"What a view" - Photo from the new Leeds Arena's official Twitter feed @fdarena
The brand new Leeds Arena played host to its first ever gig last night (July 24th) as one of rock music’s biggest stars rolled into town.
Bruce Springsteen gave the new site a fitting launch with one of his legendary mammoth sets, which included classic favourites such as ‘Dancing In The Dark‘, ‘Thunder Road‘ and ‘Badlands‘, while there were also covers of Patti Smith and Creedence Clearwater Revival tracks along with an airing of the Isley Brothers‘ ‘Shout‘.
Elton John is due to official open the venue on September 4th, with Leonard Cohen, Vampire Weekend and the Kaiser Chiefs among the other acts with shows booked during the coming months.
Bruce Springsteen setlist (source: Setlist.fm):
‘Roulette’
‘My Love Will Not Let You Down’
‘No Surrender’
‘Something in the Night’
‘American Skin (41 Shots)’
‘The Promised Land’
‘Hungry Heart’
‘Local Hero’
‘Gotta Get That Feeling’
‘Bad Moon Rising’
‘Thundercrack’
‘Wrecking Ball’
‘Death to My Hometown’
‘This Depression’
‘Because the Night’
‘Darlington County’
‘Shackled and Drawn’
‘Waitin’ on a Sunny Day’
‘The Rising’
‘Land of Hope and Dreams’
‘Secret Garden’
‘Atlantic City’
‘Badlands’
‘Born to Run’
‘Dancing in the Dark’
‘Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out’
‘Shout’
‘If I Should Fall Behind’
‘Thunder Road’
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Awesome concert, shame a bout the Parking Tickets after a Night-Shift like that!
By the way, ‘Because the Night’ might have been fondly remembered by Patti Smith but its a springsteen song, so hardly a ‘cover’!