BRUUUUUUUUUUUUCE

Show #8. April 17, 2012
I have to call it: The best show ever.
A packed crowd at Quicken Loans Arena.  Bruce lit up the stage ~ so much energy.  The mix of his energy, his voice, his ideals, and the crowd make a kind of kindred spirit that is unlike anything else I've ever experienced.  There is a sharing of the human experience that is heartbreakingly tender and rock solid, all at the same time.  His music touches my soul.  He gave us an opportunity to say good-bye to The Big Man in a way that reminded us that when you love someone they are truly never gone from our lives.  They live on in what they've left with us.  Watching Jake Clemons fill those big shoes was moving in a way I can't adequately put into words.
The songs just kept coming...Badlands, The Ties That Bind, The E Street Shuffle, Jack of All Trades, Trapped, RACING IN THE STREET, Because the Night, Light of Day, Out in the Street...Blows any set list I have ever dreamed up OUT OF THE WATER.
At the end of the night, Bruce was the last to leave the stage.  He waved and saluted and made us all feel that he enjoyed the night as much as we did.
I wish I were a poet
I wish I had the words

So Glad I was THERE.

Setlist:
Badlands
We Take Care of Our Own
Wrecking Ball
The Ties That Bind
Death to My Hometown
My City of Ruins
The E Street Shuffle
Jack of All Trades
Trapped
Youngstown
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Shackled & Drawn
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Racing in the Street
Apollo Medley
Because the Night
The Rising
We Are Alive
Light of Day (including You Can't Sit Down)
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Rocky Ground (with Michelle Moore)
Out in the Street
Born to Run
Dancing in the Dark
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out

My BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN History~ The Boss ~ I've seen him in concert at the Richfield Coliseum on the Born in the USA Tour July 9, 1984, The Tunnel of Love Express Tour March 14, 1988, The "Other Band" Lucky Town/Human Touch tour August 22, 1992; at The Gund Arena on the Reunion Tour November 14, 1999, The Rising Tour August 14, 2002; at The Wolstein Center (CSU) on the Devils and Dust Tour May 15, 2005, And at Quicken Loans Arena (same place as The Gund) on the Working on a Dream Tour November 10, 2009.  ~ where he played this song, just for me.  ~ at Quicken Loans Arena on the Wrecking Ball Tour April 12, 2012 (Best Show Ever)