Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band got back down to business on Wednesday night at Tampa, FL’s Amalie Arena with the opening night of their highly anticipated 2023 U.S. tour. The tour opener marked Springsteen’s first performance with his lauded backing band since early 2017 as well as the E Street Band’s first U.S. show since September 14th, 2016 in Foxborough, MA.
The setlist featured a mix of deep cuts and fan-favorites from throughout the band’s half-century-long catalog, including six selections from Springsteen & The E Street Band’s 2020 LP, Letter to You, and a pair of songs featured on The Boss’s 2022 soul covers album, Only the Strong Survive.
Scroll down to view the full setlist and a selection of photos from Wednesday night’s Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band tour opener in Tampa via photographers Ron Valle and Rob DeMartin.
Springsteen and company’s 2023 U.S. tour—a lengthy run of mostly one-night-only stops around the country—is set to continue on Friday, February 3rd in Atlanta, GA. Click below for a list of upcoming U.S. tour dates. For ticketing information, head here.
Setlist: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | Amalie Arena | Tampa, FL | 2/1/23
Set: No Surrender, Ghosts, Prove It All Night, Letter to You, The Promised Land, Out in the Street, Candy’s Room, Kitty’s Back, Brilliant Disguise, Nightshift (Commodores), Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) (Ben E. King), The E Street Shuffle, Johnny 99, Last Man Standing [1], House of a Thousand Guitars, Backstreets, Because the Night, She’s the One, Wrecking Ball, The Rising, Badlands
Encore: Burnin’ Train, Born to Run, Rosalita (Come Out Tonight), Dancing in the Dark, Tench Avenue Freeze-Out, I’ll See You in My Dreams [3]
[1]: Live debut, acoustic
[2]: Live debut
[3]: Bruce solo acoustic
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