Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were the backing band at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary show this week in New York.
The boss gave himself and his band out to play for Sam Moore, John Fogerty and Billy Joel to mark the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Check out the setlist for night one.
Introduction - Tom Hanks
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
Woodstock - Crosby Stills & Nash
Marrakesh Express - Crosby Stills & Nash
Almost Cut My Hair - Crosby Stills & Nash
Love Has No Pride - Bonnie Raitt with Crosby Stills & Nash
Midnight Rider - Bonnie Raitt with Crosby Stills & Nash
The Pretender - Jackson Browne with Crosby Stills & Nash
Mexico - James Taylor with Crosby Stills & Nash
Love the One You're With - Crosby Stills & Nash with James Taylor
Teach Your Children - Crosby Stills & Nash with James Taylor, Jackson Browne & Bonnie Raitt
Diamonds on the Souls of Her Shoes - Paul Simon
Me & Julio Down By the School Yard - Paul Simon
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
The Wanderer - Dion with Paul Simon
Two People in the World - Little Anthony & the Imperials
Here Comes the Sun - Paul Simon, David Crosby & Graham Nash
Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon & Garfunkel
Cecelia - Simon & Garfunkel
Blowin' in the Wind - Stevie Wonder
Uptight (Everything's All Right) - Stevie Wonder
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder
Boogie On Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder
Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder
Mercy, Mercy Me - John Legend and Stevie Wonder
The Way You Make Me Feel - Stevie Wonder
The Thrill is Gone - B.B. King and Stevie Wonder
Livin' For the City - Stevie Wonder
Higher Ground/Roxanne - Stevie Wonder and Sting
Superstition - Stevie Wonder and Jeff Beck
Tenth Avenue Freezeout - Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
Hold On, I'm Comin' - Sam Moore with Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
Soul Man - Sam Moore with Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
The Ghost of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello
Fortunate Son - John Fogerty with Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
Proud Mary - John Fogerty with Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
Oh Pretty Woman - John Fogerty with Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
A Fine, Fine Boy - Darlene Love with Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
Da Doo Ron Ron - Darlene Love with Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
London Calling - Tom Morello with Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
Badlands - Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band with Tom Morello
You May Be Right - Billy Joel with Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel with Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
New York State of Mind - Billy Joel with Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
Born to Run - Billy Joel with Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher - Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band with Billy Joel, Darlene Love, Tom Morello, John Fogerty, Jackson Browne and Sam Moore
Then last night, it was on again. We’ll have another set list for last night coming soon buy highlights were a sermon from Bono (““Here in rock & roll’s great cathedral, Madison Square Garden, think about all the pilgrims and pioneers that got us all here, the saints and the heretics, the poets and the punks that now make up the Hall of Fame blah blah blah”) with a response from Springsteen simply saying “Lets have some fun with that”.
Lou Reed played ‘Sweet Jane” and ‘White Light White Heat”, Metallica played ‘Turn The Page’ and introduced Ozzy Osbourne to the stage. Annie Lennox and Aretha Franklin performed ‘Chain of Fools’ and Lenny Kravitz then joined them for ‘Think’.
The nominees for the 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are Abba, The Chantels, Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, The Hollies, Kiss, LL Cool J, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Stooges and Donna Summer.
Watch Stevie Wonder and Sting perform ‘Roxanne’ and ‘Higher Ground’ here:
