The River Tour (2016)

This article is about the tour in support of The Ties That Bind: The River Collection. For Springsteen's 1980–1981 tour, see The River Tour.

The River Tour^[3] was a concert tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in support of Springsteen's 2015 The Ties That Bind: The River Collection box set and in celebration of the 35th anniversary of Springsteen's 1980 album, The River.^[4] The River Tour ended in September 2016. Subsequently, the Summer '17 tour in Australia and New Zealand continued the tour using the same promotional image from the original legs.^[5]

The River Tour

Tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Associated album	The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
Start date	January 16, 2016
End date	February 25, 2017
Legs	4
No. of shows	47 in North America 28 in Europe 14 in Oceania (Summer '17 tour) 89 in Total
Box office	$306.5 million[1][2]
Bruce Springsteen concert chronology

The River Tour was the top grossing worldwide tour of 2016, pulling in $268.3 million globally, and was the highest-grossing tour since 2014 for any artist.^[6] Springsteen and the E Street Band also hold the biggest boxscore for 2016, with the May 27 and 29 shows at Dublin's Croke Park taking in $19,228,100 from 160,188 attendance for two sellout shows.^[7]

The tour marked the first tour in two years for Springsteen and the E Street Band. All shows on the first North American leg of tour and some shows from the second leg featured a full-length sequential performance of The River album. Other shows featured a large part of the album, albeit not always in album order.^[8] Many of the shows lasted over three and a half hours with around 33 songs performed. Springsteen's show on September 7, 2016, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia clocked in at 4 hours and 4 minutes, his longest show in the United States and the second-longest ever in his career, at two minutes shy of his 2012 show in Helsinki.^[9]

The tour was attended by many notable celebrities including; Snoop Dogg (LA show) Aimee Soller (KFC Yum! Centre) Matt Damon (Albany Show)

Background

The original River Tour began in October 1980 and continued through September 1981. With sets that regularly approached the four-hour range, the 140-date international tour firmly established a reputation for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as marathon performers.

Springsteen released The Ties That Bind: The River Collection on December 4, 2015. The box set features the original 1980 The River album along with many outtakes from the album's sessions.

The tour was announced on December 4, 2015, with tickets going on sale seven days later. It came unexpectedly, as Springsteen was working on a new solo album and planned to tour in support of that. However, with it already having been two years since his last tour with the E Street Band, Springsteen chose not to delay the next band tour even further. In November 2015, Springsteen's manager, Jon Landau, suggested performing The River at a few small shows in New York City and Los Angeles; however, Springsteen said it would take too long to rehearse and suggested doing twenty shows. Drummer Max Weinberg said he got the call from Springsteen on Thanksgiving, a week before the tour was announced to the public. "In all of my professional engagements, I have what I call the Springsteen Clause. It's inviolate. It's my own version of force majeure. It's an act of God or Bruce Springsteen. And it works all the time," Weinberg said. Nils Lofgren had to change dates on his solo tour, while Gary Tallent had to postpone his.^[10][11][12]

This was the first Springsteen tour in which all dates featured the same album performed in its entirety. Unlike the previous few tours, the touring lineup was downsized and did not feature a full horn section or backing vocalists.^[13] "I knew the basis of the show was going to be The River, and that was a small rock group. The tighter lineup feels much more like the old days", Springsteen said. Like previous tours, Patti Scialfa was not present at every show due to her responsibilities as a mother supporting her daughter in her equestrian career. Due to Scialfa's not being present at every show, along with no choir, Garry Tallent, standing in her spot on stage, sang backup vocals on a consistent basis on the front line.

Itinerary

Springsteen performing during the final date of Summer '17, on February 25, 2017, at Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland

North American leg 1

The tour got underway in Pittsburgh on January 16, 2016. Each show kicked off with "Meet Me in the City", followed by the full album performance of The River, and concluding with a twelve-song set featuring songs from the rest of Springsteen's catalog. The show usually finished with a cover of the Isley Brothers' "Shout". The show scheduled for January 24, 2016, at Madison Square Garden was postponed due to a record-setting snowstorm that hit the East Coast. The show was rescheduled for March 28. On April 23, 2016, at the first of two Brooklyn shows to end the first leg of the tour, Springsteen said that Brooklyn would mark "the last two nights we're officially playing The River from start to finish".^[14] That night he opened with "Purple Rain" in tribute to Prince, who had just died.

European leg

On July 13, 2016, for the first time since the end of the first North American leg of the tour, The River was performed in its entirety.

North American leg 2

Springsteen and the E Street Band kicked off the second North American leg of the tour on August 23, 2016, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, at MetLife Stadium. The show opened with a performance of "New York City Serenade"; that song became the opener for all shows on this leg of the tour. The final MetLife Stadium performance on August 30 clocked in at over 4 hours and opened with a run of nine original songs written in 1973 or earlier, plus early live favorites Summertime Blues and Pretty Flamingo. The practice of playing a string of tracks from Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., and The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle continued throughout the rest of this leg.

The show on September 3, 2016, in Virginia Beach was postponed until September 5, 2016, due to inclement weather. On September 7, 2016, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Springsteen played for 4 hours and 4 minutes, his longest show in the United States and second-longest ever. Springsteen performed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 2016, the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The show featured six songs from Springsteen's 9/11 inspired album, The Rising. Springsteen wrapped up The River Tour 2016 on September 14, 2016, in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Oceania leg / Summer '17 Tour

On September 12, 2016, a fourth leg of the tour was announced that included nine shows in Australia and New Zealand in early 2017, named Summer '17 but using the same promotional artwork as the 2016 tour.^[8]

Springsteen's concert in Christchurch on February 21, 2017, fell on the eve of the anniversary of the earthquake which devastated the city's center. In the weeks that followed the quake, Springsteen's song "My City of Ruins" was adopted by Christchurch as an unofficial anthem. Springsteen played the song during the concert, dedicating it to the people of the city.^[15]

Record-breaking shows

Springsteen has been known for lengthy shows, and this tour continued that trend. The show on September 7, 2016, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, ran 4 hours and 4 minutes, which stands as Springsteen's longest show in the United States and second-longest ever after a 2012 show in Helsinki that ran two minutes longer.

Ticket scalping

As with previous Springsteen tours, ticket scalpers were a major problem when it came to buying tickets. Tickets for Springsteen's New York City shows began popping up on resale sites such as StubHub and eBay on December 7, 2015, four days before they went on sale to the public. Scalpers were re-selling tickets not yet available for as much as $5,000. This prompted New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to launch an investigation into how this happened and to write a letter demanding that both companies immediately remove any listings for ticket sales.^[16] When tickets finally went on sale on December 11, many fans again were shut out from buying tickets as most venues sold out quickly; within minutes, tickets were appearing for hundreds to thousands of dollars more on resale sites.^[17] According to reports, Springsteen's shows sold out in record time. Springsteen's show in Newark, New Jersey, at the Prudential Center sold out in a few minutes. His previous 2012 show at the same venue took two hours to sell out.^[18]

Recordings

All shows were professionally recorded and released on live.brucespringsteen.net. Many were also featured on E Street Radio.

Set list

This set list is representative of the average setlist of the tour's first North American leg as conducted by Setlist.fm, which represents all concerts for the duration of the tour's first leg. The full album performance was dropped following the first leg, although it was resurrected for a few shows on the second leg of the tour.^[19]

1. "Meet Me in the City"

The River

2. "The Ties That Bind"
3. "Sherry Darling"
4. "Jackson Cage"
5. "Two Hearts"
6. "Independence Day"
7. "Hungry Heart"
8. "Out in the Street"
9. "Crush on You"
10. "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)"
11. "I Wanna Marry You"
12. "The River"
13. "Point Blank"
14. "Cadillac Ranch"
15. "I'm a Rocker"
16. "Fade Away"
17. "Stolen Car"
18. "Ramrod"
19. "The Price You Pay"
20. "Drive All Night"
21. "Wreck on the Highway"

Post-River

22. "Badlands"
23. "Lonesome Day"
24. "No Surrender"
25. "She's the One"
26. "Because the Night"
27. "The Rising"
28. "Thunder Road"

Encore

29. "Born to Run"
30. "Dancing in the Dark"
31. "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)"
32. "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"
33. "Bobby Jean"
34. "Shout" (The Isley Brothers cover)

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Act	Attendance	Revenue
North America[20]
January 16, 2016	Pittsburgh	United States	Consol Energy Center	—	18,353 / 18,353	$2,412,020
January 19, 2016	Chicago		United Center		19,120 / 19,120	$2,756,475
January 27, 2016	New York City		Madison Square Garden		18,474 / 18,474	$2,508,528
January 29, 2016	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center		18,093 / 18,093	$2,383,850
January 31, 2016	Newark		Prudential Center		16,539 / 16,539	$2,227,836
February 2, 2016	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre		18,134 / 18,134	$1,793,936
February 4, 2016	Boston	United States	TD Garden		17,039 / 17,039	$2,062,417
February 8, 2016	Albany		Times Union Center		15,162 / 15,162	$1,966,730
February 10, 2016	Hartford		XL Center		14,672 / 14,672	$2,080,294
February 12, 2016	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center		19,411 / 19,411	$2,503,356
February 16, 2016	Sunrise		BB&T Center		18,658 / 18,658	$2,174,905
February 18, 2016	Atlanta		Philips Arena		16,713 / 17,450	$1,888,030
February 21, 2016	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center		15,730 / 16,900	$1,847,730
February 23, 2016	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena		19,071 / 19,071	$2,520,055
February 25, 2016	Buffalo		First Niagara Center		18,351 / 18,351	$2,186,795
February 27, 2016	Rochester		Blue Cross Arena		12,581 / 12,581	$1,712,080
February 29, 2016	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center		18,628 / 18,628	$2,576,190
March 3, 2016	Milwaukee		BMO Harris Bradley Center		17,653 / 17,653	$1,969,655
March 6, 2016	St. Louis		Chaifetz Arena		9,965 / 9,965	$1,334,370
March 10, 2016	Phoenix		Talking Stick Resort Arena		16,480 / 16,480	$2,050,630
March 13, 2016	Oakland		Oracle Arena		17,117 / 17,117	$2,245,715
March 15, 2016	Los Angeles		Memorial Sports Arena		49,302 / 49,302	$7,050,775
March 17, 2016
March 19, 2016
March 22, 2016	Portland		Moda Center		12,074 / 13,700	$1,639,915
March 24, 2016	Seattle		KeyArena		14,767 / 14,767	$1,929,695
March 28, 2016[A]	New York City		Madison Square Garden		18,484 / 18,484	$2,508,003
March 31, 2016	Denver		Pepsi Center		16,770 / 18,540	$2,211,320
April 3, 2016	Oklahoma City		Chesapeake Energy Arena		12,603 / 14,332	$1,557,353
April 5, 2016	Dallas		American Airlines Center		15,563 / 16,961	$1,991,405
April 7, 2016	Kansas City		Sprint Center		12,286 / 13,813	$1,557,745
April 12, 2016	Columbus		Schottenstein Center		12,008 / 13,941	$1,568,810
April 14, 2016	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills		15,754 / 15,754	$1,949,443
April 18, 2016	University Park		Bryce Jordan Center		14,447 / 15,000	$2,038,548
April 20, 2016	Baltimore		Royal Farms Arena		14,124 / 14,124	$2,054,260
April 23, 2016	Brooklyn		Barclays Center		33,248 / 33,248	$4,641,260
April 25, 2016
Europe[21]
May 14, 2016	Barcelona	Spain	Camp Nou	—	64,865 / 64,865	$6,014,054
May 17, 2016	San Sebastián		Anoeta Stadium		41,100 / 41,100	$3,839,494
May 19, 2016[B]	Lisbon	Portugal	Parque da Bela Vista		—	—
May 21, 2016	Madrid	Spain	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium		55,695 / 55,695	$5,359,310
May 25, 2016	Manchester	England	City of Manchester Stadium		48,614 / 50,000	$5,785,157
May 27, 2016	Dublin	Ireland	Croke Park		160,188 / 160,188	$19,228,100
May 29, 2016
June 1, 2016	Glasgow	Scotland	Hampden Park		45,330 / 45,330	$5,314,504
June 3, 2016	Coventry	England	Ricoh Arena		36,588 / 36,588	$4,523,864
June 5, 2016	London		Wembley Stadium		68,696 / 68,696	$9,251,527
June 14, 2016	The Hague	Netherlands	Malieveld		67,715 / 67,715	$5,980,218
June 17, 2016	Munich	Germany	Olympiastadion Munich		54,119 / 54,119	$4,797,890
June 19, 2016	Berlin		Olympiastadion Berlin		66,464 / 66,464	$5,932,416
June 22, 2016	Copenhagen	Denmark	Telia Parken		50,178 / 50,178	$4,931,456
June 25, 2016	Gothenburg	Sweden	Ullevi		124,734 / 124,734	$10,016,748
June 27, 2016
June 29, 2016	Oslo	Norway	Ullevaal Stadion		30,283 / 30,283	$3,111,732
July 3, 2016	Milan	Italy	San Siro		104,646 / 104,646	$8,998,967
July 5, 2016
July 9, 2016[C]	Werchter	Belgium	Werchter Festival Grounds		—	—
July 11, 2016	Paris	France	AccorHotels Arena		35,344 / 35,344	$4,103,898
July 13, 2016
July 16, 2016[D]	Rome	Italy	Circus Maximus		56,369 / 56,369	$5,258,043
July 20, 2016	Horsens	Denmark	CASA Arena Horsens		29,423 / 29,423	$2,927,130
July 23, 2016	Gothenburg	Sweden	Ullevi		64,622 / 64,622	$5,052,563
July 26, 2016	Trondheim	Norway	Granåsen		36,994 / 36,994	$3,897,365
July 28, 2016	Oslo		Frogner Park		37,126 / 37,126	$3,858,353
July 31, 2016	Zürich	Switzerland	Letzigrund		36,728 / 36,728	$5,178,033
North America
August 23, 2016	East Rutherford	United States	MetLife Stadium	—	153,930 / 153,930	$18,239,039
August 25, 2016
August 28, 2016	Chicago		United Center		19,313 / 19,313	$2,459,600
August 30, 2016	East Rutherford		MetLife Stadium		–[a]	–[b]
September 1, 2016	Washington, D.C.		Nationals Park		36,463 / 36,463	$4,627,705
September 5, 2016[E]	Virginia Beach		Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater		11,629 / 15,000	$1,082,764
September 7, 2016	Philadelphia		Citizens Bank Park		77,670 / 80,000	$10,048,796
September 9, 2016
September 11, 2016	Pittsburgh		Consol Energy Center		16,674 / 18,353	$2,117,125
September 14, 2016	Foxborough		Gillette Stadium		48,324 / 51,664	$5,439,521
Oceania[8]
January 22, 2017	Perth	Australia	Perth Arena	—	39,957 / 39,957	$5,914,782
January 25, 2017
January 27, 2017
January 30, 2017	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre		10,920 / 10,920	$1,612,374
February 2, 2017	Melbourne		Melbourne Rectangular Stadium	Jet	51,192 / 54,000	$7,384,735
February 4, 2017				Jet Diesel
February 7, 2017	Sydney		Sydney SuperDome	—	31,323 / 32,000	$4,546,210
February 9, 2017
February 11, 2017	Mount Macedon		Hanging Rock	Jet Diesel	19,644 / 19,644	$2,895,699
February 14, 2017	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre	—	25,220 / 25,220	$3,896,163
February 16, 2017
February 18, 2017	Hunter Valley		Hope Estate Winery	Jet Diesel	19,722 / 19,722	$2,848,983
February 21, 2017	Christchurch	New Zealand	Rugby League Park	Jet Marlon Williams	29,254 / 29,254	$4,106,197
February 25, 2017	Auckland		Mount Smart Stadium		33,952 / 40,000	$4,767,320
TOTAL					2,486,058 / 2,520,141 (98.6%)	$293,703,964

1. Boxscore combined with the boxscore from August 23–25, 2016.
2. Boxscore combined with the boxscore from August 23–25, 2016.

N/A

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert was rescheduled from the show originally scheduled on January 24 which was postponed due to snow.

^B This concert was part of the "Rock in Rio Lisbon"

^C This concert was part of "TW Classic"

^D This concert was part of the "Rock in Roma"

^E This concert was rescheduled from the show originally scheduled on September 3 which was postponed due to inclement weather caused by Tropical Storm Hermine.

Cancelled/postponed shows

On April 8, 2016, Springsteen announced on his website that he was cancelling his concert, two days later, at the Greensboro Coliseum in North Carolina, in protest of the state legislature's new law, the HB2 (nicknamed the "Bathroom Bill"), which banned transgender people from using public restrooms of the gender with which they identify and overturned local laws that ban employers from discriminating against certain workers. "Some things are more important than a rock show", he remarked.^[22] Springsteen was forced to postpone his concert on September 3, 2016, in Virginia Beach due to inclement weather from Hurricane Hermine. The show was rescheduled for two days later.

List of cancelled and postponed concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation or postponement

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason/Additional Info
April 10, 2016	Greensboro	United States	Greensboro Coliseum	HB2 law in North Carolina[23]
September 3, 2016	Virginia Beach	United States	Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater	Postponed to September 5, 2016, due to inclement weather from Hurricane Hermine

Songs performed

Originals/studio tracks/cover songs

Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. "Blinded By the Light" "Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?" "For You" (solo piano) "Growin' Up" "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" "Lost in the Flood" "Spirit in the Night" The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" "The E Street Shuffle" "Incident on 57th Street" (solo piano) "Kitty's Back" "New York City Serenade" (with string section) "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" Born to Run "Backstreets" "Born to Run" "Jungleland" "Meeting Across the River" "Night" "She's the One" "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" "Thunder Road" (performed both with full band and solo acoustic) Darkness on the Edge of Town "Adam Raised a Cain" "Badlands" "Candy's Room" "Darkness on the Edge of Town" "Factory" "The Promised Land" (performed both with full band and solo acoustic) "Prove It All Night" (performed both with and without 1978 intro) "Racing in the Street" "Streets of Fire" "Something in the Night" The River "Cadillac Ranch" "Crush on You" "Drive All Night" (performed with and without "Dream Baby Dream" interlude) "Fade Away" "Hungry Heart" "I Wanna Marry You" (with "Here She Comes" intro) "I'm a Rocker" "Independence Day" "Jackson Cage" "Out in the Street" "Point Blank" "The Price You Pay" "Ramrod" "The River" "Sherry Darling" "Stolen Car" "The Ties That Bind" "Two Hearts" "Wreck on the Highway" "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)" Nebraska "Atlantic City" "Johnny 99" "Mansion on the Hill" "Nebraska" "Reason to Believe" Born in the U.S.A. "Bobby Jean" "Born in the U.S.A." "Cover Me" "Dancing in the Dark" "Darlington County" "Downbound Train "Glory Days" "I'm Goin' Down" "I'm on Fire" "My Hometown" "No Surrender" "Working on the Highway" Tunnel of Love "Brilliant Disguise" "Tougher Than the Rest" "Tunnel of Love" Human Touch "Human Touch" "Roll of the Dice" Lucky Town "Better Days" "If I Should Fall Behind" (performed both with full band and solo acoustic) "Living Proof" "Lucky Town" "Leap Of Faith"

Greatest Hits "Blood Brothers" "Murder Incorporated" "Secret Garden" "Streets of Philadelphia" "This Hard Land" (solo acoustic) The Ghost of Tom Joad "The Ghost of Tom Joad" (performed both with full band and solo acoustic) "Youngstown" Tracks "Back in Your Arms" "Be True" "The Fever" "Frankie" "I Wanna Be With You" "Iceman" "Loose Ends" "My Love Will Not Let You Down" "Pink Cadillac" "Roulette" "Thundercrack" The Rising "Into the Fire" "Lonesome Day" "Mary's Place" "My City of Ruins" "The Rising" "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" "You're Missing" The Essential Bruce Springsteen "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)" "None But the Brave" We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions "Buffalo Gals" (partial performance in Buffalo, New York) Magic "I'll Work for Your Love" (solo acoustic) "Long Walk Home" (solo acoustic) "Radio Nowhere" Working on a Dream "My Lucky Day" "Working on a Dream" The Promise "Because the Night" "Fire" "The Promise" (solo piano) "Rendezvous" "Save My Love" Wrecking Ball "American Land" "Death to My Hometown" "Jack of All Trades" (with string section) "Land of Hope and Dreams" "Shackled and Drawn" "We Take Care of Our Own" "Wrecking Ball" High Hopes "American Skin (41 Shots)" "Dream Baby Dream" The Ties That Bind: The River Collection "Meet Me in the City" Non-album/cover songs "Boom Boom" (John Lee Hooker cover) "Brown-Eyed Girl" (Van Morrison cover) "Detroit Medley" "Don't Hang Up" (The Orlons cover) "Follow That Dream" (Elvis Presley cover) "I Fought the Law" (The Bobby Fuller Four cover) "Jole Blon" (Harry Choates cover) "Jersey Girl" (Tom Waits cover) "La Bamba" (partial performance during "Twist and Shout") (Mexican folk song made popular by Ritchie Valens) "Light of Day" "Long Tall Sally" (Little Richard cover) "Lucille" (Little Richard cover) "Pretty Flamingo" (Manfred Mann cover) "Purple Rain" (tribute to Prince) "Rebel Rebel" (tribute to David Bowie) "Rockin' All Over the World" (John Fogerty cover) "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Harry Reser and His Orchestra cover) "Seeds" "Seven Nights to Rock" (Moon Mullican cover) "Shout" (The Isley Brothers cover) "Summertime Blues" (Eddie Cochran cover) "Take It Easy" (solo acoustic) (Eagles cover; tribute to Glenn Frey) "Trapped" (Jimmy Cliff cover) "Travelin' Band" (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover) "Twist and Shout" (The Top Notes cover) "You Never Can Tell" (Chuck Berry cover) "Who'll Stop the Rain" (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover) Source:[24]

Personnel

The E Street Band

• Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica
• Roy Bittan – piano, synthesizer, accordion
• Nils Lofgren – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Patti Scialfa – background vocals, some duet vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine (only appeared at selected shows throughout the tour)
• Garry Tallent – bass guitar, background vocals
• Steven Van Zandt – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, background vocals
• Max Weinberg – drums

with

• Jake Clemons – saxophone, percussion, background vocals
• Soozie Tyrell – violin, acoustic guitar, percussion, background vocals
• Charles Giordano – organ, accordion, electronic glockenspiel

and

• Sam Bardfeld string section – strings on "New York City Serenade" and "Jack of All Trades"

Guest appearances

• Peter Wolf – provided vocals on "Shout" at shows in Boston on February 4, 2016, and Foxborough on September 14.
• Joe Grushecky and Johnny Grushecky – provided vocals on "Born to Run" during the show in Cleveland on February 23, 2016, and on "Light of Day" in Pittsburgh on September 11.
• Eddie Vedder – provided vocals on "Bobby Jean" in Seattle on March 24, 2016.
• Bob Seger – provided vocals on "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" and "Shout" during the show in Detroit on April 14, 2016.
• Bono – provided vocals on "Because the Night" during the show in Dublin on May 29, 2016.
• Elliott Murphy – played guitar on "Born to Run" in Paris on July 11, 2016.
• Tom Morello – played guitar on "Death to My Hometown", "American Skin (41 Shots)", "Badlands" and played guitar and provided co-lead vocals on "The Ghost of Tom Joad" during the show in East Rutherford on August 25, 2016.
• Rickie Lee Jones – provided vocals on "Spirit in the Night" in East Rutherford on August 30, 2016.
• Vini Lopez – performed "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" and "Spirit in the Night" in Philadelphia on September 9, 2016.
• Richie Sambora – performed on "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" and "Shout" in Adelaide on January 30, 2017

Opening acts

• Counting Crows – (July 7, 2016)
• Jet – (Feb. 2, 2017; Feb. 11, 2017; Feb. 18, 2017; Feb. 21, 2017; Feb. 25, 2017)
• Diesel – (Feb. 11, 2017; Feb. 18, 2017)
• Marlon Williams and the Yarra Benders – (Feb. 21, 2017; Feb. 25, 2017)

See also

• List of highest-grossing concert tours

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20. North America box score:

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21. Europe box score:

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External links

• Bruce Springsteen (Official Site)
• Backstreets.com Tour Info & Setlists
• Brucetapes.com Concert specials from the River Tour