Bruuuuuuuuce

4/22/14 Bruce Springsteen at Consol Engery Center in Pittsburgh, PA.  The second time that Ag & I have made the drive to PA to see the Boss.  First time was the end of the Wrecking Ball tour...this time it was the beginning of the High Hopes tour.  He went to Cincinnati, Columbus & Pittsburgh.  UGH...where's the CLE love?

Started in crazy Cleveland traffic, picking up Max @ work.  The parking lot attendant made fun of my 'white girl' name.  Seriously.  I've never felt so put down about by name before...weird.

We arrived in Pittsburgh a little after 7:30 with about 2 gallons of gas left in the tank. {yeah, that becomes an issue}

First picture is of the lady who K handed her credit card to so scan for our tickets.  Kirsten said, "I've never done this before; I hope it works."  The lady says, "Me neither.  We could be in trouble."  It was so funny. K didn't even know what to say :)  The second is the Bruce selfie...with Max, Ag & me.

The review:

Bruce singing "The Promise"  He was pretty amazing on the keyboard, considering he's a guitar player.

Patty was at the show {first time I've seen her in a long time}, but Steve wasn't.  No mention of where he was, but Nil was so funny & Tom Morello was amazing.  K made the comment that she bet he never at any moment when he was with Rage Against the Machine think he'd ever be part of the E Street Band.  I love their voiced together & Ghost of Tom Joad is just amazing. 

 The past 5 or 6 shows have all been the best show ever...this one was great, but didn't quite reach that level for me.  That said, it was definately worth the price of admission & the two hour drive.  I certainly hope he comes to CLE in the fall.  Waiting for the magic tour date announcement. Love Bruce Springsteen. (still waiting to hear Sherry Darling live.

Show began at 8:15 p.m.

Set list
1. Clampdown (The Clash cover, tour premiere)
2. Badlands
3. Johnny 99
4.Stand On It (tour premiere)
5. Seven Nights to Rock
6. High Hopes
7. Just Like Fire Would
8. Hungry Heart
9. I Wanna Be With You (sign request, tour premiere)
10. Back In Your Arms (sign request)
11. Wrecking Ball
12. The Promised Land
13. Youngstown
14. Lonesome Day
15. Mary's Place
16. The Ghost of Tom Joad
17. Radio Nowhere
18. The Rising
19. Land of Hope and Dreams

Encores:
20. The Promise (solo piano)
21. The Wall
22. Born in the USA
23. Light of Day (with Joe Grushecky)
24. Frankie Fell in Love (with Joe Grushecky)
25. Born To Run
26. Dancing in the Dark
27. Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
28. Shout
29. Dream Baby Dream (solo on the pump organ)

Over at 11:23 p.m.

For the first time ever, we left as they were lining up after Shout...and I missed Dream Baby Dream {not my favorite song, but booooo on leaving early ~ MAX}

and then the trip home began with us frantically searching for an open gas station at 11:30pm.  Finally found one...but we were EMPTY.

My BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN History
 I've seen him in concert:
1. The Born in the USA Tour July 9, 1984 ~ at the Richfield Coliseum
2. The Tunnel of Love Express Tour March 14, 1988 ~ at the Richfield Coliseum 
3. The "Other Band" Lucky Town/Human Touch tour August 22, 1992 ~at the Richfield Coliseum (Mike's first show)
4. The Reunion Tour November 14, 1999 ~ at The Gund Arena 
5. The Rising Tour August 14, 2002 ~ at The Gund Arena
6. The Devils and Dust Tour May 15, 2005 ~ at The Wolstein Center (CSU) 
7. The Working on a Dream Tour November 10, 2009 ~at Quicken Loans Arena (same place as The Gund)  ~ where he played this song, just for me.  (Mike's second chance show)
8. The Wrecking Ball Tour April 12, 2012 ~ at Quicken Loans Arena ~ Best Show Ever 
9. The Wrecking Ball Tour October 27, 2012 ~ at Consol Energy Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
10. The High Hopes Tour April 22, 2014 ~ at Consol Energy Arena, Pittsburgh, PA

Waiting for show #11