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bam
I’ve sat behind the stage and watched the teleprompters. He has the words and chords on the screens in front of him.
From behind the stage, you can also see the next song before it starts - and tell when there’s an audible. On his tours where he took requests from audience signs, he’d hold up the sign and spin around with it. His computer guy would quickly pull up the song and put it on the teleprompter. The band could see the words and the chords, yet pretend to the audience that they were all doing it from memory.
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bam
I’ve sat behind the stage and watched the teleprompters. He has the words and chords on the screens in front of him.
From behind the stage, you can also see the next song before it starts - and tell when there’s an audible. On his tours where he took requests from audience signs, he’d hold up the sign and spin around with it. His computer guy would quickly pull up the song and put it on the teleprompter. The band could see the words and the chords, yet pretend to the audience that they were all doing it from memory.
That's showbiz!
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dnewton99
Had to sell my ticket for Houston last minute yesterday due to illness in family.. person getting better but missed the concert. No real regrets because I could not have been in right mind to focus on it do you folks on this thread know if there is an iorr equivalent for fan discussion for Bruce or by each concert? haven't bumped into it yet.
Donna - in Houston.
You can join Greasy Lake. A great Springsteen forum
[the-circuit.greasylake.org]
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bam
I’ve sat behind the stage and watched the teleprompters. He has the words and chords on the screens in front of him.
From behind the stage, you can also see the next song before it starts - and tell when there’s an audible. On his tours where he took requests from audience signs, he’d hold up the sign and spin around with it. His computer guy would quickly pull up the song and put it on the teleprompter. The band could see the words and the chords, yet pretend to the audience that they were all doing it from memory.
That's showbiz!
Not different with the Stones. Though I'm not sure they also have the chords on there
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Crackinup
I attended the Houston show last might. No Nils as mentioned, but Bruce and Steve adequately covered the guitar parts. First surprise was opening with 'Night', moving 'No Surrender' to 2nd song. The other surprise was 'If I was a Priest', which was magical. Great guitar solo by Steve at the end, but I would have loved to hear the harmonica from the studio version. You could tell who the die hard fans were because they all said 'Oh my god' as the song began. His tribute to his old bandmate before 'Last Man Standing' was quite touching and you could have heard a pin drop in the arena.
I'm not sure why, but the two soul covers just don't work for me. He's trying hard, with all the horn players and backup singers at the front of the stage like a revival. During those songs I started thinking about the Stones Licks tour, especially the club shows where they played 3-4 soul/dance songs. They switch between genres so effortlessly and they make it look so damn easy you take for granted how truly great they are.
Regardless, I would gladly see Bruce in concert again tomorrow. Those same horn players and backup singers make songs like 'Johnny 99'blow the top off the arena. His shows are one of a kind.
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No Jake in Austin (covid)
Nils is back.
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^ I'm just curious if there were only 20 songs played last night, since 7 of them are repeated above???
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VoodooLounge13
^ I'm just curious if there were only 20 songs played last night, since 7 of them are repeated above???
27 songs, 20 in basic set, 7 song encore.
(Assume Topi was cutting and pasting and added some duplicates…)
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Tulsa tickets as low as 3 bucks!
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^ I'm just curious if there were only 20 songs played last night, since 7 of them are repeated above???
27 songs, 20 in basic set, 7 song encore.
(Assume Topi was cutting and pasting and added some duplicates…)
2 hours 45 minutes with 27-28 songs seems to be the norm so far this tour.
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bye bye johnny
Tulsa show is far from a sell out.
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Tanking Tulsa Date Shows Springsteen Using Floor Pricing on Tour
by Dave Clark
February 16, 2023
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bye bye johnny
Tulsa show is far from a sell out.
[www.ticketmaster.com]
Tanking Tulsa Date Shows Springsteen Using Floor Pricing on Tour
by Dave Clark
February 16, 2023
[www.ticketnews.com]
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bam
Bruce has always had trouble selling many markets. He’s strong along the east coast and the northern Midwest. He’s not as strong in the west.
He routinely sells out stadiums in Europe. He can only do that in the US in some eastern and midwestern cities.
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bye bye johnny
Tulsa show is far from a sell out.
[www.ticketmaster.com]
Tanking Tulsa Date Shows Springsteen Using Floor Pricing on Tour
by Dave Clark
February 16, 2023
[www.ticketnews.com]
These are unsold resale tickets. They were already purchased once at full retail price.
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Hairball
Sure the Boss might be fine, but some of his fans who aren't fully aware of the ins and outs of the ticket selling machinery might feel differently about it all - like they're being scammed again.
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bam
Bruce has only booked arenas in California this tour.
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bye bye johnny
Tulsa show is far from a sell out.
[www.ticketmaster.com]
Tanking Tulsa Date Shows Springsteen Using Floor Pricing on Tour
by Dave Clark
February 16, 2023
[www.ticketnews.com]
These are unsold resale tickets. They were already purchased once at full retail price.
Not true. There are many as-yet-unsold "Standard Admission" tickets along with "Verified Resale" tickets. Most of the unsold tickets are behind/side stage.
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