Setlist: Madonna

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Rod Stewart at Caesars Palace

We've just been greenlighted for backstage passes to Rod Stewart's early 2013 shows at The Colosseum At Caesars Palace.

Now get this, these special passes also include roomstays at Caesars!!

Passes will be offered to BPD members on a first come first served basis on or about Dec 15-20.

Dates for the shows are  Jan. 23, 26-27 & 30 and Feb. 1-2, 6 & 8-9.

Talk about hot!! Don't delay, make your requests today.

More Fall Fun

Now, here's a fun pairing!

Aerosmith + Cheap Trick............

13 cities, beginning in early November and two days after the release of Music From Another Dimension.

Dates and venues:

Nov. 8 – Oklahoma City, Okla., Chesapeake Energy Arena   
Nov. 11 – Wichita, Kan., Intrust Bank Arena   
Nov. 14 – Kansas City, Mo., Sprint Center   
Nov. 16 – Austin, Texas, Frank Erwin Center   
Nov. 20 – New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden Arena   
Nov. 23 – Atlantic City, N.J., Ovation Hall   
Nov. 25 – Columbus, Ohio, Nationwide Arena      
Dec. 1 – Las Vegas, Nev., MGM Grand Garden Arena   
Dec. 3 – Los Angeles, Calif., Staples Center   
Dec. 6 – New Orleans, La., New Orleans Arena   
Dec. 9 – Sunrise, Fla., BB&T Center   
Dec. 11 – Tampa, Fla., Tampa Bay Times Forum   
Dec. 13 – Nashville, Tenn., Bridgestone Arena

Tyler & Co are always a perennial favorite, so make your backstagepass requests early.

Battle Born Killers

Supporting their new album "Battle Born" which is due out later this week, The Killers will announce tomorrow the specifics of their Fall US tour.

But BackstagePassDirect has it for you today!!

With Tegan and Sara supporting, here are the dates and venues:

Nov. 29 – Broomfield, Colo., 1stBank Center
Nov. 30 – Orem, Utah, UCCU Center
Dec. 13 – Camden, N.J., Susquehanna Bank Center
Dec. 14 – New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden Arena
Dec. 17 – Boston, Mass., Agganis Arena
Dec. 18 – Fairfax, Va., Patriot Center
Dec. 20 – Ypsilanti, Mich., EMU Convocation Ctr.
Dec. 21 – Chicago, Ill., UIC Pavilion
Dec. 28 – Las Vegas, Nev., The Cosmopolitan
Dec. 29 – Las Vegas, Nev., The Cosmopolitan

Don't forget to catch the band’s American Express Unstaged gig. Appearing at the Paradise Theatre in The Bronx, N.Y., Sept. 18, the concert will be available on the’ Net in the form of a live stream directed by Werner Herzog. Check it out here.

Eric Hutchinson Extends Tour, Now "Almost Solo"

Hutchinson still has a set of September and October dates to do with his band as part of his 50-date headline run in support of his most recent studio effort, Moving Up Living Down.

But when that's done, he's stripping things down and will go out only with his longtime band member, multi-instrumentalist Elliott Blaufuss where they'll be performing acoustic evenings at intimate venues.

Here are the venues and dates:

Oct. 15 – San Francisco, Calif., Great American Music Hall
Oct. 18 – Omaha, Neb., Slowdown
Oct. 19 – Des Moines, Iowa, Wooly’s
Oct. 20 – Minneapolis, Minn., Pantages Theatre
Oct. 22 – Chicago, Ill., Park West
Oct. 23 – Madison, Wis., Barrymore Theatre
Oct. 24 – Pontiac, Mich., Crofoot Ballroom
Oct. 26 – Londonderry, N.H., Tupelo Music Hall
Oct. 28 – South Burlington, Vt., Higher Ground - Ballroom
Oct. 29 – New York, N.Y., City Winery
Nov. 1 – Philadelphia, Pa., Trocadero Theatre
Nov. 2 – New York, N.Y., Joe’s Pub
Nov. 3 – New York, N.Y., Joe’s Pub
Nov. 4 – Baltimore, Md., Rams Head Live!
Nov. 5 – Wilmington, Del., World Cafe Live @ The Queen – Downstairs

Eric Hutchinson in small settings is a real treat. Get your backstage passes while they last.

Green Day: Uno, Dos, Tre

In support of 3 upcoming albums, Green Day will be touring the US beginning in late November.

Release dates for the 3 offerings are as follows: Green Day ¡Uno! hits Sept. 25; Green Day ¡Dos! Nov. 13 and Green Day ¡Tré! Jan. 15. So the first two releases will be out before the tour starts up.

Here are the tour dates and venues:

Nov. 26 – Seattle, Wash., Paramount Theatre
Nov. 27 – Kennewick, Wash., Toyota Center - Tri Cities
Nov. 29 – Salem, Ore., Salem Armory Auditorium
Dec. 1 – Sacramento, Calif., Memorial Auditorium
Dec. 2 – Reno, Nev., Grand Sierra Resort Theatre
Dec. 4 – Santa Cruz, Calif., Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Dec. 10 – Tempe, Ariz., The Marquee
Jan. 7 – Green Bay, Wis., Resch Center
Jan. 8 – Rosemont, Ill., Allstate Arena
Jan. 10 – Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Mohegan Sun Arena At Casey Plaza
Jan. 11 – University Park, Pa., Bryce Jordan Center
Jan. 13 – Rochester, N.Y., Blue Cross Arena
Jan. 14 – Pittsburgh, Pa., Consol Energy Center
Jan. 16 – Brooklyn, N.Y., Barclays Center
Jan. 18 – Manchester, N.H., Verizon Wireless Arena
Jan. 19 – Uncasville, Conn., Mohegan Sun Arena
Jan. 21 – Fairfax, Va., Patriot Center
Jan. 22 – Philadelphia, Pa., The Liacouras Center
Jan. 24 – Providence, R.I., Dunkin’ Donuts Center
Jan. 25 – Portland, Maine, Cumberland Co. Civic Center
Jan. 30 – Cleveland, Ohio, Wolstein Ctr. / Cleveland St. Univ.
Feb. 1 – Moline, Ill., I Wireless Center
Feb. 2 – Madison, Wis., Alliant Energy Center Mem. Coliseum
Feb. 4 – Omaha, Neb., CenturyLink Center Omaha
Feb. 6 – Broomfield, Colo., 1stBank Center
Feb. 8 – Las Vegas, Nev., MGM Grand Garden Arena

Request your backstage passes today!

This Just In

Sir Paul McCartney has just added 2 more US dates to his Fall tour:

Nov. 11 – St. Louis, Mo., Scottrade Center
Nov. 14 – Houston, Texas, Minute Maid Park

The rest of his shows are already double-digited with backstage pass requests.

If either of these venues work for you, now's the time to jump on it!

Member Review: Bruce Springsteen and the (Rebooted) E Street Band

BPD's own GarrettG writes:

With a large video screen behind him and his large ensemble dubbed the “rebooted E Street Band,” Springsteen launched into a brassy Working On The Highway after sauntering out to Take Me Out To The Ballgame.

From there he briefly became a conductor, letting the audience take over Hungry Heart. It was also the first time Jake Clemons, the nephew of the late, great Clarence Clemons, got to shine.

Churning out one song after another, Springsteen nailed We Take Care Of Our Own, Wrecking Ball's first single, while playing off guitarists Steve Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren.

Part of Springsteen's long-standing appeal has been to completely revamp songs as was the case on lengthy, stirring My City Of Ruins which had a distinct Sam Cooke-like soul flavoring throughout before doing some introductions.

Working his way across the lower stage during Spirit In The Night, Springsteen looked like a possessed preacher as he glad-handed many in the front before running to the far end of the stage before receiving a beer.

By the proverbial sixth round of this fifteen round fight, Springsteen brought the rock factor back with Murder Incorporated and jamming out some fine riffs. But even that paled to the thunderous foot-stomper Candy's Room propelled by drummer Max Weinberg.

Slowing things down alone on piano with Incident On 57th Street, the band shifted back into a higher gear for the homestretch of The Rising, Badlands and Land Of Hope And Dreams to end the 150-minute main set.

The encore kicked off with a rambling We Are Alive before Thunder Road, Born To Run and going deep into the crowd with Tenth Avenue Freeze-out punctuated an incredible evening.

The Big Man would have been proud of this 215 minute extravaganza.

Backstage, I spent most of my time with Nils, as I knew him from his Grin days. Every once in a while, the Boss would add his two cents as would Stevie. Patti was AWOL for this show which is too bad as I was looking forward to meeting her.

SETLIST

1) Working On The Highway

2) Hungry Heart

3) Sherry Darling

4) We Take Care Of Our Own

5) Wrecking Ball

6) Death To My Hometown

7) My City Of Ruins

8) Spirit In The Night

9) Thundercrack

10) Jack Of All Trades

11) Murder Incorporated

12) Prove It All Night

13) Candy's Room

14) Mona/She's The One

15) Darlington County

16) Shackled And Drawn

17) Waitin' On A Sunny Day

18) Incident On 57th Street

19) The Rising

20) Badlands

1. Land Of Hope And Dreams

2. We Are Alive

3. Thunder Road

4. Born To Run

5. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)

6. Dancing In The Dark

7. Tenth Avenue Freeze-out

8. Twist And Shout

9. Glory Days

If you haven't become a BPD subscriber, now's the time to get off your butt!!