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IF you want to throw a party where 17,000 people agree on the playlist, put on the greatest hits of Bruce Springsteen.
IF you want to throw a party where 17,000 people agree on the playlist, put on the greatest hits of Bruce Springsteen.
At the opening night of a three-show stand at the Allphones Arena, Springsteen turned the venue into the ultimate house party.
Picture: Bradley Hunter
There was your mate in the corner singing every word of every song, forbidding you from changing the record.
Over on the dance floor were all your girlfriends desperately hoping The Boss would pick them to sing along to Waitin' On A Sunny Day or embrace during Dancing In The Dark.
Picture: Bradley Hunter
Outside in the top rows were the best friends arm-in-arm screaming "tramps like us, baby we were Born To Run".
On the stage in living, sweaty, passionate colour was the house band, who just happened to be Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
He is the master conductor of the ultimate show band, an entertainer who knows his audience has parted with a lot of cold hard cash to spend a few hours with one of their rock heroes.
The Boss rewards the investment and then gives you interest. You can't start a fire without a spark, as he sings in Dancing In The Dark, and he just kept striking the flint of hits and memories playing to both the train spotting setlist fans and those who were curious newcomers.
The set again drew from his latest album Wrecking Ball and was peppered with history, from acknowledging St Patrick's Day through to The Rising, Hungry Heart, My City Of Ruins and The Ghost Of Tom Joad.
Crowd participation was encouraged and in the second half flourished as everyone got just as sweaty and joyous as The Boss.
He crowd surfed, bounced on pianos, and played like it was the only reason for living.
Good luck to the rest of the rock world beating this show this year.
Bruce Springsteen plays at Allphones Arena on Wednesday and Friday.
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Earlier, it was revealed that Springsteen had rested Born In the USA - one of his signature songs - from his set-list.
Several fans hit Twitter over the weekend to express their disbelief he wasn't playing it here.
It appears there are only a handful of songs guaranteed to make the cut. Several are from his latest record Wrecking Ball, including the title track Death To My Hometown and Shackled and Drawn.
Other crowd favourites which were aired both nights in Brisbane included Waitin' On A Sunny Day, The Ghost of Tom Joad, Spirit In The Night, Badlands and My City of Ruins.
The radio hits Born To Run, Dancing In the Dark and closer Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out appeared in both encores and should remain in the closing set during the Australian tour as they did on many of the American concerts last year.
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