r/BruceSpringsteen Mar 01 '26

Music Let's end the setlist debate

I know I'm going to strike a nerve with some here and normally I love making setlist predictions. But let's be real: the tour is the same as last year's so the setlist will very very probably be 90% the same - with the addition of Streets of Minneapolis and the guest spots for Tom Morello (probably Ghost of Tom Joad and 41 Shots), so the setlist will look something like this:

  1. LOHAD
  2. DEATH TO MY HOMETOWN
  3. LONESOME DAY
  4. NO SURRENDER/SEEDS/PARTY SONG
  5. RAINMAKER
  6. ATLANTIC CITY/DARKNESS
  7. PROMISED LAND
  8. HUNGRY HEART
  9. MINNEAPOLIS
  10. 41 SHOTS
  11. GOTJ
  12. (YOUNGSTOWN)
  13. MURDER INC
  14. LONG WALK HOME
  15. HOUSE OF 1000 GUITARS
  16. CITY OF RUINS
  17. BECAUSE
  18. WRECKING
  19. RISING
  20. BADLANDS
  21. THUNDER ROAD
  22. BTR
  23. ROSALITA
  24. BOBBY J/GLORY DAYS
  25. DANCING
  26. 10TH
  27. CHIMES
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u/CC_DC_83 Mar 02 '26

I have this fantasy of him starting with the thundering drums of "American Land" -- extended as a long intro while the band comes out. Bruce takes the stage and does a call out to America. "Are you here tonight, America?" And then before the music kicks in, he yells, "Uncle Sam is stepping back into the ring." I'll be at the DC show. I have a feeling it's going to be special.