Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour
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The Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour was Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 1978 concert tour, renowned for its intense, marathon performances that cemented Springsteen’s reputation as a legendary live act.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour canonical | 5 |
| Darkness Tour | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9037617 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour Context triple: [Adam Raised a Cain, includedInTourSetlist, Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour]
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A.
Tattoo You Tour
Tattoo You Tour was the Rolling Stones' 1981–1982 concert tour supporting their album "Tattoo You," noted for its massive stadium shows and enduring live performances of their classic hits.
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B.
Voodoo Lounge Tour
The Voodoo Lounge Tour was a major mid-1990s world concert tour by The Rolling Stones, supporting their album "Voodoo Lounge" and noted for its large-scale production and commercial success.
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C.
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Tour
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Tour was Genesis’s mid-1970s concert tour supporting their ambitious concept album of the same name, notable for Peter Gabriel’s elaborate costumes, storytelling, and pioneering multimedia stage production.
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D.
Hell Freezes Over Tour
The Hell Freezes Over Tour was the Eagles’ mid-1990s reunion concert tour that marked their return after a 14-year breakup, named after their famous quip that they would only reunite “when hell freezes over.”
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E.
Breakfast in America Tour
The Breakfast in America Tour was Supertramp’s major late-1970s concert tour supporting their hit album "Breakfast in America," featuring performances of many of their most popular songs worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour Target entity description: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour was Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 1978 concert tour, renowned for its intense, marathon performances that cemented Springsteen’s reputation as a legendary live act.
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A.
Tattoo You Tour
Tattoo You Tour was the Rolling Stones' 1981–1982 concert tour supporting their album "Tattoo You," noted for its massive stadium shows and enduring live performances of their classic hits.
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B.
Voodoo Lounge Tour
The Voodoo Lounge Tour was a major mid-1990s world concert tour by The Rolling Stones, supporting their album "Voodoo Lounge" and noted for its large-scale production and commercial success.
-
C.
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Tour
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Tour was Genesis’s mid-1970s concert tour supporting their ambitious concept album of the same name, notable for Peter Gabriel’s elaborate costumes, storytelling, and pioneering multimedia stage production.
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D.
Hell Freezes Over Tour
The Hell Freezes Over Tour was the Eagles’ mid-1990s reunion concert tour that marked their return after a 14-year breakup, named after their famous quip that they would only reunite “when hell freezes over.”
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E.
Breakfast in America Tour
The Breakfast in America Tour was Supertramp’s major late-1970s concert tour supporting their hit album "Breakfast in America," featuring performances of many of their most popular songs worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
1978 concert tour
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Bruce Springsteen concert tour ⓘ concert tour ⓘ |
| artist | Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| associatedAlbum | Darkness on the Edge of Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| endDate | 1979-01-01 ⓘ |
| endYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| era | Darkness on the Edge of Town era ⓘ |
| featuresSong |
Adam Raised a Cain
NERFINISHED
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Badlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Because the Night NERFINISHED ⓘ Born to Run NERFINISHED ⓘ Candy's Room NERFINISHED ⓘ Darkness on the Edge of Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Factory ⓘ Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ Independence Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Jungleland NERFINISHED ⓘ Point Blank NERFINISHED ⓘ Prove It All Night NERFINISHED ⓘ Quarter to Three NERFINISHED ⓘ Racing in the Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Rave On NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherry Darling NERFINISHED ⓘ Something in the Night NERFINISHED ⓘ Streets of Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ Summertime Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ The Promised Land NERFINISHED ⓘ Thunder Road NERFINISHED ⓘ Twist and Shout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | The River Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
heartland rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasBandMember |
Bruce Springsteen
NERFINISHED
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Clarence Clemons NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny Federici NERFINISHED ⓘ Garry Tallent NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Weinberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Bittan NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Van Zandt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Europe
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| mainPerformer |
Bruce Springsteen
NERFINISHED
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E Street Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cementing Bruce Springsteen’s reputation as a legendary live act
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intense marathon performances ⓘ |
| notableRecording |
1978-08-09 Agora Ballroom show
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1978-09-19 Capitol Theatre show ⓘ 1978-12-15 Winterland Ballroom show ⓘ |
| numberOfLegs | 3 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Born to Run Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 1978-05-23 ⓘ |
| startYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| supportingBand | E Street Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalShowLength | over three hours ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour Description of subject: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour was Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 1978 concert tour, renowned for its intense, marathon performances that cemented Springsteen’s reputation as a legendary live act.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Darkness Tour