But it makes you realize how important living every moment of your life is. ![]() “How at 15, everything is tomorrow, tomorrow and hello and goodbye, and later on there’s a lot more goodbyes. “You only get one shot at life,” Springsteen said. He also took a moment to reflect on his life with the song “Last Man Standing,” from the 2020 album, “Letter to You,” talking wistfully about the late George Theiss from his first band, the Castiles. Touching on the mortality theme, Springsteen brought backup singers Lisa Lowell, Michelle Moore, Curtis King and Ada Dyer to center stage for “Night Shift,” a Commodores song honoring Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson from his recent soul covers album, “Only the Strong Survive,” but picked up the mood with a joyous “E Street Shuffle,” marching around the stage with the horn section. During “Ghosts,” Springsteen made it a point early on to engage early on by walking up a cat walk and sing “Count the band in, then kick into overdrive/ By the end of the set we leave no one alive.” From there, he launched into a ferocious “Prove it All Night” with guitar hero heroics on the solo, and a spare spotlight shone on Max Weinberg for the crashing intro of “Candy’s Room.” The show was easily the shortest one on the tour - with 25 songs in just over two and a half hours, that’s short by E Street standards - as the band got back into the groove after a few nights off. Lead guitarist Nils Lofgren shined on “Because the Night,” Roy Bittan’s piano intro on “Backstreets” still summons chills, and Springsteen did some vamping on the song’s lyrics, talking about having a box of 45 records near his bed in a sweet interlude. ![]() No mention was made on stage about the postponed show or what the “illness” might have been, but it seems an old-fashioned throat or respiratory ailment may have been the cause - Springsteen got a tad hoarse a few songs in, taking care with vocal arrangements on songs like “Kitty’s Back.” The 18-piece band was nearly at full strength - Springsteen’s wife, singer/guitarist Patti Scialfa, is still absent - but they filled the stage as always, guitarist Steven Van Zandt in his usual role as the Boss’ foil, mugging for the audience, clowning with Springsteen and saxophonist Jake Clemons on “Rosalita” and treating the crowd to a dazzling array of vintage guitars.
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