Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band performed in Cork, Ireland, May 16.
“Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” made a rare late-spring appearance in a Bruce Springsteen setlist when The Boss played it, as a sign request, at his May 16 concert at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, Ireland.
“222 days before Christmas: Are you ready? Have you been good?,” Springsteen asked the crowd.
You can watch the performance, below.
Other notable numbers in the show included covers of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 1970 hit “Who’ll Stop the Rain,” to open (in response to the damp weather conditions in the outdoor venue) and The Pogues’ “A Rainy Night in Soho” (in tribute to the band’s late frontman, Shane MacGowan); and rarely played songs such as “Youngstown,” “Seeds,” “Light of Day” and “Darlington County.” Check out videos of “Who’ll Stop the Rain” and “A Rainy Night in Soho” below.
Here is the setlist, according to setlist.fm.
“Who’ll Stop the Rain”
“Youngstown”
“Seeds”
“Lonesome Day”
“Ghosts”
“Letter to You”
“The Promised Land”
“Hungry Heart”
“Light of Day”
“Atlantic City”
“Darlington County”
“Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town”
“My City of Ruins”
“Nightshift”
“Last Man Standing”
“Backstreets”
“Because the Night”
“She’s the One”
“Wrecking Ball”
“The Rising”
“Badlands”
“Thunder Road”
Encore
“Born to Run”
“Bobby Jean”
“Dancing in the Dark”
“Tenth Avenue Freeze-out”
“Twist and Shout”
“A Rainy Night in Soho”
Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform next at Croke Park in Dublin, May 19.
ITS CHRISTMAS IN MAY!! (Well it is in Cork!!)
BY SIGN REQUEST!! SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN TOUR DEBUT!!🎅🎸🎷🙌🏻
Thank you Eric Penzer via Spring-Nut Facebook Page!!@springsteen #SpringsteenTour2024 #Springsteen #estreetband pic.twitter.com/jiRZUgkBSy — Spring-Nuts (@SpringNuts_) May 16, 2024
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