Bruce played 3 concerts @ Nassau Coliseum at the end of 1980, and the New-year eve concert is the most famous. The concert bootleg “Nassau Night” (Crystal Cat) from the 12-31-1980 concert is one of the most famous (& best) Springsteen boots. BUT the concert he played on the 29th is also fantastic… and he played a heavenly version of “Incident on 57th Street” (only River Tour version – and next live version didn’t come until September 25th 1999 in Philadelphia, PA)
Incident on 57th Street – 1980-12-29:
“This is, uh…this is a song we haven’t done in a real long time…(?) …this is, uh, I hope I remember all the words, alright, I might not, I just learned them (?)…”
~Bruce intro for “Incident..”
Setlist:
- Night
- Out in the Street
- Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
- Who’ll Stop the Rain? (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
- Darkness on the Edge of Town
- Factory
- Independence Day
- Two Hearts
- Prove It All Night
- The Promised Land
- This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie cover)
- The River
- Badlands
- Thunder Road
- Cadillac Ranch
- Sherry Darling
- Hungry Heart
- Merry Christmas, Baby (Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers cover)
- Fire
- Candy’s Room
- Because the Night
- 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
- For You
- Stolen Car
- Wreck on the Highway
- Point Blank
- The Ties That Bind
- Ramrod
- You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
- Incident on 57th Street
- Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)Encore:
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie cover)
- Jungleland
- Born to Run
- Detroit Medley
Point Blank:
“This is for everybody riding in the backseat (crowd cheers)…”
~Bruce intro for “For You”
Full concert (youtube playlist)
– Egil