Springsteen at LA Forum
Aug. 24, 2002 (SAT)

I drove 360 miles without seeing a cop....
Springsteen at LA Forum
LAX at dawn from hotel room
LAX at dawn from hotel room
get in line at 6:30am..
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Magic wristbands for VIP area in GA section (only first 300)
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We managed to get in front of Steve to the right side of Bruce. (only 2 or 3 people in front of me) When Bruce came in front of us, it looked like this. My hand was maybe only a couple of feet away from the legendary 1954 Esquire. A dream come true.
setlist:
  1. The Rising
  2. Lonesome Day
  3. Prove It All Night
  4. The Fuse
  5. Atlantic City
  6. Empty Sky
  7. You're Missing
  8. Waitin' on a Sunny Day
  9. The Promised Land
  10. Worlds Apart
  11. Badlands
  12. Bobby Jean
  13. Mary's Place
  14. Countin' on a Miracle
  15. Thunder Road
  16. American Skin (41 Shots)
  17. Into the Fire
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  18. Dancing in the Dark
  19. Ramrod
  20. Born to Run
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  21. My City of Ruins
  22. Born in the U.S.A.
  23. Land of Hope and Dreams
from about 8:30pm to 11:00pm
some notes on the setlist:
5th song was listed as a choice: Atlantic City|Darkness
Thunder Road was listed in parentheses.
(I didn't get the setlist, if you did, I'd appreciate a photocopy or high quality scan of it... Many thanks.)
some guitar notes: (I am not an expert)
I think Bruce played THE 1954 Esquire for only one song, I believe Promised Land. He played a sunburst 12 string telecaster for The Fuse. Man, it looked cool. He also had the sunburst telecaster with tremolo as seen on Letterman etc. (for the Rising and Lonesome Day etc) and another with tremolo, but all black. Finally, he had another telecaster with the same kind of coloring as his Esquire (butterscotch blonde and black pickguard), which could be the 1952 reissue model readily available, but it could also be one of the Nocaster reissues, (or something totally for him from Fender). He had his usual Takamine electric/acoustic EF-341C and another sunburst Takamine of which I have no more info. Can't remember if he used the EF-381C 12 string electric/acoustic, but I remember Steve playing it. (If you have any more info please let me know, I would especially like to know more about the Gibson J-200 he used to play Empty Sky on Nightline.)
some comments in Japanese:
もう死んでもいいかも．こんなに近くでブルースをみることができるなんて．
あともうちょっとで*あの*ギターに触れることが．．．
あともうちょっとでブルースの汗をあびることが．．．
あともうちょっとでブルースとハイファイブができるところだった．．．
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