11/01/1974: Bruce and the E Street Band play their first of two nights at Philadelphia’s Tower Theater in Upper Darby. Bruce opens with a beautiful “Incident on 57th Street” played with only Roy and Suki accompanying. Other highlights include an early “Born to Run,” the gorgeous “Spanish Harlem” and electric “It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City,” the latter of which features the first appearance of the police siren sound effect the band will use for the next few months (most notably during “Incident on 57th Street” at the famous 1975 Main Point show).
11/01/1978: The final leg of the Darkness Tour kicks off at Princeton University, where rambunctious fans cause damage to the host gymnasium and an early version of “The Ties That Bind” receives its world premiere. Check out that first performance, plus the show’s soundcheck below.
* I've heard this story a few times. And the story I heard was the bleachers couldn't hold up to the dancing and stomping Bruce fans. I have a friend or two that went there. Maybe if they see this, they'll weigh in.
11/01/2003: Bruce makes his fourth straight annual appearance at Light of Day IV at The Stone Pony, joining Garland Jeffreys for two songs and Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers for most of their set. Michael J. Fox joins in the fun on “Light of Day.”
11/01/2005: Sirius Satellite Radio debuts an all-Bruce, all-the-time radio station called E Street Radio. The station will only last three months, but it will return for a longer engagement in late 2007.
11/01/2012: An amazing Wrecking Ball show at Penn State University–Bruce opens with only the fifth-ever performance of “Lion’s Den,” plays a rare “Seaside Bar Song,” and closes the show with his very first “regular” concert performance of “Shout.”
* This was a fabulous show.
Courtesy of the 'E Street Shuffle'