Best of 2016: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band - The River Tour 2016

It's been a bit of a busy year for Bruce Springsteen in 2016. Not only has he been out on tour performing 75 shows (would have been 76 but he pulled out of one in North Carolina) in support of The River Boxset but he's also released all 75 shows via his website, The Christic Institute Shows from 1990, an Autobiography (Born To Run) and a companion CD Chapter and Verse (as well as recording an Audio Book version of the autobiography) and undertaken a Book Tour as well.

I thought instead of picking out one particular show from the Tour that I'd throw together a Playlist spotlighting the whole Tour. So below is that Playlist which does contain a few full shows (see below what shows are on it) and footage or audio from all 75 dates. This should keep you busy for a wee while!

The River Tour 2016
Playlist

Opening Night US 1st Leg: Pittsburgh 16th January

Closing Night US 1st Leg: Brooklyn, NY 25th April

Opening Night European Leg: Barcelona, Spain 14th May

Closing Night European Leg: Zurich, Switzerland 31st July

Opening Night US 2nd Leg: East Rutherford NJ 23rd August

Closing Night US 2nd Leg: Foxborough, Ma 14th September

Full Shows Included in The Playlist

 (Tour Debuts in Bold)

Pittsburgh 16/01
Opening Night of The Tour
 MEET ME IN THE CITY / THE TIES THAT BIND / SHERRY DARLING / JACKSON CAGE / TWO HEARTS - IT TAKES TWO / INDEPENDENCE DAY / HUNGRY HEART / OUT IN THE STREET / CRUSH ON YOU / YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) / HERE SHE COMES - I WANNA MARRY YOU / THE RIVER / POINT BLANK / CADILLAC RANCH / I'M A ROCKER / FADE AWAY / STOLEN CAR / RAMROD / THE PRICE YOU PAY / DRIVE ALL NIGHT / WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY / BADLANDS / WRECKING BALL / BACKSTREETS / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / BRILLIANT DISGUISE / THE RISING / THUNDER ROAD / REBEL REBEL / BOBBY JEAN / DANCING IN THE DARK / BORN TO RUN / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / SHOUT

MSG NYC 27/01
MEET ME IN THE CITY / THE TIES THAT BIND / SHERRY DARLING / JACKSON CAGE / TWO HEARTS - IT TAKES TWO / INDEPENDENCE DAY / HUNGRY HEART / OUT IN THE STREET / CRUSH ON YOU / YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) / HERE SHE COMES - I WANNA MARRY YOU / THE RIVER / POINT BLANK / CADILLAC RANCH / I'M A ROCKER / FADE AWAY / STOLEN CAR / RAMROD / THE PRICE YOU PAY / DRIVE ALL NIGHT / WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY / SHE'S THE ONE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / BRILLIANT DISGUISE / WRECKING BALL / THE RISING / THUNDER ROAD / BORN TO RUN / DANCING IN THE DARK / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / SHOUT 

Washington DC 29/01
 MEET ME IN THE CITY / THE TIES THAT BIND / SHERRY DARLING / JACKSON CAGE / TWO HEARTS - IT TAKES TWO / INDEPENDENCE DAY / HUNGRY HEART / OUT IN THE STREET / CRUSH ON YOU / YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) / HERE SHE COMES - I WANNA MARRY YOU / THE RIVER / POINT BLANK / CADILLAC RANCH / I'M A ROCKER / FADE AWAY / STOLEN CAR / RAMROD / THE PRICE YOU PAY / DRIVE ALL NIGHT / WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY / DARLINGTON COUNTY / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / THE PROMISED LAND / TOUGHER THAN THE REST / WRECKING BALL / THE RISING / THUNDER ROAD / NO SURRENDER / BORN TO RUN / DANCING IN THE DARK / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / SHOUT 

Barcelona, Spain 14/05
BADLANDS / NO SURRENDER / MY LOVE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN / THE TIES THAT BIND / SHERRY DARLING / JACKSON CAGE / TWO HEARTS - IT TAKES TWO / I'M GOIN' DOWN / HUNGRY HEART / OUT IN THE STREET / HERE SHE COMES - I WANNA MARRY YOU / THE RIVER / POINT BLANK / ATLANTIC CITY / DARLINGTON COUNTY / GLORY DAYS / I WANNA BE WITH YOU / RAMROD / THE PRICE YOU PAY / DRIVE ALL NIGHT / LONESOME DAY / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / THE PROMISED LAND / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / SHE'S THE ONE / BRILLIANT DISGUISE / THE RISING / THUNDER ROAD / PURPLE RAIN / BORN IN THE U.S.A. / BORN TO RUN / DANCING IN THE DARK / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SHOUT / BOBBY JEAN / TWIST AND SHOUT 

San Sebastian, Spain 17/05
 WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY / NO SURRENDER / MY LOVE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN / THE TIES THAT BIND / SHERRY DARLING / TWO HEARTS - IT TAKES TWO / INDEPENDENCE DAY / HUNGRY HEART / OUT IN THE STREET / CRUSH ON YOU / YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) / FIRE / HERE SHE COMES - I WANNA MARRY YOU / THE RIVER / POINT BLANK / MURDER INCORPORATED / DARLINGTON COUNTY / RAMROD / I'M GOIN' DOWN / WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY / DRIVE ALL NIGHT / THE PROMISED LAND / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / BRILLIANT DISGUISE / THE RISING / THUNDER ROAD / BADLANDS / BORN IN THE U.S.A. / BORN TO RUN / GLORY DAYS / DANCING IN THE DARK / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / TWIST AND SHOUT - LA BAMBA / BOBBY JEAN / THIS HARD LAND 

Lisbon, Portugal 19/05
BADLANDS / NO SURRENDER / MY LOVE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN / COVER ME / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / HUNGRY HEART / THE PROMISED LAND / OUT IN THE STREET / DOWNBOUND TRAIN / I'M ON FIRE / ATLANTIC CITY / DARLINGTON COUNTY / WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY / JOHNNY 99 / THE RIVER / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / LONESOME DAY / THE RISING / THUNDER ROAD / BORN IN THE U.S.A. / BORN TO RUN / GLORY DAYS / DANCING IN THE DARK / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / TWIST AND SHOUT - LA BAMBA / THIS HARD LAND  

Glasgow, Scotland 01/06
 WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / MY LOVE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN / THE TIES THAT BIND / SHERRY DARLING / TWO HEARTS - IT TAKES TWO / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / HUNGRY HEART / OUT IN THE STREET / LONESOME DAY / YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) / DEATH TO MY HOMETOWN / AMERICAN SKIN (41 SHOTS) / MURDER INCORPORATED / I'M GOIN' DOWN / JOHNNY 99 / THE RIVER / POINT BLANK / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / THE PROMISED LAND / WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY / DARLINGTON COUNTY / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / THE RISING / THUNDER ROAD / BADLANDS / BORN IN THE U.S.A. / BORN TO RUN / GLORY DAYS / DANCING IN THE DARK / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SHOUT / THIS HARD LAND 

Coventry, England 03/06
FOR YOU / SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / MY LOVE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN / THE TIES THAT BIND / SHERRY DARLING / NO SURRENDER / TWO HEARTS - IT TAKES TWO / SAVE MY LOVE / HUNGRY HEART / OUT IN THE STREET / CRUSH ON YOU / YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) / DEATH TO MY HOMETOWN / YOUNGSTOWN / MURDER INCORPORATED / THE RIVER / DRIVE ALL NIGHT / THE PROMISED LAND / WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY / DARLINGTON COUNTY / WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / THE RISING / BADLANDS / TRAVELIN' BAND / BORN IN THE U.S.A. / BORN TO RUN / SEVEN NIGHTS TO ROCK / DANCING IN THE DARK / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SHOUT / THUNDER ROAD 

London, England 05/06
DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND STREET? / SEEDS / JOHNNY 99 / WRECKING BALL / THE TIES THAT BIND / SHERRY DARLING / HUNGRY HEART / NO SURRENDER / BE TRUE / CANDY'S ROOM / SHE'S THE ONE / MY CITY OF RUINS / I'LL WORK FOR YOUR LOVE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / OUT IN THE STREET / YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) / DEATH TO MY HOMETOWN / AMERICAN SKIN (41 SHOTS) / THE RIVER / THE PROMISED LAND / DARLINGTON COUNTY / WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY / TOUGHER THAN THE REST / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / THE RISING / BADLANDS / JUNGLELAND / BORN TO RUN / DANCING IN THE DARK / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SHOUT / BOBBY JEAN / THUNDER ROAD 

The Hague, NL 14/06
BADLANDS / NO SURRENDER / MY LOVE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN / FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME) / SHERRY DARLING / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / MY CITY OF RUINS / JERSEY GIRL / HUNGRY HEART / OUT IN THE STREET / YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) / DEATH TO MY HOMETOWN / THE RIVER / RACING IN THE STREET / THE PROMISED LAND / WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY / DARLINGTON COUNTY / WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY / I'M ON FIRE / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / THE RISING / THUNDER ROAD / LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS - PEOPLE GET READY / JUNGLELAND / BORN TO RUN / SEVEN NIGHTS TO ROCK / DETROIT MEDLEY / DANCING IN THE DARK / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SHOUT / THIS HARD LAND

Munich, Germany 17/06
 PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / BADLANDS / OUT IN THE STREET / SHERRY DARLING / TWO HEARTS - IT TAKES TWO / NO SURRENDER / HUNGRY HEART / YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) / DEATH TO MY HOMETOWN / MY HOMETOWN / JOHNNY 99 / YOUNGSTOWN / MURDER INCORPORATED / THE RIVER / AMERICAN SKIN (41 SHOTS) / THE PROMISED LAND / WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY / DARLINGTON COUNTY / WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY / I'M ON FIRE / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / THE RISING / THUNDER ROAD / LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS - PEOPLE GET READY / BORN IN THE U.S.A. / BORN TO RUN / SEVEN NIGHTS TO ROCK / DANCING IN THE DARK / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SHOUT / FOR YOU 

Milan, Italy 03/7
 LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS - PEOPLE GET READY / THE TIES THAT BIND / SHERRY DARLING / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / MY LOVE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN / JACKSON CAGE / TWO HEARTS - IT TAKES TWO / INDEPENDENCE DAY / HUNGRY HEART / OUT IN THE STREET / CRUSH ON YOU / LUCILLE / YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) / DEATH TO MY HOMETOWN / THE RIVER / POINT BLANK / TRAPPED / THE PROMISED LAND / I'M A ROCKER / LUCKY TOWN / WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY / DARLINGTON COUNTY / I'M ON FIRE / DRIVE ALL NIGHT / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / THE RISING / BADLANDS / JUNGLELAND / BORN IN THE U.S.A. / BORN TO RUN / RAMROD / DANCING IN THE DARK / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SHOUT / THUNDER ROAD 

Werchter, Belguim 09/07
PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / NO SURRENDER / THE TIES THAT BIND / SHERRY DARLING / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / THUNDER ROAD / HUNGRY HEART / COVER ME / YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) / DEATH TO MY HOMETOWN / MANSION ON THE HILL / THE RIVER / AMERICAN SKIN (41 SHOTS) / THE PROMISED LAND / DARLINGTON COUNTY / WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / THE RISING / BADLANDS / BORN IN THE U.S.A. / BORN TO RUN / DANCING IN THE DARK / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SHOUT / BOBBY JEAN / IF I SHOULD FALL BEHIND 

Paris, France 13/07
First Full Performance of The River Album in Sequence on European Leg
ICEMAN / LUCKY TOWN / THE TIES THAT BIND / SHERRY DARLING / JACKSON CAGE / TWO HEARTS - IT TAKES TWO / INDEPENDENCE DAY / HUNGRY HEART / OUT IN THE STREET / CRUSH ON YOU / YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) / HERE SHE COMES - I WANNA MARRY YOU / THE RIVER / POINT BLANK / CADILLAC RANCH / I'M A ROCKER / FADE AWAY / STOLEN CAR / RAMROD / THE PRICE YOU PAY / DRIVE ALL NIGHT / WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY / BADLANDS / THE PROMISED LAND / GROWIN' UP / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / THE RISING / BORN IN THE U.S.A. / BORN TO RUN / DANCING IN THE DARK / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SHOUT / THUNDER ROAD  

Washington DC 01/09
NEW YORK CITY SERENADE (with strings) / SUMMERTIME BLUES / SHERRY DARLING / NO SURRENDER / GROWIN' UP / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND STREET? / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / LOST IN THE FLOOD / KITTY'S BACK / INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / NIGHT / TRAPPED / BETTER DAYS / THE PROMISED LAND / AMERICAN SKIN (41 SHOTS) / HUNGRY HEART / OUT IN THE STREET / DARLINGTON COUNTY / WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY / DOWNBOUND TRAIN / I'M ON FIRE / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / THE RISING / BADLANDS / SECRET GARDEN / JUNGLELAND / BORN TO RUN / SEVEN NIGHTS TO ROCK / DANCING IN THE DARK / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SHOUT / BOBBY JEAN
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Tour Statistics

Songs Played on Tour.

Whilst during the 1st US of the Tour the band played The River album insequence the remainder of the tour only saw it performed a couple of times. Fans hoping to hear maybe some of the outtakes that were released on The Ties That Bind boxset were to be disappointed as very few of them were actually played.

It's great to have all 75 shows from the Tour as a reminder of firstly what a great album The River is when played live and secondly what an amazing entertainer Bruce Springsteen is with sets each night lasting up to three and a half hours (and a couple breaching the four hour mark!). There's enough music within those 75 shows to keep the average Springsteen fan going until the next tour comes around!