Bruce Springsteen General Discussion Thread

That was an amazing show last night, the tempo never dropped all night. If it was my last one to see live it will be a happy memory. Organisation was top class have to say

I was in the pit for Friday and Sunday, and while Friday was still a really good show, Sunday was another level. I think it just started with more of a fire than Friday, and it didn’t let up until Kitty’s Back. Few more drunken eejits around than on Friday which was annoying, but only minor in the scheme of things! I’m going again on Tuesday so hoping we might get a tour debut, given the changes made last night!

Glad everyone had a great time. I loved Friday. No sound issues from where I was in the pit. I moved from the back centre to closer to the front for different parts of the gig.

I know I've been to rds gigs before where people found the sound poor further back or in the stands.

Really great atmosphere on Friday, great to see so many happy faces

So this was me and my kids (12 and 9). We know the tickets said over 16's only but, yes, we were chancing our arms! No one said anything on entrance, no one said anything when they gave us all the pit passes and we were there for 2 hours before we were approached. The option was to go to a terrace at the back or leave and get a refund (as if that's an option and as if you'd see your money back from Aiken!). Kids were crestfallen. So we went to the terrace, there was NO other kids there. So we stayed there for 5 or 6 songs and went back to the pit! Nothing said. Kids had an amazing time and everyone was so nice to them. And like you said, lots of other kids around.

I was there on Friday night as well and the sound was atrocious, it got better about halfway through. Last night was a far superior show, slightly better set list but the band and the crowd were well up for it. Incredible performance, I don't know how he does it. So happy that it was the kids first concert. All downhill for them now 😂😂😂

Fair play - great that you got back in. i hope that the other two families I saw did the same thing. Was it flagged as a safety thing or what was their reasoning?

Really enjoyed the set and the band sounded amazing but I have to say, the crowd where we were standing last night were absolutely shocking. There seemed to be a lot that were just there to drink and talk and had no interest in anything that wasn't one of the 'classics'. The constant aggressive shoving as people streamed out to the bars was unreal.

I'm glad everyone in the pit had a great experience and we have passes lined up for tomorrow's show so hopefully it'll be better crowd-wise.

Yeah Health and Safety was the reason given.

Just stay well clear of the pit rats up the front

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Health & safety, insurance and event licence rationale.if a Drunk Bruce falls over onto a kid in the pit and injured them who do you think will be sued!

I met a dyed in the wool Kerry woman last night in her 50's who'd been at the rail on Friday. She was in the pit last night but didn't get to the rail. Lovely woman but was really into the pit numbering thing. To my astonishment she said goodbye to me midway through the second last song so she could start queueing for Tuesday.

Any changes to the set from Friday to last night?

Five. My Love Will Not Let You Down and Death to My Hometown opened the show before No Surrender. Darkness on the Edge of Town appeared early and Candy's Room dropped out. Later, Pay Me My Money Down took Johnny 99's spot in the middle of the set. Finally, Land of Hope and Dreams replaced by Bobby Jean in the encores.

Biggest omission was Thunder Road which has been played at every stop on the tour (apart from opening night in Tampa) but was skipped last night with the main set ending after Badlands. That's a BIG song to leave out.

There is a theory that Thunder Road was to be done after Glory Days, but then he called out for Bobby Jean to replace it, wanting to maintain the emotional momentum that had built over the previous few songs. That may or may not be true, but you could see that Bobby Jean was definitely a call out/audible/change to whatever was on the setlist, and Thunder Road seems the most likely contender (though it could have been Ramrod).

Could be. I'd be interested to see the original setlist. Bobby Jean was definitely audibled though so something made way for it. Shame Rosalita seems to have been shelved in favour of Born in the USA on the Euro tour. He sang it almost every night in the US while BitUSA was only played once. I know he's ambivalent about the song generally but I'd argue most of the people waving American flags and singing it last night were not any more or less aware of the song's criticism of US foreign and domestic policy than an audience in Portland or Atlanta or Baltimore would be.

A strange move to drop Thunder Road.... Maybe for the best if he's not enjoying playing it. It certainly went down well on Friday.

I did notice him motioning to Stevie a couple times to take the little "got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk" riff.... Usually Bruce's takes this, struck me as a tad unusual, then again he was out on a walkabout at the time.

I'm really surprised at the dislike for Kitty's Back... The band are so solid for it and all get their time in the spotlight. Epic musicianship! It was flat as a pancake on Friday where I was, once again the poxy sound made the groove impossible to get into!