The River Tour 2016
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Tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band | |
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Associated album | The Ties That Bind: The River Collection |
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Start date | January 16, 2016 |
End date | September 14, 2016 |
Legs | 3 |
Number of shows | 47 in North America 28 in Europe 75 in Total |
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert chronology |
The River Tour 2016 is a current concert tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in support of Springsteen's 2015 The Ties That Bind: The River Collection box set.[1] This marks the first tour in two years for Springsteen and the E Street Band and possibly the last tour with the E Street Band for a while as Springsteen plans a solo album for his next release. All shows on the first North American leg of tour featured a full-length sequential performance of Springsteen's 1980 album, The River in celebration of its 35th anniversary while sets on the following leg would still feature a large part of the album performed. Many of the shows have been lasting over three and a half hours with over 30 songs being performed.
Each night of the tour will be mixed for release on live.brucespringsteen.net as high-quality downloads and CDs. Recordings will be available within days of each performance.
Contents
Background
Springsteen released The Ties That Bind: The River Collection on December 4, 2015. The extensive box set features the original 1980 The River album along with many outtakes from those sessions. Along with the full album performance (for part of the tour), songs from Springsteen's other albums will be performed and it's possible that select outtakes from the box set will be performed live, some likely for the first time.
Rumors of shows or a full tour in support of the box set spread amongst fans and the media in the months prior to the release of the box set. In November 2015 it was announced that Springsteen and the E Street Band would perform on the December 19, 2015 episode of Saturday Night Live which further fueled the rumors of a tour possibly starting in December or early 2016. The tour was announced on December 4, 2015 with tickets going on sale seven days later. The River Tour 2016 was extended with more added dates on January 24, 2016; with a rumored Las Vegas date that would be aired on HBO being cancelled.[2] On January 27, Springsteen announced 15 new dates to added to the tour.[3][4]On May 9, 2016, Springsteen announced he was extending the tour with eight late summer in the United States at mostly outdoor stadiums.[5]
The tour in support of the box set came unexpectedly as Springsteen was working on a new solo album and planned to tour in support of it however with it already being two years since his last tour with the E Street Band he didn't want to delay things even further with them. In November 2015, Springsteen and manager Jon Landau discussed how they wanted to promote the box set. Landau suggested performing The River at a few small shows in New York and Los Angeles; however, Springsteen said it would take too long to rehearse and suggested doing twenty shows. Drummer Max Weinberg said he got the call from Springsteen on Thanksgiving, a week before the tour was announced to the public. "In all of my professional engagements, I have what I call the Springsteen Clause. It's inviolate. It's my own version of force majeure. It's an act of God or Bruce Springsteen. And it works all the time." Weinberg said. Nils Lofgren had to change dates on his solo tour, while Gary Tallent had to postpone his.[6][7][8]
This will be the first tour in which all dates will feature the same album performed in its entirety. Unlike the previous few tours, the touring lineup will be downsized and will not feature a full horn section or backing vocalists.[9]"I knew the basis of the show was going to be The River, and that was a small rock group. The tighter lineup feels much more like the old days," Springsteen said. Like previous tours, Patti Scialfa hasn't been present at every show due to her responsibilities as a mother supporting her daughter in her equestrian career. Due to Patti not being present at every show, along with no choir, Garry Tallent is singing backup vocals down on the front line this tour.
The original River Tour began in October 1980 and continued through September 1981. With sets that regularly approached the four-hour range, the 140-date international tour firmly established a reputation for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as marathon performers.
Itinerary
North American leg
The tour got underway in Pittsburgh on January 16, 2016. Each show so far has kicked off with "Meet Me in the City" followed by the full album performance of The River and concluded with a twelve song set featuring songs from the rest of Springsteen's catalog usually finishing the night with a cover of The Isley Brothers' classic, "Shout". At the first show in Pittsburgh, Springsteen and the E Street Band performed "Rebel Rebel" in tribute to David Bowie who had died earlier that week. Two nights later at the tour's second show, Springsteen gave an acoustic solo performance of "Take It Easy" in tribute to Glenn Frey who had passed away the previous day.[10] The show scheduled for January 24, 2016 at Madison Square Garden was postponed due to Winter Storm Jonas, a record setting snowstorm that hit the East Coast. The show was rescheduled for March 28. As a gift to fans due to the postponed concert, Springsteen made the MP3 download of his Chicago performance free for two days.[11] At Springsteen's Washington, D.C. stop he dedicated "No Surrender" to Ryan Chalmers, a man who used the song as his anthem as he pushed his wheelchair across the United States for 71 days and over 3,000 miles. He also dedicated it as he had done at past concerts to the various military veterans attending which included Bobby Muller, president and co-founder of the Vietnam Veterans of America.[12] Peter Wolf joined the band providing vocals on "Shout" during the February 4, 2016 show while Joe Grushecky and Johnny Grushecky made a surprise appearance during "Born to Run" at the February 23, 2016 show. At the Rochester, NY show, Springsteen performed "I Wanna Be With You" for only the third time since 1999. Eddie Vedder made a surprise appearance on March 24, 2016 in Seattle when he joined the band for "Bobby Jean". On April 14th, 2016 Bob Seger surprised the Auburn Hills crowd by joining on stage to sing on "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" and "Shout". On April 23, 2016, at the first of two Brooklyn shows to end the first leg of the tour, Springsteen said that Brooklyn would mark "the last two nights we're officially playing The River from start to finish".[13] That night he opened with "Purple Rain" in tribute to Prince, who had just passed away. He made the song available as a free download on his website two days later. Chris Christie was among the crowd in Brooklyn on April 25 at the Barclays Center when Springsteen and the E Street band broke the venue's all-time attendance record. It marked the final night of the first leg of The River 2016 Tour and last show the band would be performing the entire album.[14]
European leg
Springsteen and the E Street Band kicked off their European leg of the tour on May 14, 2016 in Barcelona with a 36 song performance lasting over three and a half hours. This was the first performance of the tour where the full album of the The River was dropped however twelve of the songs remained in the set and were still performed in sequence however with other songs from Springsteen's catalog of music being performed in between them. "Meet Me in the City", the show opener on the entire North American tour, was dropped for the first time and a cover of Prince's "Purple Rain" was again performed.[15]Two nights later in San Sebastián, "Fire", "Murder Incorporated", "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" and "This Hard Land" made their tour debuts. On May 25 2016 at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Springsteen performed "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" after he spotted a fan in the crowd wearing a Santa Claus suit holding aloft a sign reading "Santa Claus is coming to Manchester", and inviting him on stage to sing with him. At the second show in Dublin on May 29, 2016, Springsteen opened the show with a rare solo piano performance of "Incident on 57th Street", which also made it's tour debut, and Bono made a surprise appearance joining Springsteen on "Because the Night".
Ticket scalping
Like with previous Springsteen tours, ticket scalpers were a major problem when it came to buying tickets. Tickets for Springsteen's New York shows began popping up on resale sites such as StubHub and eBay on December 7, 2015, four days before they went on sale to the public. Scalpers were re-selling tickets not yet available for as much as $5,000. This prompted the New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to launch an investigation into how this happened and wrote a letter forcing both companies to immediately remove any listings for ticket sales.[16] When tickets finally went on sale on December 11, many fans again were shut out from buying tickets as most venues sold out quickly and within minutes, tickets were appearing for hundreds to thousands of dollars more on resale sites.[17] According to reports, Springsteen's shows sold out in record time. Springsteen's show in Newark, New Jersey at the Prudential Center sold out in a few minutes. His previous 2012 show at the same venue took two hours to sell out.[18]
Set list
This set list is representative of the average setlist of the tour's first North America leg as conducted by Setlist.fm, which represents all concerts for the duration of the tour's first leg.[19]
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- "Meet Me in the City"
- The River
- "The Ties That Bind"
- "Sherry Darling"
- "Jackson Cage"
- "Two Hearts"
- "Independence Day"
- "Hungry Heart"
- "Out in the Street"
- "Crush on You"
- "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)"
- "I Wanna Marry You"
- "The River"
- "Point Blank"
- "Cadillac Ranch"
- "I'm a Rocker"
- "Fade Away"
- "Stolen Car"
- "Ramrod"
- "The Price You Pay"
- "Drive All Night"
- "Wreck on the Highway"
- Post-River
- "Badlands"
- "Lonesome Day"
- "No Surrender"
- "She's the One"
- "Because the Night"
- "The Rising"
- "Thunder Road"
- Encore
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue | Attendance | Revenue | ||||||||||||||||||
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North America[20] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
January 16, 2016 | Pittsburgh | United States | Consol Energy Center | 18,353 / 18,353 | $2,412,020 | ||||||||||||||||||
January 19, 2016 | Chicago | United Center | 19,120 / 19,120 | $2,756,475 | |||||||||||||||||||
January 27, 2016 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | 18,474 / 18,474 | $2,508,528 | |||||||||||||||||||
January 29, 2016 | Washington, D.C. | Verizon Center | 18,093 / 18,093 | $2,383,850 | |||||||||||||||||||
January 31, 2016 | Newark | Prudential Center | 16,539 / 16,539 | $2,227,836 | |||||||||||||||||||
February 2, 2016 | Toronto | Canada | Air Canada Centre | 18,134 / 18,134 | $1,793,936 | ||||||||||||||||||
February 4, 2016 | Boston | United States | TD Garden | 17,039 / 17,039 | $2,062,417 | ||||||||||||||||||
February 8, 2016 | Albany | Times Union Center | 15,162 / 15,162 | $1,966,730 | |||||||||||||||||||
February 10, 2016 | Hartford | XL Center | 14,672 / 14,672 | $2,080,294 | |||||||||||||||||||
February 12, 2016 | Philadelphia | Wells Fargo Center | 19,411 / 19,411 | $2,503,356 | |||||||||||||||||||
February 16, 2016 | Sunrise | BB&T Center | 18,658 / 18,658 | $2,174,905 | |||||||||||||||||||
February 18, 2016 | Atlanta | Philips Arena | 16,713 / 17,450 | $1,888,030 | |||||||||||||||||||
February 21, 2016 | Louisville | KFC Yum! Center | 15,730 / 16,900 | $1,847,730 | |||||||||||||||||||
February 23, 2016 | Cleveland | Quicken Loans Arena | 19,071 / 19,071 | $2,520,055 | |||||||||||||||||||
February 25, 2016 | Buffalo | First Niagara Center | 18,351 / 18,351 | $2,186,795 | |||||||||||||||||||
February 27, 2016 | Rochester | Blue Cross Arena | 12,581 / 12,581 | $1,712,080 | |||||||||||||||||||
February 29, 2016 | Saint Paul | Xcel Energy Center | 18,628 / 18,628 | $2,576,190 | |||||||||||||||||||
March 3, 2016 | Milwaukee | BMO Harris Bradley Center | 17,653 / 17,653 | $1,969,655 | |||||||||||||||||||
March 6, 2016 | St. Louis | Chaifetz Arena | 9,965 / 9,965 | $1,334,370 | |||||||||||||||||||
March 10, 2016 | Phoenix | Talking Stick Resort Arena | 16,480 / 16,480 | $2,050,630 | |||||||||||||||||||
March 13, 2016 | Oakland | Oracle Arena | 17,117 / 17,117 | $2,245,715 | |||||||||||||||||||
March 15, 2016 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena | 49,302 / 49,302 | $7,050,775 | |||||||||||||||||||
March 17, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
March 19, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
March 22, 2016 | Portland | Moda Center | 12,074 / 13,700 | $1,639,915 | |||||||||||||||||||
March 24, 2016 | Seattle | KeyArena | 14,767 / 14,767 | $1,929,695 | |||||||||||||||||||
March 28, 2016[A] | New York City | Madison Square Garden | 18,484 / 18,484 | $2,508,003 | |||||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2016 | Denver | Pepsi Center | 16,770 / 18,540 | $2,211,320 | |||||||||||||||||||
April 3, 2016 | Oklahoma City | Chesapeake Energy Arena | 12,603 / 14,332 | $1,557,353 | |||||||||||||||||||
April 5, 2016 | Dallas | American Airlines Center | 15,563 / 16,961 | $1,991,405 | |||||||||||||||||||
April 7, 2016 | Kansas City | Sprint Center | 12,286 / 13,813 | $1,557,745 | |||||||||||||||||||
April 12, 2016 | Columbus | Schottenstein Center | 12,008 / 13,941 | $1,568,810 | |||||||||||||||||||
April 14, 2016 | Auburn Hills | The Palace of Auburn Hills | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
April 18, 2016 | University Park | Bryce Jordan Center | 14,447 / 15,000 | $2,038,548 | |||||||||||||||||||
April 20, 2016 | Baltimore | Royal Farms Arena | 14,124 / 14,124 | $2,054,260 | |||||||||||||||||||
April 23, 2016 | New York City | Barclays Center | 33,248 / 33,248 | $4,641,260 | |||||||||||||||||||
April 25, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Europe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
May 14, 2016 | Barcelona | Spain | Camp Nou | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
May 17, 2016 | San Sebastián | Anoeta Stadium | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
May 19, 2016[B] | Lisbon | Portugal | Parque da Bela Vista | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
May 21, 2016 | Madrid | Spain | Santiago Bernabéu Stadium | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
May 25, 2016 | Manchester | England | Etihad Stadium | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
May 27, 2016 | Dublin | Ireland | Croke Park | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
May 29, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
June 1, 2016 | Glasgow | Scotland | Hampden Park | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
June 3, 2016 | Coventry | England | Ricoh Arena | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
June 5, 2016 | London | Wembley Stadium | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
June 14, 2016 | The Hague | Netherlands | Malieveld | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
June 17, 2016 | Munich | Germany | Olympiastadion | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
June 19, 2016 | Berlin | Olympiastadion | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
June 22, 2016 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Telia Parken | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
June 25, 2016 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Ullevi | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
June 27, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
June 29, 2016 | Oslo | Norway | Ullevaal Stadion | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
July 3, 2016 | Milan | Italy | San Siro | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
July 5, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
July 9, 2016[C] | Werchter | Belgium | Werchter Festival Grounds | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
July 11, 2016 | Paris | France | AccorHotels Arena | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
July 13, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
July 16, 2016[D] | Rome | Italy | Circus Maximus | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
July 20, 2016 | Horsens | Denmark | CASA Arena Horsens | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
July 23, 2016 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Ullevi | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
July 26, 2016 | Trondheim | Norway | Granåsen | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
July 28, 2016 | Oslo | Frogner Park | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
July 31, 2016 | Zürich | Switzerland | Letzigrund | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
North America[21] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
August 23, 2016 | East Rutherford | United States | MetLife Stadium | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
August 25, 2016 | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||
August 28, 2016 | Chicago | United Center | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
August 30, 2016 | East Rutherford | MetLife Stadium | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
September 1, 2016 | Washington, D.C. | Nationals Park | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
September 3, 2016 | Virginia Beach | Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
September 7, 2016 | Philadelphia | Citizens Bank Park | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
September 9, 2016 | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||
September 11, 2016 | Pittsburgh | CONSOL Energy Center | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
September 14, 2016 | Foxborough | Gillette Stadium | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL | 581,620 / 594,063 (98%) | $75,950,686 |
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
- A This concert was rescheduled from the show originally scheduled on January 24 which was postponed due to snow.
- B This concert was part of the "Rock in Rio Lisbon"
- C This concert was part of "TW Classic"
- D This concert was part of the "Rock in Roma"
Cancelled shows
On April 8, 2016, Springsteen announced on his official website that he was cancelling his concert, two days later, at the Greensboro Coliseum in North Carolina, in protest at the state legislature's new law, the HB2 (nicknamed the "Bathroom Bill"), which bans transgender people from using public restrooms of the gender with which they identify and overturns local laws that ban employers from discriminating against certain workers. "Some things are more important than a rock show," remarked the singer. [22]
Date | City | Country | Venue | Reason/Additional Info |
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April 10, 2016 | Greensboro | United States | Greensboro Coliseum | HB2 law in North Carolina[23] |
Songs performed
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Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
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We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
Non-album/cover songs
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Personnel
The E Street Band
- Bruce Springsteen — lead vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica,
- Roy Bittan — piano, synthesizer, accordion
- Nils Lofgren — rhythm guitar, lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Patti Scialfa - background vocals, some duet vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine
- Garry Tallent — bass guitar, background vocals
- Steven Van Zandt — rhythm guitar, lead guitar, background vocals
- Max Weinberg — drums
with
- Jake Clemons — saxophone, percussion, background vocals
- Soozie Tyrell — violin, acoustic guitar, percussion, background vocals
- Charles Giordano — organ, accordion, electronic glockenspiel
Guest appearances
- Peter Wolf - provided vocals on "Shout" during the February 4, 2016 show (Boston).
- Joe Grushecky and Johnny Grushecky - provided vocals on "Born to Run" during the February 23, 2016 show (Cleveland).
- Eddie Vedder - provided vocals on "Bobby Jean" during the March 24, 2016 show (Seattle).
- Bob Seger - provided vocals on "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" and "Shout" during the April 14, 2016 show (Detroit).
- Bono - provided vocals on "Because the Night" during the May 29, 2016 show (Dublin).
References
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- ↑ http://brucespringsteen.net/#post-9973
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