I enjoyed this one more than the Nov. 2 show. How bout you?

Here’s Sunday’s set list:

1. Night 2. Radio Nowhere 3. Lonesome Day 4. Darkness on the Edge of Town 5. Gypsy Biker 6. Magic 7. Reason to Believe 8. Prove It All Night 9. She’s the One 10. Livin’ in the Future 11. Promised Land 12. Waitin on a Sunny Day 13. Backstreets 14. Devil’s Arcade 15. The Rising 16. Last to Die 17. Long Walk Home 18 Badlands ENCORE 19. Girls in their Summer Clothes 20. Jungleland 21. Born to Run 22. Dancing in the Dark 23. American Land

I got a copy of Springsteen’s planned set list, which included “Because the Night,” “Jackson Cage,” “Meeting across the River” and “Kitty’s Back.” Clearly, he called some aubibles. Not on the original list were “Prove It All Night,” “Jungleland” and “Dancing in the Dark.” But the prepared list had 24 songs and Bruce did only 23 on Sunday.

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The Bad Plus, the creative, quirky and masterful jazz trio that the Twin Cities likes to claim as its own, will perform on Conan O’Brien on Friday night. Also appearing are Frank Caliendo and Cheryl Hines. Sounds like must-see TV.

Although there’s a sameness to her material, Frenzy frontwoman Alison Sudol is a star. She demonstrated a compelling voice and a genuineness that was very becoming. Her covers on Tuesday night were smartly chosen (though she oddly plugged Rufus Wainwright more than the Beatles when introducing “Across the Universe”).

Her own “Almost Lover” was almost perfect, aided by moody slide guitar and too-much stage fog. She encored with a new song, “If I Had You,” a country-styled tune that suggests some welcome new horizons. 

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With his back to First Avenue (his familiar haunt), Steve Earle mentioned how it was odd to be in a room where everyone was sitting. Well, his performance was more suitably melancholy than revolutionary. It was essentially a solo performance, though opening act Allison Moorer joined on vocals on a few songs, and a DJ added beats and rhythm on several numbers.

Overall, Earle’s oddly paced, 2-hour performance seemed to be a testament to his songwriting, not his singing, skills. Among the standouts he performed were ” Can”t Remember If We Said Goodbye” and the story-song ”Billy Austin.” The vocal highlights were “Jerusalem” and “Little Rock ‘n’ Roller,” which was introduced with a long and winding but poignant story about missing his kids birthdays (because he was on tour) and coping with the death of his father. Earle’s tribute to Pete Seeger, “Steve’s Hammer,” provided some political and emotional resonance. But, his concerts usually have many more moments like that.

In her opening set, Moorer did a memorably southern-fried version of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come.”

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