29/06/2009 by Russell.

28th June, on stage at Hard Rock Calling, Bruce Springsteen put in another energetic show for his audience.  Falling up the stairs twice in getting back to his mike, he made the above pronouncement.

Age has no boundaries for this man, even coaxing a song out of a boy at the front of the audience ‘Waiting on a Sunny Day’ the boy sang into Bruce’s microphone.  Very much reminding me of taking Kirsten to see bruce in Manchester in 1999ish when she was 10, we weere on the second row and she made a connection with Bruce that evening. Brilliant.  He makes everyone welcome.

He opened the show with the Clash’s ’London Calling’ anthem, great start, and he rocked us all night from there.  There were the customary hand made signs of requests. The highlights among these were ‘Greetings from Hyde Park’, ‘I love you Steve’ banner and the requests were so many but he responded to Bobby Jean and Jungleland in the set.

He had a duet with Gaslight Anthem vocalist Brian Fallon on No Surrender.  What will happen when he announces a retirement tour, God only knows, hopefully it will be a one great catalogue of requests.  How many artists can do that these days? such sponteneity is one of the great things about Bruce, you never know where the journey may take you. He is undoubtedly the master performer at a live show.  I just hope Clarence Clemons’ legs/hips keep going, he is a big man tottering around on stage, but the ‘hearstoppping,  record breaking E Street Band’ wouldn’t be the same without him.

‘Glory Days’ indeed……over to you Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce

 Glasgow anybody?

Pic from BBC.

June 28, 2009
London, England
Hard Rock CallingLondon Calling
Badlands
Night
She’s The One
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Good Lovin’
Bobby Jean
Trapped
No Surrender (duet)
Waiting On A Sunny Day
Promised Land
Racing In The Street
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run

Rosalita
Hard Times
Jungleland
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark

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24/12/2007 by Russell.

The Boss was back in town, last Wednesday 19th at the new o2 arena, (aka Millenium Dome)

Tickets were as scarce as a gay in a brothel. managed to get a ticket on the day (once again) and pay face value through rip off merchants Ticketmaster.

Waited from around 1pm for the gig at 8.30pm.

Was it worth it? of course - started with a rip roaring ‘Radio Nowhere’ four tracks on the spin without really talking to the audinece, a Boss on a mission. (see Backstreets review on my web-site) . he blew tha audience away with old, new and crowd favourites. Because the Night went down a storm as did No retreat No surrender. Absolutelt great stuff. Did we want to go home? no? did we believe in Santa Claus? of course the audience did.

I have seen Bruce since 1981, the journey has been a love affair for all these years, and I always wanted to go to see him at Christmas, to see him play Santa Claus Comes to Town. it’s a song i have had on an old bootleg from around 81/82. He didn’t disappoint…all the E streeters were suitably donned in hats including ear muffs for Steve van Zandt ( some may know him from the Soprano’s)

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