Bruce Springsteen General Discussion Thread

Bruce and the band put on some performance alright, with some great bits of fun in between too. Great performers, they're still top of the game for sure.

Was really disappointed with everything else about the night though tbh. The organisation was amateur at best with lengthy delays to get in and some real ugly scenes of crowd vs queue skippers vs stewards outside and the stewards put in an awful position. They really cheaped out on basic stuff like hiring barriers and the number of people scanning tickets.

Was also about mid pitch with the parents who wouldn't be into getting anywhere more crowded and the crowd was really shocking for a lot of the gig. Any lesser known songs were completely talked over and most people seemed like they were completely indifferent to who was playing and they just saw it as an evening out. Was really disappointed for my parents who are big fans.

Just this. If you want to spend your time drinking beer, getting drunk and chatting to friends, go to the pub. If you come to a concert, shuddup and listen to the performer.

I don't get people who talk (loudly) all the time at concerts. Also, they or someone spends a fortune on a ticket and travel and even accommodation for them. And they ruin it for others. WTF

His voice was far better than Belfast, thankfully.

100%, it was just sensational. I've seen him many, many times over the past 35 years and it ranks as one of his finest shows. Racing in the Streets was just mind blowing, nice upload here

My wife and I were in the pit, even there some dickheads never shut their mouths. Also,we have an awful culture in this country of turning up late to get into events.The amount of Rockshore cans on the ground when we were exiting after the show was insane.

It was a wonderful show, one of Bruce's greatest,but thousands there never realised that due to their bad behaviour.

Bruce still using the big old box stage, he must want to die in that thing.

He really should have a better stage and a B stage for the money he is charging.

A B stage and walkway would be great, it doesnt have to be him on it all the time, people would love to see Nils, Stevie and Jake up close.

For me it was a good performance but I enjoyed some of his previous shows more. I thought the organisation at the venue was shambolic. The queuing going in was a mess. People were jumping the queue. The food stalls were too far away and there wasn't enough food options. I was surprised by the amount of drunk people. A lot of people seemed to want a p*ss up and had no interest in the music.

It's my main issue with seated tickets, you can't move if you're beside a bunch of arseholes

I heard they've turned to the drink since the hurling is gone.

councils give strict times for taking down outdoor stages and the Kilkenny stage went straight to croke park to be set up for Sunday. The Belfast stage was sent to Cork for Thursday.

I've a spare croke park standing ticket if anyone is stuck.

My wife and I were in Kilkenny back in 2013 on the day of the show. The buzz around town that fine day was unreal, so much so we very nearly dropped our two under-2 kids home to Granny to come back down for the show on touted tickets.

When we heard 10 years on he was coming back this year we immediately the two best tickets available – spending probably twice what we would normally pay.

As we arrived into Kilkenny yesterday, it was avery similar day to 2013 – beautiful sunshine, great craic around the bars in town, a proper good time feel about. We didn’t quite get down early enough to soak it all up, got parked near enough the stadium at 5-ish and just heading on in. When we made it to our seats, we were really happy with them. We werein the main stand, about 10 rows back from the pitch, a little higher than stage height but with a completely clear view to the set. These were better seats than any outdoor event or even three arena event we’d gone to. OK so the seating was a little ‘tight’ and yes, no backs, so not the most comfortable, and maybe the sound might have been better in front of stage, but still we had no complaints.

Everyone around us was properly enjoying the show, no chatter, bit of sing along, lots of hand-waving, etc. Generally an older crown in my area, but obviously it may have been completely different down on the pitch. I certainly seen people from all age groups equally enjoying the show.

And what a show, what a man. From the first song of the night (had me in tears) to the last, I loved every single moment. He was very genuine with anyone he interacted with, you can see he is a man of the people. His work rate was incredible too, I know he is famed for his 3-hour shows, with no support or interval, but its still a marvel to see – some of the band would have had breaks depending on the song, but Bruce was a full part of every one of his 30 or so songs, 200 or so minutes.

Have no doubt, Bruce very much still has it for a lad in his mid-seventies, on guitar, vocally and on his feet. Easy to see he clearly wants to be here, he clearly cares about putting on the best show, its far from a testimonial / farewell tour and I would hope to see him back in Kilkenny again.

I though the venue was reasonably well organised – only gripe would be they had 6 security checkers on our gate, 4 male, 2 female. As ladies were more checked (bags, etc), that was slightly ridiculous, men getting through fast but having to wait then on their partners. I thought the toilets were good, security good in general, etc. There could have been more food options for sure, long queues most of the time, but as events go I thought the pricing was just about fair enough (€6.50 a pint, I was expecting €7/€7.50), and quality fairly good (coffee and chips).

The night will live long in the memory.

They usually have two stages, so Belfast stage goes to Cork, KK stage goes to Dublin.

edit - sorry this uestion already answered