Born to Run tours

Born to Run tours

Tour by Bruce Springsteen
Associated album	The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle Born to Run
Start date	September 19, 1974 (1974-09-19)
End date	March 25, 1977 (1977-03-25)
Legs	7
No. of shows	207 in North America 3 in Europe 210 in total
Bruce Springsteen concert chronology

The Born to Run tours were the unofficially-named concert tours surrounding the release of Bruce Springsteen's 1975 album Born to Run which occurred between 1974 and 1977. The album represented Springsteen's commercial breakthrough, and was marked by a grueling and meticulous recording process. To make ends meet Springsteen and the E Street Band toured constantly during the first set of recording sessions for it, performing his new songs as he developed them. Financial success was short-lived, however, as he was soon plunged into legal battles with his former manager Mike Appel and enjoined from further studio recording. Touring continued as a means of making a living, long after the conventional period of playing in connection with an album's release was over; only when his legal issues were finally resolved in 1977 did these tours conclude.

Tours

Prelude

Throughout 1974, as in previous years, Springsteen toured extensively between recording sessions for Born to Run. He had written the title track early in the year, and is known to have been playing it in concert by May if not earlier. Early versions of album tracks "She's the One" (with parts of what would become "Backstreets") and "Jungleland" (without the Clarence Clemons' later-famous saxophone solo and with an extra section at the end) were beginning to appear in set lists. By the summer of that year, Springsteen's career fortunes had begun to turn; he played his last-ever gig as an opening act on August 3, becoming a headliner from then on. On August 14, he played his last show with David Sancious and Ernest "Boom" Carter in the band.

New Members Tour

On September 19 he played his first show, at The Main Point in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, with Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan in the band; this also marked the point from which the band was explicitly billed as the E Street Band.

Violinist and stage foil Suki Lahav joined the band in early October. Shows were played up and down the East Coast to help integrate the new members' sound into the band as well as to provide some income while recording sessions dragged on — finances were often tight and manager Mike Appel often had to borrow money to pay the road crew. An advanced, slightly different mix of "Born to Run" was given to certain progressive rock radio stations throughout November; it made an immediate impression and stimulated interest in Springsteen's first two albums and his concerts. On February 5, 1975, another Main Point show was broadcast in its entirety by Philadelphia's WMMR; "Thunder Road" made its first, work-in-progress appearance under the title "Wings for Wheels", and the 2 hour 40 minute show overall is often regarded by fans as one of Springsteen's best ever. It was frequently bootlegged soon thereafter, beginning a pattern that would continue for much of Springsteen's career.

This tour came to a close on March 9, 1975 after two shows in Washington, D.C.'s Constitution Hall. It is thought that Steven Van Zandt appeared in both shows, but in any case these were the final appearances of Suki Lahav, who moved back to Israel soon thereafter.

Born to Run Tour

The Born to Run Tour proper began more than a month ahead of the album's release date, on July 20, 1975 at the Palace Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island. Van Zandt was now a full-fledged member of the band. "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" made its first appearance, but the shows were still dominated by older material. Playing mostly the Northeast, by early August "Backstreets" itself had appeared. Since Springsteen was a prolific songwriter at the time, numerous original songs were performed, many of which would not be released in any official capacity.

Beginning on August 13 was a key 5-night stand at New York City's The Bottom Line club. Columbia Records had put up posters of Springsteen around the city, the audience was heavy with press and music industry types, and an August 15 show was broadcast live by influential WNEW-FM. The shows were judged a success and further paved the way for Springsteen's big time emergence; many years later, Rolling Stone magazine would name the stand as one of the 50 Moments That Changed Rock and Roll. A similar four-night, six-show, stand was conducted beginning October 16 at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, which was attended by Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Cher, Ryan O'Neal, and Carole King, and various entertainment industry executives. By October 27 the publicity push had reached its climax and Springsteen was on the covers of both Time and Newsweek.

The tour ended with a New Year's Eve 1975 show at the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, which was recorded on multitrack and released as a bootleg. The show includes a rare performance of "Night" and a ballad version of "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out."

European Leg

In November 1975, Springsteen made his first tour of Western Europe; a brief visit performing only in London (twice), Stockholm, and Amsterdam. The opening night's performance was captured on video (later released on DVD as Hammersmith Odeon, London '75); before which Springsteen in a "nervous rage" reportedly tore down promotional posters bearing his image. Springsteen would not return to Europe for six years.

Chicken Scratch Tour

This colorfully named tour began on March 25, 1976; Born in the U.S.A. Tour guides of 1984-85 would state of that date, "The fabled 'Chicken Scratch Tour' begins, taking Springsteen and E Streeters on an extremely meandering route through the south, midwest, and northeast United States." The name was actually given by the band's road crew, due to many of the shows being in secondary markets in the South.

After the April 29 show in Memphis' Ellis Auditorium, Springsteen decided to catch a taxi to Graceland. Upon arrival he had noticed a light on in the house and proceeded to jump the gates and walk to the front door. Security intervened at which point Springsteen asked if Elvis Presley was home, but Presley was in fact in Lake Tahoe. The guards not having any idea who this visitor was, even after Springsteen tried to explain it to them and state that he had been on the covers of Time and Newsweek, politely escorted him to the street. Years later Springsteen would tell the story in concerts and reminisce about what he would have said to Presley had he answered the door.

Then, of this tour's end on May 28, 1976, the officially chronology stated: "Chicken Scratch Tour draws to a merciless conclusion with a show at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, which features a rousing version of Frankie Ford's 'Sea Cruise'."

Interlude

This likely would have been the end of touring until a new album was out. However, during 1976 the relationship between Springsteen and his now former manager and producer, Mike Appel, had deteriorated, and during July Appel threatened action against Springsteen. Springsteen filed suit against Appel, and Appel countersued.

Meanwhile, in August Springsteen and the band played some local shows, mostly in Red Bank, New Jersey, with The Miami Horns on loan from Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. Three new songs intended for the next album, Darkness on the Edge of Town were performed; "Something in the Night", "The Promise" and "Rendezvous" were debuted in live form. The first would make the album, the second remained unreleased until 1999, and the third became a modest hit for Greg Kihn. On September 15, the judge in the lawsuits case ruled that Springsteen was enjoined from any further recording with Columbia Records until Appel's suit was resolved; proceeds from Born to Run sales were also tied up in accounting disputes, leaving touring as Springsteen and the band's primary means of making income.

U.S. Tour a/k/a Lawsuit Tour

What the official Springsteen chronology called the U.S. Tour ran from September 26 through November 4, 1976, starting at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix and ending with a six-night stand at The Palladium in New York. This tour was also with a horn section, also billed as The Miami Horns, but different from the previous group and unrelated to the Asbury Jukes. Along the way Springsteen played his first headlining shows in an arena, The Spectrum in Philadelphia, but he used curtains to partition off part of the venue.

1977 Legs

The court cases carried on, with battles being fought over various procedural rulings, and still Springsteen could not enter the studio. So back out he went, for a group of shows that the official chronology does not even attempt to label. This run began on February 7, 1977 at the Palace Theatre in Albany, New York, and continued for 33 shows in the U.S. and Canada.

By now Springsteen was quite disheartened, and before a February 15 show in Detroit, he for the first time in his life did not want to get up on stage. "At that moment, I could see how people get into drinking or into drugs, because the one thing you want at a time like that is to be distracted—in a big way", he later told writer Robert Hilburn. Nonetheless, he rebounded, and eventually this run concluded on March 25, 1977 at the Music Hall in Boston.

Postlude

Meanwhile, the lawsuits had moved toward their conclusion, and a final settlement was reached on May 28, 1977. Springsteen entered the studio three days later to begin recording sessions for Darkness on the Edge of Town. The Born to Run tours were finally over.

The shows

It was during these tours that the Springsteen concert image took form. He had stopped wearing sunglasses on stage and was now more accessible. His baggy pants, T-shirt, worn leather jacket and sloppy headwear look was now offset by two frontline visual foils, as both saxophonist Clarence Clemons and guitarist Steven Van Zandt were stylishly dressed in suits and distinctive hats.

Musically, the E Street Band now had its fullest sound, with two keyboards and a saxophone augmenting two guitars and the usual bass and drums. Springsteen did not just play songs as they were on his records — they were often rearranged or extended with playful, poignant, or angry spoken narratives. Oldies from the early to mid-1960s were often brought in to supplement Springsteen's own material; The Animals' "It's My Life" was one such example, slowed down to try to increase the song's tension factor and preceded by what would become a Springsteen concert staple, the long bitter story about how he and his father did not get along at all with respect to the course Springsteen's life took as a teenager.

Springsteen's performances were also frenetic, with him jumping into crowds and singing on tables during the shows held in clubs.

Material from Born to Run grew in importance as the tour went on, but even the newest material could be quickly recast. Most notably, "Thunder Road" was changed from the spirited, sweeping album version into a surprisingly quiet and pleading show opener, featuring Springsteen singing while standing still at the microphone stand, guitar slung behind him, with only Roy Bittan's piano and Danny Federici's electronic glockenspiel accompanying him. (Producer Jon Landau later said that the stark presentation was partly due to the full band having trouble playing the album's arrangement.) "Backstreets" was augmented with a guitar line far more prominent than on record, while "Night", one of the least visible tracks on the album, became a show opener for a spell as well.

As the later tours took place and Springsteen became frustrated with his legal situation, the shows became his only outlet. Horn sections were added, songs further arranged, and more oldies pulled out. Performances sometimes reached the three- or four-hour mark. New material such as the bitter "The Promise" would appear out of nowhere, then disappear again.

Songs performed

Originals

Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey

• "Blinded by the Light"
• "Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?"
• "For You"
• "Growin' Up"
• "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City"
• "Lost in the Flood"
• "Spirit in the Night"

The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle

• "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)"
• "The E Street Shuffle"
• "Incident on 57th Street"
• "Kitty's Back"
• "New York City Serenade"
• "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)"

Born to Run

• "Backstreets"
• "Born to Run"
• "Jungleland"
• "Meeting Across the River"
• "Night"
• "She's the One"
• "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"
• "Thunder Road"

Other

• "A Love So Fine"
• "A Night Like This"
• "Action in the Street"
• "Don't Look Back"
• "The Fever"
• "Funk Song"
• "Frankie"
• "The Promise"
• "Rendezvous
• "Wings for Wheels"

Cover songs

• "A Fine, Fine Girl"
• "Ain't Too Proud to Beg"
• "Baby, I Love You"
• "Back in the U.S.A."
• "Be My Baby"
• "Be True to Your School"
• "Carol"
• "Come a Little Bit Closer"
• "Cupid"
• "Detroit Medley"
• "Gimmie That Wine"
• "Gloria"
• "Goin' Back"
• "Having a Party"
• "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"
• "I Want You"
• "It's Gonna Work Out Fine"
• "It's My Life"
• "Knock on Wood"
• "Land of a 1000 Dances"
• "Let the Four Winds Blow"
• "Little Latin Lupe Lu"
• "Little Queenie"
• "Mona"
• "Mountain of Love"

• "New Orleans"
• "Nothing's Too Good For My Baby"
• "Party Lights"
• "Pretty Flamingo"
• "Quarter to Three"
• "Raise Your Hand"
• "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
• "Say Goodbye to Hollywood"
• "Sea Cruise"
• "Sha La La"
• "She's Sure the Girl I Love"
• "Shout"
• "Spanish Harlem"
• "Stagger Lee"
• "Theme From Shaft"
• "The She Kissed Me"
• "Twist and Shout"
• "Twisting the Night Away"
• "Up on the Roof"
• "Walking in the Rain"
• "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
• "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"
• "When You Walk in the Room"
• "You Can't Sit Down"
• "Yum Yum Yum (I Want Some)"

Commercial and critical reaction

The high-profile August 1975 The Bottom Line shows won raves from music critics. Rolling Stone said that a star had been born and that "Springsteen is everything that has been claimed for him", while the E Street Band "may very well be the great American rock & roll band." The New York Times said that the shows "will rank among the great rock experiences of those lucky enough to get in." The Bottom Line co-owner Alan Pepper said that Springsteen "brought the house to a fever pitch again and again and again, and the band stayed with him all the way. It was absolutely amazing, and I mean that. In all my years in the music business, I have never seen anything like those performances."

Reaction was similar in other locations; Los Angeles Times writer Robert Hilburn later stated that "the Born to Run shows were hailed in city after city as among the finest ever in rock."

Broadcasts and recordings

In addition to the Main Point and The Bottom Line shows already mentioned, the October 17, 1975 show at The Roxy in West Hollywood was broadcast live on KWST-FM. Springsteen also made some visits to radio stations during the tours in which interviews and performances were conducted.

The 1986 Live/1975–85 box set contained just one selection from any of the Born to Run tours, the "solo piano" (and electronic glockenspiel) "Thunder Road" taken from the following night's show at The Roxy. (The lack of further coverage of the tours was one reason for fans' dissatisfaction with the box set at the time; Springsteen management said the available recordings did not have good enough sound quality).

In 2005, as part of the Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition re-release package, a full-length concert film was assembled of the notorious November 18, 1975 Hammersmith Odeon show in London and included as a DVD. This was subsequently also released as the CD Hammersmith Odeon London '75.

Several shows have been released as part of the Bruce Springsteen Archives:

• Tower Theater, Philadelphia 1975, released February 10, 2015
• Palace Theatre, Albany 1977, released August 4, 2017
• Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY 1977, released August 4, 2017
• The Roxy 1975, released December 7, 2018
• "London 11/24/1975", released December 4, 2020

Personnel

• Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, guitars, harmonica
• The E Street Band:
  • Roy Bittan – piano
  • Clarence Clemons – saxophone, percussion, background vocals
  • Danny Federici – organ, electronic glockenspiel, accordion
  • Suki Lahav – violin, background vocals (October 1974-March 1975)
  • Garry Tallent – bass guitar
  • Steven Van Zandt – guitars, background vocals (from July 1975)
  • Max Weinberg – drums
• Miami Horns #1: (August 1976)
  • Rick Gazda – (trumpet)
  • Eddie Manion – (baritone sax)
  • Carlo Novi – (tenor sax)
  • Tony Palligrossi – (trumpet)
• Miami Horns #2 : (September 1976 – March 1977)
  • John Binkley (trumpet)
  • Ed De Palma (saxophone),
  • Dennis Orlock (trombone)
  • Steve Paraczky (trumpet)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
North America
September 19, 1974 [a]	Philadelphia	United States	The Main Point
September 20, 1974 [a]			Upper Darby Township
September 21, 1974 [a]	Oneonta		Hunt Union Ballroom
September 22, 1974 [a]	Union		Kean College of New Jersey
October 4, 1974 [a]	New York City		Avery Fisher Hall
October 5, 1974 [a]	Reading		Bollman Center
October 6, 1974 [a]	Worcester		Atwood Hall
October 11, 1974 [a]	Washington		Shady Grove Music Fair
October 12, 1974 [a]	Princeton		Alexander Hall
October 18, 1974 [a]	Passaic		Capitol Theatre
October 19, 1974 [a]	Albany		Memorial Chapel
October 20, 1974 [a]	Harrisburg		Dickinson College Dining Hall
October 25, 1974 [a]	Claremont		Spaulding Auditorium
October 26, 1974 [a]	Springfield		Julia Sanderson Theater
October 29, 1974 [a]	Boston		Boston Music Hall
November 1, 1974 [a]	Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania		Tower Theater
November 2, 1974 [a]
November 6, 1974 [a]	Austin		Armadillo World Headquarters
November 7, 1974 [a]
November 8, 1974 [a]	Corpus Christi		Ritz Music Hall
November 9, 1974 [a]	Houston		Houston Music Hall
November 15, 1974 [a]	Easton		Kirby Field House
November 16, 1974 [a]	Washington		Leonard Gym
November 17, 1974 [a]	Charlottesville		Memorial Gymnasium
November 21, 1974 [a]	Philadelphia		Lincoln Hall Auditorium
November 22, 1974 [a]			Hollinger Field House
November 23, 1974 [a]	Boston		Salem State College Auditorium
November 29, 1974 [a]	Trenton		Trenton War Memorial
November 30, 1974 [a]
December 6, 1974 [a]	New Brunswick		State Theatre
December 7, 1974 [a]	Rochester		Geneva Theater
December 8, 1974 [a]	Burlington		Burlington Memorial Auditorium
January 5, 1975 [a]	Asbury Park		The Stone Pony
January 12, 1975 [a]
January 19, 1975 [a]
February 5, 1975 [a]	Philadelphia		The Main Point
February 6, 1975 [a]			Widener Field House
February 7, 1975 [a]
February 18, 1975 [a]	Cleveland		John Carroll Gymnasium
February 19, 1975 [a]	State College		The Auditorium
February 20, 1975 [a]	Pittsburgh		Syria Mosque
February 23, 1975 [a]	New York City		Westbury Music Fair
March 7, 1975 [a]	Baltimore		Painters Mill Music Fair
March 8, 1975 [a]	Washington		DAR Constitution Hall
March 9, 1975 [a]
North America
July 20, 1975 [b]	Providence	United States	Palace Concert Theater
July 22, 1975 [b]	Geneva		Geneva Theater
July 23, 1975 [b]	Lenox		Music Inn
July 25, 1975 [b]	Kutztown		Keystone Hall
July 26, 1975 [b]
July 28, 1975 [b]	Washington, D.C.		Carter Barron Amphitheatre
July 29, 1975 [b]
July 30, 1975 [b]
August 1, 1975 [b]	Richmond		The Mosque
August 2, 1975 [b]	Norfolk		Chrysler Hall
August 8, 1975 [b]	Akron		Akron Civic Theatre
August 9, 1975 [b]	Pittsburgh		Syria Mosque
August 10, 1975 [b]	Cleveland		Allen Theatre
August 13, 1975 [b]	New York City		The Bottom Line
August 14, 1975 [b]
August 15, 1975 [b]
August 16, 1975 [b]
August 17, 1975 [b]
August 21, 1975 [b]	Atlanta		Electric Ballroom
August 22, 1975 [b]
August 23, 1975 [b]
September 4, 1975 [b]	Bryn Mawr		The Main Point
September 6, 1975 [b]	New Orleans		Theater for the Performing Arts
September 7, 1975 [b]			Ya Ya Lounge
September 12, 1975 [b]	Austin		Municipal Auditorium
September 13, 1975 [b]	Houston		Houston Music Hall
September 14, 1975 [b]
September 16, 1975 [b]	Dallas		Dallas Convention Center Theatre
September 17, 1975 [b]	Oklahoma City		Civic Center Music Hall
September 20, 1975 [b]	Grinnell		Darby Gymnasium
September 21, 1975 [b]	Minneapolis		Guthrie Theater
September 23, 1975 [b]	Ann Arbor		Hill Auditorium
September 25, 1975 [b]	Chicago		Auditorium Theatre
September 26, 1975 [b]	Iowa City		Hancher Auditorium
September 27, 1975 [b]	St. Louis		Ambassador Theatre
September 28, 1975 [b]	Kansas City		Memorial Hall
September 30, 1975 [b]	Omaha		Civic Auditorium Music Hall
October 2, 1975 [b]	Milwaukee		Uptown Theater
October 4, 1975 [b]	Detroit		Michigan Palace Theater
October 10, 1975 [b]	Red Bank		Monmouth Arts Center
October 16, 1975 [b]	West Hollywood		Roxy Theatre
October 17, 1975 [b]
October 18, 1975 [b]
October 19, 1975 [b]
October 23, 1975 [b]	New York City		Gerde's Folk City
October 25, 1975 [b]	Portland		Paramount Theatre
October 26, 1975 [b]	Seattle		Paramount Theatre
October 29, 1975 [b]	Sacramento		Memorial Auditorium
October 31, 1975 [b]	Oakland		Paramount Theatre
November 1, 1975 [b]	Santa Barbara		Robertson Gymnasium
November 3, 1975 [b]	Tempe		Gammage Memorial Auditorium
November 4, 1975 [b]
November 6, 1975 [b]
November 10, 1975 [b]	Tampa		Jai Alai Fronton
November 11, 1975 [b]	Miami
Europe
November 18, 1975 [b]	London	England	Hammersmith Odeon
November 21, 1975 [b]	Stockholm	Sweden	Konserthuset
November 23, 1975 [b]	Amsterdam	Netherlands	RAI Congrescentrum Theater
November 24, 1975 [b]	London	England	Hammersmith Odeon
North America
December 2, 1975 [b]	Boston	United States	Boston Music Hall
December 3, 1975 [b]
December 5, 1975 [b]	Washington, D.C.		McDonough Gymnasium
December 6, 1975 [b]
December 7, 1975 [b]
December 10, 1975 [b]	Lewisburg		Davis Gym
December 11, 1975 [b]	South Orange		Walsh Gymnasium
December 12, 1975 [b]	Brookville		C.W. Post Dome Auditorium
December 16, 1975 [b]	Oswego		Laker Hall
December 17, 1975 [b]	Buffalo		Kleinhans Music Hall
December 19, 1975 [b]	Montreal	Canada	Théâtre Maisonneuve
December 20, 1975 [b]	Ottawa		NAC Opera House
December 21, 1975 [b]	Toronto		Seneca College Field House
December 27, 1975 [b]	Upper Darby Township	United States	Tower Theater
December 28, 1975 [b]
December 30, 1975 [b]
December 31, 1975 [b]
North America
March 25, 1976 [c]	Columbia	United States	Township Auditorium
March 26, 1976 [c]	Atlanta		Fox Theatre	4,000 / 4,000	$26,000
March 28, 1976 [c]	Durham		Cameron Indoor Stadium
March 29, 1976 [c]	Charlotte		Ovens Auditorium
April 1, 1976 [c]	Athens		Memorial Auditorium
April 2, 1976 [c]	Louisville		Macauley's Theatre
April 4, 1976 [c]	East Lansing		MSU Auditorium
April 5, 1976 [c]	Columbus		Ohio Theatre
April 7, 1976 [c]	Cleveland		Allen Theatre
April 8, 1976 [c]
April 9, 1976 [c]	Hamilton		Cotterell Court
April 10, 1976 [c]	Wallingford		Paul Mellon Arts Center
April 12, 1976 [c]	Johnstown		Cambria County War Memorial Arena
April 13, 1976 [c]	University Park		Rec Hall
April 15, 1976 [c]	Pittsburgh		Syria Mosque
April 16, 1976 [c]	Meadville		Shafer Auditorium
April 17, 1976 [c]	Rochester		Strong Auditorium
April 20, 1976 [c]	Johnson City		Freedom Hall Civic Center
April 21, 1976 [c]	Knoxville		Knoxville Civic Auditorium
April 22, 1976 [c]	Blacksburg		Burruss Auditorium
April 24, 1976 [c]	Boone		Varsity Gymnasium
April 26, 1976 [c]	Chattanooga		Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
April 28, 1976 [c]	Nashville		Grand Ole Opry House	2,900	$15,039
April 29, 1976 [c]	Memphis		Ellis Auditorium
April 30, 1976 [c]	Birmingham		Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
May 3, 1976 [c]	Little Rock		Robinson Municipal Auditorium
May 4, 1976 [c]	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum
May 6, 1976 [c]	Shreveport		Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium
May 8, 1976 [c]	Baton Rouge		LSU Assembly Center
May 9, 1976 [c]	Mobile		Mobile Municipal Theater
May 10, 1976 [c]
May 11, 1976 [c]	Auburn		Memorial Coliseum
May 13, 1976 [c]	New Orleans		Municipal Auditorium
May 27, 1976 [c]	West Point		Eisenhower Hall Auditorium
May 28, 1976 [c]	Annapolis		Halsey Field House
North America
September 26, 1976 [d]	Phoenix	United States	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	6,062	$42,783
September 29, 1976 [d]	Santa Monica		Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
September 30, 1976 [d]
October 2, 1976 [d]	Oakland		Paramount Theatre	2,902	$19,821
October 3, 1976 [d]	Santa Clara		Toso Pavilion
October 5, 1976 [d]	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl	3,013	$24,207
October 9, 1976 [d]	Notre Dame		Athletic & Convocation Center
October 10, 1976 [d]	Oxford		Millett Hall
October 12, 1976 [d]	New Brunswick		College Avenue Gymnasium	3,000	$22,500
October 13, 1976 [d]	Union Township		Wilkins Theatre
October 16, 1976 [d]	Williamsburg		William & Mary Hall
October 17, 1976 [d]	Washington, D.C.		McDonough Gymnasium
October 18, 1976 [d]
October 25, 1976 [d]	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
October 27, 1976 [d]
October 25, 1976 [d]	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
October 27, 1976 [d]
October 28, 1976 [d]	New York City		The Palladium
October 29, 1976 [d]
October 30, 1976 [d]
November 2, 1976 [d]
November 3, 1976 [d]
November 4, 1976 [d]
North America
February 7, 1977 [e]	Albany	United States	Palace Theatre
February 8, 1977 [e]	Rochester		Rochester Auditorium Theatre
February 9, 1977 [e]	Buffalo		Kleinhans Music Hall
February 10, 1977 [e]	Utica		Utica Memorial Auditorium
February 12, 1977 [e]	Ottawa	Canada	Ottawa Civic Centre
February 13, 1977 [e]	Toronto		Maple Leaf Gardens
February 15, 1977 [e]	Detroit	United States	Masonic Temple Theatre
February 16, 1977 [e]	Columbus		Veterans Memorial Auditorium
February 17, 1977 [e]	Richfield Township		Coliseum at Richfield
February 19, 1977 [e]	Saint Paul		Civic Center Theatre
February 20, 1977 [e]	Madison		Dane County Coliseum	5,000 / 5,000	$27,679
February 22, 1977 [e]	Milwaukee		Milwaukee Auditorium	4,795	$33,250
February 23, 1977 [e]	Chicago		Auditorium Theatre
February 25, 1977 [e]	West Lafayette		Elliott Hall of Music
February 26, 1977 [e]	Indianapolis		ICC Ballroom
February 27, 1977 [e]	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
February 28, 1977 [e]	St. Louis		Fox Theatre	4,433 / 4,433	$29,389
March 2, 1977 [e]	Atlanta		Atlanta Civic Center	3,653	$26,588
March 4, 1977 [e]	Jacksonville		Civic Auditorium
March 5, 1977 [e]	Orlando		Jai Alai Fronton
March 6, 1977 [e]	Miami		Miami Jai Alai Fronton
March 10, 1977 [e]	Toledo		Toledo Sports Arena
March 11, 1977 [e]	Latrobe		Saint Vincent College Gymnasium	3,200 / 3,200	$24,000
March 13, 1977 [e]	Towson		Towson Center
March 14, 1977 [e]	Poughkeepsie		Mid-Hudson Civic Center
March 15, 1977 [e]	Binghamton		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
March 18, 1977 [e]	New Haven		New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum	6,969	$51,265
March 19, 1977 [e]	Lewiston		Central Maine Youth Center	4,400	$30,150
March 20, 1977 [e]	Providence		Alumni Hall
March 22, 1977 [e]	Boston		Boston Music Hall
March 23, 1977 [e]
March 24, 1977 [e]
March 25, 1977 [e]

• a. New members Tour
• b. Born to Run Tour
• c. Chicken Scratch Tour
• d. Lawsuit Tour
• e. Lawsuit Drags Tour

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

October 21, 1974	Blackwood, New Jersey	Lincoln Hall Auditorium	Rescheduled to November 21, 1974
October 27, 1974	Millersville, Pennsylvania	Millersville State College Campus Grounds	Cancelled
November 10, 1974	Dallas, Texas	Dallas Sportatorium	Cancelled
February 21, 1975	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	Johnston Hall	Cancelled
February 27, 1975	University Heights, Ohio	John Carroll Gymnasium	Rescheduled to February 18, 1975
March 1, 1975	Syracuse, New York	Syracuse Repertory Theater	Cancelled
March 2, 1975	Plattsburgh, New York	Memorial Hall	Cancelled
March 9, 1975	New York City, New York	Felt Forum	Cancelled
August 29, 1975	Coral Gables, Florida	University Center Patio	Cancelled
September 9, 1975	Dallas, Texas	Electric Ballroom	Rescheduled to September 16, 1975 and moved to the Dallas Convention Center Theatre
September 11, 1975	Arlington, Texas	Texas Hall	Cancelled
October 10, 1975	Red Bank, New Jersey	Monmouth Arts Center	Rescheduled to October 11, 1975
October 14, 1975	Miami, Florida	Jai Alai Fronton	Rescheduled to November 14, 1975
October 28, 1975	Eugene, Oregon	Beall Concert Hall	Cancelled
November 9, 1975	Tampa, Florida	Jai Alai Fronton	Rescheduled to November 10, 1975
November 14, 1975	Miami, Florida	Jai Alai Fronton	Rescheduled to November 11, 1975
December 21, 1975	Toronto, Canada	Minkler Auditorium	Moved to the Seneca College Field House
April 26, 1976	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Tivoli Theatre	Moved to the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium

Sources

• Born in the U.S.A. Tour (tour booklet, 1984), Springsteen chronology.
• Hilburn, Robert. Springsteen. Rolling Stone Press, 1985. ISBN 0-684-18456-7.
• Marsh, Dave. Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s. Pantheon Books, 1987. ISBN 0-394-54668-7.
• Eliot, Marc with Appel, Mike. Down Thunder Road. Simon & Schuster, 1992. ISBN 0-671-86898-5.
• Santelli, Robert. Greetings From E Street: The Story of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Chronicle Books, 2006. ISBN 0-8118-5348-9.
• Brucebase's concert descriptions and chronology a gold mine of valuable material