Down the Front: Bruce Springsteen returns to Hampden

Under a blistering sun, The Boss took the Hampden hordes on a characteristically epic nostalgia tour of his 1980 blue collar rock opus The River this past Wednesday (1 June).

Rather than play it straight, he shuffled and interspersed the album's 20 tracks with covers and classics from all corners of the E Street Band catalogue. As ever, the crowd influenced several of his song choices.

Here's what our photographer Kate Johnston caught of the action from Springsteen and his E Street Band.

Setlist

Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Spirit in the Night
My Love Will Not Let You Down
The Ties That Bind
Sherry Darling
Two Hearts
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Hungry Heart
Out in the Street
Lonesome Day
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
Death to My Hometown
American Skin (41 Shots)
Murder Incorporated
I'm Goin' Down
Johnny 99
The River
Point Blank
Darkness on the Edge of Town
The Promised Land
Working on the Highway
Darlington County
Because the Night
The Rising
Thunder Road
Badlands

Encore:
Born in the U.S.A.
Born to Run
Glory Days
Dancing in the Dark
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Shout (The Isley Brothers cover)

Encore 2:
This Hard Land (solo Acoustic)