Bruce Springsteen Hyde Park

A triumphant return to Asbury Park wraps with a lively 24-song, closing-night set peppered with special guests. Bruce's setlist explores the exuberance of youth ("For You," "It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City," "Spirit In The Night") and the realities of adulthood ("Tougher Than The Rest," "All That Heaven Will Allow," "When You're Alone"), along with tales of those living on the margins ("Straight Time," "Sinaloa Cowboys," "Across The Border"). Joining in the fun are Patti Scialfa, Soozie Tyrell, Danny Federici, Stevie Van Zandt, Vini Lopez, Richard Blackwell and the late Big Danny Gallagher, all of whom feature in a rollicking encore that opens with the tour premiere of "I Don't Want To Go Home."

As Fenway Park’s concert series gets into full swing, with five shows this week alone, it’s worth recalling who played the very first rock concert at Boston’s storied ballpark.

"Greetings from Ashbury Park, N.J." is the debut studio album by Bruce Springsteen. Originally released in 1973, the album only sold about 25,000 copies but made a strong impression with critics and would go on to become a successful album, peaking at #60 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The album featured two singles, "Blinded by the Light" and "Spirit in the Night". Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at #379 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Chapter and Verse is the audio companion to Bruce Springsteen's autobiography, Born to Run, arriving in bookstores in September 2016. Springsteen selected the songs on Chapter and Verse to reflect the themes and sections of 'Born to Run'. The compilation begins with two tracks from The Castiles, featuring a teenaged Springsteen on guitar and vocals, and ends with the title track from 2012's Wrecking Ball. Five of the album's eighteen tracks are previously unreleased. The collected songs trace Springsteen's musical history from its earliest days, telling a story that parallels the one in the book, and is a must for any Bruce Springsteen fan.

Recorded live at Madison Square Garden, November 7, 2009.

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Teeming with identifiable characters, youthful romanticism, vivid narratives, and sophisticated arrangements, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. is a personal postcard from the heart, soul, and mind of a rock 'n' roll lifer bent on discovering his world and what lays beyond it. The 1973 album establishes many of the signature themes and sounds Bruce Springsteen would embrace throughout his unparalleled career. No wonder a majority of the songs – "Blinded by the Light," "Lost in the Flood," "Spirit in the Night" included – remain staples of the New Jersey native's fabled concerts.

Bruce Springsteen surprised diehard fans over the holidays, releasing the first-ever official recording of his legendary and much-bootlegged concert on August 9, 1978 with the E Street Band at Cleveland's Agora. The new stereo mix was available for download only at first, but a Triple-CD set has been released via live-brucespringsteen-net.

American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen's second studio album, "The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle" was recorded with the E Street Band and features their popular set-closing single "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)". After it's initial release the record didn't gather much attention, however after Springsteen released his third album, Born To Run, and his popularity grew, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle was more appreciated by his fans.

29-song set. Three songs from 2020’s Letter To You: “Ghosts,” “Last Man Standing,” and “I’ll See You in My Dreams”. “Last Man Standing” features a new arrangement. “I’ll See You In My Dreams” is performed solo acoustic to end the show. One song from 2022’s Only the Strong Survive: “Nightshift” (written by Franne Golde, Dennis Lambert and Walter Orange, popularized by The Commodores). Concert stalwarts like "Dancing in the Dark," “Because The Night,” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” are performed in tighter, shorter versions.

Bruce Springsteen's campaign to issue classic concerts from his archives now has its fourth offering - he is released the New Year's Eve show from the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y.