From Ev2 Edited Shows Listing

NOTE that this show was originally uploaded as 2-disc version, but it should be 3-discs.

Title: Power Failure Night
'Label': Ev2
Format: 2CD
Source: Audience
Date: June 16, 2008.
Location: LTU Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany.

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source:
recorded by Vortex242
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Disc One:
01 Jackson Cage (aborted; PA failure)
02 Night
03 Radio Nowhere (aborted; PA failure)
04 Radio Nowhere
05 Lonesome Day
06 The Promised Land
07 "Got Some Requests"
08 Spirit In The Night
09 "We Apologize"
10 Magic
11 Trapped

Disc Two:
01 Prove It All Night
02 Darkness On The Edge Of Town
03 Darlington County
04 Because The Night
05 She's The One
06 Livin' In The Future
07 Mary's Place
08 Working On The Highway
09 The River

Disc Three:
01 Devil's Arcade
02 The Rising
03 Last To Die
04 Long Walk Home
05 Badlands
06 Girls In Their Summer Clothes
07 Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
08 Born To Run
09 Glory Days
10 Dancing In The Dark
11 American Land

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- Edited from "Vortex242" master recording.

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"The weather was fine, the arena was packed, and everybody was in a great mood when the E Street Band started their set with "Jackson Cage."
And then at the beginning of the second verse... the video screens and the sound went off. Completely.

Bruce and the band were carrying on for a few moments, maybe hoping for the sound to come back, but they finally stopped playing.
The shock turned into a very funny moment, with the E Streeters waving and smiling apologetically.
When the sound came back a few minutes later Bruce grinned and said, "Maybe we should have started with another one!"
And so, the show re-started with a triumphant "Night," which ended with Bruce and Clarence crossing themselves,
thanking the Lord for getting through the song without another sound glitch. However, during the following "Radio Nowhere,"
just as Clarence was going into his sax solo, the video screens and the sound went off a second time!
This time Bruce used the free moments to go right into the audience and collect banners with the requests.
Again, he didn't lose his sense of humor, remarking when the power came back: "This goes to show, the E Street Band is 100% live!"

The power failure translated into a power high that made this show one of the most fierce and most fun shows I've seen.
"Radio Nowhere" was played again, with great dedication and force in the face of everybody's fear of having the show cancelled.
"Spirit in the Night" had Bruce diving into the audience, literally being lifted up by the many hands of the fans.
When the song got to the quiet part (and everybody feared a new power glitch), Bruce grinned and added, "We're still on."
This loose and "anything could happen at any time" atmosphere was on one hand unsettling (as Bruce remarked after the power glitch: "That was terrible!").
On the other hand, it made for a very special energy which the E Street Band used to create an extremely forceful and tight set.
After "Magic" the first request was played: a haunting "Trapped" (which fit very nicely coming after "Magic").
The mood lightened with "Darlington County," during which Bruce again dove into the pit,
interacting with the crowd in a way that suggested he was enjoying the experience more than ever.

The performance was one of the best I've ever seen, simply because Bruce and the band clearly were on a mission to show everybody that no
power failure can stop the power of the E Street Band. In the end, everything went smoothly -- although Soozie's fiddle seemed to have its own power failure
at the beginning of "American Land," so Bruce gave her two new starts -- without another major technical hiccup.
The lack of electricity for the equipment was more than made up for by the sheer electricity of this band in top form.
A magic night, absolutely. If only Bruce had announced that they would return!" - Stefan Rogall, backstreets.com