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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour

Tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Start date	April 9, 1999
End date	July 1, 2000
Legs	3
No. of shows	132
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert chronology
Ghost of Tom Joad Tour (1995–97) Reunion Tour (1999–2000) The Rising Tour (2002–03)

The Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour was a lengthy, top-grossing concert tour featuring Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band that took place over 1999 and 2000.

The tour was the first set of regular concerts given by Springsteen and the E Street Band in eleven years, since the 1988 Tunnel of Love Express and Human Rights Now! Tours, and followed two lengthy tours by Springsteen without the Band in the intervening years.

The tour was not intended to promote any Springsteen records; the release of the box set Tracks six months earlier had been oriented towards the holiday shopping market, and no longer held any chart action by the time of the tour. The release of the cut-down, single disc 18 Tracks did coincide with the start of the tour but received little publicity or sales.

Itinerary

Tour preparations began in March 1999 with a series of rehearsals at Asbury Park, New Jersey's Convention Hall. Several dozen of the Springsteen faithful, eager with anticipation at what the long-awaited reunion might bring, stood outside the Hall on the cold and windy boardwalk and beach, hearing what they could from inside the walls and reporting their findings on several Springsteen Internet forums. It was during one of these sessions that fans first heard runthroughs of "The Train Song", which would become the tour's closing epic "Land of Hope and Dreams". This practice of listening in on rehearsals would continue for all of Springsteen's subsequent tours. Springsteen then held two public rehearsal concerts in Convention Hall, a practice that would also continue for tours to come.

Springsteen opted to start the Reunion Tour in Europe, perhaps to get the show in top shape before coming home to greater attention. The first leg of the tour formally began on April 9, 1999, with the first of two nights in Barcelona's Palau Sant Jordi. Barcelona was in the process of becoming one of the strongest centers of Springsteen popularity, and additionally there were hundreds of travelling fans in attendance. The Europe leg would run through the end of June, finishing in Oslo, and encompass 36 shows in all, featuring a mixture of arenas and stadiums and often playing two nights in a location.

Two weeks later the second leg commenced back in the United States, and took place solely in arenas. It began with 15 consecutive shows in New Jersey's Continental Airlines Arena. More multi-night stands followed, as the tour concentrated on Springsteen hot spots such as Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles. After 52 shows, the leg finished in Minneapolis in the end of November.

A three-month winter break ensued. The third leg started up in late February 2000 with a show at Penn State University. This leg focused on mostly single-night stands in areas that hadn't been reached on the previous leg, including a couple of dates in Canada, and again took place in arenas. Totalling 44 shows, it concluded in June with 10 consecutive dates in New York City's Madison Square Garden, ending on July 1, 2000.

In all, the tour played 132 shows in 62 cities over a span of 15 months.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
Leg 1 – Europe
April 9, 1999	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi	—	—
April 11, 1999
April 13, 1999	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle	—	—
April 15, 1999	Cologne		Kölnarena	—	—
April 17, 1999	Bologna	Italy	Palasport	—	—
April 19, 1999	Milan		Fila Forum	—	—
April 20, 1999
April 23, 1999	Regensburg	Germany	Donau Arena	—	—
April 24, 1999	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	—	—
April 26, 1999	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion	—	—
April 28, 1999	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier	—	—
May 1, 1999	Manchester	England	Manchester Evening News Arena	—	—
May 2, 1999
May 16, 1999	Birmingham		NEC Arena	—	—
May 18, 1999	London		Earls Court Exhibition Centre	—	—
May 19, 1999
May 21, 1999
May 23, 1999
May 25, 1999	Dublin	Ireland	RDS Arena	40,000 / 40,000	—
May 27, 1999	Ghent	Belgium	Flanders Expo	—	—
May 29, 1999	Berlin	Germany	Parkbühne Wuhlheide	—	—
May 30, 1999
June 2, 1999	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	—	—
June 3, 1999
June 5, 1999	Zaragoza	Spain	La Romareda	—	—
June 7, 1999	Madrid		Estadio La Peineta	—	—
June 11, 1999	Genoa	Italy	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	—	—
June 13, 1999	Leipzig	Germany	Bruno-Plache-Stadion	—	—
June 15, 1999	Offenbach		Stadion am Bieberer Berg	—	—
June 17, 1999	Bremen		Weserstadion	—	—
June 19, 1999	Arnhem	Netherlands	GelreDome	—	—
June 20, 1999
June 23, 1999	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	66,000 / 66,000	—
June 24, 1999
June 26, 1999	Copenhagen	Denmark	Parken Stadium	48,000 / 48,000	—
June 27, 1999	Oslo	Norway	Valle Hovin	—	—
Leg 2 – North America
July 15, 1999	East Rutherford	United States	Continental Airlines Arena	304,785 / 304,785	$19,000,605
July 18, 1999
July 20, 1999
July 24, 1999
July 26, 1999
July 27, 1999
July 29, 1999
August 1, 1999
August 2, 1999
August 4, 1999
August 6, 1999
August 7, 1999
August 9, 1999
August 11, 1999
August 12, 1999
August 21, 1999	Boston		FleetCenter	98,894 / 98,894	$5,469,060
August 22, 1999
August 24, 1999
August 26, 1999
August 27, 1999
August 31, 1999	Washington, D.C.		MCI Center	55,650 / 55,650	$3,575,423
September 1, 1999
September 3, 1999
September 8, 1999[a]	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	39,547 / 39,547	$2,477,370
September 9, 1999[a]
September 13, 1999	Philadelphia		First Union Center	114,922 / 114,922	$7,394,085
September 15, 1999
September 20, 1999
September 21, 1999
September 24, 1999[b]			First Union Spectrum
September 25, 1999			First Union Center
September 27, 1999	Chicago		United Center	57,833 / 57,833	$3,779,768
September 28, 1999
September 30, 1999
October 15, 1999	Phoenix		America West Arena	16,978 / 16,978	$1,078,575
October 17, 1999	Los Angeles		Staples Center	—	—
October 18, 1999
October 21, 1999
October 23, 1999
October 25, 1999	Oakland		The Arena in Oakland	47,074 / 47,074	$3,112,423
October 26, 1999
October 28, 1999
November 6, 1999	Fargo		Fargodome	17,245 / 20,000	—
November 9, 1999	Milwaukee		Bradley Center	—	—
November 10, 1999	Indianapolis		Conseco Fieldhouse	—	—
November 14, 1999	Cleveland		Gund Arena	40,419 / 40,419	$2,549,123
November 15, 1999
November 17, 1999	Columbus		Value City Arena	17,869 / 17,869	$1,142,738
November 19, 1999	Buffalo		Marine Midland Arena	19,294 / 19,294	$1,179,765
November 21, 1999	Albany		Pepsi Arena	16,612 / 16,612	$1,030,851
November 28, 1999[c]	Minneapolis		Target Center	32,537 / 32,537	$2,071,876
November 29, 1999[c]
Leg 3 – North America
February 28, 2000	University Park	United States	Bryce Jordan Center	15,439 / 15,439	$1,015,163
March 4, 2000	Orlando		Orlando Arena	16,479 / 16,479	$870,412
March 6, 2000	Tampa		Ice Palace	18,711 / 19,452	$1,112,428
March 9, 2000	Sunrise		National Car Rental Center	34,148 / 38,194	$2,057,142
March 10, 2000
March 13, 2000	Dallas		Reunion Arena	15,967 / 16,025	$1,026,638
March 14, 2000	North Little Rock		Alltel Arena	—	—
March 18, 2000	Memphis		Pyramid Arena	—	—
March 19, 2000	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena	13,515 / 17,033	$857,875
March 30, 2000	Denver		Pepsi Center	—	—
March 31, 2000
April 3, 2000	Portland		Rose Garden	18,254 / 18,254	$1,184,865
April 4, 2000	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome	22,415 / 22,415	$1,472,723
April 8, 2000	St. Louis		Kiel Center	—	—
April 9, 2000	Kansas City		Kemper Arena	—	—
April 12, 2000	Nashville		Nashville Arena	—	—
April 15, 2000	Louisville		Freedom Hall	—	—
April 17, 2000	Austin		Frank Erwin Center	—	—
April 18, 2000	Houston		Compaq Center	15,690 / 16,228	$985,422
April 21, 2000	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum	23,624 / 23,624	$1,516,815
April 22, 2000	Raleigh		RBC Center	18,872 / 18,872	$1,208,025
April 25, 2000	Pittsburgh		Mellon Arena	—	—
April 26, 2000
April 30, 2000	Cincinnati		Firstar Center	—	—
May 3, 2000	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre	38,268 / 38,268	$2,039,728
May 4, 2000
May 7, 2000	Hartford	United States	Hartford Civic Center	—	—
May 8, 2000
May 21, 2000	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	31,527 / 31,527	$2,001,143
May 22, 2000
May 27, 2000	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena	—	—
May 29, 2000	Salt Lake City		Delta Center	—	—
June 3, 2000	Atlanta		Philips Arena	36,122 / 36,122	$2,204,866
June 4, 2000
June 12, 2000	New York City		Madison Square Garden	190,530 / 190,530	$12,217,343
June 15, 2000
June 17, 2000
June 20, 2000
June 22, 2000
June 23, 2000
June 26, 2000
June 27, 2000
June 29, 2000
July 1, 2000

Notes

The show

The E Street Band's sound changed with this tour. Originally different because of its inclusion of two keyboard instruments and a saxophone, it was now more guitar-oriented, as different-era second guitarists Steven Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren were both included in the line-up, and as wife Patti Scialfa's greater up-front visibility added a fourth guitar. The ability of the sound system to keep the instrumental mix clear varied from venue to venue and night to night.

Set lists were dynamic throughout the tour. For a while Tracks' "My Love Will Not Let You Down", a 1982 Born in the U.S.A. outtake, was the usual show opener. Although little known, "My Love" contained all the classic E Street Band elements, led by Danny Federici's trademark electronic glockenspiel sound. Later many other songs served the opener role as well, often equally unknown but less accessible ones that gave the audience pause at the start. The second slot, however, was usually given to "Prove It All Night" or "The Promised Land", 1970s classics that would pull the audience fully into the show, followed by "Two Hearts", emphasizing the bond between Springsteen and sidekick Van Zandt. Following those numbers, anything might appear.

Midway through the regular set, a fixed series of five songs always appeared: a loud, full-band "Youngstown", with a fiery guitar solo from Nils Lofgren; a loud, three-guitars-distorting "Murder Inc."; the reliably crowd-rousing anthem "Badlands"; a lengthy take on "Out in the Street" with plenty of Bruce stage antics; and a very elongated "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out", which served as this tour's band intro song.

It was in "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" that the show's theme began to emerge. Springsteen used it to deliver one of his tall tales about the formation of the E Street Band, adopting a preacher persona to first sing sections of the Impressions' "It's All Right" and/or Al Green's "Take Me to the River", all the while describing a quasi-spiritual quest in the guise of band introductions: a journey to "the river of resurrection, where everyone can find salvation. But you can’t get there by yourself." The band were the people needed: Max Weinberg was introduced as star of Late Night with Conan O'Brien; Garry Tallent got to play the bass riff from "Fire"; Steven Van Zandt was introduced as star of The Sopranos tel-eee-vision show (to which Van Zandt responded with a bit of the theme from The Godfather on his guitar); Patti Scialfa got a build-up as "the first lady of love", after which she would play and sing a verse of her album's title song "Rumble Doll"; and Clarence Clemons would get the biggest build-up of all, leading to the part of "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" in which "the Big Man joins the band."

From there the show would drop back into a serious mode, usually featuring a soft band rendition of the gloomy "The Ghost of Tom Joad" followed by a 1970s epic of loss rotated amongst "Backstreets", "Jungleland", and "Racing in the Street".

But then the second piece of the theme came, with the set closer "Light of Day". Now Springsteen was the backwoods preacher again, stretching out the song and in the middle giving a long sermon on what kind of salvation he was offering. First would be some local-site-specific glorifying or taunting, and then he would intone in time to band beats:

I'm here tonight – I'm here tonight –

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