Bruce Springsteen has announced two complete albums will be performed at his final hometown gigs of his tour this weekend at New York's Madison Square Garden. On Saturday night (November 7th) "The Boss" will treat fans to a complete performance of his second album, 1973's The Wild The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle. The following night (Saturday, November 8th), Springsteen will lead the band through 1980's 20-song double album The River.

Steve Van Zandt says that unlike other acts, it's a pleasure for the E Street Band to be able to take risks night-after-night, rather than having to be chained to a set group of songs that need to get performed at every show: "It's nice not having to rely on early hits, we've never really be a pop band, so we've never depended on our hit singles. Y'know, we might have had 10, 12 hit singles -- really half the time we don't even play them in the show, y'know? That kind of keeps it fresh, keeps it new, 'cause we're playing new stuff, y'know? So mentally, we're still in the same frame of mind we were when we started, really."