22 Nov 2007 by Chris     No Comments    Posted under: Entertainment

Bruce Springsteen European Tour 2007 Setlist

…well, not quite, because at the time of writing, it hasn’t started yet. But Bruce has just finished playing the couple of dozen gigs in the first North American leg of his “Magic” Tour, and – renowned as he is for varying the set list from night to night – there’s a definite pattern in what the band has been playing.

In most gigs there have been 23 songs, and in each slot there’s a song which has been played significantly more times than any other. So after having a look at some of the meticulously compiled set list resources such as this one, I present the statistically most likely set list for the forthcoming gigs, including the one at the O2 in London where I’ll be on the last night of the European leg, 19 December.

Radio Nowhere
No Surrender
Lonesome Day
Gypsy Biker
Magic
Reason to Believe
Night
She’s the One
Livin’ in the Future
The Promised Land
Town Called Heartbreak
Backstreets
Working on the Highway
Devil’s Arcade
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Thundercrack
Born to Run
Dancing in the Dark
American Land

The interesting thing is, he didn’t play this exact list once during the North American gigs. The closest he got was the second night in LA, where “Candy’s Room” replaced “Night” above. Apparently most shows have been shorter than the marathons of previous years, but that’s due as much to a lack of between-song banter, introducing the musicians and jamming as it is to a reduced song count.

Anyway, statistics be damned, when we see Bruce, the set list is going to be different again, that’s for sure.

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