Official video from the first seven songs of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour’s Philadelphia finale. With that May 30 show filmed in its entirety, and planned for release in four parts this year, “Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour (Philadelphia Freedom Cut)” features performances of “Born in the U.S.A.,” “Death to My Hometown,” “No Surrender” and “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” alongside covers of the Motown classic “War” (written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield) and The Clash’s “Clampdown.”
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band have released the second part of their Philadelphia Freedom Cut project, sharing official video of the next seven songs from their Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour finale: “The Promised Land,” “Two Hearts,” “Hungry Heart,” “Youngstown,” “Murder Incorporated,” “American Skin (41 Shots)” and “Long Walk Home.”
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band have released the third part of their Philadelphia Freedom Cut project, sharing official video of the next eight songs from their Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour finale: “House of a Thousand Guitars,” “My City of Ruins,” “Because the Night,” “Wrecking Ball,” “The Rising,” “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” “Badlands” and “Land of Hope and Dreams.”
Musicians on stage for the Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour included The E Street Band’s Roy Bittan (piano, synthesizer), Nils Lofgren (guitar, vocals), Garry Tallent (bass guitar), Stevie Van Zandt (guitar, vocals) and Max Weinberg (drums) with Soozie Tyrell (violin, guitar, vocals), Jake Clemons (saxophone) and Charlie Giordano (organ, keyboards, accordion). They were joined by The E Street Horns and Percussion (Anthony Almonte, Barry Danielian, Eddie Manion, Ozzie Melendez, Curt Ramm) and The E Street Choir (Ada Dyer, Curtis King, Lisa Lowell, Michelle Moore). Tom Morello performed with Springsteen and The E Street Band for each of the tour’s shows as a special guest.
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s “Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour: Philadelphia Freedom Cut Part 3” is directed by Chris Hilson and Thom Zimny, edited by Zimny and Sam Shapiro, and produced by Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Zimny and Adrienne Gerard. Sound was mixed by Rob Lebret and Jon Altschiller, and recorded by John Cooper, with lighting design by Jeff Ravitz and Todd Ricci. The project is released in memory of Dave Marsh.
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