Bruce Springsteen has paid tribute to The Band guitarist and singer-songwriter Robbie Robertson on the opening night time of his US tour. Take a look at footage from the present beneath.
Information of Robertson’s loss of life arrived yesterday (August 9), with a social media replace from The Band’s administration. “Robbie was surrounded by his household on the time of his loss of life, together with his spouse, Janet, his ex-wife, Dominique, her accomplice Nicholas, and his youngsters Alexandra, Sebastian, Delphine, and Delphine’s accomplice Kenny,” it learn. He was aged 80.
Now, Bruce Springsteen is the newest of numerous members of the leisure world to pay tribute to the musician – dedicating the ultimate track of his current present to Robertson.
The second occurred throughout The Boss’ gig at Wrigley Area in Chicago final night time – which he performed on the opening night time of his US tour. Right here, he closed out the three-hour set with two encores, the final of which featured a efficiency of ‘I’ll See You In My Goals’, devoted to the late guitarist.
“To my good pal Robbie Robertson,” he mentioned – take a look at a fan-captured clip of the second beneath.
Bruce Springsteen closes out a 3-hour, rocking live performance at Wrigley Area with a candy tribute to Robbie Robertson. pic.twitter.com/Gokk4PCYXq
— Natasha Korecki (@natashakorecki) August 10, 2023
Kicking off the 26-song set final night time, Springsteen opened the present with a rendition of his 1986 observe ‘No Give up’, earlier than breaking into performances of ‘Ghosts’, ‘Show It All Night time’, ‘Letter To You’ and ‘The Promised Land.’
He additionally broke out fan favourites together with ‘Born To Run’ and ‘Dancing Within the Darkish’. Take a look at extra footage of the gig beneath, in addition to the total setlist.
Bruce Springsteen performed:
1. ‘No Give up’
2. ‘Ghosts’
3. ‘Show It All Night time’
4. ‘Letter to You’
5. ‘The Promised Land’
6. ‘Out within the Road’
7. ‘Darlington County’
8. ‘Kitty’s Again’
9. ‘Nightshift’ (Commodores cowl)
10. ‘The E Road Shuffle’
11. ‘Mary’s Place’
12. ‘Johnny 99’
13. ‘Final Man Standing’
14. ‘Backstreets’
15. As a result of the Night time’ (Patti Smith Group cowl)
16. ‘She’s the One’
17. ‘Wrecking Ball’
18. ‘The Rising’
19. ‘Badlands’
20. Thunder Street’
21. ‘Born to Run’
22. ‘Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)’
23. ‘Glory Days’
24. ‘Dancing within the Darkish’
25. ‘Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out’
26. ‘I’ll See You in My Goals’ (devoted to Robbie Robertson)
Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce at Wrigley @springsteen @wrigleyfield . I’ve now seen springsteen in 5 A long time #bruce #Springsteen pic.twitter.com/sZJENt6giI
— Nice Lake Jumper (@TheRealDtox) August 10, 2023
Bruce Springsteen at Wrigley Area is sort of a spiritual expertise. I’ve met three NASCAR followers right here. I am within the presence of Stevie Van Zandt AKA Silvio Dante. A+++++ would advocate. pic.twitter.com/7gUStqw4fJ
— nascarcasm (@nascarcasm) August 10, 2023
Up subsequent, Springsteen is about to play one other night time at Chicago’s Wrigley Park tomorrow night time (August 11), adopted by stops in Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Ohio and extra. Discover all tour dates and any remaining tickets right here.
The Boss is way from the primary particular person to pay his respects to Robertson. Following information of his loss of life, numerous tributes rolled in from the likes of Neil Diamond, Ringo Starr, Joni Mitchell, Martin Scorsese and extra.
The latter labored carefully with Robertson for a lot of his profession, as Robertson scored a number of of Scorsese’s movies, together with Raging Bull, On line casino, The Wolf of Wall Road and The Irishman. His final collaboration with Scorsese will come within the type of the Killers of the Flower Moon rating, which is about for launch later this 12 months.
Since releasing his self-titled debut in 1986, and his subsequent sophomore report ‘Storyville’ in 1991, the musician additionally contributed to information by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Ringo Starr, Neil Diamond and plenty of extra. Robertson launched his remaining solo album, ‘Sinematic’, in 2019.
