Bruce Springsteen releases live album of Sea.Hear.Now. Fest 2024 performance

24 September, 2024

Bruce Springsteen performs during the 2024 Sea.Hear.Now Festival on the beach on September 15, 2024 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. (Photo by Taylor Hill/WireImage)

Bruce Springsteen has released a live album of his live performance at this year’s edition of Sea.Hear.Now Fest.

Springsteen headlined the annual New Jersey music bash on September 15, delivering a 30-track set spanning his extensive career and a select number of covers. Now, The Boss’ full show has been released as a live album which is available to stream and for purchase as a physical CD via the live music platform nugs.net.

The performance at the festival served as a homecoming for both Springsteen and the E Street Band who began performing in the Ashbury Park area during the early start of their careers.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s Sea.Hear.Now Festival setlist was:

1. ‘Lonesome Day’
2. ‘Blinded by the Light’
3. ‘Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?’
4. ‘Growin’ Up’
5. ‘The Promised Land’
6. ‘Spirit in the Night’
7. ‘Thundercrack’
8. ‘The E Street Shuffle’
9. ‘4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)’
10. ‘Hungry Heart’
11. ‘Local Hero’
12. ‘Atlantic City’
13. ‘Tougher than the Rest (with Patti Scialfa)’
14. ‘Long Walk Home’
15. ‘Racing in the Street’
16. ‘Because the Night’ (Patti Smith Cover)
17. ‘She’s the One’
18. ‘Wrecking Ball’
19. ‘The Rising’
20. ‘Badlands’
21. ‘Thunder Road’

First Encore
22. ‘Meeting Across the River’
23. ‘Jungleland’
24. ‘Born to Run’
25. ‘Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)’
26. ‘Bobby Jean’
27. ‘Dancing in the Dark’
28. ‘Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out’
29. ‘Twist and Shout’ (The Top Notes cover)

Second Encore
30. ‘Jersey Girl’ (Tom Waits cover)

The night saw Springsteen’s wife Patti Scialfa join the band on stage for a performance of ‘Tougher Than The Rest’. Earlier this month, Scialfa revealed that she has been battling multiple myeloma – a rare form of blood cancer – which has affected her ability to tour with the E Street Band.

Elsewhere, The Boss made a surprise appearance at The Ocean Ave. Stomp featuring Tangiers Blues Band show which took place on Saturday (September 14) at the Stone Pony in Ashbury Park, NJ.

At the show, Springsteen took the time to perform various covers including Little Richard‘s ‘Lucille’, John Lee Hooker’s ‘Boom Boom Boom’, Them’s ‘Gloria’ and Chuck Berry‘s ‘Down the Road a Piece’.

Elsewhere, the ‘Streets Of Philadelphia’ hitmaker reflected on his long-spanning career ahead of the release of his documentary. Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band premiered at the Roy Thomson Hall at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday (September 8) with The Boss in attendance.

In a post-screening Q&A, Springsteen reaffirmed that he intends to keep performing music until “the wheels come off”, per Variety. “If I went tomorrow, it’s OK,” he told the crowd to applause. “What a fucking ride!”

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