Bruce Springsteen opened Saturday's Barclays show with "Purple Rain" (video, setlist, pics)
UPDATE: Bruce is giving the Prince song away.
Saturday (4/23), Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band played their first of two sold-out shows at Brooklyn’s Barclays center. In tribute to Prince, who died on Thursday, they opened the show with a six-minute cover of “Purple Rain,” as the stage was lit in violet. Bruce, who was wearing a purple scarf as well, shouted as they finished, “Prince forever! God Bless!” Video of that is below.
These Barclays shows are the final dates of The Boss’ “The River” tour where they’re playing that 1980 double album in full, followed by a second set of other favorites, and at Saturday’s show, a five song encore. He and the band play Barclays again on Monday, April 25. Full setlist and a few Instagram pics below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifNyqjHHCGw
https://www.instagram.com/p/BElmNqio7T0/?taken-at=8210231
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEkcJlOQMsE/?taken-at=8210231
SETLIST: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, 4/23/2016
Purple Rain (Prince cover)
Meet Me in the City
The River
The Ties That Bind
Sherry Darling
Jackson Cage
Two Hearts
Independence Day
Hungry Heart
Out in the Street
Crush on You
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
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
No Surrender
The Promised Land
Backstreets
Because the Night
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Thunder Road
Encore:
Born to Run
Dancing in the Dark
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Shout (The Isley Brothers cover)
