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Bruce Springsteen Plays First Show Of 2014 In South Africa SETLIST

by Paul Cashmere on January 27, 2014

in Live,News

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band performed at The Bellville Velodrome in Cape Town, South Africa on Sunday, January 27, 2014. It was Springsteen’s first concert of 2014.

‘Heaven’s Wall’ from the new ‘High Hopes’ album was performed for the very first time in concert at the show although Springsteen did play the song on the Jimmy Fallon Show two weeks ago in New York.

Springsteen also paid tribute to the late Nelson Mandela opening the show with a cover of Special A.K.A.’s ‘Nelson Mandela’ and then by dedicating ‘We Are Alive’ later in the show to Mandela.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Cape Town, South Africa, 26/01/14 setlist

Nelson Mandela (Special A.K.A. cover)
Badlands (from Darkness On The Edge Of Town, 1978)
Death To My Hometown (from Wrecking Ball, 2012)
Out In The Street (from The River, 1980)
High Hopes (from High Hopes, 2014)
Spirit In The Night (from Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ, 1973)
Hungry Heart (from The River, 1980)
The River (from The River, 1980)
Heaven’s Wall (from High Hopes, 2014)
Atlantic City (from Nebraska, 1982)
Johnny 99 (from Nebraska, 1982)
Pay Me My Money Down (from We Shall Overcome, 2006)
American Skin (41 Shots) (from High Hopes, 2014)
Because the Night (from Live 1975-85, 1986)
Darlington County (from Born In The U.S.A., 1984)
Shackled And Drawn (from Wrecking Ball, 2012)
Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (from The Rising, 2002)
The Rising (from The Rising, 2002)
The Ghost of Tom Joad (from High Hopes, 2014)
Land Of Hope and Dreams (from Wrecking Ball, 2012)

We Are Alive (from Wrecking Ball, 2012)
Born In The U.S.A. (from Born In The U.S.A., 1984)
Born To Run (from Born To Run, 1975)
Dancing In The Dark (from Born In The U.S.A., 1984)
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (from Born To Run, 1975)
Shout (Isley Brothers cover)

Thunder Road (from Born To Run, 1975)

Bruce Springsteen 2014 Australian dates

February 5, 7, 8, Perth, Perth Arena
February 11, 12, Adelaide, Entertainment Centre
February 15, 16, Melbourne, AAMI Park
February 19, Sydney, Allphones Arena
February 22, 23, Hunter Valley, Hope Estate
February 26, Brisbane, Entertainment Centre

Bruce Springsteen is touring Australia for Frontier Touring.

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