2 DVDs October 3,
2003 Shea Stadium Flushing, NY
Setlist:
Roulette/Candy's Room/The Rising/Lonesome Day/The Ties That Bind/Brilliant
Disguise/Empty Sky/Waitin' on a Sunny
Day/Rendezvous/Another Thin Line/Souls of the Departed/Because the
Night/Badlands/Prove It All Night/Mary's Place/New York City Serenade/Into the
Fire
First Encore: Janey Don't You Lose Heart/Pink
Cadillac/Born to Run/Seven Nights to Rock
Second Encore: My City of Ruins/Born in the U.S.A./Rosalita/Dancing
in the Dark/Twist and Shout
Notes: This is the ScrewDevil
version. It has Menus and Chapters and
an audio overdub. It’s a two camera
mix. Great Quality! Here’s what Backstreets.com said about the
show.
For the penultimate concert of the tour, Springsteen pulls out
some big guns: a mighty "Roulette" to open, and a beautiful "New
York City Serenade," with Garry on stand-up bass, to warm up a chilly
night at Shea. Both were tour premieres, as were
"Rendezvous" and "Another Thin Line" (an unreleased song
co-written with Joe Grushecky, debuted at the end of
the Reunion tour, and a strong contender for
Essential disc 3). "Souls of the Departed" again included the
"57 Channels"-style "mass destruction" sound-bite intro,
and while Night 2 was less overtly political than Night 1, the show did include
a quick guest spot from Al Franken during the band intros, as an alternate
"Big Man." A wild setlist
and powerful performance all around, though those hoping for songs written
after 1979 might not have been as thrilled with "That '70s Show" (as
one fan called it) until the encores, when a rollicking "Pink
Cadillac" followed "Janey Don't You Lose
Heart." Introducing "My City of Ruins," Springsteen thanked fans
for their support, and called it the "best year we've ever had,
really." Guests galore joined in during the second encore, including Mets
pitcher (and big Bruce fan) Al Leiter on tambourine
for "Rosalita"; Jon Landau and Willie Nile,
both on guitar, for "Dancing in the Dark"; and a full stage with the
addition of Gary U.S. Bonds for a bonus show-closing "Twist and Shout."
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