Wow, now this was a great show. Not that all Bruce shows aren't great, but check out this set list from Thursday's show at the Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna, Austria.

Three tour peremieres in the 31-song, 3-hour-and-39-minute show, including finally a song off the "Tunnel of Love" album - "Tougher Than the Rest" which was played solo on the piano by Bruce. The last time it was played that way was on the Devils & Dust Tour in 2005.

The other two tour premieres were "Loose Ends" and "Empty Sky."

The last time Bruce played "Empty Sky" at an E Street Band show was on Sept. 24, 2007 at a Magic Tour rehearsal show at Asbury Park's Convention Hall. Prior to that, its last appearance with E Street was at the final show of The Rising Tour, Oct. 4, 2003 at Shea Stadium. "Empty Sky" was played many times on the solo Devils & Dust Tour.

Looks like Bruce is taking more and more sign requests. According to the set list posted on the Springsteen fan website BTX, six of the 31 songs played were requests, including "Rendezvous" and "Racing in the Street."

Interesting to see that Bruce has dropped "Rocky Ground." It had led off the encores for many shows but has not been played the past nine shows. The last time it was performed was June 19 in Montpellier, France

Here's a video of "Tougher Than the Rest" from the show. Looks like they were slow in putting up the lyrics on Bruce's teleprompter so he had to stall for a bit:

Show began at 8:09 p.m. local time (six hours ahead of New Jersey)

Set list:

1. We Take Care of Our Own

2. Wrecking Ball

3. Badlands

4. Death To My Hometown

5. My City of Ruins

6. Spirit In The Night

7. Rendezvous (sign request)

8. Loose Ends (sign request, tour premiere)

9. Empty Sky (sign request, tour premiere)

10. Trapped (sign request)

11. Jack of All Trades

12. Because the Night

13. Darlington County

14. Workin' On The Highway

15. Shackled & Drawn

16 Waitin' On a Sunny Day

17. Raise Your Hand

18. Tougher Than The Rest (solo piano, tour premiere)

19. Racing In The Street (request, from a deck of cards with requests)

20. The Rising

21. Lonesome Day

22. Land of Hope and Dreams

Encores:

23. We Are Alive

24. Born in the U.S.A.

25. Born To Run

26. Hungry Heart (sign request)

27. Glory Days

28. Seven Nights to Rock

29. Dancing in the Dark

30. Tenth Avenue Freeze-out

31. Twist and Shout

Show over at: 11:48 p.m.

Next show: Saturday at the Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park in London.

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"Loose Ends" from Vienna: