Some 50,000 people filled MetLife Stadium on Sunday, September 3, as they did for the two previous shows on the Wednesday and Friday before. Nevertheless, Springsteen and company still offer more spontaneity on stage than any other headlining band around.
In addition, like the Broadway show, the monolouges and choreography are much the same night after night. These two factors may explain why on this tour, unlike its predecessors, the set ists spin on a core 25-ish songs, with a handful of other songs and an occasional rarity periodically penetrating the evening’s set list. Secondly, Springsteen – who is an expert on story songs – constructed this tour uniquely with an overarching theme set by Letter to You, his 2020 album which explored mortality, the passing of time, aging, and death while stressing the importance of seizing the day before it disappears forever. First of all, it is the first band tour since the Boss concluded his lengthy Springsteen on Broadway engagement, where he mastered stage dynamics by performing almost identical performances meticulously as a nightly routine. Springsteen has performed before large audiences for nearly 50 years, yet for better or worse, this tour, his first with the E Street Band in seven years, is his most unique. This homecoming residency was special to fans who have followed Springsteen since his local club nights. After an arena tour earlier in the year, followed by a European tour, Springsteen and his band dedicated the summer to stadium dates, and the only stadium in New Jersey that can hold 50,000 fans is MetLife Stadium. Since becoming a mega-star with Born to Run in 1975, every Springsteen concert in his home state legitimizes New Jersey as more than just a state one drives through to get somewhere else. The band, now a sprawling 19-piece touring outfit complete with a horn section and backing singers, raised the figurative roof (in an open-air stadium) by expanding on the recorded versions of audience favorites, deep album cuts and vintage cover songs.Ī proud New Jersey native, in 1973 a then-unknown Springsteen titled his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park.
Closing out a three-night residency at MetLife Stadium, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band performed 28 songs in a non-stop three-hour set. Twenty days before his 74th birthday, Bruce Springsteen proved once again that he is among the world’s most energetic and thrilling entertainers.
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