 On October 19, 1984 in the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington, during the Born in the U.S.A. Tour, "Rosalita" was dropped from the show, not to reappear.Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh said this was done to "disrupt the ritual expectations of the fanatic fans [...] establishing through a burst of creativity just who "was" boss [...] he'd liberated the show from an albatross, a song that was too long and had long since stopped breathing.