21-Mar-1985 Sydney Entertainment Centre,Australia
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01 Born in the USA
02 Out in the street
03 Darlington county
04 Johnny 99
05 Atlantic City
06 Reason to believe
07 Shut out the light
08 Johnny bye bye
09 Prove it all night
10 Glory days
11 The promised land
12 My hometown
13 Trapped
14 Badlands
15 Thunder road
16 Cover me
17 Dancing in the dark
18 Hungry heart
19 Cadillac ranch
20 Downbound train
21 I'm on fire
22 Pink cadillac
23 Bobby Jean
24 Racing in the street
25 Can't help falling in love
26 Born to run
27 I'm a rocker
28 Ramrod
29 Detroit Medley
Notes:
A couple of references to "Saturday Night in Sydney" have people confused as to this show - at the end of Out in the Street" - However 21/3/85 was a Thursday Night. Also some people report that Saturday Night is mentioned at the end of Prove It All Night and also at the start of Growin' Up - but the latter track was not played on this night. This setlist is confirmed by a fan present at all 5 shows. Thanks to Peter for the info.
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22-Mar-1985 Sydney Entertainment Centre,Australia
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01 Down by the river
Notes:
To a deafening ovation Bruce casually strolls out and joins NEIL YOUNG onstage during the final encore in Neil's final show in Sydney. Bruce and Neil trade vocals and blistering guitar solos on an extended version of Young's 1969 song
classic. Nils Lofgren also made a guest appearance earlier in this show, playing piano on "Tell Me Why" and accordion on "Comes A Time". Still rated by many as Bruce's most memorable walk-on guest appearance.
A very good quality audience recording of this entire show is in circulation via Neil Young fan sources. “Down By The River” is also found on various homemade Young CDR compilations.
23-Mar-1985 Sydney Entertainment Centre,Australia
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01 Born in the USA
02 Prove it all night
03 Darlington county
04 Johnny 99
05 Darkness on the edge of town
06 Reason to believe
07 The river
08 Johnny bye bye
09 Out in the street
10 Glory days
11 The promised land
12 My hometown
13 Badlands
14 Thunder road
15 Cover me
16 Dancing in the dark
17 Hungry heart
18 Cadillac ranch
19 Downbound train
20 I'm on fire
21 Growin' up
22 Bobby Jean
23 Racing in the street
24 Can't help falling in love
25 Born to run
26 Ramrod
27 Rosalita (Come out tonight)
28 Twist and shout
Notes:
Referenced in "Backstreets - man and his music" as having Darkness in the first set. Most sources agree on this setlist. This setlist is confirmed by a fan present at all 5 shows. Thanks to Peter for the info
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24-Mar-1985 Sydney Entertainment Centre,Australia
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01 Born in the USA
02 Out in the street
03 Working on the highway
04 Johnny 99
05 Atlantic City
06 Used Cars
07 The river
08 Prove it all night
09 Glory days
10 The promised land
11 Point blank
12 Trapped
13 Badlands
14 Cover me
15 Dancing in the dark
16 Hungry heart
17 Cadillac ranch
18 No surrender
19 I'm on fire
20 Pink cadillac
21 Bobby Jean
22 Racing in the street
23 Thunder road
24 Can't help falling in love
25 Born to run
26 Ramrod [Grethe 17-05-02]
27 Rosalita (Come out tonight)
28 Twist and shout
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27-Mar-1985 Sydney Entertainment Centre,Australia
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01 Born in the USA
02 Out in the street
03 Working on the highway
04 Open all night
05 Atlantic City
06 Reason to believe
07 The river
08 Johnny bye bye
09 Prove it all night
10 Glory days
11 The promised land
12 My hometown
13 Badlands
14 Thunder road
15 Cover me
16 Dancing in the dark
17 Hungry heart
18 Cadillac ranch
19 Downbound train
20 I'm on fire
21 Growin' up
22 Bobby Jean
23 Racing in the street
24 Follow that dream
25 Born to run
26 Ramrod
27 Twist and shout
28 Rocking all over the world
29 Detroit Medley
Notes:
This setlist is confirmed by a fan present at all 5 shows. Thanks to Peter for the info. (Brucebase Mar 2003)
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28-Mar-1985 Sydney Entertainment Centre,Australia
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01 Born in the USA
02 Darlington county
03 Out in the street
04 Working on the highway
05 Johnny 99
06 Atlantic City
07 My father's house
08 The river
09 Prove it all night
10 Glory days
11 The promised land
12 My hometown
13 Badlands
14 Thunder road
15 Cover me
16 Dancing in the dark
17 Hungry heart
18 Cadillac ranch
19 Wreck on the Highway
20 I'm on fire
21 Pink cadillac
22 Bobby Jean
23 Backstreets
24 Jungleland
25 Can't help falling in love
26 Born to run
27 Ramrod
28 Twist and shout
29 Santa Claus is comin' to town
30 Wooly Bully
31 Detroit Medley
Notes:
Features only BITUSA tour Wreck On The Highway and the last known performance save the guest appearance with John Wesley Harding in 1994. This setlist is confirmed by a fan present at all 5 shows. Thanks to Peter for the info.
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31-Mar-1985 Brisbane Queen Elisabeth Stadium,Australia
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01 Born in the USA
02 Darlington county
03 Out in the street
04 Working on the highway
05 Johnny 99
06 Nebraska
07 Reason to believe
08 The river
09 Johnny bye bye
10 Glory days
11 The promised land
12 Badlands
13 Thunder road
14 Cover me
15 Dancing in the dark
16 Hungry heart
17 Cadillac ranch
18 I'm going down
19 I'm on fire
20 Pink cadillac
21 Bobby Jean
22 Racing in the street
23 Can't help falling in love
24 Born to run
25 Who'll stop the rain?
26 Ramrod
27 Rocking all over the world
28 Twist and shout
Notes:
The only BITUSA Tour show that is not circulating on audio and, as such, one that has seen a number of highly speculative setlists make the rounds. BRUCEBASE’s above-mentioned 28-song setlist (and sequencing) is culled from unearthed information in The Brisbane Courier Mail, The Australasian Weekly and the collective (but agreed upon) recollections of several actual Brisbane show attendees. Bruce opened this show with the comment “are you guys ready for a little rock and roll trip”? During “Thunder Road”, the final song of the first set, Bruce tried in vain to get the audience to sing some of the lines, prompting him to jokingly comment to the crowd “sounds like you didn’t get this one down here”. Near the end of the show Bruce, peering out at the rain soaked crowd, predicated a rare performance of “Who’ll Stop The Rain” with the comment – “we’re gonna play something especially for you guys on account of the meteorological conditions”.
A gig marred by poor decisions by both Bruce’s management team and the event promoter. This concert was originally scheduled for the 8,000-seat indoor Brisbane Chandler Velodrome. However tickets were on sale for only a few days when the venue was suddenly shifted outdoors (in a sub-tropical rainy season) to the expansive 50,000-seat QEII stadium. The concert eventually was a near sellout. However it rained heavily. To make matters worse the sound system was inadequate for the size of the venue and the stadium’s large video screen was out of synchronization with the audio. Unlike the Sydney shows, a no-alcohol policy was in place for the Brisbane show, a policy that many patrons were unaware of and which the Police strictly enforced - resulting in significant delays getting into the stadium. In addition to the alcohol issue the Brisbane Courier noted over 50 cameras and some 20 recording devices were confiscated from patrons entering the stadium. This probably explains why, even after 20 years, THERE IS NO KNOWN AUDIO FROM THIS SHOW.
Last computed : 22/02/2025 23:00:08
