Bruce Springsteen's concert in East Berlin, 19 July 1988 was performed by American pop and rock artist Bruce Springsteen at the Weissensee Cycling Track in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic on Tuesday, 19 July 1988. It was part of the Tunnel of Love Express Tour, to support the 1987 album Tunnel of Love.
Historians have debate how much the concert contributed to the Berlin Wall being demolished in November 1989.[1]
The concert was part of what has been referred to as the 1988 Berlin Rock Summer.[2]
Set list[]
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Badlands" | ||
| 2. | "Out in the Street" | ||
| 3. | "Boom Boom" (John Lee Hooker cover) | ||
| 4. | "Adam Raised a Cain" | ||
| 5. | "All That Heaven Will Allow" | ||
| 6. | "The River" | ||
| 7. | "Cover Me" | ||
| 8. | "Brilliant Disguise" | ||
| 9. | "The Promised Land" | ||
| 10. | "Spare Parts" | ||
| 11. | "War" (Edwin Starr cover) | ||
| 12. | "Born in the USA" | ||
| 13. | "Chimes of Freedom" (Bob Dylan cover) | ||
| 14. | "Paradise by the C" | ||
| 15. | "She's the One" | ||
| 16. | "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)" | ||
| 17. | "I'm a Coward" (Gino Washington cover) | ||
| 18. | "I'm on Fire" | ||
| 19. | "Downbound Train" | ||
| 20. | "Because the Night" | ||
| 21. | "Dancing in the Dark" | ||
| 22. | "Light of Day" |
| Encore | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Born to Run" | |||||||||
| 2. | "Hungry Heart" | |||||||||
| 3. | "Glory Days" | |||||||||
| 4. | "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Elvis Presley cover) | |||||||||
| 5. | "Bobby Jean" | |||||||||
| Encore 2 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Cadillac Ranch" | |||||||||
| 2. | "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" | |||||||||
| 3. | "Sweet Soul Music" (Arthur Conley cover) | |||||||||
| 4. | "Twist and Shout" (The Top Notes cover, with snippet of "Having a Party") | |||||||||
References[]
- ↑ Kate Connolly (5 July 2013). "The night Bruce Springsteen played East Berlin and the wall cracked" (in English). Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/05/bruce-springsteen-east-germany-berlin-wall. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ↑ Als die Berliner Mauer zu bröckeln begann (German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (19 July 2018). Retrieved on September 26, 2021.