Andy Greene

The first deviation from the 2017/18 song list came during the Patti Scialfa segment of the show where they followed up the usual 'Tougher Than The Rest' with a fun, flirty duet on 'Fire.' It was a great showcase for Scialfa's vocals, and a better representation of their love for each other than the sorrowful 'Brilliant Disguise' from the old show.

It's clear from the beginning that this is nothing like a typical latter-day Springsteen concert, where set lists can vary wildly from night to night and Bruce often has little to say between songs. There's no room for his usual athleticism here - Springsteen just shuffles a few feet between a piano on stage left and a microphone at center stage. The intensity is, instead, emotional, as Springsteen digs hard into the bedrock of his life story, and ours: childhood, religion, work, death. The performance is hard to categorize. It's not a concert; not a typical one-man-show; certainly not a Broadway musical. But it is one of the most compelling and profound shows by a rock musician in recent memory.