Bruce Springsteen Opens Tour in Phoenix

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band returned to the road in Phoenix, Arizona last night with a 29-song setlist that included the return of a popular fan favorite–sign requests.

Springsteen mixed up the setlist, kicking the show off with  kicked things with The Rising track “Lonesome Day” and smashing into the Born to Run cut, “Night: and the rollicking “Two Hearts” off The River. The rest of the set featured hits like “Born To Run,” “Thunder Road,” “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight),” “Dancing in the Dark” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out,” along with fan favorites like “No Surrender,” “Prove it All Night,” “Backstreets,” “Because the Night” and “Mary’s Place.”

For encores, Springsteen took a sign request from a fan asking for “Twist and Shout.” It is too early to tell if this will become a nightly thing, but the band has a show in Las Vegas on March 22 at the T Mobile Arena, so all bets are literally off.

Springsteen’s lone reference to his battle with peptic ulcer disease was:  “I had a mother****** of a bellyache.”

Don’t miss Springsteen on Sunday with Tom Cunningham Sunday morning at 9 a.m. for more updates.

Setlist (courtesy of SetlistFM):

1. Lonesome Day
2. Night
3. No Surrender
4. Two Hearts(with a snippet of Marvin Gaye… more )
5. Darlington County
6. Ghosts
7. Prove It All Night
8. Darkness on the Edge of Town
9. Letter to YouPlay
10. The Promised Land
11. Spirit in the Night
12. Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)
13. Nightshift(Commodores cover)
14. Mary’s Place
15. Last Man Standing(acoustic, with Barry Danielian on trumpet)
16. Backstreets
17. Because the Night
18. She’s the One
19. Wrecking Ball
20. The Rising
21. Badlands
22. Thunder Road
23. Encore:
24. Born to Run
25. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
26. Glory Days
27. Dancing in the Dark
28. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
29. Twist and Shout (sign request)
30. Encore 2:
31. I’ll See You in My Dreams(solo, acoustic)