Bruce Springsteen Archives

Bruce Springsteen Archives is an ongoing collection of officially released live albums by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Beginning in November 2014 with the release of the 2012 Apollo Theater concert, Springsteen sought out to release fully recorded shows from his past archives officially to fans for purchase. The releases, which focus on past tours prior to the launch of the archive, have ranged from the Born to Run tours through the Wrecking Ball World Tour; subsequent shows from 2014 on have been released on an ongoing basis, with full tours represented, as part of the same program.

The idea originally came after Springsteen released every concert from his High Hopes Tour for fans to purchase. Those shows were originally released for a limited time after the original concert dates, and were made available on a permanent basis after the launch of the archive. Several shows had previously circulated among fans as bootleg recordings; the archive releases are sourced from soundboard recordings, and are digitally restored and remastered. Releases are provided in a variety of digital download formats or on CD.^[1]

Following the release of the Wachovia Spectrum 2009 show, it was announced that the following releases would focus shows even further back the band's history to cover more historic tours and performances, and in August 2017, nugs.net representative Brad Serling announced during an interview on E Street Radio that 25 additional archive releases were planned, to be released on a monthly schedule, starting with the 1977 Palace Theatre and Auditorium Theatre shows.^[2] The archive series has since eclipsed that original expansion as of the May 3, 2019 release.

Releases[]

#	Venue	City	Concert date	Release date	Notes
1	Apollo Theater	New York, NY	March 9, 2012	November 17, 2014	Show held to commemorate the tenth anniversary of SiriusXM Radio; tickets were available only to winners of a SiriusXM subscriber-only contest. Also served as the first rehearsal show for the Wrecking Ball World Tour.
2	The Agora	Cleveland, OH	August 9, 1978	December 23, 2014	One of five shows broadcast live on regional radio in 1978; from the Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour.
3	Tower Theater	Upper Darby, PA	December 31, 1975	February 10, 2015	From the 1975 leg of the Born to Run tours.
4	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Uniondale, NY	December 31, 1980	March 25, 2015	Widely considered the longest show of Springsteen's career until 2012; from The River Tour. A re-mix of this show was released on July 5, 2019.
5	Brendan Byrne Arena	East Rutherford, NJ	August 5, 1984	May 13, 2015	From the Born in the U.S.A. Tour.
6	Los Angeles Sports Arena	Los Angeles, CA	April 23, 1988	July 8, 2015	From the Tunnel of Love Express Tour.
7	Schottenstein Center	Columbus, OH	July 31, 2005	September 24, 2015	From the Devils & Dust Tour.
8	Ippodromo delle Capannelle	Rome, Italy	July 11, 2013	November 11, 2015	From the Wrecking Ball World Tour. Original release was replaced with a new mix free of charge to previous purchasers on December 18, 2015.
9	ASU Activity Center	Tempe, AZ	November 5, 1980	December 24, 2015	Partial audio released free of charge to complement video of this show from The Ties That Bind box set; from The River Tour. Between this release and the box set, the entire show was released in official quality.
10	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles, CA	November 16, 1990	June 1, 2016	Show held to benefit the Christic Institute.
11	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles, CA	November 17, 1990	June 1, 2016	Show held to benefit the Christic Institute.
12	HSBC Arena	Buffalo, NY	November 22, 2009	December 24, 2016	Final regular show to feature Clarence Clemons, and the final show of the Working on a Dream Tour; features to date the only full-length performance of Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., Springsteen's debut album.
13	Scottrade Center	St. Louis, MO	August 23, 2008	April 14, 2017	From the Magic Tour.
14	Olympiastadion	Helsinki, Finland	July 31, 2012	May 23, 2017	The longest show of Springsteen's career; from the Wrecking Ball World Tour.
15	Wachovia Spectrum	Philadelphia, PA	October 20, 2009	July 13, 2017	Springsteen's final show at the venue before its demolition; from the Working on a Dream Tour.
16	Palace Theatre	Albany, NY	February 7, 1977	August 4, 2017	Touted as the first soundboard recordings from the 1977 leg of the Born to Run tours.
17	Auditorium Theatre	Rochester, NY	February 8, 1977	August 4, 2017	From the 1977 leg of the Born to Run tours.
18	King's Hall	Belfast, Northern Ireland	March 19, 1996	September 1, 2017	From the Ghost of Tom Joad Tour.
19	The Summit	Houston, TX	December 8, 1978	September 21, 2017	Video released as part of The Promise box set; from the Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour. Sales from this release benefited relief efforts for Houston in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
20	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY	July 1, 2000	October 6, 2017	Portions of this show released as part of Live in New York City; final show of the Reunion Tour.
21	Stockholms Stadion	Stockholm, Sweden	July 3, 1988	November 3, 2017	From the Tunnel of Love Express Tour.
22	New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival	New Orleans, LA	April 30, 2006	December 1, 2017	From the Sessions Band Tour.
23	Capitol Theatre	Passaic, NJ	September 20, 1978	December 22, 2017	From the Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour.
24	Brendan Byrne Arena	East Rutherford, NJ	June 24, 1993	January 5, 2018	Billed as the Concert to Fight Hunger to benefit various food banks and hunger-fighting organizations.
25	Van Andel Arena	Grand Rapids, MI	August 3, 2005	February 2, 2018	From the Devils & Dust Tour.
26	Brendan Byrne Arena	East Rutherford, NJ	August 20, 1984	March 2, 2018	From the Born in the U.S.A. Tour.
27	TD Banknorth Garden	Boston, MA	November 19, 2007	April 6, 2018	Final show to feature Danny Federici as a touring member of the E Street Band; from the Magic Tour.
28	St. Rose of Lima School	Freehold Borough, NJ	November 8, 1996	May 4, 2018	Benefit show for St. Rose of Lima School's Hispanic Community Center, in which tickets were available solely to residents of Freehold, NJ; from the Ghost of Tom Joad Tour.
29	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY	November 8, 2009	June 1, 2018	Features a full-length performance of The River; from the Working on a Dream Tour.
30	Roxy Theatre	Los Angeles, CA	July 7, 1978	July 6, 2018	One of five shows broadcast live on regional radio in 1978; from the Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour. Eight selections from this show previously appeared on Live 1975-85.
31	Wembley Arena	London, UK	June 5, 1981	August 3, 2018	From The River Tour.
32	United Center	Chicago, IL	September 30, 1999	September 7, 2018	From the Reunion Tour.
33	Olympiastadion	Helsinki, Finland	June 16, 2003	October 5, 2018	From The Rising Tour.
34	First Direct Arena	Leeds, UK	July 24, 2013	November 9, 2018	From the Wrecking Ball World Tour.
35	Roxy Theatre	Los Angeles, CA	October 18, 1975	December 7, 2018	From the 1975 leg of the Born to Run tours.
36	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY	September 21, 1979	December 24, 2018	Part of the 1979 No Nukes concert series advocating against the use of nuclear energy. Note: No longer available as of July 2021.
37	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY	September 22, 1979	December 24, 2018	Part of the 1979 No Nukes concert series advocating against the use of nuclear energy. Note: No longer available as of July 2021.
38	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY	May 23, 1988	January 4, 2019	From the Tunnel of Love Express Tour.
39	St. Pete Times Forum	Tampa, FL	April 22, 2008	February 1, 2019	First show since the death of Danny Federici; from the Magic Tour.
40	Sovereign Bank Arena	Trenton, NJ	November 22, 2005	March 1, 2019	Final show of the Devils & Dust Tour.
41	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles, CA	September 27, 1985	April 5, 2019	From the Born in the U.S.A. Tour.
42	Brendan Byrne Arena	East Rutherford, NJ	July 25, 1992	May 3, 2019	From the Bruce Springsteen 1992–1993 World Tour.
43	MetLife Stadium	East Rutherford, NJ	September 22, 2012	June 7, 2019	Show start was delayed by nearly three hours due to stormy weather; Springsteen's 63rd birthday. From the Wrecking Ball World Tour.
44	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Uniondale, NY	December 29, 1980	July 5, 2019	From The River Tour.
45	Shoreline Amphitheatre	Mountain View, CA	October 13, 1986	August 9, 2019	Part of the inaugural installment of the Bridge School Benefit concert series.
46	Capitol Theatre	Passaic, NJ	September 19, 1978	September 6, 2019	One of five shows broadcast live on regional radio in 1978; from the Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour.
47	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA	October 23, 1999	October 11, 2019	From the Reunion Tour.
48	Paramount Theatre	Asbury Park, NJ	November 24, 1996	November 1, 2019	From the Ghost of Tom Joad Tour.
49	Winterland Arena	San Francisco, CA	December 15, 1978	December 20, 2019	One of five shows broadcast live on regional radio in 1978; from the Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour.
50	Winterland Arena	San Francisco, CA	December 16, 1978	December 20, 2019	From the Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour.
51	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Uniondale, NY	May 4, 2009	February 7, 2020	From the Working on a Dream Tour.
52	Joe Louis Arena	Detroit, MI	March 28, 1988	March 6, 2020	From the Tunnel of Love Express Tour.
53	Ullevi	Gothenburg, Sweden	July 28, 2012	April 3, 2020	From the Wrecking Ball World Tour.
54	Brendan Byrne Arena	East Rutherford, NJ	July 9, 1981	May 1, 2020	From The River Tour. "Jersey Girl" from this show previously appeared on Live 1975-85. Sales from this release benefited the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund.
55	Hovet	Stockholm, Sweden	June 25, 2005	June 12, 2020	From the Devils & Dust Tour.
56	First Union Center	Philadelphia, PA	September 25, 1999	July 3, 2020	From the Reunion Tour.
57	Wembley Arena	London, UK	November 11, 2006	August 21, 2020	From the Sessions Band Tour.
58	Brendan Byrne Arena	East Rutherford, NJ	August 6, 1984	September 18, 2020	From the Born in the U.S.A. Tour.
59	Fox Theatre (Atlanta)	Atlanta, GA	September 30, 1978	October 9, 2020	From the Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour.
60	Greensboro Coliseum Complex	Greensboro, NC	April 28, 2008	November 6, 2020	From the Magic Tour.
61	Hammersmith Odeon	London, UK	November 24, 1975	December 4, 2020	Last show of the European leg of the Born to Run tours.
62	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY	November 7, 2009	December 24, 2020	From the Working on a Dream Tour; the first full performance ever of The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle album.
63	Xcel Energy Center	St. Paul, MN	November 12, 2012	January 8, 2021	From the final US leg on the Wrecking Ball World Tour.
64	Palais des Congrès Acropolis	Nice, France	May 18, 1997	February 5, 2021	From the Ghost of Tom Joad Tour.
65	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY	June 27, 2000	March 12, 2021	From the Reunion Tour.
66	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	Los Angeles, CA	April 28, 1988	April 2, 2021	From the Tunnel of Love Express Tour.
67	Boston Garden	Boston, MA	December 13, 1992	May 7, 2021	From the Bruce Springsteen 1992-1993 World Tour.
68	Berkeley Community Theatre	Berkeley, CA	July 1, 1978	June 18, 2021	From the Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour.
69	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford, NJ	August 22, 1985	July 23, 2021	From the Born in the U.S.A. Tour. The last recorded date of the six-day stay at the Giants Stadium.^[3] Steven Van Zandt joins the band for the encore.
70	Fenway Park	Boston, MA	August 15, 2012	August 6, 2021	From the Wrecking Ball Tour.
71	Tower Theatre	Upper Darby, PA	May 17, 2005	September 3, 2021	From the Devils & Dust Tour
72	Conseco Fieldhouse	Indianapolis, IN	March 20, 2008	October 22, 2021	From the Magic Tour. Danny Federici's final appearance with the E Street Band
73	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Uniondale, NY	December 28, 1980	December 3, 2021	From The River Tour
74		Greenvale, NY	December 12, 1975	December 23, 2021	From the 1975 leg of the Born To Run tour
75	Anaheim Pond	Anaheim, CA	May 22, 2000	January 7, 2022	From the Reunion Tour
76	Tower Theatre	Upper Darby, PA	December 9, 1995	February 4, 2022	From the Ghost Of Tom Joad Tour
77	Quicken Loans Arena	Cleveland, OH	November 10, 2009	March 4, 2022	From the Working On A Dream Tour. Full performance of the Born To Run album

References[]

^ Greene, Andy (November 18, 2014). "Bruce Springsteen Launches Archival Concert Download Service".
^ Leight, Elias (August 3, 2017). "Bruce Springsteen's Live Vaults Set to Add 25 New Recordings".
^ Flannigan, Erik (July 23, 2021). "I Got You And You Got Me". www.nugs.net. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-28. This release marks the debut of the August 22 recording. [...] the Giants Stadium homestand wrapped with gigs on August 31 and September 1. The remote recording truck did not return for the last two concerts.

External links[]

Bruce Springsteen Archives

[1] Greene, Andy (November 18, 2014). "Bruce Springsteen Launches Archival Concert Download Service".

[2] Leight, Elias (August 3, 2017). "Bruce Springsteen's Live Vaults Set to Add 25 New Recordings".

[3] Flannigan, Erik (July 23, 2021). "I Got You And You Got Me". www.nugs.net. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-28. This release marks the debut of the August 22 recording. [...] the Giants Stadium homestand wrapped with gigs on August 31 and September 1. The remote recording truck did not return for the last two concerts.

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E Street Band Bruce Springsteen Garry Tallent Roy Bittan Max Weinberg Steven Van Zandt Nils Lofgren Patti Scialfa Soozie Tyrell Charles Giordano Jake Clemons Ernest Carter Clarence Clemons Danny Federici Vini Lopez David Sancious
Studio albums	Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973) The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973) Born to Run (1975) Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) The River (1980) Nebraska (1982) Born in the U.S.A. (1984) Tunnel of Love (1987) Human Touch (1992) Lucky Town (1992) The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) The Rising (2002) Devils & Dust (2005) We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006) Magic (2007) Working on a Dream (2009) Wrecking Ball (2012) High Hopes (2014) Western Stars (2019) Letter to You (2020)
Live albums	Live 1975–85 (1986) In Concert/MTV Plugged (1993) Live in New York City (2001) Hammersmith Odeon London '75 (2006) Live in Dublin (2007) Live from the Carousel (2011) Springsteen on Broadway (2018) The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts (2021)
Bruce Springsteen Archives	Apollo Theater 3/09/12 (2014) The Agora, Cleveland 1978 (2015) Tower Theater, Philadelphia 1975 (2015) Nassau Coliseum, New York 1980 (2015) Brendan Byrne Arena, New Jersey 1984 (2015) LA Sports Arena, California 1988 (2015) Schottenstein Center, Ohio 2005 (2015) Ippodromo delle Capannelle, Rome 2013 (2015) Arizona State University, Tempe 1980 (2015) The Christic Shows 1990 (2016) HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY, 11/22/09 (2016) Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO, 8/23/08 (2017) Olympiastadion, Helsinki, July 31, 2012 (2017) Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 10/20/09 (2017) Palace Theatre, Albany 1977 (2017) Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY 1977 (2017) King's Hall, Belfast March 19, 1996 (2017) The Summit, Houston, TX December 8, 1978 (2017) The Live Series: Songs of the Road (2018) The Live Series: Songs of Friendship (2019) The Live Series: Songs of Hope (2019) The Live Series: Songs of Love (2019) The Live Series: Songs from Around the World (2019) The Live Series: Songs Under Cover (2020)
Soundtracks	Western Stars – Songs from the Film (2019)
Compilations	Greatest Hits (1995) 18 Tracks (1999) The Essential Bruce Springsteen (2003) Greatest Hits (2009) The Promise (2010) Collection: 1973–2012 (2013) Chapter and Verse (2016)
Box sets	The Born in the U.S.A. 12" Single Collection (1985) Tracks (1998) The Collection (2004) Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition (2005) The Collection 1973–1984 (2010) The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story (2010) The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973–1984 (2014) The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (2015)
EPs	Live Collection (1987) Chimes of Freedom (1988) Blood Brothers (1996) PBS Exclusive (2007) Magic Tour Highlights (2008) American Beauty (2014)
Singles	"Blinded by the Light" (1973) "Spirit in the Night" (1973) "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" (1974) "Born to Run" (1975) "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (1976) "Prove It All Night" (1978) "Badlands" (1978) "The Promised Land" (1978) "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" (1979) "Hungry Heart" (1980) "Fade Away" (1981) "Sherry Darling" (1981) "The River" (1981) "Cadillac Ranch" (1981) "Point Blank" (1981) "Atlantic City" (1982) "Open All Night" (1982) "Dancing in the Dark" (1984) "Cover Me" (1984) "Born in the U.S.A." (1984) "I'm on Fire" (1985) "Glory Days" (1985) "I'm Goin' Down" (1985) "My Hometown" (1985) "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (1985) "War" (1986) "Fire" (1987) "Brilliant Disguise" (1987) "Tunnel of Love" (1987) "One Step Up" (1988) "Tougher Than the Rest" (1988) "Spare Parts" (1988) "Human Touch" (1992) "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" (1992) "Better Days" (1992) "Streets of Philadelphia" (1994) "Secret Garden" (1995) "The Ghost of Tom Joad" (1996) "Sad Eyes" (1999) "The Rising" (2002) "Lonesome Day" (2002) "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" (2003) "Devils & Dust" (2005) "All The Way Home" (2005) "Radio Nowhere" (2007) "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" (2008) "Working on a Dream" (2008) "My Lucky Day" (2008) "The Wrestler" (2009) "We Take Care of Our Own" (2012) "Death to My Hometown" (2012) "High Hopes" (2013) "Just Like Fire Would" (2014) "Hello Sunshine" (2019) "Tucson Train" (2019) "Letter to You" (2020) "Ghosts" (2020)
Charting songs	"Be True" (1981) "Ramrod" (1981) "Nebraska" (1982) "Johnny 99" (1982) "No Surrender" (1984) "Bobby Jean" (1984) "Stand on It" (1985) "Trapped" (live) (1985) "Because the Night" (live) (1986) "Chimes of Freedom" (live) (1988) "Youngstown" (1995) "American Skin (41 Shots)" (2001) "Pay Me My Money Down" (2006) "Long Walk Home" (2006) "My City of Ruins" (2011) "Rocky Ground" (2012) "The Power of Prayer" (2020)
Other notable songs	"Growin' Up" (1973) "For You" (1973) "Incident on 57th Street" (1973) "The Fever" (1973) "Thunder Road" (1975) "Night" (1975) "Backstreets" (1975) "She's the One" (1975) "Meeting Across the River" (1975) "Jungleland" (1975) "Adam Raised a Cain" (1978) "Racing in the Street" (1978) "Darkness on the Edge of Town" (1978) "Stay" (1979) "The Ties That Bind" (1980) "Independence Day" (1980) "Out in the Street" (1980) "Stolen Car" (1980) "Wreck on the Highway" (1980) "Highway Patrolman" (1982) "Darlington County" (1984) "Working on the Highway" (1984) "Downbound Train" (1984) "Pink Cadillac" (1984) "Jersey Girl" (1986) "Light of Day" (1993) "The New Timer" (1995) "Land of Hope and Dreams" (2012) "Hunter of Invisible Game" (2014) "Chinatown" (2020)
Video releases	Video Anthology / 1978–88 (1989) In Concert/MTV Plugged (1992) Blood Brothers (1996) The Complete Video Anthology / 1978–2000 (2001) Live in New York City (2001) Live in Barcelona (2003) VH1 Storytellers (2005) Wings for Wheels (2005) Hammersmith Odeon London '75 (2005) Live in Dublin (2007) Magic Tour Highlights (2008) London Calling: Live in Hyde Park (2010) The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town (2010) Springsteen & I (2013) Born in the U.S.A. Live: London 2013 (2014) A MusiCares Tribute to Bruce Springsteen (2014) Bruce Springsteen's High Hopes (2014) High Hopes in South Africa (2014) Hunter of Invisible Game (2014)
Concerts	Born to Run tours (1974–77) Darkness Tour (1978) The River Tour (1980–81) Born in the U.S.A. Tour (1984–85) Tunnel of Love Express (1988) Human Rights Now! (1988) Bruce Springsteen 1992–1993 World Tour (1992–93) Ghost of Tom Joad Tour (1995–97) Reunion Tour (1999–2000) Rising Tour (2002–03) Vote for Change (2004) Devils & Dust Tour (2005) Seeger Sessions Band Tour (2006) Magic Tour (2007–08) Working on a Dream Tour (2009) Wrecking Ball World Tour (2012–13) High Hopes Tour (2014) The River Tour (2016) Summer '17 (2017) Springsteen on Broadway (2017–18, 2021)
Related people	Jessica Springsteen Pamela Springsteen Jon Landau John Hammond Mike Appel Phil Petillo Marie Castello Southside Johnny Brendan O'Brien Ron Aniello Toby Scott Bob Clearmountain Chuck Plotkin Jimmy Iovine Dave Marsh Eric Meola Frank Stefanko Lynn Goldsmith Annie Leibovitz Danny Clinch
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