ROB DeMARTIN
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
In keeping with the political theme of their current tour, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band performed The Clash’s 1979 anti-fascism anthem “Clampdown” (from their London Calling album) as the fourth song of their April 7 concert at The Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.
Springsteen got a particularly big cheer for the line, “In these days of evil presidentes …,” dramatically delivering it a cappella, with the house lights turned off.
You can watch the performance, which featured Tom Morello on duet vocals and guitar, below.
According to the BruceBase website, Springsteen and the band previously performed the band only six times, all in 2014.
Here is the show’s setlist. Songs that featured Morello have an asterisk (*).
“War” (*)
“Born in the U.S.A.” (*)
“Death to My Hometown” (*)
“Clampdown” (*)
“No Surrender”
“Darkness on the Edge of Town”
“Streets of Minneapolis”
“The Promised Land”
“Out in the Street”
“Hungry Heart”
“Youngstown”
“Murder Incorporated”
“American Skin (41 Shots)” (*)
“Long Walk Home” (*)
“House of a Thousand Guitars”
“My City of Ruins”
“Because the Night”
“Wrecking Ball”
“The Rising”
“The Ghost of Tom Joad” (*)
“Badlands” (*)
“Land of Hope and Dreams” (*)
Encore:
“Born to Run”
“Bobby Jean”
“Dancing in the Dark”
“Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” (*)
“Chimes of Freedom” (*)
Springsteen and the band will perform at The Kia Forum again, on April 9; visit ticketmaster.com.
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