Bruce Springsteen General Discussion Thread

Bruce probably loving the break away 😄

Probably out on the tear every night, probably the longest he's been in Ireland

This website has them all

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bruce-springsteen/2024/pairc-ui-chaoimh-cork-ireland-babbd52.html

This site...

Yeah. She was on stage dancing around with Michelle Obama though.

The cynic in me will always question these sign requests. Seems Santa Claus is a rainy night in Europe in case of emergency tune

Manchester 2016

Crowd Last night in lashing rain was way better then sunny rds last year. Card machines went down as per and just as I got to top of queue torrential downpour wearing a t shirt. In a weird way the rain added to it, lots dancing away on the pitch Anyway. Would have like the river and born in USA alright.

Its Aiken, the guy is a cheapskate.

He charges enough for the tickets so he should provide a decent service.

Yes I defo missed The River

Its gas that people go to see an artist who has over 400 different songs recorded and get upset when he doesn't do their personal favourites.

Just stay at home and listen to the songs you like on a recorded live album if its going to disappoint you

He does.

Artist requests a fee, the promoter then sets the ticket prices.

Ireland seems to be the only country on the European tour with flat ticket prices, i.e all seats are almost the same price. 158-168 euro.

You could get seats for 75 euro up in other countries.

mate of mine was at it with his son - son said before the gig that the only song he knew was "santa claus is coming to town" - his Dad said - "well he won't play that" lol little did he know - he said it was fantastic - the whole audience sang along and Bruce said "only in Cork"

PS this mate is a massive music head - said it was the best gig he had been to apart from a U2 concert.. dunno what year or where

that’s not how it goes for shows anymore.
Bruce agent will inform promoter of guarantee, they also set out the % share of profits for promoter after expenses. Promoter provides agent with detailed budget for the show and and ticket price options that cover the guarantee, expenses and agreed profit for promoter/artist. Agent approves budget and ticket prices after back and forth.
after show is done promoter provides settlement statement to agent with breakdown of ticket revenue, costs, promoter % and profit due to Bruce. Promoter then pays over the difference between guarantee amount already paid and the profit due to Bruce.

for smaller shows that guarantee will be based on sold out capacity and so the settlement figure due versus guarantee amount might be a negligible amount.
depending on size or venue it can just be a straightforward guarantee fee.

Probably Foster Terrace off Ballybough road if my 2016 memory serves me!

The PUC gig was my 8th or so Bruce gig. Massive pit as usual, got a good spot, arrived to venue at 5pm, didn’t move at all until he left the stage around 22:25, came away drenched but happy.

A 16 piece live band is relatively rare, and so in synch it was incredible, very tight throughout. He’s always changing setlists, so have seen The River, Born In USA, so many times before, it was nice to see other tracks played.
Nice tribute to E street members Clemons & Federici.

Little Steven was the most dissapointing, looked like he had zero interest. did not do much at all, and would have not been missed. Nils gave some amazing solos as usual, and was much more plugged in, Talent/Bittan/Weinberg & Turell all on great form, and the horns section outstanding, as was the choir.

The exit was as many have said was - chaotic, the main exit to left of stage was still closed, 15 minutes after he finished. so people started going into the stand, it eventually opened several minutes later, dangerous, unsafe, extremely poorly lit all around,once you got outside, and signage abysmal. so in short. same oul amateur shite as usual with the GAA/Aikens

I ended up having an horrific night due to various health issues, which were compounded by the disgraceful exit system, and that partially flooded dark road we had to endure to get back to the city, and even though some very kind strangers tried to get me help, none was forth coming. I saw other people with disabilities struggling too, so shame on Aiken and whoever put that so called plan together.

However, while my experience was awful, I still think Bruce and the band put on an amazing show, as always. They played their hearts out. I did notice Stevie seemed a little off, but everyone else was on fire. I'm in the camp of having a diverse setlist. It's what makes a Bruce gig special. I thought the Santa Claus was hilarious. My highlights include My City of Ruins, and Rainy Night In Soho. The Pogues, and Victoria were backstage for this.