Magic Tour (Bruce Springsteen)
Tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band | |
Location |
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Associated album | Magic |
Start date | October 2, 2007 |
End date | August 30, 2008 |
Legs | 5 |
No. of shows | 100 |
Box office | US $235 million ($332.56 in 2023 dollars)[1] |
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert chronology |
The Magic Tour[2] was Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's 2007–08 concert tour of North America and Western Europe.
The tour began October 2, 2007, in Hartford, Connecticut, and concluded August 30, 2008, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[3] This was his first tour with the E Street Band since 2004's Vote for Change shows and the first prolonged outing with them since the 2002–2003 Rising Tour.[4]
After the conclusion of the tour's first leg on November 19, 2007, organist
The Magic Tour was one of the biggest tours of the year and won the 2008
Itinerary
On August 28, 2007, it was announced on Bruce Springsteen's website that there would be a tour with the E Street Band immediately concurrent with the release of his album Magic.[11] The two first-announced legs followed the practice established during the 2002–2003 Rising Tour, of quickly visiting cities in North America followed by the same in Western Europe. Possible lengthier engagements, or dates in areas outside the Northeastern United States, where Springsteen's commercial appeal had dimmed, were viewed as additional legs in 2008.
In an interview at the time of the tour's announcement, Springsteen made clear that this outing would be a return to expectations after the substantial stylistic departures of the solo, multi-instrumental 2005
As per past Springsteen practice, the tour proper was preceded by a couple of weeks of the band holding closed rehearsals at
The first, North American leg began at the
The third, North American leg again started up at the Hartford Civic Center on February 28, 2008, playing both previously visited and unvisited markets, in arenas. It concluded on May 2, 2008, at
The fifth and final leg of the tour would return to North America for a few stadium and mostly arena or smaller outdoor venue shows,[17] starting at Giants Stadium in New Jersey and visiting such places as Hershey, Pennsylvania, Richmond, Virginia, Nashville, Tennessee, and the like.[18] The tour officially marked its end at the Harley-Davidson 105th Anniversary Celebration in Milwaukee on August 30, 2008,[18] which Rolling Stone viewed as "a very odd way to end an epic tour."[19]
A more extensive final leg, running into the autumn, was "in the works" but scrapped in mid-June 2008.[20] Fans, however, still hoped for something after the Harley show, and were rewarded when plans were announced for Springsteen and the E Street Band to play the halftime show at Super Bowl XLIII, with strong speculation extending to a new album in early 2009 and a tour run before Max Weinberg went to California for The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.
The show
When the tour opened at the
Soozie Tyrell, while now clearly not an official member of the E Street Band by analysis of publicity material, tour T-shirts and the like, was nonetheless a full member on-stage, appearing on every song with some combination of violin, acoustic guitar, and backing vocals. On the front line of the stage, age was taking its toll:[22] on one side Clarence Clemons was once again sitting in a chair when not playing his saxophone or percussion parts[23] and needing a steadying hand for getting on and off stage,[22] while Danny Federici was also looking a little frail. On the other side, not only was Springsteen's teleprompter (a fixture since the early 1990s) still in view, but sidekick Steven Van Zandt had his own (for lyrics) as did wife and band member Patti Scialfa (for guitar chords). In the latter respect, however, the show featured a breakthrough: the first Scialfa song played in its entirety, the mid-set "A Town Called Heartbreak", which would continue to be played intermittently on the first leg of the tour. Drummer Max Weinberg also had a small teleprompter within his drum kit, showing lyrics, unusual in that Weinberg does not sing onstage.
The
Another fixed, socio-political sequence occurred at the end of the main set,
The European second leg featured very enthusiastic crowds and shows lengthening towards two and a half hours, but also largely static set lists, possibly due to stand-in organist Charlie Giordano needing time to learn the Springsteen oeuvre. By the North American third leg, set lists were slightly loosened, with "
Once the tour resumed following Federici's death, the existing structure began to break down. For the first seven shows, a video montage about Federici, set to past-tour-finale-song "Blood Brothers", was shown preceding the start. Many old songs were performed, both well known, such as "
On the European outdoor summer's leg, where unlike in the U.S. Springsteen was still a stadium-level attraction,
The fifth and final U.S. leg began with three shows at
Beginning with the
At the conclusion of the Harley show, Springsteen told the audience, "We just had the greatest tour of our lives."[37] Springsteen would later say that the Magic Tour constituted "some of the most exciting shows we've ever done."[38] And Springsteen echoed the sentiment he expressed before the tour's start, that it was not a swansong for the band, at the final show of it, saying "We'll be seein' ya ... we're only just getting started."[36]
Critical and commercial reception
Reviews of the Magic Tour were generally favorable. The New Haven Register found the band "ripping through a spirited set" on opening night and judged Weinberg, Van Zandt, and Clemons as the main stars of the performance besides Springsteen.[39] The paper also profiled fans who had come from nearby states to see the opener.[39] A Jon Pareles review in The New York Times of a Madison Square Garden show two weeks later framed the performance thusly:
The sheer vitality of Mr. Springsteen, 58, belting an entire set of showstoppers straight from the gut and working the stage with his longtime band, provides all the hope the lyrics struggle to find. He's as serious as any public figure alive, but he leaves audiences euphoric — a paradox that only grows more profound as he endures.[40]
The Syracuse New Times summed an Albany, New York, show late in the first leg as "a masterful presentation of Springsteen’s new album Magic and a few moments of his mumbling political cajoling, all wrapped up in a joyous rock’n’roll revival replete with his most famous hits going back to the 1970s."[22]
North American ticket sales during the first leg were generally strong. Prime markets in the Northeast sold out in less than ten minutes. The faithful knew, as usual, that this was only the beginning of the ticket acquisition process, as the later secondary market — online ticket outlet drops of held-back allotments, later drops due to stage setup revelations, day of show drop lines, online forum exchanges, and eBay — all offered opportunities for success. The first, North American leg garnered $38.2 million in ticket revenues,[41] making it the 14th biggest grossing concert tour in North America for 2007.[41] Springsteen saw more younger fans appearing in America than in a decade, while in Europe younger fans were constantly replenishing his fan base.[42]
Meanwhile, over in Europe, the
On the show's third leg, the
Commercially, though, the third leg was softer, with most of its shows not sold out.
By the tour's finishing fifth leg, critical reaction was again strong. Of the penultimate show in St. Louis, Billboard wrote that the band had "unleash[ed] an epic, loose show that wowed the unwowable and flapped the unflappable."[36]
Ticketmaster Entertainment's TicketsNow portal reported that the average resale price of a 2008 Magic Tour ticket had been $235, sixth highest among touring acts for the year.[49]
Personnel
The E Street Band
- Roy Bittan – piano, synthesizer, accordion
- pennywhistle, background vocals
- electronic glockenspiel, accordion(first leg, one appearance on third leg)
- Nils Lofgren – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals
- duet vocals, acoustic guitar
- Garry Tallent – bass guitar, occasional background vocals
- lead vocal
- lead vocal
with:
- Charles Giordano – organ, accordion, piano (second and subsequent legs), very occasional background vocals
- lead vocal
guest musicians:
- The Arcade Fire
- Jon Bon Jovi
- Joe Ely
- Alejandro Escovedo
- Joe Grushecky
- Roger McGuinn
The beginning line-up was unchanged from the 2002–2003 Rising Tour.
Scialfa missed a number of shows in the North American first leg, and all the shows in the European second leg, due to family duties. She missed all but one of the shows in the North American third leg as well,[29] with Springsteen giving different humorous explanations at each stop for her absence, all revolving around their teenage children misbehaving. Scialfa said she was staying home to enjoy the last year of all three children being together, and to be fully involved in their eldest child's college application and decision process.[50] Despite vowing to attend the European fourth leg,[50] she missed all of those shows as well, until the Spanish ones at the end of the leg. She was at the first four shows of the fifth leg, then missed the rest of those too.
Broadcasts and recordings
Early on the first leg, the starting three songs (one more than planned) of the October 10, 2007,
On July 4, 2008, with much fanfare,
talking with phone callers than there was of the concert.On July 15, 2008, Springsteen released the live audio and video EP Magic Tour Highlights, which collected guest appearances from the third leg, including Federici's only return.[2]
Several shows were released as part of the Bruce Springsteen Archives:
- Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO, 8/23/08, released April 14, 2017
- TD Banknorth Garden, Boston 11/19/07, released April 6, 2018
- St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL April 22, 2008, released February 1, 2019
- Greensboro Coliseum Complex, Greensboro, NC April 28, 2008, released November 6, 2020
- Indianapolis Consesco Fieldhouse March 20, 2008, released October 22, 2021.
- Nashville Sommett Center August 21, 2008, released December 2, 2022.
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue | Attendance | Ticket grossing | ||||
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Tickets sold | Tickets on sale | Percentage sold | |||||||
North America | |||||||||
September 24, 2007 | Asbury Park | United States | Convention Hall (Rehearsal show) | — | |||||
September 25, 2007 | — | ||||||||
September 28, 2007 | New York City | Today Show (Promotional appearance) |
— | ||||||
East Rutherford | Izod Center (Rehearsal show - Limited) |
— | |||||||
October 2, 2007 | Hartford | Hartford Civic Center (Tour Opener) | 15,290 | 15,290 | 100 % | $1,401,205[53] | |||
October 5, 2007 | Philadelphia | Wachovia Center | 38,229 | 38,229 | 100 % | $3,616,172[53] | |||
October 6, 2007 | |||||||||
October 9, 2007 | East Rutherford | Izod Center | 38,976 | 38,976 | 100 % | $3,604,315[53] | |||
October 10, 2007 | |||||||||
October 14, 2007 | Ottawa | Canada | Scotiabank Place | 13,616 | 13,616 | 100 % | $1,568,391[53] | ||
October 15, 2007 | Toronto | Air Canada Centre
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18,677 | 18,677 | 100 % | $2,113,450[53] | |||
October 17, 2007 | New York City | United States | Madison Square Garden | 37,735 | 37,735 | 100 % | $3,435,254[53] | ||
October 18, 2007 | |||||||||
October 21, 2007 | Chicago
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United Center | 35,697 | 35,697 | 100 % | $3,300,087[53] | |||
October 22, 2007 | |||||||||
October 25, 2007 | Oakland | Oracle Arena
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34,859 | 34,859 | 100 % | $2,581,456[53] | |||
October 26, 2007 | |||||||||
October 29, 2007 | Los Angeles
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Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena | 34,080 | 34,080 | 100 % | $2,949,650[53] | |||
October 30, 2007 | |||||||||
November 2, 2007 | Saint Paul | Xcel Energy Center | 18,970 | 18,970 | 100 % | $1,754,825[53] | |||
November 4, 2007 | Cleveland
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Quicken Loans Arena
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19,299 | 19,299 | 100 % | $1,644,179[53] | |||
November 5, 2007 | Auburn Hills | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 19,555 | 19,555 | 100 % | $1,231,928[53] | |||
November 11, 2007 | Washington, D.C. | Verizon Center | 36,256 | 36,256 | 100% | $3,210,760 | |||
November 12, 2007 | |||||||||
November 14, 2007 | Pittsburgh
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Mellon Arena
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16,883 | 16,883 | 100% | $1,372,652 | |||
November 15, 2007 | Albany | Times Union Center
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15,654 | 15,654 | 100% | $1,462,460 | |||
November 18, 2007 | Boston
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TD Banknorth Garden | 33,379 | 33,379 | 100% | $3,072,570 | |||
November 19, 2007 | |||||||||
Europe | |||||||||
November 25, 2007 | Madrid | Spain | Barclaycard Center | 15,000 | 15,000 | 100% | |||
November 26, 2007 | Bilbao | Bizkaia Arena | 20,000 | 20,000 | 100 % | ||||
November 28, 2007 | Milan | Italy | DatchForum
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12,500 | 12,500 | 100% | |||
December 1, 2007[54] | Arnhem | Netherlands | Gelredome
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33,000 | 33,000 | 100% | |||
December 2, 2007 | Mannheim | Germany | SAP Arena | 15,000 | 15,000 | 100% | |||
December 4, 2007 | Oslo | Norway | Oslo Spektrum | 12,000 | 12,000 | 100 % | |||
December 8, 2007 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Forum Copenhagen | 10,000 | 10,000 | 100 % | |||
December 10, 2007 | Stockholm | Sweden | Stockholm Globe Arena
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15,895 | 15,895 | 100 % | |||
December 12, 2007 | Antwerp | Belgium | Sportpaleis | 17,826 | 17,826 | 100% | |||
December 13, 2007 | Cologne | Germany | Kölnarena | 18,000 | 18,000 | 100 % | |||
December 15, 2007 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Odyssey Arena
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14,000 | 14,000 | 100 % | |||
December 17, 2007 | Paris | France | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
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16,000 | 16,000 | 100 % | |||
December 19, 2007 | London | England | The O2 Arena | 15,000 | 15,000 | 100 % | |||
North America | |||||||||
February 28, 2008 | Hartford | United States | XL Center | 15,409 | 15,409 | 100% | $1,415,280 | ||
March 2, 2008 | Montreal | Canada | Bell Centre | 15,238 | 15,238 | 100% | $1,716,718 | ||
March 3, 2008 | Hamilton | Copps Coliseum | 18,229 | 18,229 | 100% | $1,985,770 | |||
March 6, 2008 | Rochester | United States | Blue Cross Arena | 12,428 | 12,428 | 100% | |||
March 7, 2008 | Buffalo | HSBC Arena | 18,875 | 18,875 | 100% | $1,364,855 | |||
March 10, 2008 | Uniondale | Nassau Coliseum | 17,518 | 17,518 | 100% | $1,488,769 | |||
March 14, 2008 | Omaha | Qwest Center Omaha | 17,208 | 17,208 | 100% | $1,608,720 | |||
March 16, 2008 | Saint Paul | Xcel Energy Center | 17,002 | 17,002 | 100% | $1,583,879 | |||
March 17, 2008 | Milwaukee
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BMO Harris Bradley Center
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16,104 | 16,104 | 100% | $1,467,960 | |||
March 20, 2008 | Indianapolis
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Conesco Fieldhouse
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March 22, 2008 | Cincinnati
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U.S. Bank Arena
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15,754 | 15,754 | 100% | $1,090,969 | |||
March 24, 2008 | Columbus | Schottenstein Center
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17,637 | 17,637 | 100% | $1.479,571 | |||
March 28, 2008 | Portland | Rose Garden | 15,999 | 15,999 | 100% | $1,208,955 | |||
March 29, 2008 | Seattle | KeyArena
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15,160 | 15,160 | 100% | $1,357,190 | |||
March 31, 2008 | Vancouver | Canada | General Motors Place | 20,000 | 20,000 | 100% | |||
April 4, 2008 | Sacramento | United States | ARCO Arena
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15,323 | 15,323 | 100% | $1,255,625 | ||
April 5, 2008 | San Jose | HP Pavilion | 16,002 | 16,002 | 100% | $1,453,960 | |||
April 7, 2008 | Anaheim | Honda Center | 35,102 | 35,102 | 100% | $2,500,860 | |||
April 8, 2008 | |||||||||
April 13, 2008 | Dallas | American Airlines Center | 16,006 | 16,006 | 100% | $1,424,650 | |||
April 14, 2008 | Houston | Toyota Center
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16,585 | 16,585 | 100% | $1,654,295 | |||
April 22, 2008[55] | Tampa | St. Pete Times Forum | |||||||
April 23, 2008[55] | Orlando | Amway Arena | |||||||
April 25, 2008 | Atlanta
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Philips Arena
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17,630 | 17,630 | 100% | $1,666,489 | |||
April 27, 2008 | Charlotte | Charlotte Bobcats Arena
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16,802 | 16,802 | 100% | $1,556,444 | |||
April 28, 2008 | Greensboro | Greensboro Coliseum
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13,813 | 15,199 | 90.9% | $1,271,045 | |||
April 30, 2008 | Charlottesville | John Paul Jones Arena | 13,893 | 13,893 | 100% | $1,274,345 | |||
May 2, 2008[55] | Sunrise | BankAtlantic Center
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Europe | |||||||||
May 22, 2008 | Dublin | Ireland | RDS Arena | 115,500 | 115,500 | 100% | $14,353,725 | ||
May 23, 2008 | |||||||||
May 25, 2008 | |||||||||
May 28, 2008 | Manchester | England | Old Trafford Stadium | 41,074 | 50,000 | 82% | $4,307,628 | ||
May 30, 2008 | London | Emirates Stadium | 91,712 | 91,712 | 100% | $9,733,778 | |||
May 31, 2008 | |||||||||
June 14, 2008 | Cardiff | Wales | Millennium Stadium | 48,549 | 50,000 | 97% | $4,866,576 | ||
June 16, 2008 | Düsseldorf | Germany | LTU Arena | 33,196 | 38,000 | 87% | $3,282,790 | ||
June 18, 2008 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Amsterdam ArenA
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36,257 | 36,529 | 99% | $4,370,497 | ||
June 21, 2008 | Hamburg | Germany | HSH Nordbank Arena | 41,697 | 41,697 | 100% | $4,168,176 | ||
June 23, 2008 | Antwerp | Belgium | Sportpaleis | 17,686 | 17,686 | 100% | $1,940,010 | ||
June 25, 2008 | Milan | Italy | San Siro | 59,821 | 59,821 | 100% | $4,225,418 | ||
June 27, 2008 | Paris | France | Parc des Princes | 40,661 | 45,067 | 90% | $4,141,306 | ||
June 29, 2008 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Parken | 45,929 | 45,929 | 100% | $5,298,725 | ||
July 4, 2008 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Ullevi | 115,720 | 115,720 | 100% | $11,266,116 | ||
July 5, 2008 | |||||||||
July 7, 2008 | Oslo | Norway | Valle Hovin Stadion
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79,984 | 79,984 | 100% | $9,220,272 | ||
July 8, 2008 | |||||||||
July 11, 2008 | Helsinki | Finland | Olympiastadion | 42,552 | 42,552 | 100% | $4,757,806 | ||
July 15, 2008 | Donostia-San Sebastián
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Spain | Anoeta
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44,384 | 44,384 | 100% | $4,706,802 | ||
July 17, 2008 | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu
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53,783 | 55,000 | 98% | $5,546,856 | |||
July 19, 2008 | Barcelona | Camp Nou | 143,804 | 143,804 | 100% | $14,182,722 | |||
July 20, 2008 | |||||||||
North America | |||||||||
July 27, 2008 | East Rutherford | United States | Giants Stadium | 164,070 | 164,070 | 100% | $14,201,938 | ||
July 28, 2008 | |||||||||
July 31, 2008 | |||||||||
August 2, 2008 | Foxboro
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Gillette Stadium | 50,000 | 50,000 | 100% | $4,760,337 | |||
August 15, 2008 | Jacksonville | Jacksonville Arena
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13,500 | 13,500 | 100% | $1,222,190 | |||
August 16, 2008 | North Charleston | North Charleston Coliseum | 11,971 | 11,971 | 100% | $1,064,688 | |||
August 18, 2008 | Richmond | Richmond Coliseum | 12,704 | 12,704 | 100% | $1,201,404 | |||
August 19, 2008 | Hershey | Hersheypark Stadium | 31,020 | 31,020 | 100% | $2,995,575 | |||
August 21, 2008 | Nashville | Sommet Center | 15,345 | 16,000 | 94% | $1,105,669 | |||
August 23, 2008 | St. Louis
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Scottrade Center
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17,000 | 17,000 | 100% | $1,445,159 | |||
August 24, 2008 | Kansas City | Sprint Center
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17,004 | 17,004 | 100% | $1,385,393 | |||
August 30, 2008 | Milwaukee | Harleyfest , The Roadhouse at the Lakefront
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70,000 | 70,000 | 100% | $5,243,002 |
Songs performed
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
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The Essential Bruce Springsteen
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
Other (non-album songs)
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See also
- List of highest grossing concert tours
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