Ross Warner

Expectations ran understandably high for the last-ever concert at Giants Stadium.  After all, the show was added after the third had been billed (and subsequently sold-out) as the “final show.”  We already knew that we would be hearing “Born In The USA” in its entirety once again and that Bruce would play “Wrecking Ball” once again at some point in the set.

The third night of Bruce Springsteen &  The E Street Band’s farewell stand at Giants Stadium had a markedly different tone than the first two.  This was mainly due to the fact that its centerpiece was the first-ever performance of the 1984 album Born In The USA, start to finish.  Even before the “album suite,” the show had a stadium-sized sing-a-long feel.

With the prior Monday’s announcement that Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band would play 1975’s Born To Run in its entirety, you’d think that the element of surprise might be lacking from the opening show of Springsteen’s Giant Stadium farewell run.  But true to form, Bruce reached into his bag of tricks for a brand new song scripted specifically for the evening.