Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Date:

Wednesday, May 13, 1981

Venue:

Manchester Apollo

Location:

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Notes:

Soundcheck: JOHNNY BYE-BYE / THE PROMISED LAND

FOLLOW THAT DREAM / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / THE TIES THAT BIND / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / INDEPENDENCE DAY / FACTORY / WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN / TWO HEARTS / OUT IN THE STREET / JOHNNY BYE-BYE / THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND / THE RIVER / THE PROMISED LAND / BADLANDS / CADILLAC RANCH / SHERRY DARLING / HUNGRY HEART / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / FIRE / YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) / THE PRICE YOU PAY / RACING IN THE STREET / BACKSTREETS / RAMROD / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / BORN TO RUN / DETROIT MEDLEY / ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD

Show was rescheduled from March 23. World premiere of "Johnny Bye-Bye", with different lyrics to the version released on the single B-side in 1985. "This Land Is Your Land" is dedicated to Bob Marley who had died earlier that day in Miami, FL, and includes Bruce's "streets of Brixton" verse. Roy plays the piano intro before "The River". "The Price You Pay" is a full band version. "Detroit Medley" includes "I Hear A Train". First ever performances in England of "The Ties That Bind", "Factory", "Fire", and "The Price You Pay".
Credit: Brucebase

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