You just knew this was going to be a special night at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland.

Tuesday was Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's final show in Europe on this leg of the Wrecking Ball Tour. They've been on the road since May 13.

So how bout this to wrap it all up? A four-hour-and-six minute, 33-song show! And what an incredible set list. There were five tour premieres. And on top of that, Bruce came out an hour before showtime to perform five songs acoustically (three of those tour premieres if you want to count them). So the early-arriving fans got 38 songs!

The 4:06 time is the longest Bruce Springsteen show ever. It beats the 3:48 show in Madrid on June 17. And don't forget, this man is 62-years old!

Pre-show treat starts at 6:30 p.m. local time (seven hours ahead of New Jersey)

Bruce comes out early to "Thank fans for following" him on this tour. He plays these five songs solo acoustic:

Set list:

1. I'll Work For Your Love (tour premiere)

2. Leap of Faith (tour premiere)

3. No Surrender

4. For You

5. Blinded By the Light (tour premiere)

According to Charles Landau who posted this on BruceSpringsteen.net: "At the end of 'Blinded,'" he climbed down to the audience, and he began a ten minute run of the barrier. Shaking a series of hands (and occasionally getting a peck on the cheek from young Helsinki women), he collected cardboard signs which would occupy his dressing room as he composed the set list.



"Each time he climbed the risers on his way to the left or right, completing a full lap of the stage, the crowd would erupt in a cheer, likewise when a young pink-haired fan gave him a hug, before he received her written request. Afterward he came back to the microphone to say, "Thanks to all you regulars and thanks for making it a lovely summer for us, and we'll see you in a little while!"

The official show begins at 7:53 p.m.

1. Rockin' All Over The World (tour premiere)

2. Night

3. Out In The Street

4. Loose Ends

5. We Take Care of Our Own

6. Prove It All Night (with the 1978 Intro)

7. Wrecking Ball

8. Death To My Hometown

9. My City of Ruins

10. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street? (sign request)

11. Be True

12. Jack of All Trades

13. Downbound Train

14. Because The Night

15. Lonesome Day

16. Darlington County

17. Light Of Day (sign request)

18. Shackled & Drawn

19. Waitin' On a Sunny Day

20. Back In Your Arms (tour premiere)

21. The Rising

22. Badlands

23. Land of Hope & Dreams

Encores:

24. We Are Alive

25. Born In The U.S.A

26. Born To Run

27. Detroit Medley (tour premiere)

28. Glory Days

29. Dancing In The Dark

30. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

31. I Don't Want to Go Home (tour premiere, sign request)

32. Higher and Higher (tour premiere)

33. Twist and Shout

Video of "Light of Day" from Helsinki:



Here's a great video of "Back in Your Arms" (the ladies always like this one):



Bruce mentions the four-hour mark as he leaves the stage at 11:59 p.m.

This was a show for the ages. Is the bootleg out yet?

(Thank you to my friend Gina for compiling the set list on the Springsteen fan site BTX).

Next show: Back in the U.S.A. for the start of a stadium leg at Boston's Fenway Park on Aug. 14.

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