Bruce

October 1 / Bologna, ITA /Palamalaguti
Notes: After a three-month summer vacation, the Seeger Sessions Band rides again! Tonight in Bologna, Bruce and the band kicked off their 27-night European tour with the first of seven, count ‘em, seven shows in Italy. Proof that crazy pays — and I mean that in the best way, amici miei. Two tour debuts mark the occasion: a new Irish arrangement of “The River,” and, following “Saints” in the encore as the night’s penultimate song, “This Little Light of Mine.” “American Land,” a Bruce original which debuted in June to open the final three shows of the U.S. leg (and which is featured as the title track of the new We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions edition due Tuesday) moves to the show-closing spot.
Setlist: John Henry/O Mary Don’t You Weep/Old Dan Tucker/Eyes on the Prize/Jesse James/Atlantic City/The River/My Oklahoma Home/If I Should Fall Behind/Mrs. McGrath/How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?/Jacob’s Ladder/We Shall Overcome/Open All Night/Pay Me My Money Down
Encore: My City of Ruins/You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)/When the Saints Go Marching In/This Little Light of Mine/American Land