunion Tour in the middle of "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out". Also "Nothing Man" was back for its only second appearance on the tour, and "Blinded by the Light" got a tour premiere. Other rarities included "My Love Will Not Let You Down" and "Backstreets". Next stop is Australia on March 20. Read more

   

No, even though yesterday a tenth show was added to the Giants Stadium stand, Bruce is not going to spend all summer in New Jersey. Other stadium dates are starting to trickle in. August 1 will see him and the band at Gilette Stadium in Boston and on August 8, they will be at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. It's likely that more dates will be announced at the same venues as these two sell out. Tickets on sale March 15. Read more

   

Despite the fact that Thursday's show was Bruce's first in Richmond since 1975, the setlist was relatively standard for this part of the tour. Biggest surprise of the night was Bruce Hornsby and Robbin Thompson's guest appearances on a repeat performance of Hank Ballard's "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go". Robbin Thompson used to sing in Bruce's early band Steel Mill. Also "You Can Look" and "Two Hearts" were done back to back in what must have given old fans flashbacks to The River Tour. Read more

   

Bruce continutes to add in a few setlist changes here and there. Last night in Jacksonville, Florida, "Better Days" was pulled out for the first time on the tour, "Tougher Than the Rest" made a rare appearance, and last but not least Bruce decided to pay tribut to the recently deceased Hank Ballard, who wrote "The Twist". But it wasn't "The Twist" that Bruce decided to do. Instead he played the more obscure "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go". Read more

   

As if seven shows at Giants Stadium wasn't more than anyone ever expected, another two shows have been added for August 28 and 30, a month later than the first seven. In 1985 Bruce and the band played eight sold-out shows at the same stadium. It looks like they have now set out to beat their own record. Tickets for the two shows go on sale this Saturday, March 8. Read more

   

In a record breaking day, Bruce managed to almost sell out seven shows at Giants Stadium in just one day. This corresponds to more than 300,000 tickets. When the first three announced shows were sold out in a matter of an hour, two shows were quickly added. When tickets for those shows were also going as fast as physically possible, another two shows were added to the list, and by the end of the day, nearly all tickets were gone, but as of now a few tickets are still available for the three last shows. This is the first time in Ticketmaster history that seven stadium shows practically sell out in one day. Read more

   

In a clear anti-war statement Bruce opened last night's show in Austin, Texas, with a blistering version of "War". The show in George W. Bush's homestate also included "Cadillac Ranch" and the only second performance of "Growin' Up" on the tour. And as has become tradition in Texas, Joe Ely showed up during the encores, and together they did Ely's "All Just to Get to You". Read more

   

The tour is back on track. Last night Bruce and the band played the first show of 2003. No major changes occurred except that for only the second time on the tour, the show did not open with "The Rising". In return, "No Surrender" got the honor, but not before Bruce jokingly told the crowd, "I want to thank absolutely nobody" in reference to his Grammy defeat. Other notable songs included "Out on the Street" and "This Hard Land". Read more

   

He didn't win album of the year or any of the other categories as most observers had expected, but Bruce still got three Grammys for The Rising: Best rock album, Best rock song, and Best male rock vocal performance, the last two for the title track of the album. None of these categories were shown live on TV. In return, Bruce performed a blistering version of "London Calling" with Elvis Costello, Dave Grohl, and Little Steven, in a tribute to The Clash. Bruce and the E Street Band also took the stage for a version of "The Rising". Read more