Springsteen at Bonnaroo

Here's an awesome review of the Boss' kick-ass show at Bonnaroo last night! I wish I could have seen it.

Here, courtesy of the New Jersey Star Ledger, is the setlist:

Show began at 9:28 p.m. local time.
Patti Scialfa and Max Weinberg were at the show.

Setlist:
1. Badlands
2. No Surrender
3. My Lucky Day
4. Outlaw Pete
5. Out In The Street
6. Working On A Dream
7. Seeds
8. Johnny 99
9. Youngstown
10. Raise Your Hand
11. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (sign request)
12. Growin' Up (sign request)
13. Thunder Road (sign request)
14. Waitin' On A Sunny Day
15. The Promised Land
16. The River
17. Kingdom of Days
18. Radio Nowhere (w/Jay Weinberg on drums)
19. Lonesome Day
20. The Rising
21. Born To Run

Encores:
22 Hard Times
23. 10th Ave Freeze Out
24. Land Of Hope & Dreams
25. American Land
26. Rosalita
27. Glory Days
28. Dancing In The Dark

Interesting to see Bruce play "Rosalita," "Glory Days" and "Dancing In the Dark" at the end. Most shows will get one of those songs to end, some shows get two, but it's very rare to get all three. I bet the huge crowd was into it.


Show over at 12:22 a.m.

CHECK OUT THIS REVIEW OF THE AL GREEN BONNAROO SHOW FROM ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY!!!!!!: Set of the Day&trade goes to the Reverend Al Green, who absolutely owned the mainstage, and only disappointed me by leaving before he could do "Take Me to the River" with David Byrne later. When we got to the photo pit, there was a pile of long-stemmed roses sitting on a road case next to Green's mic stand, and the first thing he did upon emerging, classily besuited despite the heat, was start flinging them out to the ladies. (Later, he would also toss his clip-on tie into the crowd.) "Y'all too far away!" he lamented, in what would become something of a refrain: Al Green really wanted to get off the stage and come hang out with us, he wanted the yellow-shirted security men to go away so we could be together, we ain't here to hurt nobody, God means we don't need security, etc. Everyone was pretty much wetting themselves from the word go here, shrieking through "Let's Get Married," humbly singing along during "Amazing Grace," popping an excitement gasket when he slowly slid into "Let's Stay Together." And the Reverend, too, was having a blast -- I especially loved watching him break it down alongside his two interpretive dancers during "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)," then crack himself up. His voice, for the record, has not lost a note.

"I'm gonna do some songs that'll tell you where I come from," Green said to kick off a medley of hits from a time "when the music was good, the lovin' was good, and everything was good." Thus did we get to hear snippets of "I Can't Help Myself," "My Girl," "Bring It On Home to Me," "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," and "You Are Everything." (That last one was "for the ladies," said Al.) Each and every Motown hit was greeted by euphoria in the crowd, and by the time he closed with "Love and Happiness," if you weren't dancing, there was something wrong with you. "I love you I love you I love you I love you I gotta go!" Green apologized, then took one last lap around the stage while his backup singer informed us that "The man is a legend, and he has sold more than 150 million albums!" There aren't too many modern artists who could get away with being played both on and off the stage while someone recites extravagant stats."

Sigh. Love Bonnaroo's lineup, can't handle the crowd and conditions.