Not only was last night's show the first official concert by Bruce and the E Street Band in the Jersey Shore gambling city, it was also the first time to our knowledge that they did a Lennon/McCartney tune in public (correct us if we're wrong.... and, no, "Twist and Shout" was not written by Lennon/McCartney)). The honor went to the relatively obscure "Tell Me Why" from the Beatles 1964 album A Hard Day's Night. It was done as the first encore, a position in the show that lately has been dedicated to obscure cover songs. Tom Waits' "Jersey Girl" can hardly be called obscure. Yet, when Bruce sat down at the piano toward the end of the main set, it was the first time he performed the song in what could be called real Tom Waits fashion. Finally, as the last song of the evening, "Roll of the Dice" was pulled out for the first time on this tour and thus ended perhaps the most eagerly anticipated show of the tour so far on a high note. Oh, by the way, do we have to say that Bruce opened the show with "Atlantic City"? Check the setlist, which also included "Does This Bus Stop" and "Saint in the City.

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