Bruce Springsteen General Discussion Thread

What's wrong ?

All I see are loads of people going to a concert. Same last year to the Munster final with people posting photos of orderly queues going full Mod Flanders.

Disappointed I didn't go this as it sounded much better than the underwhelming RDS gigs.

Yeah, brilliant gig. Possibly best I've seen of him. Reason to Believe was brilliant and I always love Two Hearts, so that was great as well as My Hometown. No complaints about the second half for me…can't really argue with BTR, Thunder Road, DITD, etc….the place was just rocking. Amazing to see so many folk just loving it…

Agreed on all the stewarding nonsense. We were half-way down Clonliffe Road before we were told the queue for Red was actually the whole way up the road. Went back as far as Jones Road and joined there then were told at the Daybreak it was the blue queue and the folk for the red queue were streaming down the road outside us…bizarre!

Never had that hassle at a Croke concert before be it a previous Bruce gig or U2. Cusack and standing all in the one gate and then the nonsense around drinks. Didn't bother buying a beer in the end - feck it…just enjoy the gig but there's really no need to stick the hand in like that or make the experience so annoying. Paying customer out for a night's fun just being treated as potential criminals…fck that!

for concerts it’s been all standing through cusack side afaik. This is all agreed in traffic plan between council, GAA hq, aiken and residents.
pints aren’t allowed on the pitch during GAA season. There is a match on this Saturday so pitch needs to be in top condition and the rationale is pints on the pitch will spill too much on the grass whereas a cab dropping has less chance of seeping through

The Indo in their review stated that in private he said these wouldn't be his last Irish shows.

Some of the weirdos up the front have been queuing and "checking in" at the Croke Park hotel 3 times a day since last Sunday evening. One whole week. When he was still playing in Kilkenny. So any odd behaviour from them isnt surprising. They're goblins.

Fantastic gig, was lucky to get one of the last pit numbers. Met lots of people from all over Europe doing multiple shows all summer. Security were good but the Ticketmaster staff were having issues scanning lots of tickets so can only imagine that led to delays elsewhere.

Setlist was good really for a party vibe given the size of the crowd. From Nightshift onwards was same as last year pretty much but there seemed to be a bit more interaction with the crowd going on

As he said at the end “we’ll being seeing ya” it gives you hope that this was not the last one.

I was up at the barrier behind the pit for the start and some woman tried to smuggle her child, who couldn't have been older than 11, into the pit with a sign. none of them had wristbands but she walked up to the pit entrance and pushed the child through, then when the security told her wristbands were needed, she asked if the child could stay in there…….

I'm kind of glad to hear that. I've been once and found it a nightmare to get to/from and in & out of.

Obviously a lot could change but this suggest another go around: https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/brad-pitt-nick-jonas-and-luis-guzman-among-bruce-springsteen-fans-who-travelled-across-the-globe-for-croke-park-gig/a302256163.html

Privately, he told friends he hoped to return to Ireland in the future and that the E Street Band will remain on tour with several exciting projects already in the pipeline.

The band could potentially visit Australia and New Zealand in 2025 - with the possibility of a return European tour the following year.

I personally thought the RDS show last year was better - but this was due to being on the pitch in the RDS and in the stands last night. Lots of people talking over songs and showing no interest in the show. (Imagine paying €170 just to hear Dancing in the dark". I had to tell one woman behind me to STFU and stop shouting.

Getting in and out was a bit of a pain - but getting into Croke park, even with issues, is a million times better than the ball ache of getting in and out of Slane.

Highlights for me were - The River, Darlington County, Reason to Believe, Backstreets

You can attribute it to the day in question, but he was deeply uncomfortable with Slane. While the gig has achieved legendary status and was regarded as a triumph, he himself was not happy about it, something which has been well documented. He felt it was dangerous and could result in fatalities. He'll never set foot there again.

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Disaster as above. I don’t blame the people who queue jumped as no one told them they couldn’t

By Bruce standards, that was a solid 7.5/10 show, the type he can do on autopilot and make it look inspired.

It was nowhere near as good as Kilkenny, the spark of spontaneity was missing. He really stuck rigidly to the set list, not even an audible. The set from LMS is practically set in stone now

Mind you, he really really liked the tweed cap! Very rare that that you see him wearing something like that for several songs.

But they were giving plastic glasses out with each can……