25/06/2012

Bruce Springsteen Closes IOW Festival

Bruce Springsteen closed this year’s Isle Of Wight Festival with a typically mammoth set yesterday evening (June 24th).


Springsteen opened with the classic, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, Badlands, and also played a selection of tracks taken from his latest release, Wrecking Ball.


A crowd pleasing encore included favourites such as Born In The USA, Glory Days, Dancing In The Dark and the 1984 record’s title track, while the set was concluded with a spectacular fireworks display during a cover of Twist and Shout.


Before Bruce took to the stage, frontman, Noel Gallagher performed his first UK festival gig as a solo artist. With material from his debut solo record Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds played along side a handful of Oasis classics such as Little By Little and Don’t Look Back In Anger, the performance was brought to a rabble rousing finish.


Bruce Springsteen's setlist:


  • Badlands
  • No Surrender
  • We Take Care Of Our Own
  • Wrecking Ball
  • Death to My Hometown
  • My City of Ruins
  • Spirit in the Night
  • Lonesome Day
  • Jack of All Trades
  • Atlantic City
  • Because the Night
  • Working on the Highway
  • Shackled and Drawn
  • Waitin’ on a Sunny Day
  • The River
  • The Rising
  • Out in the Street
  • Land of Hope and Dreams
  • We Are Alive
  • Born in the U.S.A.
  • Born to Run
  • Glory Days
  • Dancing in the Dark
  • Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
  • Twist and Shout