![]() But if he is indeed winding things down, he left Detroit late Wednesday with one audience very happily wound up. Rumors abound this may be Springsteen’s final tour with the E Street Band. Fans at LCA, most of them as gray-haired as Springsteen himself, did their part to match his energy through the closing stretch. The show's encore found Springsteen and company hopping through some of his best-known hits, including “Born to Run,” “Glory Days” and “Dancing in the Dark,” as the house lights came up to seal a bond between artist and audience. Springsteen’s vivid, East Coast-flavored vignettes - songs like “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out,” “The E Street Shuffle,” “Rosalita” - offered old-school seasoning, while the pairing of an intense “Candy’s Room” and slinky “Kitty’s Back” set up a showcase for the band’s chops. ![]() Wednesday’s concert was brimming with meaning and time-tested themes, where youthful restlessness (“Thunder Road,” “Born to Run,” a tour-debut “Darkness on the Edge of Town”) mingled with aged resilience (“Wrecking Ball”), where vulnerability (“Backstreets”) had a place next to yearning optimism (“The Promised Land,” “The Rising,” “Badlands”).īruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Those are just quibbles, because even a routine Springsteen concert is still a cut above. But when Springsteen performed the song Wednesday at LCA, there was no acknowledgement of place and occasion - an omission that would have been implausible at his freewheeling Motor City visits of yore. More: Kid Rock adds second Little Caesars Arena show in JulyĬase in point: Springsteen’s new album of soul covers, “Only the Strong Survive,” is packed with Motown material, including “Nightshift,” the Commodores’ 1985 tribute to late Detroit stars Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson. More: Queen + Adam Lambert headed to Little Caesars Arena in October on 14-city Rhapsody Tour While the set list is strong - a career-spanning array of hits and deeper fan favorites - that rigidity is a departure for an artist famous for calling onstage audibles. There have been few song variations from town to town, and there’s minimal chatter between numbers. The show is compact, the pace brisk and businesslike. Two months into his 2023 Tour, it’s safe to say this is the Boss’ most rigorously structured E Street outing yet. Springsteen isn’t exactly running through the motions - he still looks invested onstage - but watching Wednesday’s show, you couldn’t help feeling he’s now mostly running on instinct. ![]() Still, something was a different this time. The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN MERCH The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle 33.58 Vinyl View on Amazon Product Description Record has been cleaned and new sleeved. It was a night of familiar rituals, with Springsteen’s shouted count-ins (“1-2-3…”) as much a part of the music as the crowd’s affectionate cries of “BRUUUCE.” In most ways, Wednesday was vintage Bruce: hard-working, playful, musically textured, equal parts joyous and sentimental, driven by a fist-pumping audience hanging on every note. ![]()
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