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Springsteen to Perform Full Albums at Giants Stadium

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND TO PERFORM
FULL ALBUM SEQUENCES DURING GIANTS STADIUM RUN


BORN TO RUN, DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN, BORN IN THE USA TO BE PERFORMED IN THEIR ENTIRETY



E Street Band :: 09.20.09 :: Chicago by Chad Smith


In response to the overwhelming fan enthusiasm at Chicago's Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band live performance of the album Born to Run (read the JamBase review here), Springsteen has decided to perform one classic album each night at East Rutherford, NJ's Giants Stadium:



09.30 Giants Stadium Born To Run
10.02 Giants Stadium Darkness on the Edge of Town
10.03 Giants Stadium Born In The USA
10.08 Giants Stadium Born To Run
10.09 Giants Stadium Born In The USA



In Chicago, Bruce began with a varied set list, performed the album portion of the show in the middle of the concert, and continued the show through its grand finale. Said long time manager Jon Landau, “Chicago convinced us that this was really worth doing. The audience was so supportive of the concept that it convinced us to go ahead with this at Giants Stadium."



Chicago Tribune's Greg Kot called that city's performance “epic," continuing, “they delivered and then some."

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