Title: Power Failure Night 'Label': Ev2 Format: 2CD Source: Audience Date: June 16, 2008. Location: LTU Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany. -- source: recorded by Vortex242 -- Disc One: 01 Jackson Cage (aborted; PA failure) 02 Night 03 Radio Nowhere (aborted; PA failure) 04 Radio Nowhere 05 Lonesome Day 06 The Promised Land 07 "Got Some Requests" 08 Spirit In The Night 09 "We Apologize" 10 Magic 11 Trapped 12 Prove It All Night 13 Darkness On The Edge Of Town 14 Darlington County 15 Because The Night 16 She's The One Disc Two: 01 Livin' In The Future 02 Mary's Place 03 Working On The Highway 04 The River 05 Devil's Arcade 06 The Rising 07 Last To Die 08 Long Walk Home 09 Badlands 10 Girls In Their Summer Clothes 11 Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out 12 Born To Run 13 Glory Days 14 Dancing In The Dark 15 American Land ====== - Edited from "Vortex242" master recording. ====== "The weather was fine, the arena was packed, and everybody was in a great mood when the E Street Band started their set with "Jackson Cage." And then at the beginning of the second verse... the video screens and the sound went off. Completely. Bruce and the band were carrying on for a few moments, maybe hoping for the sound to come back, but they finally stopped playing. The shock turned into a very funny moment, with the E Streeters waving and smiling apologetically. When the sound came back a few minutes later Bruce grinned and said, "Maybe we should have started with another one!" And so, the show re-started with a triumphant "Night," which ended with Bruce and Clarence crossing themselves, thanking the Lord for getting through the song without another sound glitch. However, during the following "Radio Nowhere," just as Clarence was going into his sax solo, the video screens and the sound went off a second time! This time Bruce used the free moments to go right into the audience and collect banners with the requests. Again, he didn't lose his sense of humor, remarking when the power came back: "This goes to show, the E Street Band is 100% live!" The power failure translated into a power high that made this show one of the most fierce and most fun shows I've seen. "Radio Nowhere" was played again, with great dedication and force in the face of everybody's fear of having the show cancelled. "Spirit in the Night" had Bruce diving into the audience, literally being lifted up by the many hands of the fans. When the song got to the quiet part (and everybody feared a new power glitch), Bruce grinned and added, "We're still on." This loose and "anything could happen at any time" atmosphere was on one hand unsettling (as Bruce remarked after the power glitch: "That was terrible!"). On the other hand, it made for a very special energy which the E Street Band used to create an extremely forceful and tight set. After "Magic" the first request was played: a haunting "Trapped" (which fit very nicely coming after "Magic"). The mood lightened with "Darlington County," during which Bruce again dove into the pit, interacting with the crowd in a way that suggested he was enjoying the experience more than ever. The performance was one of the best I've ever seen, simply because Bruce and the band clearly were on a mission to show everybody that no power failure can stop the power of the E Street Band. In the end, everything went smoothly -- although Soozie's fiddle seemed to have its own power failure at the beginning of "American Land," so Bruce gave her two new starts -- without another major technical hiccup. The lack of electricity for the equipment was more than made up for by the sheer electricity of this band in top form. A magic night, absolutely. If only Bruce had announced that they would return!" - Stefan Rogall, backstreets.com