Uno dei concerti storici di Bruce Springsteen e la E-Street di cui esistono svariate versioni.

Il nome della registrazione deriva dal fatto che qualcuno aveva lanciato sul palco un petardo colpendo Bruce.

Artist: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Location: Cleveland Coliseum
Date: 1978-12-31
Title: The Firecracker Show
Sound: Soundboard / Audience

Disc 1:
01. Badlands
02. Streets Of Fire
03. Rendezvous
04. Spirit In The Night
05. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
06. Independence Day
07. The Promised Land
08. Prove It All Night
09. Pretty Flamingo

Disc 2:
01. Thunder Road
02. Jungleland
03. The Ties That Bind
04. Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town
05. The Fever
06. Fire
07. Candy’s Room
08. Because The Night
09. Rave On
10. Auld Lang Syne
11. Good Rockin’ Tonigh

Disc 3:
01. Firecracker Incident
02. Point Blank
03. Not Fade Away / She’s The One
04. Backstreets
05. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)

Bellissima versione di Jungleland.

Il bootleg rappresenta anche la penultima data del tour di Darkness On The Edge Of Town che si chiuderà con il concerto della sera successiva sempre a Cleveland.

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di Claudia Fascia
Da Bruce Springsteen ai Depeche Mode, dai Kiss ai Muse, passando per Elton John, Anastacia, Green Day, Alicia Keys, Toto, Robbie Williams, Roger Waters e Iggy Pop. Il 2013 si annuncia pieno di appuntamenti irrinunciabili per gli amanti della musica live. In attesa poi del ritorno di Vasco Rossi: il Blasco ha annunciato che, dopo la sua malattia, tornerà a esibirsi nel 2013. Tra gli eventi più attesi, il ritorno in Italia, a distanza di un anno, di Bruce Springsteen che sarà sul palco con la E-Street band per quattro date, la prima delle quali il 30 maggio in piazza del Plebiscito a Napoli. Il Boss, che riproporrà i successi di questi suoi quarant’anni di carriera più i brani dell’ultimo album ‘Wrecking Ball’, sarà poi il primo giugno allo stadio Euganeo di Padova, il 3 allo stadio San Siro di Milano (dove torna – unico artista internazionale – per la quinta volta) e l’11 luglio all’ippodromo di Roma, nell’ambito del Rock In Roma.

La rassegna di Roma ospiterà anche altri grandi nomi della musica: Iggy Pop (4 luglio), Green Day (5 giugno), Deep Purple (22 luglio), Rammstein (il 9 luglio e poi il 26 giugno a Bologna e l’11 luglio a Villa Manin-Udine), Toto (21 giugno), Neil Young & Crazy Horse (il 26 luglio e il giorno prima al Lucca Summer Festival) e Mark Knopfler (il 13 luglio e anche il 2 maggio a Torino, il 3 a Milano, il 12 luglio a Piazzola sul Brenta – Padova, il 14 a Napoli, il 16 a Taormina, il 19 a Lucca). I Toto, oltre che a Roma il 21 giugno, si esibiranno nel tour mondiale che celebra i 35 anni di carriera a Milano (il 20 giugno a Milano-City sound Ippodromo di San Siro) e Padova (il 22 giugno a Padova – GranTeatroGeox).

A quattro anni dall’ultima esibizione live in Italia, i Depeche Mode, che stanno lavorando al loro tredicesimo album in uscita nei primi mesi dell’anno, si esibiranno a Milano (stadio San Siro) il 18 luglio e a Roma (stadio Olimpico) il 20. Quattro anni di assenza anche per i Green Day che tornano com il loro ‘UNO, DOS, TRE, TOUR!’. Quattro le date previste per i tre punk-rocker: il 24 maggio a Rho (Milano), il 25 a Trieste, il 5 giugno a Roma e il 6 a Bologna. Nuovo tour per Roger Waters che a partire dal 20 luglio fino al 21 settembre porterà ‘The Wall’ in 24 città, tra cui Padova il 26 luglio e Roma il 28. Elton John ha scelto invece il Piemonte: la rock star internazionale parteciperà il 9 luglio alla 5/a edizione del Festival Collisione a Barolo, nel cuore delle Langhe cuneesi. E mentre i Muse saranno impegnati in tre date estive (Stadio Olimpico di Torino il 28 e 29 giugno e Roma il 6 luglio), i Kiss si esibiranno il 17 giugno a Codroipo (Udine) e il giorno dopo al Forum di Milano, mentre Robbie Williams, al ritorno live dopo sei anni, fa tappa unica a San Siro il 31 luglio, così come i Bon Jovi, il 29 giugno a San Siro con ‘Because We Can – The Tour’, che proporrà dal vivo i nuovi brani della band, contenuti nel nuovo album What About Now, in uscita in primavera.

I fan di Alicia Keys, sono invece chiamati a raccolta il 19 giugno al Palaolimpico di Torino, per l’unica data italiana della vincitrice di 14 Grammy, che porterà dal vivo il suo quinto lavoro discografico, ‘Girl on Fire’, uscito a novembre. Due gli appuntamenti per Anastacia: a Padova l’8 aprile, il 9 a Milano. Non mancano neppure gli appuntamenti con le star italiane. Dopo il concerto evento all’Avana, a Cuba, Zucchero porta ‘La Sesion Cubana’ World Tour 2013 in Italia, debuttando all’Arena di Verona il 30 aprile e 1-2 maggio. Eros Ramazzotti è pronto con il suo nuovo tour mondiale, che parte il 9 marzo da Torino. Sempre a marzo prende il via il tour teatrale di Francesco De Gregori: il debutto il 14 marzo dall’Atlantico Live di Roma, per percorrere poi da Nord a Sud tutto lo stivale. Il 7 giugno è la volta di Jovanotti che porta in tour negli stadi Il best of

Il Libro: The Light in Darkness “Limited Collector’s Edition”
208 pagine, Grande formato 9.25” x 12”, completamente a colori, stampato su carta EuroArt Silk 200m, contiene più di 200 fotografie riprodotte direttamente dai negativi e dalle diapositive originali. Il libro può essere acquistato esclusivamente a questo indirizzo: The Light in Darkness

Mick Jagger has sung the words “This could be the last time” hundreds of times – yet the line had a special resonance tonight. The Rolling Stones’ December 15th show in Newark, New Jersey was the final gig of their 50th anniversary tour, their first live performances in five years. And with no shows scheduled for 2013, many fans had to be wondering if tonight meant it’s all over now.
But whatever the future holds for the World’s Greatest Rock & Roll Band, they blew it out tonight, rampaging from classic to classic in true Stones fashion – through the past, darkly. The Stones treated this show as a lavish celebration loaded with special guests, from Lady Gaga torching up “Gimme Shelter” to Bruce Springsteen strapping on a guitar for “Tumbling Dice.”

Yet all eyes were on Jagger, a cosmic blur of hips and ribs and lips, attacking each song with an unbelievably ruthless rocks-off energy, whether he was shimmying through “Honky Tonk Women” or strumming his guitar for “Dead Flowers,” in its first appearance of the tour. (It was a fan selection, as voted via the band’s new smartphone app.) For most of the show, he wiggled in the same skintight outfit he wore on the Stones’ 1969 tour: black drainpipe trousers, clingy long-sleeve T-shirt, Cuban-heel boots. In his case, actually, it might have been the *exact* same outfit – no doubt the old one still fits. (How does this man do it? Zumba? Tantric Pilates? Or just generally getting his ya-ya’s out?)

Jagger told the crowd that some of the Stones’ guests had flown thousands of miles to be there in New Jersey: “They’ve flown from Moscow and Los Angeles and Saskatoon and God knows where else.” Then he added, “Our next guest, he just had to walk here.” And with that, Bruce Springsteen came on for “Tumbling Dice,” the undisputed highlight of the night. Springsteen traded verses with Jagger while playing guitar, grinning broadly, busting out his Otis Redding moves as he grunted “You got-ta roll me!” over and over.

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Tramps Like Us, who Bruce Springsteen’s former producer and manager Mike Appel has called: “The GREATEST Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band In The LAND!” is set to re-create yet another legendary and historic Bruce Springsteen concert in their continuing series of classic Springsteen concert re-creations…

If you missed what is now considered a classic legendary Springsteen concert from years past and wondered what it would be like to have been there in person, well you are in luck…
Tramps Like Us, is the FIRST and ONLY band ever to re-create Springsteen concerts in their entirety, receiving high praise from fans and media outlets alike, as well as selling out venues across the tri-state area in the process. Currently with 7 historic concerts in their repertoire and more on the way, take a trip to the past with Tramps Like Us.

It was August 9, 1978, in Cleveland, Ohio…
The air was literally electric – muggy and rainy outside, with summer lightning crackling, and fans jamming the Agora entrance almost two hours before showtime. Because it was a general admission show, some had slept on the sidewalk the night before in hopes of landing a front row spot for the show.

They whistled, they clapped, and chanted in the background as Denny Sanders signed on the broadcast to welcome the radio listeners. Kid Leo did the on-stage introduction, “I have the duty and the pleasure of welcoming, ladies and gentlemen, the main event. Round for round, pound for pound, there ain’t no finer band around – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band!”

The show went on for twenty-one songs in two sets, and an encore ending in “Raise Your Hand.” “I’d like to thank Cleveland for supporting us,” Springsteen said. “When we came here, we got some respect.” The broadcast ended past midnight, after more than four hours. Leo read the credits but fully expected Springsteen would do one more encore. Springsteen, nearly spent, returned one more time for a surprise encore of “Twist and Shout” for the Agora crowd. It wasn’t carried live, though we broadcast it later.

The broadcast was flawless, which might explain why Columbia Records never released it as an album. The radio audience was estimated at three million, and the show was one of Springsteen’s most-recorded, most-bootlegged, and most downloaded.

E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg once called it the best show the E Street Band ever did.

Former WMMS program director John Gorman has a great remembrance of the show…”Though there were many WMMS Tenth Anniversary concerts and events, the one that will always be first and foremost is Bruce Springsteen’s live concert broadcast at the Agora on Wednesday, August 9, 1978. For many Springsteen aficionados that show stands as Bruce and the Band’s all-time best live performance. I concur.’
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The Light In Darkness is a collector’s edition, we are almost sold out. Less than 200 copies remain.
A great companion piece to The Promise box set, it focuses on the 1978 Darkness on The Edge of Town album and tour.
Read about the iconic concerts from fans who were there – the Agora, Winterland, Roxy, MSG, Capitol Theatre, Boston Music Hall, The Spectrum and over seventy more!
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The Light In Darkness book can be purchased the night of the Showcase Live concert. Special signed copies by Lawrence Kirsch of this limited edition can be purchased on December 22, 2012 during the Tramps Like Us concert.

Bruce Springsteen’s Australian promoters have apologised to fans in Perth, Adelaide and across New Zealand, explaining that while his recently announced tour won’t be visiting their cities next March it’s not due to “disrespect or lack of love for these other cities”.

In a statement posted on Facebook, Frontier Touring have announced that the tour cannot be extended beyond Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney due to the production costs and time constraints. “As the tour can only be in the country for a certain period of time it has therefore been limited to the east coast of Australia,” Frontier explained. “We appreciate that not everyone has the time or funds to travel to another city to see an artist they love but many variables were looked at before this itinerary was finalised. There is absolutely no disrespect or lack of love for these other cities but in the end the crucial thing was finding a time period to bring Bruce and the E Street Band out to Australia that worked in with their other commitments.”

According to the statement, the tour has been scheduled over the Easter period so that is possible for fans to travel to the east coast for the shows: “We know it’s not viable for everyone but we’ve tried to put it at a time where you hopefully won’t need to miss work … We’ve already heard some great stories of fans planning road trips with their friends and families.”

Springsteen was last in Australia way back in March 2003 when he played just four shows – stadium concerts in Sydney and Melbourne, and a pair of arena gigs in Brisbane. Since then he’s released five albums and played nearly 500 gigs without setting foot in Australia. In March 2013 he’ll return to play a special show at Hanging Rock in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges, with support from Jimmy Barnes and The Rubens, plus shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. While shows in Perth and Adelaide have effectively been ruled out by the statement, Springsteen’s touring schedule leaves open the possibility of additional dates in Sydney, Melbourne and/or Brisbane – although nothing from Frontier has been confirmed.

Pre-sale tickets for the tour go on sale to Frontier members at midday tomorrow (Wednesday, December 12), with the general on-sale opening at 9am on Friday, December 14.

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band tour:
Thursday, March 14 – Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
Monday, March 18 – Allphones Arena, Sydney
Sunday, March 24 – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Saturday, March 30 – Hanging Rock, Macedon Ranges

Celebrate the Holiday Season with Bruce Springsteen.
Discover the limited edition Bruce Springsteen book, The Light in Darkness.
The Light In Darkness is a collector’s edition, we are almost sold out. Less than 225 copies remain.
A great companion piece to The Promise box set, it focuses on the 1978 Darkness on The Edge of Town album and tour.
Read about the iconic concerts from fans who were there – the Agora, Winterland, Roxy, MSG, Capitol Theatre, Boston Music Hall, The Spectrum and over seventy more.
A perfect gift for the holidays!
Click Here to Order Now and Save on Shipping:
The Light in Darkness