Tour by Bruce Springsteen | |
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Associated album | Devils & Dust |
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Start date | April 21, 2005 |
End date | November 22, 2005 |
Legs | 4 |
No. of shows | 76 |
Bruce Springsteen concert chronology |
The Devils & Dust Tour was a 2005 concert tour featuring Bruce Springsteen performing alone on stage on a variety of instruments. It followed the release of his 2005 album Devils & Dust . The tour was named the Top Small Venue Tour of 2005 by the Billboard Touring Awards.
The Devils & Dust album, while not using the E Street Band as a whole and being in the more acoustic, somber vein of his earlier Nebraska and The Ghost of Tom Joad works, was not without (sometimes substantial) instrumentation and arrangements.
Thus when Springsteen began rehearsals for the upcoming tour in Asbury Park's Paramount Theatre, he experimented with a small band line-up. Although the rehearsals were closed, a dozen or two diehard Springsteen fans would stand outside the theatre each day on the chilly early spring boardwalk, listening through walls to try to hear what was being played, a practice that had been going on since the E Street Band's Reunion Tour rehearsals in 1999. These fans reported that Springsteen was rehearsing with Nils Lofgren (guitar and keyboards), Danny Federici (organ), Soozie Tyrell (violin and vocals), and Steve Jordan (drums), all of whom had participated in recording the album.
After a week or two of this, however, Springsteen decided it was not what he wanted. The musicians disappeared, and Springsteen would perform on the tour all by himself. As he told Rolling Stone before the tour began, "Nils and some other folks came in for rehearsals to give me a sense of if I wanted to go with something bigger. But what tends to be dramatic is either the full band or you onstage by yourself. Playing alone creates a sort of drama and intimacy for the audience: They know it's just them and just you." [1] He would further explain his challenge to Esquire during the tour: "I don't have a piano and a sax and drums behind me on this tour. So I had to re-approach the guitar as an instrument of solo accompaniment. It becomes a bit of a new land, and I'll play it in ways I've never played it before. I'm constantly asking myself, How can I wring as much music and meaning as possible out of those six strings? One thing I do know: With the correct playing style, you can summon up an orchestra." [1] [ dead link ]
The tour began in April 2005 with two public rehearsal shows in Asbury Park's Paramount Theatre, as well as a promotional appearance in Red Bank for VH1's Storytellers.
The tour's first proper leg then began in late April with 14 concerts across the United States in mid-sized halls and partially curtained-off arenas; the opening show was April 25, the day of the album's release, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. Without a break the second leg commenced, visiting Western Europe from late May through the end of June for 20 shows across various countries. After a two-week break, the third leg comprised 17 shows across Canada and the U.S., sometimes now playing in full-sized arenas. In mid-August the tour took a two-month break off. The fourth leg then took place in October and November, playing mostly Springsteen hot spots along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard to give repeat concert-goers a chance to see how the tour had evolved; [2] the final show was November 22 at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey.
Audience members at larger venues were often greeted by a paper handout, proclaiming that "Tonight's show is a solo acoustic [sic] performance, set in a theater style arrangement ... There will be no seating during each song ... All concession stands will close 10 minutes prior to the start of the show ..." The concert's stage set was sparse, with a few instrument stations laid out, a carpet and lamp, two reddish chandeliers, and darkish, subdued stage lighting.
But the instrument stations were indeed a break with the past, for Springsteen's 1995–1996 solo Ghost of Tom Joad Tour has seen him only playing acoustic guitar and harmonica. On the Devils & Dust Tour, by contrast, he would not only play those two, but add piano, electric piano, pump organ, autoharp, ukulele, banjo, electric guitar, and stomping board, thus adding considerable variety to the solo sound. Furthermore, his guitar tech Kevin Buell and a mysterious "Mr. Fitz" would on some songs contribute hidden, off-stage acoustic guitar, synthesizer, and percussion. [3] This ran against Springsteen's purely solo performance claim, but provided welcome instrumental coloring (and there was a precedent, as offstage keyboards had been used a bit on the Ghost of Tom Joad Tour as well). And while the tour was officially billed as "Solo & Acoustic", there were in fact two electric instruments onstage and one offstage.
The tone of the performance was set at the start, when Springsteen would ask for quiet during the performance and humorously threaten audience members with mayhem if their cell phones went off. [3] [4] Then a "song" would be performed using only an amplified "stomping board" and an ultra-distorting vocal "bullet microphone", two devices designed to render any words or melody utterly incomprehensible to all but the sharpest of ears. [4] [5] The work most frequently presented in this slot was "Reason to Believe", Nebraska's most misanthropic selection. From there he would do a few recent songs on guitar and harmonica, usually from Devils & Dust or The Rising .
Then would come two batches of piano or electric piano performances. These were either emotional classic favorites such as "The River" or "Backstreets" or "Racing in the Street", or surprises from his back catalog, including intense tracks from The River such as "Stolen Car", "Wreck on the Highway", and "Drive All Night" that had not been played live for over two decades. Later in the tour more obscure selections were dug up, such as "Iceman", "Santa Ana", and "Zero and Blind Terry", never released until appearing on the 1998 Tracks box set, as well as the truly obscure, such as "Song to the Orphans", never released at all and unplayed since the early 1970s (it was later released on 2020's Letter to You ). Such numbers were often humorously dedicated by Springsteen — "This is a song for the people who know more about me than I do about myself" — and indeed received many positive reactions from the die-hard fans who knew, or at least knew of, them.
Springsteen is, by his own admission, not a fully fluid or confident piano player. After playing piano some in concert during the early-mid 1970s, he had generally avoided it since, with the exception of a one-time benefit performance for the Christic Institute in 1990. But in the 2000s he had begun to give it a try again, a couple of times on the final leg of the Reunion Tour, then in the relaxed environment of Asbury Park holiday shows, and then in occasional spots on the 2002–2003 Rising Tour. His lack of skills had been illustrated in the Live in Barcelona DVD from that tour, when a solo piano "Spirit in the Night" had completely broken down. Now, for the first time, he was doing it on a steady basis, and with nowhere to hide if he made mistakes; indeed this challenge may have in part the motivation for doing the tour solo. Verdicts on his playing were mixed: fans downloading bootlegged MP3s from the shows could sometimes hear clear mistakes, especially during instrumental breaks; one reviewer found power in his playing and another proficiency; [6] The Arizona Republic wrote that "Springsteen showed off improved piano skills"; [7] Runaway American Dream mused that "During an impromptu electric-piano 'All That Heaven Will Allow', Springsteen seemed delighted during the solo when he hit the right notes"; [8] while HARP Magazine said "Springsteen's piano playing was perfectly imperfect." [9] In any case, for the faithful the rarities and the frequent set list changes in the piano numbers seemed to more than make up for any technical deficiencies.
The end of the regular set would always contain four or five of the dourest Devils & Dust numbers played in succession, concluding to silence with the difficult "Matamoros Banks" (the illegal immigrant protagonist starts the song dead under a river with turtles gnawing at him). For artist who had built a reputation for rousing set closers such as "Rosalita" and "Light of Day", this draining and unpleasant finale was more than a bit of a departure.
The encore would first feature some up-tempo liveliness, with high-energy guitar run-throughs of fan favorites such as "Ramrod", "Land of Hope and Dreams", or "Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?" But then would come an unearthly, distinctly non-anthemic rendition of his popular rallying cry "The Promised Land", built around a percussive vocalization and guitar slaps approach [3] http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/statesman/2005/30springsteen.html , somewhat similar to his Ghost of Tom Joad Tour version. And then the final selection would be one of his most unusual ever—a modified version of 1970s cult band Suicide's obscure "Dream Baby Dream". Played on pump organ with a reverberating drone, assisted by an offstage synthesizer, Springsteen cycled around and around, minute after minute, through pieces of the simple yet disjointed lyrics – "Dream baby dream, I just want to see you smile, come on, dream baby dream" – until eventually he would get up from the organ and walk around the stage, the offstage music still coming, he still repeating through the lyrics, looking out over the audience as if he were giving them a puzzled benediction, then finally walking off stage still singing and without further remarks, the end. [5] Some "Dream Baby Dream"s lasted eight minutes, nine, ten or more.
Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
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The Essential Bruce Springsteen
Other (non-album songs)
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Date | City | Country | Venue | Attendance | Revenue |
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North America | |||||
April 25, 2005 | Detroit | United States | Fox Theatre | 4,775 / 4,775 | $407,776 |
April 28, 2005 | Grand Prairie | Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie | 5,114 / 6,197 | $433,310 | |
April 30, 2005 | Glendale | Glendale Arena | |||
May 2, 2005 | Los Angeles | Pantages Theatre | 5,457 / 5,457 | $451,752 | |
May 3, 2005 | |||||
May 5, 2005 | Oakland | Oakland Paramount Theatre | |||
May 7, 2005 | Denver | Colorado Convention Center Lecture Hall | |||
May 10, 2005 | St. Paul | Xcel Energy Center | 7,072 / 7,072 | $691,569 | |
May 11, 2005 | Rosemont | Rosemont Theatre | 4,355 / 4,355 | $366,195 | |
May 14, 2005 | Fairfax | Patriot Center | 6,909 / 6,909 | $573,885 | |
May 15, 2005 | Cleveland | Wolstein Center | 7,384 / 7,384 | $599,305 | |
May 17, 2005 | Upper Darby | Tower Theater | |||
May 19, 2005 | East Rutherford | The Theater at Continental Airlines Arena | |||
May 20, 2005 | Boston | Orpheum Theatre | |||
Europe | |||||
May 24, 2005 | Dublin | Ireland | Point Theatre | ||
May 27, 2005 | London | England | Royal Albert Hall | 8,538 / 8,538 | $752,865 |
May 28, 2005 | |||||
May 30, 2005 | Brussels | Belgium | Forest National | 6,888 / 6,888 | $691,569 |
June 1, 2005 | Barcelona | Spain | Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona | ||
June 2, 2005 | Madrid | Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid | 7,109 / 7,109 | $573,571 | |
June 4, 2005 | Bologna | Italy | Palamalaguti | 8,500 / 8,500 | $560,289 |
June 6, 2005 | Rome | PalaLottomatica | 7,117 / 7,117 | $564,640 | |
June 7, 2005 | Milan | Datch Forum | 7,954 / 7,954 | $516,450 | |
June 13, 2005 | Munich | Germany | Olympiahalle | 7,051 / 7,051 | $691,569 |
June 15, 2005 | Frankfurt | Festhalle | 6,854 / 6,854 | $603,635 | |
June 16, 2005 | Düsseldorf | Philipshalle | |||
June 19, 2005 | Rotterdam | The Netherlands | Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis | 8,355 / 8,355 | $775,174 |
June 20, 2005 | Paris | France | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy | 8,072 / 8,072 | $616,190 |
June 22, 2005 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Forum København | 6,580 / 6,580 | $539,001 |
June 23, 2005 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Scandinavium | 8,231 / 8,231 | $594,540 |
June 25, 2005 | Stockholm | Hovet | 7,495 / 7,495 | $547,981 | |
June 27, 2005 | Hamburg | Germany | Color Line Arena | 7,835 / 7,835 | $615,587 |
June 28, 2005 | Berlin | ICC Berlin | |||
North America | |||||
July 13, 2005 | Ottawa | Canada | Corel Center | ||
July 14, 2005 | Toronto | Air Canada Centre | |||
July 16, 2005 | Albany | United States | Pepsi Arena | 8,325 / 8,325 | $666,575 |
July 18, 2005 | Buffalo | HSBC Arena | |||
July 20, 2005 | Bridgeport | Arena at Harbor Yard | |||
July 23, 2005 | Atlanta | Philips Arena | 6,541 / 10,597 | $419,055 | |
July 24, 2005 | Charlotte | Charlotte Coliseum | |||
July 26, 2005 | Greensboro | Greensboro Coliseum | |||
July 28, 2005 | Pittsburgh | Petersen Events Center | |||
July 31, 2005 | Columbus | Value City Theatre | |||
August 1, 2005 | Cincinnati | U.S. Bank Arena | |||
August 3, 2005 | Grand Rapids | Van Andel Arena | 5,575 / 8,501 | $460,610 | |
August 6, 2005 | St. Louis | Fox Theatre | |||
August 7, 2005 | Milwaukee | Bradley Center | 5,594 / 7,000 | $463,920 | |
August 10, 2005 | Portland | Rose Garden Theater of the Clouds | |||
August 11, 2005 | Seattle | KeyArena at Seattle Center | |||
August 13, 2005 | Vancouver | Canada | Pontiac Theatre at GM Place | ||
October 4, 2005 | Asbury Park | United States | Paramount Theatre | ||
October 6, 2005 | Rochester | Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial | |||
October 7, 2005 | Hartford | Hartford Civic Center | 6,295 / 7,525 | $504,605 | |
October 9, 2005 | Uniondale | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | |||
October 12, 2005 | Minneapolis | Northrop Auditorium | 4,539 / 4,539 | $366,195 | |
October 13, 2005 | Chicago | United Center | 7,856 / 7,856 | $658,420 | |
October 15, 2005 | Madison | Dane County Arena at Alliant Center | 5,312 / 7,500 | $388,700 | |
October 20, 2005 | Worcester | DCU Center | 8,757 / 10,209 | $691,569 | |
October 21, 2005 | Providence | Dunkin' Donuts Center | |||
October 24, 2005 | Richmond | Richmond Coliseum | 5,712 / 5,712 | $424,432 | |
October 28, 2005 | Boston | TD Banknorth Garden | 18,124 / 18,124 | $1,482,110 | |
October 30, 2005 | |||||
November 4, 2005 | Tampa | St. Pete Times Forum | 8,433 / 13,604 | $613,303 | |
November 8, 2005 | Philadelphia | Wachovia Spectrum | 16,117 / 16,117 | $1,285,945 | |
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November 11, 2005 | Norfolk | Constant Convocation Center at Old Dominion University | 6,283 / 6,283 | $436,030 | |
November 13, 2005 | Atlantic City | Boardwalk Hall | 9,619 / 9,619 | $763,015 | |
November 16, 2005 | East Rutherford | Continental Airlines Arena | |||
November 17, 2005 | |||||
November 19, 2005 | Hollywood | Hard Rock Live Arena | |||
November 21, 2005 | Trenton | Sovereign Bank Arena | 13,878 / 14,341 | $1,104,098 | |
November 22, 2005 | |||||
The show was definitely a challenge to its audience, especially when presented in a cavernous arena. Casual Springsteen fans, if they came at all, would leave a bit bewildered. The faithful often found the shows rewarding. In retrospect, however, some fans wondered if some of the limitations of the tour might have been overcome if Springsteen had stuck with his original small-band lineup. However, others believe the Devils and Dust tour was Springsteen at his best, creating some of the most exciting shows longtime fans have ever seen. Springsteen played a total of 140 different songs during the tour. Few artists have ever played such a large variety of songs during one tour. Springsteen showcased his musical talent and made fans want to follow him on tour from the excitement created by so many different songs being played each night. The Devils & Dust material had been the ones most using the offstage instruments, and these fans believed even more would have helped, as effective large-group versions of that album's "Devils & Dust" and "Long Time Comin'" proved on the following year's Sessions Band Tour.
Critical reaction to the Devils & Dust Tour was generally favorable. Daily Variety reviewed a Los Angeles show by saying, "On a night that can be described as nothing short of magical, his solo show was a dream come true ... nearly every moment in the 2½-hour show resonated with truth." [15] Billboard called the show "spare and pensive", noting that "the artist has consistently changed up the set list and reinvented dozens of songs from his more than three-decade career." [16] The local Asbury Park Press portrayed Springsteen's attitude during the show as "[One who] has seen some things, heard some things and done some things — most of them terrible, some of them extraordinarily wonderful. [...] As the pilgrim stands before the crowd, he makes no grand pronouncements. He seems puzzled by both the evil and the beauty in the world." [5] LA Weekly was less impressed, objecting to Springsteen's choice of unfamiliar material and that he "insists fans neither clap nor sing along." [6] New Jersey's Upstage magazine liked the show in general, but felt that the use of off-stage musicians was unsettling, saying "the idea of a solo acoustic tour loses something when it features other musicians who are neither given credit for their work nor seen on stage." [3] (In the final two shows of the tour, Springsteen brought out and introduced the off-stage keyboard player, Alan Fitzgerald, and played with him on-stage. [17] ) The Austin American-Statesman found the show uneven, with Springsteen unlikely to gain new fans from it. [4]
Attendance was disappointing in a few regions where Springsteen's drawing power had gradually been showing weakness, and everywhere but in Europe tickets were easier to get than in the past. Nevertheless, the tour did well commercially overall. Billboard reported that "Springsteen's stripped-down Devils & Dust tour did big business in 2005, grossing more than $33.4 million from 65 shows reported to Billboard Boxscore, 46 of them sellouts." [18]
The Devils & Dust Tour subsequently won the Billboard Roadworks '05 Touring Award for Best Small Venue Tour, an award based on sales. [19]
The two Boston shows from October 2005 and the two tour closing shows from Trenton, New Jersey, in November 2005 were filmed with talk of a DVD release, which has not materialized as of 2020.
Several shows were released as part of the Bruce Springsteen Archives:
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(help)Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Nicknamed "the Boss", he has released 21 studio albums during a career spanning six decades, most of which feature his backing band, the E Street Band. Springsteen is a pioneer of heartland rock, a genre combining mainstream rock music with poetic and socially conscious lyrics that feature narratives primarily concerning working class American life. He is known for his descriptive lyrics and energetic concerts, which sometimes last over four hours.
Devils & Dust is the thirteenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, and his third acoustic album. It was released on April 25, 2005, in Europe and the following day in the United States, where it debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 album chart.
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Soozie Tyrell, formerly known as Soozie Kirschner, is an American violinist, guitarist, and vocalist, most known for her work with Bruce Springsteen in the E Street Band and formerly the Sessions Band.
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The High Hopes Tour was a concert tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band with special guest guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine. The tour was seen as a continuation of his previous tour and was in support of eighteenth studio album, High Hopes, which was released in January 2014.
The River Tour was a concert tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in support of Springsteen's 2015 The Ties That Bind: The River Collection box set and in celebration of the 35th anniversary of Springsteen's 1980 album, The River. The River Tour ended in September 2016. Subsequently, the Summer '17 tour in Australia and New Zealand continued the tour using the same promotional image from the original legs.
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