'Thrilled to be back': Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band are back after Boss illness

The Boss is back.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played Thursday, August 24 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, their first concert since shows on Aug. 16 and 18 in Philadelphia were postponed due to Springsteen “having been taken ill,” according to Springsteen's social media.

“He was in great form and seemed thrilled to be back on the stage,” said fan Suzanne Lovett of Providence, Rhode Island. “He was interacting more with the pit crowd by sitting on the rails while singing and allowing fans to hang all over him.”

Springsteen, 73, did not refer to the illness, the nature of which was not disclosed, during the show, Lovett said.

“It was business as usual,” Lovett said.

The Boss and band played 26 songs in 2 1/2 hours. A light rain fell during the last 45 minutes of show.

“Gillette was on (fire) tonight!!” said E Street Choir member Michelle Moore, an Eatontown native, on social media after the show. “So nice we get to do it twice (smiley face emoji)!”

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Up next is Saturday, Aug. 26 at Gillette Stadium, then the New Jersey homecoming shows Wednesday, Aug. 30; Friday, Sept. 1; and Sunday, Sept. 3, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.

The postponed shows Aug. 16 and 18 at Citizens Bank Ballpark in Philadelphia will be rescheduled “very soon,” said a rep for the Philadelphia Phillies, the host team at the venue, to the USA Today Network NJ.

All tickets from the postponed concerts will be good for the new dates and refunds will be made available once the new dates are announced. Fans needing refunds are asked to go to Phillies.com/Springsteen where there will be a 30-day window to request a refund once dates are announced.

If you purchased tickets through secondary site, the refund must be administered through that site.

Bruce Springsteen setlist: Foxboro

• No Surrender

• Ghosts

• Prove It All Night

• Letter to You

• The Promised Land

• Out in the Street

• Darlington County

• Kitty's Back

• Nightshift

• Trapped

• The E Street Shuffle

• Mary's Place

• Last Man Standing

• Backstreets

• Because the Night

• She's the One

• Wrecking Ball

• The Rising

• Badlands

• Thunder Road

• Born to Run

• Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)

• Glory Days

• Dancing in the Dark

• Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

• I'll See You in My Dreams

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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; cjordan@app.com

This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Bruce Springsteen: Gillette Stadium setlist includes Wrecking Ball