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The Final Show (28 Jun 2005)
The Final Show Complete Authored Version
Date: 28 Jun 2005
Location: International Congress Centrum, Berlin, Germany
Format: DVD
Duration: –
01- ADAM RAISED A CAIN
02- REASON TO BELIEVE
03- DEVILS & DUST
04- LONESOME DAY
05- LONG TIME COMIN'
06- SILVER PALOMINO
07- FOR YOU
08- TWO FACES
09- PART MAN, PART MONKEY
10- ALL THE WAY HOME
11- SINALOA COWBOYS
12- RENO
13- PARADISE
14- REAL WORLD
15- THE RISING
16- SPARE PARTS
17- JESUS WAS AN ONLY SON
18- THIS HARD LAND
19- THE HITTER
20- MATAMOROS BANKS
21- RAMROD
22- HUNGRY HEART
23- BOBBY JEAN
24- THE PROMISED LAND
25- DREAM BABY DREAM


Notes from BruceDVDs:

Format: PAL
Mode: SP
Generation: Master
Video: stage
Audio: cam
Menu: authored
Chapters: songs

After being rescheduled, Berlin became the final stop on the European leg of the Devils and Dust tour. The setlist featured nine songs not played the night before in Hamburg, including tour premieres of 'Sinaloa Cowboys' and 'Hungry Heart' (which featured the obligatory German guest appearance by Wolfgang Niedecken). 'Adam Raised a Cain' was reprised from Stockholm as the opener and 'Spare Parts' was retained after its tour debut the previous evening.

The first DVD from the show to circulate was an incomplete collection of fragmented clips, so it is nice to finally get the complete performance. This footage (a completely different source than the first) is shot from a tripod on the left side of the arena. There are some lengthy periods of perfectly steady close-up views. Unfortunately, the shot gets extremely shaky whenever the filmer makes an adjustment and it can take quite a while to re-establish a stable angle.

The picture quality is generally very good, but a combination of full zoom and compression due to squeezing the whole show on a single disc leads to quite a bit of grain. The cam audio is reasonably clear, but sounds fairly hollow.

'The Final Show' is a mixed bag of some great rock-steady close-ups interleaved with near-unwatchable shaky spells. Copious use of the fast forward button to pick out the best bits makes this an enjoyable watch.