Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Live in New York City

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City is the name of a concert film done by HBO, featuring the first ever major televised Bruce Springsteen concert. It was later released on DVD with 11 extra songs not televised, and as a CD of the same name.

All of these forms document Springsteen and the E Street Band's highly successful 1999-2000 Reunion Tour, their first concert tour together in 11 years.

The Film

Running 90 minutes, the film was recorded at concerts on June 29 and July 1, 2000. These were the final two shows in the Band's ten-show tour-ending run at Madison Square Garden in New York City. HBO received six Emmy Award nominations (including "Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special") and won two Awards for the film.

The Setlist

1. My Love Will Not Let You Down
2. Prove It All Night
3. Two Hearts
4. Atlantic City
5. Mansion on the Hill
6. The River
7. Youngstown
8. Murder Incorporated
9. Badlands
10. Out in the Street
11. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
12. Born to Run
13. Land of Hope and Dreams
14. American Skin (41 Shots)

"Born to Run" was a late addition to the special. As a result of this, there is a crossfade into and out of the song on the film and DVD and there is a complete fade-out before it on the CD. Also, its placement on the CD (at the end of the first disc, before Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out) was a result of this late decision. It is not actually listed as a track on the back of the CD, but is listed on the DVD.

Springsteen debuted many new songs over the final leg of the tour, and two were included on this special:

• "Land of Hope and Dreams", a lengthy song Bruce wrote "in the style of Bob Dylan".
• "American Skin (41 Shots)", a controversial ballad about the shooting of Amadou Diallo

Also, many songs on the tour were performed with significant differences from their recorded versions. The songs on this special like that were:

• "Two Hearts" included a short cover of Marvin Gaye's "It Takes Two"
• "Atlantic City" and "Youngstown", from two of Springsteen's solo folk albums, were performed as rock songs, with the full band powerfully backing Bruce.
• "Mansion on the Hill", another folk song, was also performed with the entire band, but much mellower and softer than the other two.
• "The River" was performed not on guitar, but as an extended saxophone and piano ballad.
• "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" was extended to include the band introductions, as well one of Springsteen's legendary monologues and a short cover of Al Green's "Take Me to the River" and a short version of his own "Red Headed Woman" during Patti Scialfa's intro, afterwards performing a verse from one of her own songs ("Rumble Doll") with the band.

The DVD

Disc one

Contains the entire HBO special, plus credits, a photo gallery, and New York City Serenade: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band with Bob Costas, a 15-minute special interview with Bob Costas.

1. My Love Will Not Let You Down
2. Prove It All Night
3. Two Hearts
4. Atlantic City
5. Mansion on the Hill
6. The River
7. Youngstown
8. Murder Incorporated
9. Badlands
10. Out in the Street
11. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
12. Born to Run
13. Land of Hope and Dreams
14. American Skin (41 Shots)

Disc two

Contains the following previously unseen performances:

1. Backstreets
2. Don't Look Back
3. Darkness on the Edge of Town
4. Lost in the Flood
5. Born in the U.S.A.
6. Jungleland
7. Light of Day
8. The Promise
9. Thunder Road
10. Ramrod
11. If I Should Fall Behind

In audio only, under the end credits:

The E Street Shuffle

Limited Edition Bonus CD

1. My Hometown
2. This Hard Land

Again, some of the songs were performed with significant alterations from their recorded versions.

• "Born in the U.S.A." was performed as a solo folk/blues song with Springsteen on slide 12-string guitar.
• "Light of Day" included a prolonged rap about the tour and a series of jokes comparing New York unfavorably to New Jersey.

Also noteworthy is that this performance of "Lost in the Flood" was the first performance of that song since 1978.

The CD

Live in New York City
Live album by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Released	March 27, 2001
Recorded	June 29 July 1, 2000
Genre	Rock
Label	Sony Records
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band chronology
18 Tracks (1999) Live in New York City (2001) The Rising (2002)

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Released on March 27, 2001, the album reached #5 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Billboard Internet Album Charts. The album was later re-released on SACD with a 5.1-surround multichannel mix; the SACD running order is identical to that of the CD release.

Disc one

1. My Love Will Not Let You Down
2. Prove It All Night
3. Two Hearts
4. Atlantic City
5. Mansion on the Hill
6. The River
7. Youngstown
8. Murder Incorporated
9. Badlands
10. Out in the Street
11. Born to Run (bonus track, see above)

Disc two

1. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
2. Land of Hope and Dreams
3. American Skin (41 Shots)
4. Lost in the Flood
5. Born in the U.S.A.
6. Don't Look Back
7. Jungleland
8. Ramrod
9. If I Should Fall Behind

External links

• Setlists for the recorded concerts (June 29 and July 1, 2000)
• Lyrics & Song clips