Tom Morello's evil eye on Bruce Springsteen Australia fans' signs Tom Morello on stage with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Allphones Arena, Sydne, in the Wrecking Ball Tour. WHEN apprentice E Street band member Tom Morello sees those song request signs go up, he has a brief moment of panic. While his Boss, Bruce Springsteen is well acquainted with the hundreds of songs in his repertoire, the Rage Against The Machine guitarist had rehearsed a list of 50 for the Australian tour. Since the Wrecking Ball Australian Tour started in Brisbane on March 14, the respected axeman hired to step in for Steve Van Zandt has had to learn another 24 songs on the fly thanks to fans holding signs pleading for their favourites to be played. See the songs Bruce Springsteen's played and how many times Bruce Springsteen at a press conference before the Brisbane gag. Springsteen's return to Australia after a 10-year absence has raised the bar for every other artist playing here this year. Two great guitarists Tom Morello and Bruce Springsteen spur each other on in the Wrecking Ball Tour at Allphones Arena, Sydney. Picture: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images While Pink and One Direction may have booked more shows in 2013, it is unlikely either artist will deliver 74 songs over eight nights in concerts lasting an average of three hours. The Wrecking Ball tour will have played to about 150,000 people by the time it wraps with two final concerts taking the tally to 10 shows at the picturesque Hanging Rock this Easter weekend. And it was only their commitments in Europe which prevented the Australian leg stretching into a national marathon. Morello, who has thrilled the crowds each night with his searing solo on The Ghost Of Tom Joad, jokes that he gives the sign holders the evil eye. "I look those people in eye willing them to put the signs down," he said, laughing. The other night he pulled Cover Me from the crowd and I remember hearing that song on the radio in the 80s and now I have to see if I can play it! The Boss fan whose unique playing style has captivated music fans since the 90s has regularly guested with Springsteen on one or two songs over the past four years. He said it was an honour to be asked to fill in for Van Zandt who is filming a television series in Norway. "The E Street band is a great live band any day without me in it so my modus operandi is clear - just don't get in the way of it," he said. Morello enjoys the ultimate fan moment every night when he stands by Springsteen to play the breakdown in the iconic Born To Run. "I am able to have a few out of body experiences each night where I am thinking 'Here I am playing with the E Street band'," he said. Every night, there's a moment in Born To Run where Bruce and I play it together and I just trip out. I'm not only playing my favourite part of Born To Run, but I'm playing with the guy who wrote it. Morello he is also a horse racing fan and hopes to meet Black Caviar before leaving the country. He said his singular guitar playing was partly inspired by watching the champion American horse Secretariat's historic Triple Crown win at the Belmont Stakes In 1973. Morello credited that run for wanting him to achieve what no one else had done with the electric guitar and as anyone who has witnessed his playing on Tom Joad can attest, he has accomplished that mission. I would love to visit Black Caviar. If not the greatest horse in the world, she's the greatest active horse right now," he said. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band play their final sold out shows at Hanging Rock on Saturday and Sunday. What is your favourite moment on the Bruce Springsteen tour? Tell us in the comment module below