Bruce Springsteen General Discussion Thread

Fair enough😉

7.55pm start in Sunderland. First song was Waiting on a Sunny Day. Hope they get it. I mean it worked here at one of The RDS shows in 2009 🤣

I fully enjoyed, the gig, not a diehard Bruce fan, but have seen him a few times and always he gives great entertainment, audience engagement and literally a non stop 3 hour show from a 20 piece band. I am sure overheads are significant and I don’t begrudge the promoter making a profit. On the Rochshore (rebranded Budweiser) there was a sense of being gouged. I had 2 cans which was enough for me, I can thankfully afford it and more at the price, but no one likes to feel they are being ‘had’.

Anyway I have enough good memories to sustain me until the next time he plays here, and I’m sure he will. He looks to have a lot of gas still in the tank, he is clearly enjoying it and so were the vast, vast bulk of those there. I’d happily go again, just maybe would have another pint or so outside the ground and support the local businesses rather than the music / entertainment industry complex!

Egan has form for this. He submitted a review for an RDS show years ago (possibly 2008, though it could have been as far back as 2003) wherein he said The River was performed (it wasn't) and Bruce's surname was spelled Springstein.

Following criticism, he explained that he submitted the review before the show was finished, in order to make a deadline, and was basically "guessing" what would be played, based on previous setlists.

He also took umbrage at being criticised for misspelling Springsteen, effectively blaming a copy editor for making the error.

A complete clown who has somehow blagged his way to shows for over thirty years.

It turns out he did indeed start with Waitin' On A Sunny Day. This was some of the setlist that was posted earlier 😂

Did he review a gig (I'm not sure of the artist) that appear in a Friday edition of a newspaper and it turned out the gig wasn't on until the Friday night or something to that effect?

With that mis spelling, can't help be reminded of Spinal Tap concert in The Simpsons - "Good night Springton, there will be no encores"

That was my first Springsteen gig. Was a great moment.

I like to have a couple of drinks at gigs. It heightens the experience. For me anyway. I don't think there is anything wrong with that. If the only priority should be to go and listen to music, then there is no point in having a bar there at all by that logic. And that wouldn't go down well. I'm generally conservative enough in the amount I drink at gigs, to judge it so that I won't be going in and out for a plss every 20 minutes. And I try to empty the bladder with about an hour left, as that is normally the best part of a concert.

You'll always get some chatting at gigs. For louder concerts, it's generally tolerable. But you're right - clowns that go and shouting shlte to their friends is extremely idiotic. I've had a few gigs ruined through that.

But last point on the drinks. It is reasonable to expect that when you are paying for a few drinks, that it is at least enjoyable. If you go to a restaurant with the main priority to have food, and want to have a couple of drink with it, it would turn your stomach if the waiter suggested that they only had Rockplss. When in reality there are so many choices out there.

This thread needs to be renamed "Queues and Booze" - jeez back to the music already!

Doh! 😖

Ole Ole Ole Ole Ole Ole Ole

Bruce did say he was coming to Dublin to rock you all into the ground.

Rockshore you into the ground that is

Will that be part of my next electricity bill?

Agreed. Any reports I saw were extremely positive. The audience seem to have embraced the weather with good spirits and just enjoyed the gig to the full. Racing in the Street, in particular, seems to have been a highlight, just like it was in Kilkenny.

Rumours of Peter Aiken showing up at Parnell Lidl return machine with a truck load of empties on Monday morning.

Seeing the clips of Sunderland makes me really want to see Bruce again soon. Think I might go abroad to see him next time.