Well, it's clear by now that we don't get a summer stadium tour in Europe. Good thing. I want to se him indoors again. I think 2007 was the last time for me, after that only stadiums...
Good things about stadium shows - easy to get tickets. Bad things about stadium shows - everything else. I'm happy with no tour. Hope he does it again next year.
Certainly that Wembley show could. I was at that one too. Worth it for the blistering, astounding performance of Lost In The Flood alone. One of my all time favourite concert moments by anyone, ever.
OMG, there's so much I could really go to town on there! Back in the SPL days..... But I'm older and mellower now. And this is a nice place. So I'll just say great, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
My dad and I saw him in 2016 at the Chaifetz Arena...it's only a 10,000 seat venue, and I agree 100%. Love the arena and Theatre shows.
I have no idea what that means but I have been going to Springsteen shows since the early 8os (not much opportunity in the UK before that) so I do have plenty of points of reference and that 2013 gig and that particular performance remains a highlight for me. The Wembley show on the next tour by contrast (2016) was the complete opposite.
Very close but Incident on 57th was not done at Washington Mar, 3 1974 making 6 out of 7 songs W&I songs performed.
Sorry, my post was a little misleading. It was the early show on 3/3/74 that had all 7 W&I songs played. I wrote radio broadcast, and I'm not even sure if the late show was on the radio. The late show is well-known on boots, but as you say, was missing "Incident". But the early show had it. I love that brief era with Boom Carter in the band. Let's get a show or three released via the Archives Series already!
So if a 2020 tour won't be happening, perhaps it's time to go back to pushing for the reputed Tracks 2 project that may have been displaced last year by Western Stars and then plans for a new E Street album?
I would rather see a BITUSA box set, but your point is well taken, something archival would be nice at this point. Frankly, I was more interested in an archival project than a new 2020-era E Street Band album, so I will be pleased to see something along those lines.
I am almost certain that the new album and tour may be getting delayed because of the condition of Bruce's Mom. She has Alzheimer's/Dementia and things may be getting worse. I just lost my Mom on February 3rd due to complications from Dementia, congestive heart failure, a couple of holes in her heart that were bleeding, and the possibility that her Stage 3 kidney disease went into Stage 4. She was 95. I believe Bruce's Mom is older than my Mom was.
Imagine being Nils Lofgren thinking he was going to be playing with Crazy Horse and the E Street Band in 2020 and now possibly not playing with either.
i was fortunate enough to travel to NYC to see what we all thought was a one off River performance in '09 and the whole show and the album portion in particular was phenomenal. definitely a high point of my live music life. i own 3 versions of that show including the Archive series version and NONE of the 2013 performances can hold a candle to 2009 IMO.
All the best to you and your family. I never even considered this, but it makes a lot of sense for his decision-making these last few years. Staying on Broadway for a looong time, not taking the show to Paris/London/x, not touring...
Yeah, that's been the word here for a while, and I suspect it has maybe taken a downward turn recently. If that's the case, it shows that the man has his priorities in good order. I ran into his Mom at the concession line and chatted with her years ago at Convention Hall. Really sweet lady.
It's very unusual for a major rock star to organize years of his life around a parent's illness, that's for sure. I remember U2 touring the UK while Bono's father was dying. He flew back to Dublin nightly after each show for a while.
Definitely. But as he said in the book, his Mom was his lone saving grace for a long time. That, and him periodically having to chase his mentally ill Dad all over California, really put him in an ordinary human light, and de-mythologizes the whole thing about being a 'rock star'.
