{"id":630929,"date":"2026-10-15T02:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T02:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630929\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T02:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T02:06:08","slug":"land-of-hope-and-dreams-american-tour-philadelphia-freedom-cut-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630929\/","title":{"rendered":"LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS AMERICAN TOUR: PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM CUT PART 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band\u2019s \u201cLand of Hope and Dreams American Tour: Philadelphia Freedom Cut Part 3\u201d is out today, featuring official performance video of eight songs from the tour\u2019s May 30 finale. Capturing the home stretch of the show\u2019s main set, highlights of Part 3 include \u201cMy City of Ruins\u201d (described by TIME Magazine as \u201ca call for resurrection and rebirth\u201d on this tour), \u201cThe Ghost of Tom Joad\u201d (which the Philadelphia Inquirer spotlighted for its \u201chow-does-he-do-it\u201d guitar work), \u201cHouse of a Thousand Guitars\u201d (\u201cthe show could not have a sweeter centerpiece,\u201d Variety noted) and \u201cBadlands\u201d (whose lyrics, The New York Times observed, \u201ctook on new meaning in 2026\u201d).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSpringsteen delivered a spirited, righteous and rocking finale,\u201d the Asbury Park Press wrote of that Philadelphia show. \u201cThe band fired on all cylinders for a nearly three-hour ride of power, precision and passion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band\u2019s full <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/f-NGGoCCQBA?si=otceXpjfFvTQChli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLand of Hope and Dreams American Tour: Philadelphia Freedom Cut Part 3,\u201d<\/a> also featuring performances of \u201cBecause the Night,\u201d \u201cWrecking Ball,\u201d \u201cThe Rising\u201d and the tour\u2019s namesake \u201cLand of Hope and Dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musicians on stage for the Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour included The E Street Band\u2019s Roy Bittan (piano, synthesizer), Nils Lofgren (guitar, vocals), Garry Tallent (bass guitar), Stevie Van Zandt (guitar, vocals) and Max Weinberg (drums) with Soozie Tyrell (violin, guitar, vocals), Jake Clemons (saxophone) and Charlie Giordano (organ, keyboards, accordion). They were joined by The E Street Horns and Percussion (Anthony Almonte, Barry Danielian, Eddie Manion, Ozzie Melendez, Curt Ramm) and The E Street Choir (Ada Dyer, Curtis King, Lisa Lowell, Michelle Moore). Tom Morello performed with Springsteen and The E Street Band for each of the tour\u2019s 20 shows as a special guest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band\u2019s \u201cLand of Hope and Dreams American Tour: Philadelphia Freedom Cut Part 3\u201d is directed by Chris Hilson and Thom Zimny, edited by Zimny and Sam Shapiro, and produced by Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Zimny and Adrienne Gerard. Sound was mixed by Rob Lebret and Jon Altschiller, and recorded by John Cooper, with lighting design by Jeff Ravitz and Todd Ricci. The project is released in memory of Dave Marsh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band\u2019s \u201cLand of Hope and Dreams American Tour: Philadelphia Freedom Cut Part&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[160532,156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-630929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-2026-tour","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}