Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band Deliver A Blistering 29-Song Return In Phoenix, Arizona — ‘Unmatched By Any Other Outfit On The Road’ (Billboard) 

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band kicked off their 2024 World Tour at Phoenix, Arizona’s Footprint Center last night, a “triumphant reboot” (Associated Press) of their legendary live performances. Playing for nearly three hours, Springsteen and The E Street Band opened the show with “Lonesome Day” — performed only four times on the 2023 tour — mixing setlist additions like “Spirit in the Night,” “Night,” “Two Hearts,” “Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)” and “Twist and Shout” (via request sign) with iconic live staples like “Thunder Road,” “Dancing in the Dark,” “Born to Run,” “The Promised Land,” “Backstreets,” and “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight).” 

Opening night of the tour marked Springsteen and The E Street Band’s first show back since postponing 2023 tour dates due to illness, with Billboard noting that Springsteen “returned at the top of his game.” USA Today called the show “the stuff of legends,” adding that “Springsteen and The E Street Band stretch the boundaries of what it means to prove it all night” — while Mojo deemed it “life-affirming” and “flawless.”

The 2024 World Tour next stops at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on Friday night, before continuing across the United States through the end of April and heading to Europe for 26 more shows this summer — building on a successful trip to the continent last year, which sold over 1.6 million tickets. Springsteen and The E Street Band return to North America in the fall, playing dates through late November — including a hometown headlining set at Asbury Park’s Sea.Hear.Now Festival on Sept. 15. For a full list of tour dates and ticket information, visit brucespringsteen.net/tour.

 

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band - Phoenix, AZ - March 19, 2024 Setlist:

Lonesome Day

Night

No Surrender

Two Hearts

Darlington County

Ghosts

Prove It All Night

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Letter to You

The Promised Land

Spirit in the Night

Don't Play That Song (You Lied)

Nightshift

Mary's Place

Last Man Standing

Backstreets

Because the Night

She's the One

Wrecking Ball

The Rising

Badlands

Thunder Road

 

Born to Run

Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)

Glory Days

Dancing in the Dark

Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

Twist and Shout

I'll See You in My Dreams

 

Musicians:

Bruce Springsteen

Roy Bittan

Nils Lofgren

Garry Tallent

Stevie Van Zandt

Max Weinberg

 

Soozie Tyrell

Jake Clemons

Charlie Giordano

 

Lisa Lowell 

Michelle Moore 

Ada Dyer 

Curtis King

 

Barry Danielian 

Eddie Manion 

Ozzie Melendez

Curt Ramm 

Anthony Almonte