Concerts attended where Bruce debuts a song

NYC- 1980-12-18-Who'll Stop the Rain

East Rutherford, NJ- 1981-07-03-This Little Girl(with ESB)

East Rutherford, NJ- 1984-08-17-I'm Goin' Down

East Rutherford, NJ- 2003-08-31-Cynthia

Philadelphia- 2004-10-01- Centerfield, Deja Vu, People Have the Power

Trenton- 2005-11-21-Rumble

East Rutherford, NJ- 2007-10-10-Your Own Worst Enemy

East Rutherford, NJ- 2009-09-30-Wrecking Ball

Philadelphia- 2009-10-13-LIttle Bit O' Soul

Philadelphia- 2009-10-14-What Love Can Do

Philadelphia- 2009-10-19-All Shook Up

East Rutherford, NJ- 2012-09-21-Living on the Edge of the World

Sunrise, FL- 2014-04-29-Linda Let Me Be the One

Brooklyn, NY- 2016-04-23-Purple Rain(with ESB)

Good one, Rick! This made me do research! And I'm sure Oats was at a lot of these shows too.

@IvanNF posted:

NYC- 1980-12-18-Who'll Stop the Rain

East Rutherford, NJ- 1981-07-03-This Little Girl(with ESB)

East Rutherford, NJ- 1984-08-17-I'm Goin' Down

East Rutherford, NJ- 2003-08-31-Cynthia

Philadelphia- 2004-10-01- Centerfield, Deja Vu, People Have the Power

Trenton- 2005-11-21-Rumble

East Rutherford, NJ- 2007-10-10-Your Own Worst Enemy

East Rutherford, NJ- 2009-09-30-Wrecking Ball

Philadelphia- 2009-10-13-LIttle Bit O' Soul

Philadelphia- 2009-10-14-What Love Can Do

Philadelphia- 2009-10-19-All Shook Up

East Rutherford, NJ- 2012-09-21-Living on the Edge of the World

Sunrise, FL- 2014-04-29-Linda Let Me Be the One

Brooklyn, NY- 2016-04-23-Purple Rain(with ESB)

Good one, Rick! This made me do research! And I'm sure Oats was at a lot of these shows too.

Envious. I suppose a bit easier your side of the pond though for premiers.

i was actually really delighted and surpsied that i witnessed any premiers at all

@Rick56 posted:

Envious. I suppose a bit easier your side of the pond though for premiers.

i was actually really delighted and surpsied that i witnessed any premiers at all

Envious x2!

But then, hey...

I was at one too:

2013-07-05 Mönchengladbach: "One Way Street"

My hometown! Who'd have thought he would ever play there. Certainly not me in the 80s... Not a bad show either.

Ya gotta realize us folks that lived in NJ or NYC  got to see a lot of rehearsal shows.  We'd hear the entire albums first. Even excluding those, we have the chance to see a lot more shows in our area...

We call that... home field advantage.

@Oats posted:

Ya gotta realize us folks that lived in NJ or NYC  got to see a lot of rehearsal shows.  We'd hear the entire albums first. Even excluding those, we have the chance to see a lot more shows in our area...

We call that... home field advantage.

Make sit even more 'SPECIAL' when we hear one over here. Sometimes the away team wins

@Rick56 posted:

Make sit even more 'SPECIAL' when we hear one over here. Sometimes the away team wins

"Nobody wins, unless everyone wins"

Bruce does share the wealth...

1999-06-15 - Offenbach, Germany: Take 'Em As They  Come

2000-05-22 - Anaheim, CA: Roll Of The Dice (E Street Band premier)

2003-12-08 - Asbury Park, NJ: Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) with Sam Moore

2008-06-21 -  Hamburg, Germany: Held Up Without A Gun (2nd time after 1980-12-31, so almost a premier)

2009-07-02 - Munich, Germany: Pretty Woman (E Street Band premier)

2012-05-30 - Berlin, Germany: When I leave Berlin

2012-11-01 - Penn State, PA: Shout

2013-07-05 - Mönchengladbach, Germany: One Way Street

Sweet memories...

I had to consult Brucebase just to be sure on these. Not a whole lot compared to others, but here they are:

10-22-1984: “Shut Out the Light” (one of the most moving moments ever in a concert. By the second verse, one could feel the crowd's intense silence as they listened. )

9-23-88: “I Ain’t Got No Home”

10-28-95: Bridge School Benefit, “Ghost of Tom Joad,” “Sinaloa Cowboys,” and in an excerpt, “I Don’t Want No More of Army Life," the only performance ever.

10-28-99: full band “Sinaloa Cowboys”

9-15-84 - Philly - First E Street version of "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"

5-19-88- MSG - Vigilante Man

7-25-93 - Meadowlands - 99 and a Half Won't Do

10-28-95 - Bridge School Benefit, Ghost of Tom Joad, Sinaloa Cowboys, I Don’t Want No More of Army Life.

10-16-96 - Denver - Long Time Coming

I think Bruce hates me

1981-05-13 - APOLLO THEATRE, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JOHNNY BYE-BYE
1985-07-03 - London Wembley Stadium - SEEDS
2013-07-23 - MILLENNIUM STADIUM, CARDIFF, WALES - TV Movie / WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLAC

I had to consult Brucebase too...

1993-04-11 -  VERONA, ITALY TIME WILL TELL (with Jimmy Cliff) (...)

1999-04-19 -  MILAN, ITALY WHERE THE BANDS ARE

1999-04-20 -  MILAN, ITALY I WANNA BE WITH YOU

1999-06-03 - PARIS, FRANCE LION'S DEN, LOOSE ENDS

2003-05-24 - PARIS, FRANCE SEVEN NIGHTS TO ROCK (E Street Band premiere)

2006-10-01 - BOLOGNA, ITALY THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE

2006-10-05 - VERONA, ITALY SAMSON AND DELILAH, VALERIE (...)

2009-07-02 - MUNICH, GERMANY OH, PRETTY WOMAN (E Street Band premiere)

2012-09-21 - EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ LIVING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

2013-05-08 - TURKU, FINLAND  WAGES OF SIN

2013-06-03 - MILAN, ITALY LONG TALL SALLY (E Street Band premiere)

Darien Lake 2003 - County Fair (still unreleased at this time) Lifelong highlight

Connecticut 2014 - Seven Angels

NJ 8/4/99 - Back In Your Arms

NY 4/23/16 - Purple Rain

Connecticut 9/18/96 -My Father's House (Only tour performance)

Rhode Island 9/19/96  - There Will Never Be Any Other For Me But You

Connecticut 4/24/2009 - Wild Thing

Unilke many of you, i only have 19 shows to draw from over the years, but I have 4 world premieres and 2 second ever performances.  Countless tour debuts however, but that's another thing.

1984-07-26 CNE Grandstand, Toronto Ontario - My Father's House
1985-01-27 Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY - Rockin' All Over The World (John Fogerty)
2003-09-10 Skydome, Toronto - My Ride's Here (Warren Zevon)
2005-10-06 Blue Cross Arena, Syracuse - Idiot's Delight (Second ever performance)
2007-10-14 Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, Ontario - Keep The Car Running (With 2 members of Arcade Fire)
2012-19-19 Scotiabank Place, Ottawa - Queen Of the Supermarket (Second ever performance)

Madrid 2012 - Spanish Eyes

1984-11-18 Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, NE - Sugarland 2nd and last ever

2003-09-25 - INVESCO FIELD AT MILE HIGH, DENVER, CO - Get out of Denver

2008-04-22 St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL - First show after Dannys death- I'll fly away

2008-04-23 Amway Arena, Orlando, FL - Blood Brothers - Rock version  - 2nd ever , Mr. Tambourine Man and Turn! Turn! Turn! w/ Roger McGuinn

2008-08-24 Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO- Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own -  Boys -  both only performance

Off hand, among ‘world premiers’...

December 2, 1975 Music Hall, Boston, MA - Santa Claus is Coming To Town.

Every premiere 1st night of the 1988 Tunnel tour in Worcester, MA.

I’d have to research all the rest.

Do club shows with Joe Grushecky or the American Babylon mini tour count? Then I’d have to toss in a Tramps, a Tradewinds, and a Stone Pony with premiers if you count Bruce as part of Joe’s band as premiere songs.

Murder Incorporated

world premiere at Tramps

February 21, 1995

August 1 1976
"Rendezvous", "Something In The Night", "You Can't Sit Down" and "She's Sure The Girl I Love"

Aug 3

The Promise

Don't Look Back

March 10 1977

at the Toledo Sports Arena

Action In the Streets

February 7, 1977

Albany, NY

March 26, 1976

Franky

I would like to acknowledge the hard work of Jake the Catfish maintaining the greatest live archive of Bruce Springsteen in the history of the world!

December 30, 1977

CBGB Second Avenue Theatre, New York City, NY

Patti Smith with Bruce on guitar

"Because the Night"

Bruce played it almost every night of the Darkness tour in 1978

At least this topic got people thinking

Hey guys. Nice topic Rick.

Only 12 shows seen down under for me (so far ) but a handful of debuts apparently.

(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave -  Adelaide Entertainment Centre Adelaide - 2014/02/12

Was cool, well actually damn hot which is why he played this gem. Was in the low 40s celcius that day (that's around 108f), he brought out a bunch of costumes, feathers and such ala New Orleans. Very cool way to start the show!

Hunter Of Invisible Game -

-  Adelaide Entertainment Centre Adelaide - 2014/02/12

This was soo great. The focus of the band and Bruce, doing his best "band leader". Awesome.

Don't Hang Up - AAMI Park Melbourne - 2017/02/02

From Brucebase ...his only ever rendition of the 1962 hit by American R&B group The Orlons. He dedicates the song to Malcolm Turnbull, the Australian Prime Minister who had an abrupt end to his phone call with President Trump yesterday. He introduces the song by saying "We stand before you as embarrassed Americans tonight… we're gonna use this to send a letter back home."

2012-07-23 - KOENGEN, BERGEN, NORWAY

Live premiere of "This Depression" (played acoustically, by Bruce alone)

2012-07-24 - KOENGEN, BERGEN, NORWAY

The live premiere and sole ever performance of "You've Got It"

Full-band "This Depression"

Fortunate to have several nice premieres and some one offs, the most notable for me being:

8/17/84 Follow that Dream (the new version) and I'm Going Down

7/30/92 All the Way Home

7/31/92 Pony Boy and Cross My Heart

3/18/99 My Love Will Not Let You Down and  Land of Hope and Dreams

8/1/99 Trouble River

8/31/03 Cynthia

11/22/09 Restless Nights and The Angel

9/21/12 Living on the Edge of the World

5/8/13 Wages of Sin

5/17/14 Racing in the Street 78

5/18/14 Seven Angels

July 23, 2005 Atlanta - Valentines Day.  After the song the crowd gave a knowing extended ovation.  The house lights were turned on and Bruce acknowledged the lighting crew for understanding  the significance.  That was preceded by Sad Eyes and followed by Lost in the Flood, not premieres but one of my favorite 3 song runs ever.

I was lucky enough to catch the first ever performance of The Iceman in Philly, May 15th, 2005 solo piano and then again in Charlotte, April 19, 2014.  Both were awesome.

You Can Look (Cleveland, 10-7-1980)

Be True (8-26-1984)

Wooly Bully (8-28-1984)  (first E Street Band performance)

"Straight Time", "Highway 29", "Dry Lightning", "Youngstown", "The Line", "Balboa Park", "Across The Border", "Dead Man Walkin'", "Galveston Bay", and "My Best Was Never Good Enough".  (11-21-195)

Back in Your Arms 8-4-1999

Code of Silence 6-12-2000

Another Thin Line 6-22-2000

Cynthia 8-31-2003

People Have The Power 10-1-2004

Better Man 10-13-2004

The Iceman 5-17-2005

Rumble 11-21-2005

American Land 6-22-2006

You're Own Worst Enemy 10-10-2007

Restless Nights 11-22-2009

Livin On the Edge of the World 9-21-2012

Meet Me in the City & Rebel Rebel 1-16-2016

Take it Easy 1-19-2016

Hmmm no actual premieres but:

Does this bus stop (Seeger sessions version) Wembley 12/11/06

Also at the London O2 show in 2007 - Racing and Jungleland were played in the same show for the first time since the BITUSA tour - Not really a premiere as such but felt very significant!

@cephaser posted:

Hmmm no actual premieres but:

Does this bus stop (Seeger sessions version) Wembley 12/11/06

Also at the London O2 show in 2007 - Racing and Jungleland were played in the same show for the first time since the BITUSA tour - Not really a premiere as such but felt very significant!

Oh yes Racing and Jungleland in the same show, definitely very significant!! Nice

@Hazydavo (dmnsg) posted:

Oh yes Racing and Jungleland in the same show, definitely very significant!! Nice

Yep I wasat that show also

1979-09-21 - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY, NY  The River

1980-12-18 - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY, NY  Who'll Stop The Rain

1980-12-31 - NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, UNIONDALE, NY  Held Up Without  A Gun

I'll get to the 80's  and beyond, well, soon since I have nothing else to do-retired in Florida.

@Eugene posted:

1979-09-21 - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY, NY  The River

1980-12-18 - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY, NY  Who'll Stop The Rain

1980-12-31 - NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, UNIONDALE, NY  Held Up Without  A Gun

I'll get to the 80's  and beyond, well, soon since I have nothing else to do-retired in Florida.

I wondred when No Nukes would appear - lucky lucky you

@Rick56 posted:

Yep I wasat that show also

Me too!

...and

2013-07-23 - MILLENNIUM STADIUM, CARDIFF, WALES - TV Movie / WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLAC

OK stretching the thread a little bit:

Wembley Stadium 4 July 1985

Unique acoustic "Independence Day" opens the show on July 4

(It was unique back then)

Let’s Be Friends, Connecticut 9/16/2003

@Hobie posted:

Let’s Be Friends, Connecticut 9/16/2003

Both of those nights were great.  I think the band played with more intensity on the 18th, the hurricane was heading our way and the rain held off until the latter part of the show.  I got Incident (Solo Piano).  Souls of the Departed was the only sound soundchecked and it opened the show.  It had not been played before but if i remember correctly, Bruce played it at Shea Stadium.  Ally stayed awake on the long ride home thru the torrential downpour.  She told me after the ride she stayed awake to talk with me so I wouldn't fall asleep as it was slow driving all the way.