On the way back home. A fabulous high energy show and my first Jungleland a very happy girl

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Attention all you Bruce nuts out there! I went to the Bruce website at[brucespringsteen.net] and they are releasing what I consider to be one of Bruce's later day holy grail of shows: The 1990 solo acoustic Christic Institute performances. It was rumored at the time that was going to be officially released but never was. Highly recommended if you are a Bruce fan.

Never liked his acoustic stuff that much, but knowing me, I probably will end up buying it.

Tremendous show at Wembley last night. Perhaps the least songs played from The River on the entire tour. Great versions of Tougher Than The Rest, My City Of Ruins, Candy's Room and a rare outing for I'll Work For Your Love.

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Tremendous show at Wembley last night. Perhaps the least songs played from The River on the entire tour. Great versions of Tougher Than The Rest, My City Of Ruins, Candy's Room and a rare outing for I'll Work For Your Love.

Does Bruce do the crowd surfing bit during the stadium shows? I imagine security has to go change their underwear afterwards if he does!

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Tremendous show at Wembley last night. Perhaps the least songs played from The River on the entire tour. Great versions of Tougher Than The Rest, My City Of Ruins, Candy's Room and a rare outing for I'll Work For Your Love.

Does Bruce do the crowd surfing bit during the stadium shows? I imagine security has to go change their underwear afterwards if he does!

Yes he does, his rapport with the audience is pure joy

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I was on the pitch and the sound was great

Nate

Hi Nate.

Where abouts on the Pitch were you ? We where right in the middle and there was a terrible echo. It often wasn't clear what song had started. And if he spoke it was really hard to make it out. I went for one toilet break and walked to the back of the floor...it didn't seem to improve.Someone who was 10 rows from the pit described it as "appalling sound" Spoke to friends that had been in the 1st tier and it was loud and clear there.

I still enjoyed the gig and the set list was beyond interesting, but the sound was a let down.

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I was on the pitch and the sound was great

Nate

There's probably a lot of difference between stadiums and open fields when it comes to
sound quality. I've never been too fond of stadiums with (partly) roofs.
Next week I'll visit Bruce in The Hague on the Malieveld (sweet memories of 1998, Bridges
tour). I think it's necessary to be close to the stage for a great experience.
Would the sound be good in the front part of the field?

Just as long as the guitar plays, let it steal your heart away

I was at the front of the pitch right hand side for most of the show near the end of the show I did move to the back so I could beat the queue to buy a tshirt and the sound wasn't as good at the back.Next month I will see him again at the circus maximus in Rome which is an open field so should get a different sound.

Does anyone know if Bruce always has a separate section right at the front of stage as they had at Wembley the other night how does it work do they just let the first few thousand in that are first through the gates?
I would like to try and get in that section in Rome if they have it there.


Nate

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Malieveld (sweet memories of 1998, Bridges
tour).

You mean wet memories?

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Malieveld (sweet memories of 1998, Bridges
tour).

You mean wet memories?

haha wet memories.and sweet memories. great concert it was indeed. and a chaotic situation at the railway station.
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I was at the front of the pitch right hand side for most of the show near the end of the show I did move to the back so I could beat the queue to buy a tshirt and the sound wasn't as good at the back.Next month I will see him again at the circus maximus in Rome which is an open field so should get a different sound.

Does anyone know if Bruce always has a separate section right at the front of stage as they had at Wembley the other night how does it work do they just let the first few thousand in that are first through the gates?
I would like to try and get in that section in Rome if they have it there.


Nate

In the states they had a lottery for wrist bands to get into the front section. You had to be there about 4 hours before the show. I would check with the venue for info closer to the show. It might work different for stadium shows.

I will get to Rome two days before the gig so will go down to the venue and ask around.I am very determined to get to that front row for this show.

Nate

A vinyl rip of the "River Refinery" bootleg is currently up on Electric Ladyland...

[electricladyland.synology.me]

Thank you Bruce for playing in my city......traffic jams all over....... all the roads to my house are blocked

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Thank you Bruce for playing in my city......traffic jams all over....... all the roads to my house are blocked

take your bike!

Unbelievable great show at The Hague last night. About 3:30 hours of joy and energy.
The man is huge, there's no other way to put it. And his band is serving him well.
The Dutch crowd was wild, participating at every little invitation, and beyond.
Bruce took us from there even a little further, coming close to a television evangelist
at some moments, like James Brown in the Blues Brothers.

Setlist (thanks to setlist.fm, because my memory messes things up a bit):

Badlands
No Surrender
My Love Will Not Let You Down
From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)(tour debut)
Sherry Darling
Night
Spirit in the Night
My City of Ruins
Jersey Girl (tour debut)
Hungry Heart
Out in the Street
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
Death to My Hometown
The River
Racing in the Street (tour debut)
The Promised Land
Working on the Highway
Darlington County
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
I'm on Fire
Because the Night
The Rising
Thunder Road
Land of Hope and Dreams
Jungleland
Born to Run
Seven Nights to Rock
Detroit Medley
Dancing in the Dark
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Shout
This Hard Land (acoustic)

Just as long as the guitar plays, let it steal your heart away

BTW, for anyone who's interested, I was standing about 10 meters behind the "pit",
a bit on Little Steven's side.
Sound was really good at my position, though in the first three songs the sound mechanics
seemed to have troubles to get the right mix. After that it was fabulous.
There were no echoes at all.

Just as long as the guitar plays, let it steal your heart away

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Unbelievable great show at The Hague last night. About 3:30 hours of joy and energy.
The man is huge, there's no other way to put it. And his band is serving him well.
The Dutch crowd was wild, participating at every little invitation, and beyond.
Bruce took us from there even a little further, coming close to a television evangelist
at some moments, like James Brown in the Blues Brothers.

Setlist (thanks to setlist.fm, because my memory messes things up a bit):

Badlands
No Surrender
My Love Will Not Let You Down
From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)(tour debut)
Sherry Darling
Night
Spirit in the Night
My City of Ruins
Jersey Girl (tour debut)
Hungry Heart
Out in the Street
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
Death to My Hometown
The River
Racing in the Street (tour debut)
The Promised Land
Working on the Highway
Darlington County
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
I'm on Fire
Because the Night
The Rising
Thunder Road
Land of Hope and Dreams
Jungleland
Born to Run
Seven Nights to Rock
Detroit Medley
Dancing in the Dark
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Shout
This Hard Land (acoustic)

I've felt for years that on a good night a Bruce show is rock 'n roll church.

Still a BIG smile from THE HAGUE...


[picture from Noordhollands Dagblad 15/6/16]

'...I said we...we are heaven bound...'

it may not be the river tour anymore, but it's great as ever, if not better

100 different songs done in 48 shows so far, still 27 shows to go

[www.setlist.fm]

He should keep Meet me in the City in the mix. Great Song. Also Great pic above!

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He should keep Meet me in the City in the mix. Great Song. Also Great pic above!

I really love that song. I'm surprised he stopped playing it as it's "new" by The River standards.

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He should keep Meet me in the City in the mix. Great Song. Also Great pic above!

I really love that song. I'm surprised he stopped playing it as it's "new" by The River standards.

Also, where is Rendezvous? I don't think he has played song in years.

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Thank you Bruce for playing in my city......traffic jams all over....... all the roads to my house are blocked

take your bike!

50 miles from my workplace on my bike is a bit to much............

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Thank you Bruce for playing in my city......traffic jams all over....... all the roads to my house are blocked

take your bike!

50 miles from my workplace on my bike is a bit to much............

If you think about it we really don't need to go to work. There is Skype (for Meetings) , VPN access, e-mail etc.. One can practically work from anywhere. I prefer to go to my cube most of the time. Personal interaction is sometimes advantageous and there are friends at work. However, these days you really don't need to call in sick. Simply work from home. However, if your Internet Provider is some crazy company such as Comcast(I deal with them more than family) and there is a service outage then you are stranded and strategy does not work.

Anyone here going to the Berlin show this Sunday?
I am going but need to get a ticket.

Nate

Went to Berlin for the weekend to see Springsteen and this was one of the best concerts I've ever seen.He really is an amazing performer with so much enthusiasm and energy.I got a normal pitch ticket at the last minute and somehow managed to work my way into the premium front of stage section with the help of a friendly steward I have some great photos I took of Bruce singing and playing right in front of me I will upload them onto here later in the week.
If you like the music of Springsteen and have never seen him play live then try to get along to a show on this tour it will be a night you won't forget.

Nate

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Thank you Bruce for playing in my city......traffic jams all over....... all the roads to my house are blocked

take your bike!

50 miles from my workplace on my bike is a bit to much............

If you think about it we really don't need to go to work. There is Skype (for Meetings) , VPN access, e-mail etc.. One can practically work from anywhere. I prefer to go to my cube most of the time. Personal interaction is sometimes advantageous and there are friends at work. However, these days you really don't need to call in sick. Simply work from home. However, if your Internet Provider is some crazy company such as Comcast(I deal with them more than family) and there is a service outage then you are stranded and strategy does not work.

It's a bit tricky if you're a waiter, or a doctor, or a construction worker!

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If you like the music of Springsteen and have never seen him play live then try to get along to a show on this tour it will be a night you won't forget.

Nate

Yeah, very true. Saw Berlin concert (my first one from Springsteen) and it was nothing but magnificent by any means. Yes, it's not a "River" tour anymore (6 songs from Born in the USA, 5 songs from River), but the fun was tremendous and memories will stay with me forever (complete with photos I took from the pit).

62 676 in the audience, 38 songs over 3 hours and 58 minutes in Gothenburg yesterday, Midsummer's Day.
Bruce will play one more concert in Gothenburg before he leaves (plus an added one in late July). All sold out.
Here is a review with a song-by-song-breakdown last in the article:
[www.aftonbladet.se]
And here's another review: [www.expressen.se]