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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band 07/17/03
Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ

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Set I

Summer Rain (intro.)
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Night
Candy's Room
Prove It All Night
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
Growin' Up
Worlds Apart
Badlands
Out In The Street

Set II

Mary's Place
Jungleland
Into The Fire
No Surrender
Thunder Road

Set III

Hungry Heart
Ramrod
Born To Run
My City Of Ruins
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Dancing In The Dark

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Mike	WHAT A SHOW!!! Steve and I picked Josh up around 4 PM to begin the journey northward to Giants Stadium. The trip up the Turnpike was uneventful, and we reached exit 15 by 6 PM. We reached exit 16 by 7 PM. Yes, the traffic leading into the parking lots was brutal. We finally parked at around 7:30. Not wanting to let the beer we purchased four hours ago go to waste, we decided to have our dinner right there and then. We quickly gulped down our subs, and washed them down with some Flying Fish ESBs and Harpoon IPAs. After our quick dinner, it was time to make the long walk over the pedestrian bridge that connects the Continental Airlines Arena lot with the Giants Stadium lot. As we reached the other end of the tunnel, a huge banner that was hanging on the side of the stadium, advertising the 10 shows Bruce and the band are playing here at Giants came into view. Having floor seats, we needed to enter via Gate C. This gave us a chance to walk through the mock boardwalk that had been set up in the lots closest to the stadium. Everything you would expect to see on the Jersey Shore, sans water and sand, was there, including cotton candy vendors, dunking booths and a Ferris Wheel. Being so close to show time, most of the vendors were closing up shop for the night. However, the dunking booth was still doing good business, due in large part to the slighty psychotic clown sitting in the tank. The clown would goad the men trying to dunk him, and after every quip laugh maniaclly, not unlike Jack Nicholson from the Shining. Wild stuff! Upon finding Gate C, it was time for the requisite pat-down. Being deemed worthy of entry, the three of us proceeded down the ramp and through the tunnel. The opening strains of "The Rising" greeted us as we made our way onto the field. We may have purchased tickets for section 15, row 12, but we never sat there. Between the two rear-most sections there was a large open space. We made our way to the front of this space, right up to the barrier separating our sections from the more forward sections. We had a blast! The view of the stage was excellent, and after a few moments, we got used to the echo that so haunts stadium shows, and soaked it all in. With the band playing hit after hit, the electricity in the crowd grew more and more intense. The energy coming from the stage was phenomenal. At one point, in the middle of "Jungleland," I looked around at the crowd, down at my $6.75 plastic bottle of Budweiser, and then up at the stage and thought to myself, "You can't get much more American than this." Highlights - Jungleland - serene Thunder Road - my favorite Bruce song, played to perfection Born To Run - well, duh Rosalita - Josh had been wanting to hear this one all night, and when the band kicked into it, his face lit up like a little kid on Christmas morning.	\| \|