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32-433: In an attempt to fill the void left by Clemons, Springsteen added a full horn section, which included Jake Clemons , Clarence's nephew. Three background singers and a percussionist were also added, giving the E Street Band its largest lineup ever at seventeen members. As with previous tours, Springsteen's wife and band member, Patti Scialfa , did not appear at all the shows due to family commitments. Guitarist Steven Van Zandt

64-523: A new meaning soon after the September 11 attacks , when "its lyrics of hope and rebirth [became] a rallying cry". Springsteen performed the song live at the America: A Tribute to Heroes national telethon 10 days after the attacks. With only a guitar and a harmonica, Springsteen introduced the number as "'a prayer for our fallen brothers and sisters'". Springsteen's live performance of "My City of Ruins"

96-481: A string of warm-up performances prior to the tour, including a performance of the album's first single, " We Take Care of Our Own ", at the 54th Grammy Awards . During the final week of February, talk show host Jimmy Fallon dedicated an entire week of his show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , to Springsteen's music. Different artists covered Springsteen's songs each night of that week. The new touring lineup performed their first full show together on March 9, 2012, at

128-407: Is "a song with a stately gospel-hymn feel that bemoaned the hard times that had hit...Asbury Park, and that was meant to inspire people to help in the city’s resurrection". Springsteen played the song for the first time on December 17, 2000 at Asbury Park Convention Hall . "My City of Ruins" is organized around the melody line of Curtis Mayfield 's " People Get Ready ". "My City of Ruins" took on

160-458: Is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen . Originally written as an elegy for Asbury Park, New Jersey , "My City of Ruins" took on new meaning as a message of hope following the September 11 attacks . The song was included as the final track on Springsteen's 2002 album The Rising ; it was released as a single in New Zealand in 2011, charting at number 17. "My City of Ruins"

192-559: Is cool. Live Nation is cool. It's some City Council stupid rule." When Springsteen next performed three nights later in Ireland, he poked fun at the London incident. During " Dancing in the Dark " the big screens by the stage displayed only a battery switched "On." A fake policeman came out to the stage to stop them playing "Twist and Shout" but Springsteen refused. While playing American Land ,

224-672: The Apollo Theater . Springsteen then gave a keynote speech at the SXSW convention in Austin, Texas , on March 15, 2012, and was joined later in the evening by the E Street Band for a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -hour set before a crowd of a few thousand. On January 26, 2012, dates for the first U.S. leg of the Wrecking Ball world tour were announced to the public, with many going on sale during the first weekend of February. Much like with

256-625: The Bruce Springsteen Archives : and with The E Street Horns: The E Street Choir: Jake Clemons Jake Clemons (born February 27, 1980) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. Since 2012, he has been the saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen 's E Street Band , after the death of the band's original saxophonist, his uncle Clarence Clemons . Clemons has performed various instruments including percussion and backing vocals on Springsteen's Wrecking Ball Tour , High Hopes Tour and The River Tour . Clemons attended

288-576: The Virginia Governor's School for the Arts to study jazz performance. Clemons also has performed with Eddie Vedder , Roger Waters , The Swell Season and The Roots . Clemons released a solo album titled Fear & Love in January 2017. This article on an American saxophonist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . My City of Ruins " My City of Ruins "

320-563: The "sign request" (also sometimes known as "Stump the Band") segments during the Magic and Working on a Dream Tours . The instrumental introduction had been a noted point of 1978's Darkness Tour show but had not been played since. Shows were longer than on recent tours, culminating in Helsinki on July 31, 2012, with the longest performance of Springsteen's career at 4 hours and 6 minutes. Earlier

352-618: The 2012 Hyde Park show in London was released as a bonus feature on the Springsteen & I DVD release. Coinciding with the Born in the U.S.A. album's 30th anniversary, Born in the U.S.A. Live: London 2013 , a live DVD of the full performance of the album recorded at the 2013 Hard Rock Calling festival, was released through Amazon.com as part of a deluxe edition of the High Hopes album. Several shows were released as part of

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384-650: The Big Man joined the band , Springsteen paused the song so the band and audience could pay tribute to Clemons, following which the band resumed the remainder of the song. " My City of Ruins " was used as the band introduction song and frequently included a Springsteen rap about "ghosts", referring to Clemons and Danny Federici , the long-time E Street Band organist who died during the Magic Tour in April 2008. For cities that had more than one consecutive show, American Land

416-540: The E Street Band performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" during a one-hour televised telethon called Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together on November 2, 2012. Springsteen also joined Billy Joel , Steven Tyler and Jimmy Fallon for a performance of " Under the Boardwalk ". He later participated in the 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden, a benefit concert for Sandy victims. Due to filming of his television show, Lilyhammer , Steven Van Zandt

448-814: The Edge of Town , and Born in the U.S.A. The European leg ended in late July 2013. The final leg of the tour took place in September 2013 with Springsteen's first-ever show in Santiago , Chile, on September 12. The tour subsequently featured dates in Argentina and Brazil, with the final show at the Rock in Rio festival on September 21. The show, which was held at Cidade do Rock , was broadcast live on cable in Brazil and over

480-603: The Internet via YouTube . In the concerts in Brazil, Springsteen performed a cover of "Sociedade Alternativa" by Raul Seixas in addition to his usual setlist. The tour was a commercial success and was named the second highest-grossing tour of 2012, finishing behind Madonna , and was the most attended tour of the year, winning the Billboard Touring Award for Top Draw. It was also named the 21st highest-grossing tour worldwide as of December 2012. In July 2013,

512-411: The city on the sixth anniversary of the earthquake during his 2017 tour of Australia and New Zealand . "My City of Ruins" was released as a single in New Zealand in 2011, charting at number 17. Eddie Vedder performed the song at the 32nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors as part of the multi-artist tribute to Bruce Springsteen , who was one of five recipients of the honor in 2009. Vedder's cover of

544-524: The end of the show, Springsteen was presented with a guitar-shaped birthday cake onstage. On October 29, 2012, the New Jersey area was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy . Springsteen's show in Rochester, New York , the following day was forced to be postponed until October 31, 2012. That night, Springsteen dedicated his performance to those affected by the storm and those helping to recover. Springsteen and

576-571: The fake policeman pulled the plug, but Van Zandt plugged it back in. The tour returned to the United States in August 2012 and focused on baseball and football stadiums. The tour's third (and final) show at MetLife Stadium on September 22, 2012, was delayed for two hours due to a strong thunderstorm. The show finally got underway around 10:30 pm, prompting fans to sing "Happy Birthday" to Springsteen at midnight to celebrate his 63rd birthday. At

608-479: The hunger to join together and start over again". In 2019, NJArts.net listed "My City of Ruins" as Springsteen's fourth-best song of the past 30 years. "My City of Ruins" was widely played by New Zealand television stations during coverage of the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake , and became an unofficial anthem of the city in the weeks and months that followed. Springsteen played the song and dedicated it to

640-410: The lead solos. Additional horns were provided by Clark Gayton , Curt Ramm, and Barry Danielian. Everett Bradly provided percussion and backing vocals while Curtis King Jr. and Cindy Mizelle returned as background singers. Michelle Moore joined the tour as a background singer featuring on Rocky Ground for the rap (as on the album). In advance of the album's release on March 5, 2012, the band kicked off

672-574: The online sales. U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell , who introduced the BOSS ACT in 2009 to increase transparency in the ticket industry, said he would reintroduce the bill in Congress. The world tour began on March 18, 2012, in Atlanta . The early shows established a routine of using " Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out ", performed as the show closer, as a tribute song to Clarence Clemons. Following the lyric

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704-411: The previous tour, many U.S. fans encountered problems, thought to be due to ticket scalpers, through Ticketmaster as the first dates of the tour went on sale. Shows were selling out within minutes and many tickets appeared, at much higher prices, on resale websites such as StubHub less than an hour after the onsale time. Ticketmaster said web traffic was 2.5 times the highest level of the past year during

736-556: The same night, prior to the show proper, Springsteen had performed a five-song acoustic set for early arrivals. During the encore of Springsteen's show in London at the Hard Rock Calling festival, the city council pulled the plug on his performance because he ran a few minutes past the show's 10:30 pm curfew. Springsteen was performing " I Saw Her Standing There " and " Twist and Shout " with Paul McCartney when their microphones and instruments were shut off. Springsteen ended

768-546: The set with a brief a cappella, unamplified version of " Goodnight Irene ." The incident resulted in the show being the lone concert on the tour at which "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out", with its Clarence Clemons tribute, was not performed. Following the performance, Steve Van Zandt took to Twitter and said, "English cops may be the only individuals left on earth that wouldn't want to hear one more from Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney!" and followed that up with "There's no grudges to be held. Just feel bad for our great fans. Hard Rock

800-908: The tour grossed $ 340.6 million from 124 shows. Private rehearsals started in late January 2012 at the Expo Theater in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey , the same site where rehearsals were held for the Tunnel of Love Express Tour and the Rising Tour . Some rehearsals were held at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton to allow the band and crew to try a new stage design. It was announced on February 9, 2012, that Eddie Manion and Clarence Clemons's nephew, Jake Clemons, would share saxophone duties with Clemons handling most of

832-482: The tour was named one of the top three grossing tours for the first half of 2013, along with tours by Bon Jovi , who had grossed the highest so far, and the Rolling Stones . Springsteen was named the #1 musical act by Rolling Stone magazine in their August 2013 issue. During the tour, Springsteen felt inspired to start working on his eighteenth studio album, which eventually became High Hopes . The album

864-489: The year, winning the Billboard Touring Award for Top Draw. For the first half of 2013, the tour was named one of the top three grossing tours for the year. At the end of 2012, the tour placed second on Pollstar 's "Top 100 Worldwide Tours", grossing $ 210.2 million from 81 shows in Europe. At the end of 2013, the tour placed fifth on Pollstar's "Top 100 Worldwide Tours", grossing $ 145.4 million from 46 shows in Europe. Overall,

896-418: Was also unable to perform on the band's Australian leg due to the filming of his television show, Lilyhammer . Van Zandt was replaced by Tom Morello for those dates. The tour featured over 215 different songs performed, including some songs either making their live debuts or returning after an extended absence. The tour was named the second highest-grossing tour of 2012 and was the most attended tour of

928-561: Was forced to miss the Australian leg of the tour in 2013. Tom Morello replaced Van Zandt for those dates. Van Zandt made his return in late April 2013 when he opened the first of the band's two shows in Oslo, Norway , by singing Frank Sinatra 's " My Kind of Town " in character as Frank "the fixer" Tagliano from Lilyhammer . As with 2009's Working on a Dream Tour , some shows featured full-album performances of Born to Run , Darkness on

960-461: Was included on the December 2001 “America: A Tribute to Heroes” album. A studio recording of "My City of Ruins" was included as the concluding track of Springsteen's 2002 album entitled The Rising . According to Jay Lustig of NJArts.net, the "title track of The Rising is its centerpiece, but 'My City of Ruins' provides its climax, with its unbearable sadness and then, somehow emerging from that,

992-481: Was recorded in 2013 during breaks in the Wrecking Ball Tour and was released in January 2014. Springsteen cited Morello, who helped re-introduce some previously recorded songs and cover songs to the recording sessions and live shows, as a huge inspiration on the album. A number of the festival dates performed on the tour had excerpts from the performance broadcast on television. Additionally, 45 minutes of

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1024-461: Was used as the show closer, with the entire band on the front line and finishing the show on the main center platform. Per Springsteen's standard practice, the set list varied from night to night, sometimes significantly. The tour saw the revival of a number of long-absent aspects of Springsteen's concerts, such as the return (during some shows) of a lengthy instrumental introduction to " Prove It All Night " that fans had unsuccessfully requested during

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