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Springsteen will play entire 'River' album during Pittsburgh tour stop

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Springsteen will play entire 'River' album during Pittsburgh tour stop

The Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band show at Consol Energy Center on Jan. 16 will be a full performance of the chart-topping 1980 double album "The River," along with additional songs.

The show, which was announced last week, goes on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at LiveNation.com. It will be the opening night of the 24-date tour.

When it was announced Friday, it was assumed they would be playing a good portion of the album on what is being billed as The River Tour 2016. According to Live Nation, the album, which nearly 84 minutes, will be played in full.

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The first E Street Band show here since April 2014, it supports the release of "The Ties That Bind: The River Collection," a comprehensive look at the era of the 1980 album "The River."

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According fan site Backstreets.com, “While Springsteen began performing full album sequences in 2008, ’The River’ has been performed in its entirety exactly once: November 8, 2009, at Madison Square Garden.”

Here is "The River" track list:

1. "The Ties That Bind"

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2. "Sherry Darling"

3. "Jackson Cage"

4. "Two Hearts"

5. "Independence Day"

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Side Two

1. "Hungry Heart"

2. "Out in the Street"

3. "Crush on You"

4. "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)"

5. "I Wanna Marry You"

6. "The River"

Side Three

1. "Point Blank"

2. "Cadillac Ranch"

3. "I'm a Rocker"

4. "Fade Away"

5. "Stolen Car"

Side Four

1. "Ramrod"

2. "The Price You Pay"

3. "Drive All Night"

4. "Wreck on the Highway"

First Published: December 7, 2015, 5:25 p.m.

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