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Bruce Springsteen’s Manager Defends Ticket Prices Amid Backlash

By Evan Minsker

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band ’s much anticipated 2023 tour has faced one major point of contention with his adoring public: Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing.” Fans with access codes were offered tickets priced between $1,000 and $5,000, which became the subject of backlash on social media. Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau has now released a statement defending the tour’s ticket pricing model.

“In pricing tickets for this tour, we looked carefully at what our peers have been doing,” Landau said in a statement to The New York Times . “We chose prices that are lower than some and on par with others. Regardless of the commentary about a modest number of tickets costing $1,000 or more, our true average ticket price has been in the mid-$200 range. I believe that in today’s environment, that is a fair price to see someone universally regarded as among the very greatest artists of his generation.”

Ticketmaster recently offered a similar line : “Prices and formats are consistent with industry standards for top performers.” The company argued that only 1.3 percent of tickets sold went for more than $1,000. “Promoters and artist representatives set pricing strategy and price range parameters on all tickets, including dynamic and fixed price points,” a Ticketmaster spokeswoman told The Times . “When there are far more people who want to attend an event than there are tickets available, prices go up.”

Springsteen’s last albums were 2019’s Western Stars and 2020’s Letter to You .

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Bruce Springsteen ’s manager Jon Landau has released a statement defending the singer’s tour ticket pricing model.

Last week, when the first six cities on the US leg of Springsteen’s tour went on sale, fans who were hoping to see the 72-year-old singer perform with the E Street Band were shocked after looking at the tickets prices.

Due to the ticket-selling site’s “dynamic pricing”, mid-floor tickets were listed for $4-5,000 (£3-4,000).

This “dynamic pricing” programme is comparable to Uber’s “surge” pricing, which sees prices increase with demand for certain “platinum tickets”, which are placed throughout each venue.

The system responds to demand, increasing or decreasing prices in line with what scalpers would resell them for, keeping the money in-house for the seller and artist.

After receiving backlash, Springsteen’s manager stepped in on Tuesday (26 July) to provide a justification for the high prices.

“In pricing tickets for this tour, we looked carefully at what our peers have been doing,” Landau said in a statement to The New York Times . “We chose prices that are lower than some and on par with others.

“Regardless of the commentary about a modest number of tickets costing $1,000 (£828) or more, our true average ticket price has been in the mid-$200 (£165) range.

“I believe that in today’s environment, that is a fair price to see someone universally regarded as among the very greatest artists of his generation.”

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Landau’s statement comes after Ticketmaster released some statistics related to Springsteen’s tour sales.

These stats reveal that 88.2 per cent of tickets were sold for an average price of $202 (£167), with just 1.3 per cent of tickets going for more than $1,000 (£830).

According to Ticketmaster’s findings, one per cent of all tickets sold on Wednesday went for less than $99, with more than half of tickets going for less than $200 (£166).

According to the Ticketmaster website, its goal is to “give the most passionate fans fair and safe access to the most in-demand tickets while allowing the artists and everyone involved in staging live events to price tickets closer to their fair value”.

Springsteen’s UK concerts are scheduled for Edinburgh, (30 May), Birmingham, (16 June) and London’s Hyde Park (6 and 8 July).

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Bruce Springsteen, management knew Ticketmaster dynamic pricing would escalate prices

Bruce Springsteen and his management were aware that Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing system could escalate ticket prices into the thousands of dollars in the primary market for Springsteen and the E Street Band's upcoming U.S. arena tour.

“In pricing tickets for this tour, we looked carefully at what our peers have been doing,” said Springsteen manager Jon Landau in a statement to the New York Times on Tuesday, June 26. “We chose prices that are lower than some and on par with others.”

Fans are upset that the price of some floor seats rose to more than $5,000 due to dynamic pricing, which adjusts the price in real time due to demand. The system had previously been applied to tours by Paul McCartney, Harry Styles and Taylor Swift, with similar $1,000-plus tickets as the result.

“Regardless of the commentary about a modest number of tickets costing $1,000 or more, our true average ticket price has been in the mid-$200 range,” Landau said. “I believe that in today’s environment, that is a fair price to see someone universally regarded as among the very greatest artists of his generation.”

Just over 88 percent of the tickets were sold at face value, according to Ticketmaster. The prices for arena shows ranged from $59.50 to $399 before service fees, and the average ticket price was $202. The pricing of the tickets was not released until the day of the first onsale on July 20.

The pricing of the 2016 and ’17 “River Tour,” the last E Street Band tour, was below the industry average at $68 to $150 for a typical arena show. Prices for the upcoming European stadium shows ranged from approximately $65 to $165, when the European currency is converted to U.S. dollars.

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“Springsteen fans in general are livid and upset. And justifiably so,” said Howie Chaz, founder of the Spring-Nuts Facebook group, via email. “At a time where we were supposed to be the most excited and euphoric, it became a time of anger, frustration, and yes feeling of betrayal. This whole ticket process has been a complete disaster on so many levels. This will take a long time for many to digest and get over, if some decide to do at all.”

Tickets for area shows also including Madison Square Garden in New York City on April 1; two at the new USB Arena in Belmont Park, New York, on April 9 and 11; and the Prudential Center in Newark on April 14 go on sale Friday, July 29.

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Bruce Springsteen’s Tour Resumption Is Its Own Kind of Promised Land: Concert Review

An early tour stop in San Diego, on the way to his rescheduled L.A. dates in April, shows that for Springsteen, singing about the souls of the departed and throwing a party for the living are easily balanced twin tasks.

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Most of the really essential rituals of American life — religious observances; Halloween and New Year’s Eve; opening day in baseball — are cyclical, endlessly repeatable experiences, independent from individuals or cults of personality. But to that list, a lot of us would add the ritual, stretching past 50 years now, of Bruce Springsteen in concert. And as the world found out last year, that guy can take a sick day. So, as if Springsteen tours weren’t already irregular enough, the fresh resumption of this U.S. tour, after a six-month timeout, has an extra resonance.

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Springsteen didn’t directly bring up his illness or the postponement of the last leg of the tour when he talked to the audience at the Pechanga Arena, but he did address the absence that’d been on so many local fans’ minds over the last four decades.

Why hadn’t he gotten back to San Diego sooner? Maybe because he felt it’d be too on-the-nose, having name-checked the city so famously in “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)”? Naturally, when that nearly eight-minute rouser did come up as an encore number Sunday, it got some special treatment for the occasion. Standing on the ramp that extended into the GA section with members of his band, Springsteen halted the song for a 21-second pause following the line “I know a pretty little place in Southern California, down San Diego way,” which, as a prompt for 13,500 people to go wild, probably could been extended a couple of minutes longer.

It’s a little bit surprising that Springsteen had not been back sooner just in that his last SD gig back in 1981 had also been at this same facility, then known as the San Diego Sports Arena. And the place maintains just a little bit of the old-school feel of his former favorite locale further north, the L.A. Sports Arena, which he had dubbed “The Dump That Jumps” before closing it down with a series of final concerts there in 2016. Speaking of things that will all seem funny, it may seem odd to point out the artist’s nostalgia for something as unsentimental as arenas, but he will tend to play the older of those venues when he’s coming to a city with more than one, as he did in San Diego and will when he shortly hits Inglewood’s Forum (his distaste for Staples/Crypto.com Arena being legendary). He’s got a thing for things that have escaped the wrecking ball; the Pechanga Arena has been upgraded above dump status, but on a night like this, it did jump, too.

The faithful haven’t been sure whether to call his 2024 tour (which has a lot of rescheduled North American shows bookending a long summer trip to Europe) a continuation of the aborted 2023 U.S. tour, or something that counts as a new one. It does affect how songs are counted or not counted as “tour premieres” in the inevitable collation of setlists — which really boils it down to an especially first-world problem. The artist himself had a point of view on that when asked about it on the E Street Radio satelite channel earlier this month, saying, “There will be some things from last year’s tour that will hold over; some of my basic themes of mortality and life and those things, you know, I’m going to keep set… (But) I think I’m gonna move around the other parts of the set a lot more, so there’ll be a much wider song selection going on. So we’re looking at it like it’s a little bit of the old tour, but we’re looking at it like a new tour.”

Looking at what’s gone from last year, “Kitty’s Back” is no longer back, and “Glory Days” and “Out in the Street” are also out, along with semi-regular staples like “The E Street Shuffle,” “Candy’s Room” and “Johnny 99.” But since the show still clocks in at a very healthy 27 songs, spread out over about two hours and 40 minutes, additions are in place, like his 1973 debut album’s “Spirit in the Night,” which has been played at all three shows so far, after only getting two plays total in all of 2022. His cover of the Ben E. King/Aretha Franklin classic “Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)” (as heard on his soul covers abum two years ago) also looks like it may be a nighty regular now, after having been bumped out of the set after a handful of appearances in February 2022. The change-ups distinct to San Diego in the fresh run of shows included his first performance of “My City of Ruins” since 2017, plus the revival of his “Detroit Medley,” which was performed only three times last year. “Death to My Hometown” and, in the encore, “Bobby Jean” also made what have recently counted as rare appearances.

What remains rock-solid from last year are the vast majority of songs a casual fan might be coming to hear, mostly from the 1973-84 era, although service is also paid to the “Rising” and “Wrecking Ball” albums and the two most recent releases that he is ostensibly touring behind, “Letter to You” and “Only the Strong Survive.” Songs that would be set-closers for anyone else are thrown in almost in random spots, until it becomes a sheer onslaught of classics. Rest assured that the show’s final stretch will allow everyone to resume ongoing internal debate over whether “Born to Run” is the quintessential rock song of all time, or whether that honor is rightly reserved by “Thunder Road.” (Team “Thunder,” here, after 49 years of consideration.)

It counts as a thunderously upbeat best-of show, in other words. But it’s an exhilarating greatest-hits show sandwiched within momentarily sobering ruminatings about death, and death’s effect on the living. Which is quite a hoagie.

Also still a staple of the show from last year is another one of those recent songs about remembering missing loved ones, “I’ll See You in My Dreams,” as a final benediction after the celebratory encore material.

On top of this, Springsteen has made some other additions to the show, whether for the entirety of the remaining tour or as recurring one-offs, that further reinforce this theme. For instance, the show no longer begins every night with “No Surrender” (which is still in the set, pushed back a bit); he’s replaced it with the brooding “Lonesome Day,” one of the 9/11-prompted songs from “The Rising.” As he thought about what kind of messaging to start these new concerts with, maybe Springsteen’s bout with illness made him realize that we all have to succumb to some surrendering now and again. More likely, it has something to do with providing an opening bookend to “I’ll See You in My Dreams” at the beginning — starting the show with an anxious response to death at the outset, so that his calming thoughts about it at the end feel like the conclusion to some kind of story.

In adding “My City of Ruins” to the set for the first time in seven years, Springsteen also used that as a bed for more of these thoughts, on top of full-band intros, extending that gospel-like ballad to 11 minutes in length — less than a third of the way into the running time. “I plan on sending you home with your feet hurting, your ass hurting, your sexual organs stimulated,” Springsteen promised during the “Ruins” spoken interlude, before getting down to business about having “a story to tell. It’s a story about yesterday and about tonight and hopefully tomorrow. It’s about hellos and goodbyes. It’s about the things that leave us and the things that remain.” After introducing the extended band (E Street Horns and E Street Choir included), he asked, “Are we missing anybody?” The crowd roared with implicit Clarence Clemons/Danny Federici appreciation. “Everybody’s missing somebody at this point,” he affirmed. “I don’t know where we go when this is all over, but I know where we remain. The only thing I can guarantee tonight is, if you’re here and we’re here, then they’re here.”

Spaced out over the better part of three hours, these reflections aren’t going to hit anyone in the crowd as heavy-handed; if anything, they’re just barely enough in making the obvious point that everyone present who’s been with him for the long haul has probably been spending more time in hospital rooms or at funerals than revving up hemi-powered drones. Fortunately, there’s a timelessness to most of the classics that transcends youth, even if some of the aspirational dreams in the early material are long since in rear-view mirrors for much of the audience. “Let the broken hearts stand as the price you’ve gotta pay”: some things can sung along with at 18 or 88.

The stage for this tour is almost hilariously basic, if you’ve been to any major superstar outings lately, and witnessed the bizarre shapes of the ramps that extend into SRO floors and practically twist around each other. Springsteen’s ramp doesn’t look to extend much more more than 15 feet into the audience, as if to dare the incoming audience to imagine how much he can do with just a minimum of thrust staging. (Honestly, we’re trying to keep this as clean as we can here.) He spent plenty of time on that modest extension, which allows plenty of room for camera angles catching the surrounding crowd, and for occasional visits from mobile band members and backup singers, without having to go so far out into the crowd that it looks like he’s, you know, overcompensating.

As is tradition, he and some of his traveling accompanists occasionally visited the rear riser, which now holds a five-man horn section, to provide eye candy for the audience watching from behind the stage. Everyone turning around to give the folks in the so-called cheap seats a thrill is especially nice when it’s timed to one of his great key changes, as it was in the instrumental bridge of the Pogues-like “Death to My Hometown.”

Memorable moments stand out almost randomly: Nils Lofgren going crazy on “Because the Night,” making up for the lack of solo time he gets as one of three guitarists by doing a whole night’s worth of shredding in one tune… Saxophonist Jake Clemons leaning on Springsteen’s shoulder during “Prove It All Night,” in what has to be a subtle but intentional inverse of his late uncle Clarence’s famous “Born to Run” cover pose… A moment when backup vocalist Curtis King joins Springsteen on the ramp during “Nightshift” for a few modest steps in unison. (Guaranteed, the only actual dance choreography of the night.)… Springsteen taking a sign from the audience and saving it for much later so that he could dedicate “Last Man Standing” to a specific fallen serviceman.

Meanwhile, here’s an advisory for anyone coming to the tour down the road: plan for traffic and invest in a watch. The tickets say 7:30 p.m., and so far on this leg, that is exactly the minute the band walks on stage. The ultra-prompt start allows Springsteen and company to prove it for what still feels like all night, yet get everyone home before the witching hour. It’s true: a benevolent boss is always looking out for everyone’s health.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band setlist, Pechanga Arena, San Diego, March 25, 2024:

Lonesome Day

Prove It All Night

No Surrender

Death to My Hometown

Letter to You

The Promised Land

My City of Ruins

Spirit in the Night

Don’t Play That Song (Ben E. King cover)

Nightshift (Commodores coer)

Mary’s Place

Last Man Standing

Backstreets

Because the Night

She’s the One

Wrecking Ball

Thunder Road

Detroit Medley

Born to Run

Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)

Dancing in the Dark

Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

I’ll See You in My Dreams

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Bruce Springsteen's manager defends steep ticket costs amid backlash: 'Fair price'

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Bruce Springsteen's manager , Jon Landau, is speaking up about record-high ticket prices for the musician’s 2023 tour. 

"In pricing tickets for this tour, we looked carefully at what our peers have been doing. We chose prices that are lower than some and on par with others," Landau said in a statement to The New York Times.

"Regardless of the commentary about a modest number of tickets costing $1,000 or more, our true average ticket price has been in the mid-$200 range. I believe that in today’s environment, that is a fair price to see someone universally regarded as among the very greatest artists of his generation."

His manager’s comments come on the heels of fans getting sticker shock last week when attempting to purchase concert tickets to see Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s highly anticipated 2023 tour. 

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Fans were stunned by Springsteen’s tour prices as seats skyrocketed to $4,000 due to Ticketmaster’s "dynamic pricing program," which raises prices based on demand.

Bruce Springsteen concert tickets skyrocketed to $4,000 due to Ticketmaster’s "dynamic pricing program." (Getty Images / Getty Images)

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"Promoters and artist representatives set pricing strategy and price range parameters on all tickets, including dynamic and fixed price points. Ticketmaster has created analytical tools that use historical and real-time data to help quantify supply and demand to determine prices," a spokesperson from Ticketmaster explained.

Bruce Springsteen performs in New York City in 2021. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for SUFH / Getty Images)

"While people may have had a very different impression, overall 18% of Springsteen’s U.S. tour tickets sold for under $99, and only 1% of tickets sold for more than $1,000."

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Springsteen himself has not responded to the backlash from fans regarding the costly concert tickets. However, Steven Van Zandt, the E Street Band guitarist and "Sopranos" alum, took to Twitter to comment on the pricing. 

"I have nothing whatsoever to do with the price of tickets," Zandt tweeted last week. "Nothing. Nada. Niente. Bubkis ..."

Bruce Springsteen’s manager, Jon Landau, is speaking up about record-high ticket prices for the musician’s 2023 tour. (Getty Images / Getty Images)

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Bruce Springsteen Manager Defends ‘Fair’ Price of Tickets Amid Continued Fan Criticism

Earlier this month, Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing” algorithms drove the price of Bruce Springsteen tickets as high as $5,000 – prompting pushback from fans in the process. Now, The Boss’s manager has officially responded to the criticism, defending the tickets’ “fair” average cost.

The ultra-expensive Springsteen tickets entered the media spotlight about one year after the New Jersey native’s Broadway show made headlines for its own pricey passes. But this latest controversy has brought with it larger charges yet, which are being fueled in part by Ticketmaster’s mentioned “dynamic pricing” as opposed to scalpers.

This feature causes the cost of “platinum tickets” – which, despite their name, are attached to seats from the front row to the back – to fluctuate based upon demand. At the time of writing, (standing-only) general-admission passes to Springsteen’s February 1st, 2023, concert in Tampa were “dynamically” priced at $795 apiece plus fees, for instance.

(Ticket prices are similarly inflated for most all of the seats at the performances that went on sale yesterday, in Philadelphia, State College, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.)

Of course, the revenue potential of the pricing algorithm is significant, especially when it comes to an ultra-popular stadium tour like that which Bruce Springsteen is scheduled to bring to North America and Europe next year.

To be sure, Ticketmaster has communicated on its website: “A recent major arena tour allocated 12% of tickets to Platinum, resulting in a 90% lift over face value and an incremental $7.1M+ to their total tour revenue. Similarly, a stadium tour allocated more than 5,000 tickets per show to Platinum, which led to [a] 105% lift and $17M+ in incremental grosses.”

Ticketmaster also attempted to get out in front of the outcry with a rare public comment , indicating that 88 percent of the concert series’ tickets had sold at pre-fee fixed prices ranging from $59.50 to $399. Additionally, the Live Nation subsidiary tried to justify its business practices by claiming that tickets had at that point sold for an average of $262 apiece, with 56 percent having featured a face value of less than $200.

And as mentioned at the outset, Bruce Springsteen’s manager, Jon Landau, has now defended the ticket costs.

Addressing the matter when speaking with The New York Times , Landau stated: “In pricing tickets for this tour, we looked carefully at what our peers have been doing. We chose prices that are lower than some and on par with others.

“Regardless of the commentary about a modest number of tickets costing $1,000 or more, our true average ticket price has been in the mid-$200 range,” he proceeded. “I believe that in today’s environment, that is a fair price to see someone universally regarded as among the very greatest artists of his generation.”

Predictably, the remarks appear to be doing little to assuage the frustration of fans, who are continuing to vent about the astronomical costs – especially in light of Springsteen’s reportedly $500 million catalog sale last year – on social media.

“Ticketmaster is selling ‘Platinum Tickets’ to Bruce Springsteen shows for over $1000,” one irked individual penned this afternoon. “I thought these must have been VIP tickets, with goodies, meet & greet, etc. No… these are ‘dynamically priced’ tickets that are just ‘great seats’……”

“I haven’t found any ticket less than $900 (farthest nosebleed) in any of the 3 venues in my state, and those tickets went on sale a week ago,” weighed in another would-be attendee.

“What a disappointing experience trying to buy @springsteen tickets on @Ticketmaster for Detroit. Incredibly high prices $600+ for many seats and then every time you click on a seat under $200 it says someone beat you to it. Then they are all gone. The ticket industry is broken,” tweeted a third observer.

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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band’s World Tour Setlist: All the Songs They Performed For Their First Show of 2024

After a six-month break, Springsteen and the band resumed their tour in Phoenix, March 19. Here's every song played.

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Fans were delayed but not denied their visit from The Boss Tuesday night (March 19) in Phoenix as Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band relaunched their world tour after a six-month break. 

Springsteen was originally slated to play the Arizona date on Nov. 30 last year, but it was one of 29 shows postponed after he came off the road in early September for treatment for peptic ulcer disease . 

He made no reference to his health troubles (which were clearly in his past, given his extreme energy on stage) until the closing tune of the 29-song set, when he apologized for inconveniencing anyone by having to move the show, explaining, “I had a motherf**cker of a bellyache.”

The 2 hour 45 minute concert, which started right at 7:30pm , was a rollicking, high-energy affair. Gone are tour mainstays from the earlier leg, such as the funky “The E Street Shuffle” and the jazzy 7-minute “Kitty’s Back” (both from 1973’s The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle ), and six songs from Springsteen’s last album of original material, 2020’s Letter to You (Tuesday’s show was down to four from that set), replaced with tunes that make for a fast-paced, non-stop thrill ride of a show. 

Springsteen will spend the rest of the year on the road, with more than 50 dates on the 2024 docket, including a European leg that starts in Cardiff, Wales in May and includes multiple stadium shows in cities like Milan, Madrid and Barcelona, before he returns stateside in August for stadium shows. 

Below is the setlist for Phoenix’s opening night of the new leg. The tour resumes Friday  (March 22) night in Las Vegas.  For a deeper dive, go here .

"Lonesome Day"

The Rising (2002)

Born To Run (1975)

"No Surrender"

Born In The U.S.A . (1984)

"Two Hearts"

The River (1980)

"Darlington County"

Born In The U.S.A. (1984)

Letter To You (2020)

"Prove It All Night"

Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978)

"Darkness on the Edge of Town"

"letter to you", "the promised land", "spirit in the night".

Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)

"Don't Play That Song"

Only The Strong Survive (2022)

"Nightshift"

"mary's place", "last man standing", "backstreets", "because the night".

Live 1975-1985 (1986)

"She's The One"

"wrecking ball".

Wrecking Ball (2012)

"The Rising"

"thunder road", "born to run", "rosalita (come out tonight)".

The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle (1973)

"Glory Days"

"dancing in the dark", "tenth avenue freeze-out", "twist & shout".

Isley Brothers cover

"I'll See You In My Dreams"

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Concert review: Did Bruce Springsteen deliver a classic show at Mohegan Sun? You bet.

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — I have seen the future of peptic ulcer disease and its name is Bruce Springsteen.

Not to make light of the medical ailment that sidelined the 74-year-old rocker for six months starting back in September, but Springsteen’s twice-rescheduled concert played Friday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena was clearly done by a man who wasn’t hurting from a bellyache.

Quite simply, Springsteen looked great, sounded even greater and was working on all cylinders.

And keeping up with The Boss all night was his “heart-stopping, pants-dropping, earth-shocking, hard-rocking, booty-shaking, earth-quaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, floor-(expletive), history-making, legendary” E Street Band.

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Measuring 17 members strong (18 if you count Springsteen), the E Street Band is a rock 'n' roll juggernaut, featuring three killer guitarists (Springsteen, Little Stevie Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren), bassist Garry W. Tallent, drummer “Mighty” Max Weinberg, keyboardist “Professor” Roy Bittan, keyboardist/accordionist Charlie Giordano and violinist Soozie Tyrell, as well as a five-piece horn section led by Jake Clemons, along with trumpeters Curt Ramm and Barry Danielian, saxophonist Eddie Manion and trombonist Ozzie Melendez; four backup singers — Curtis King Jr., Michelle Moore, Lisa Lowell and Ada Dyer — and percussionist Anthony Almonte.

Springsteen’s performance Friday night at Mohegan Sun was joyous, triumphant, spirited and, in many ways, inspirational and life-affirming. This was not a man on his last leg or ready to throw in the towel on the live concert circuit just yet. This was a man in the prime of his life and at the top of his game. Maybe Springsteen didn’t perform one of his signature marathons of the past, but two hours and 47 minutes, with 27 gems, isn’t shabby either.

Springsteen was rolling nothing but sevens with the set opener “Roll of the Dice,” the same song he opened with the last time he played the Connecticut casino on May 18, 2014.

“We’re back,” Springsteen roared at the crowd before singing a single word. “I don’t care if you lost your money or you won your winnings. Tonight we’re going to make you the luckiest people in the world.”

And Springsteen wasn’t kidding.                   

Wearing a buttoned-up, striped gray vest, a gray, long-sleeved shirt with rolled-up sleeves, a polka-dot black tie (later revealed tucked in his shirt), gray dungarees and leather working boots, Springsteen was dressed more like a card dealer from the casino than a rock star.

But the audience soon found out that Springsteen held all the cards and the cards were stacked in his favor.

And while Springsteen stared at his own mortality straight in its eyes in several numbers — and there were a few moments that he looked a little weak at the knees — Springsteen is still the best ticket rock 'n' roll has to offer.

True, Springsteen’s recent guest-starring stint on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” opposite Larry David showed The Boss has a career in situation comedy if his music career ever peters out. I can see it now, a reboot of “The Odd Couple” with Springsteen as messy Oscar and Steven Van Zandt as fussy clean freak Felix; or better yet, “Who’s The Boss,” with Springsteen and his wife, Patti Scialfa (a no-show Friday night), taking over the Tony Danza and Judith Light roles.

Then again, sitcom TV has to wait because Springsteen shows no signs of slowing down on the live rock front quite yet.

Strengthening the theme that the audience could thank its lucky stars for being there Friday night, Springsteen delivered the tour debut of the underrated gem “Lucky Town,” which featured The Boss wailing on trusty, beat-up Fender Telecaster.

The gritty precursor to “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” “Seeds” started subtle and rough around the edges before erupting into a riveting, band-driven barn-burner.

“The Promised Land” featured a harmonica-playing Springsteen huffing and puffing his belief that there has to be something better out there. Surveying the crowd, Springsteen tossed his mouth harp to one lucky fan in the pit.

In full rock 'n' roll preacher mode, Springsteen cried out, "Can you feel the spirit?" before breaking into the evening's undisputed highlight, "Spirits in the Night."

As he poured out his guts and magically transported himself back to the "Greasy Lake" of his youth, Springsteen initially treated fans sitting behind the stage the best view of the performance, while later taking a playful breather with saxophonist Clemons, first with the two sitting in front of Weinberg’s drum-riser and later with Springsteen stretched out on the floor, singing the lyrics while resting his back on Clemons.

Ten songs in, Springsteen talked about the mission at hand that he shares that night with the E Street Band.

“We’re here tonight to bring the joyous power of rock ‘n’ roll into your life. We’re here to bring some (expletive) fun. We are here to wake you up and shake you up and then take you up to higher ground,” Springsteen said. “We need you to take us where we want to go tonight. Because we plan on sending you home with your feet hurting, your hands hurting, your sexual organs stimulated. It comes with the price of admission.”

Perched in front of the stage, Springsteen explained that the powerful rock ‘n’ roll sermon “My City of Ruins” is “a story about yesterday. It’s a story about tonight and, hopefully, a story about tomorrow. It’s about hellos and goodbyes and the things that leaves us and the things that remains with us.”

During the band's “roll call,” Springsteen asked, “Are we missing anyone tonight?”

At first, the faithful in the audience knew Bruce was addressing E Street Band organist/accordionist Danny Federici and the band’s beloved saxophonist Clarence Clemons, who died in 2008 and 2011, respectively.  

Then Springsteen embraced the spirits of the loved ones that audience members have lost, while offering solace with these inspirational words, “I don’t know where we go when all of this is over, but I know what remains. The only thing I can guarantee tonight is that if you’re here and we’re here, together, they’re here with us.,”

Talk about cover me. Springsteen performed arguably his best cover in his musical repertoire, Jimmy Cliff’s “Trapped,” while the E Street Choir led by Curtis King Jr. channeled the voices and spirits of the soul/R&B greats Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson did during the cover of the Commodores’ “Nightshift.”

Springsteen stood tall and proud and mostly on his own on the poignant guitar ballad “Last Man Standing,” his loving ode to the greatest adventure of his young life, his first real rock ‘n’ roll band. Here, Springsteen reminisced how he was recruited to join his first band, The Castiles, when he was 15 by his sister’s then-boyfriend George Theiss, and how in 2018, Theiss, the only surviving member of the group beside Springsteen, died, hence making Springsteen the subject of the song’s title.

The Boss carried this heavy theme over to “Backstreets,” rattling off the physical mementos he inherited from his old bandmate, including his old records and a faded snapshot, then concluding, “And the rest, the rest, I’m going to carry right here,” as he pats his heart.

By the time Springsteen played the tour debut of “I’m on Fire” in the midway of the set, Springsteen seemed to be stating the obvious.

After inviting the crowd to come on up for “The Rising,” Springsteen ended his main set with the one-two punch of “Badlands” and “Thunder Road.”

And if that wasn’t enough to please the crowd, the roof was raised once again during the timeless rock anthem “Born to Run,” which kicked off the first encore.

Although the Three Stooges-inspired hijinks of late were toned down a bit (a lot of mugging to the camera but no face poking or nose twirling), the always show-stopping "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" was an absolute delight.

After a double shot from “Born in the U.S.A.” (“Bobby Jean” and “Dancing in the Dark”), the first encore ended with the perfect tail-end blowout, “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out."

Springsteen closed out the night with a second encore, a solo acoustic rendition of “I’ll See You in My Dreams.”

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Bruce Springsteen Makes Comical Promise About His U.S. Tour Finale

by Matt Friedlander April 21, 2024, 7:03 am

Bruce Springsteen is getting ready for the final concert of his current U.S. tour leg with the E Street band, and—surprise, surprise—he has a message for fans who will be coming out to the show this Sunday, April 21, in Columbus, Ohio.

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Springsteen has posted the latest in a series of videos promoting his upcoming gigs on his social media sites. In the new clip, the Boss is captured backstage at a recent concert.

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“Columbus, welcome to my dressing room,” Springsteen says. He then points to his wardrobe and comically shares, “These are my clothes. Those are my pants. I’ll only be wearing one pair of ’em when I come to see y’all on Sunday. And we are gonna rock you, me and the E Street Band, into the ground! I warned you. See you Sunday.”

Hanging from a wall in the dressing room is an Italian flag with the phrase “Our Love Is Real” written on it. The phrase, which is reference to a famous line in “Born to Run,” is now regularly used by Springsteen fans to express their affection for the rock legend.

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As with Springsteen’s previous couple of promo clips, the new video was shot by his sister, veteran photographer Pamela Springsteen.

Fans React to Springsteen’s Post

Not surprisingly, Springsteen’s video inspired many fans to share messages of their own in the comments section of his Instagram page.

“Can’t wait to see you Sunday!” one fan wrote. “It will be my 53rd show and the first one that I’m taking my sons. We are psyched!”

Another commented, “These are the best little clips and exactly how social media should be used IMO. Delightful!”

A third fan quipped, Fantastic 💜 but now I wonder what [E Street band guitarist] Steve Van Zandt’s dressing room and clothes rail looks like!” Van Zandt, of course, is known for his flamboyant fashion sensibility and colorful head scarves.

Best of Bruce Springsteen Compilation Out Now

Just in time for the tour leg’s finale, Springsteen released a new compilation titled Best of Springsteen on Friday, April 19. The retrospective offers a selection of noteworthy songs from throughout the Boss’ 50-plus-year career. Best of Bruce Springsteen is available now as an 18-track CD or two-LP set, and as a deluxe 31-song digital release.

Springsteen’s Upcoming Tour Plans

After wrapping up their current U.S. leg on April 21 in Columbus, Springsteen and his band will head to Europe. That trek runs from a May 5 concert in Cardiff, Wales, U.K., through a July 27 show in London. Bruce and the gang also will visit Ireland, France, the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Norway.

Springsteen and the E Street Band will then mount a second U.S. leg in August and September. That will be followed by a Canadian trek that runs from late October to late November. Visit BruceSpringsteen.net to check out his full itinerary.

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Jeremy Allen White Close to Playing Bruce Springsteen in ‘Nebraska’-Era Biopic

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A Bruce Springsteen movie centered around the making of his classic 1982 album, Nebraska , is officially in the works, with The Bear ’s Jeremy Allen White reportedly “in talks” to star.

Deliver Me From Nowhere will be based on Warren Zanes’ 2023 book of the same name, and both Springsteen and his manager Jon Landau will be involved in the making of the film. As for White, 20th Century Studios and Disney essentially confirmed the rumors reported in the Hollywood trades last week that he was being eyed to play Springsteen, but the casting is not yet 100 percent official. 

“I once read that Nebraska is an album that moves you to the marrow of your bones. I couldn’t agree more,” Cooper said in a statement. “Bruce Springsteen, and Nebraska , in particular, have had a profound impact on me and my work. Through themes of despair, disillusionment, and the struggles of everyday Americans, Bruce has formed an unparalleled legacy, painting an unflinching portrait of the human condition. Yet, amidst the darkness, a sense of resilience and a sense of hope shines through, reflecting an indomitable spirit. That’s the Bruce I’ve come to know and love and will honor with this film.”

Praising Zanes’ book and his depiction of “this chapter in Bruce’s life,” Cooper added: “This film has the potential to be a transformative cinematic experience, offering audiences a window into the soul of Bruce Springsteen and the universal truths that bind us all together.”

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Springsteen went on to call Nebraska a “happy accident,” saying: “I had planned to just write some good songs, take it to the band, go in the studio and record it. But every time I tried to improve on the tape that I made in that little room, it was the old story of ‘If this gets any better, it’s gonna get worse.’”

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Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band alive and well in 3-plus hours of thunderous hits

The pent-up demand for Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band had put ardent fans on edge.

Would the Boss' energy be the same after the rocker was forced to cancel last year's show in March due to illness and then a rescheduled performance in September due to a peptic ulcer?

Did the 74-year-old still have the stamina to navigate a stage for more than three hours? To gyrate with his guitar and hit the high notes of ballads and rock classics? To remember the lyrics as he's done for more than four decades in over 1,300 concerts with the band?

The answer, from about 20,000 devotees at Sunday's concert at Nationwide Arena, was a resounding, deafening "Yes." It was the band's first show in Columbus since 2016.

The tone was set in the opening bars of "Youngstown," a nod to the Rust Belt factories that build the weaponry "that won this country's wars," but then died off to leave empty shells and unemployment. A searing guitar solo by Nils Lofgren infused the song with powerful shards of despair.

And like the canon blast after a Columbus Blue Jackets' goal, "Lonesome Days" followed, with a jarring rim shot by drummer Max Weinberg, a percussive human metronome throughout the sell-out concert that lasted about three hours and 10 minutes.

Springsteen, in a short-sleeve denim shirt, black vest and purple tie, appeared to relish the arena crowd. With eyes often closed, he channeled deeply personal songs like "The Promised Land," The Rising," and "Ghosts."

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His grimacing was not from bad joints, but during his guitar solos, thrashing the strings during extended versions of favorites such as "Streets of Fire."

He didn't pause much between songs, often exchanging one guitar for another by tossing it to a stagehand, as Weinberg continued to strafe the crowd with nonstop rhythmic transitions.

During "Spirit in the Night," Springsteen graciously walked behind the stage to focus on those seated behind the band, sauntering at times for effect.

He ended up in front, resting his legs on the edge of the stage and his back against saxophonist Jake Clemons, whose uncle Clarence Clemons, also a sax player, was one of Springsteen's closest friends.

While mortality and distant youth were themes that may have resonated with the older crowd, many of whom were in high school or college when Springsteen blasted into stardom in the late 1970s and early '80s, there were also some younger fans.

Michelle Grinestaff and her husband, Jared Schuetter, brought their daughters, Claudia, 14, and Vivian, 12, both of whom had memorized many of Bruce's hits.

"She's been playing Springsteen their entire lives," said Schuetter of his wife.

Grinestaff's attraction followed her father Jerry's, a rabid fan who, two years ago died of pulmonary fibrosis. The night before his passing, she told him she really wanted him to come to last year's concert with the girls. "He said to just make sure you have a good time," she recalled, halting to wipe a tear.

She vividly recalls that Springsteen's "Racing in the Street" was playing while to spoke to her dad. She hoped she'd hear it Sunday night.

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Sure enough, the concert's 19th song, "Racing in the Street," was a beautiful rendition of love, loss and redemption with exquisite interplay between Roy Bittan's piano and Charles Giordano's organ. The audience quickly silenced, seemingly in hushed awe of Springsteen's meticulous alchemy of music and lyrics, considered by many among his best work.

The Boss still is in top form, telling the audience that his little "bellyache" from last year is a memory. "It's all good now," he said. He even skipped across the stage at one point during "Hungry Heart."

Springsteen seems to thrive on the adulation, but not in a selfish manner. He's keenly aware of audience temperament. And knowing when to end a marathon show is about having empathy for the crowd, which stood most of the night.

Typical of the band's recent encores, the iconic "Born to Run" led a string of hits, including "Rosalita (Come out Tonight)," "Bobby Jean," "Dancing in the Dark" and "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out."

Full, bright arena lighting illuminated the crowd during a medley of oldie covers, including a Detroit medley, "Devil with the Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly and C.C. Rider," among others.

Brothers Darrell and Don Miller, of Hilliard, both in their early 60s, recalled before the concert training for high school basketball with a coach playing the song "Born to Run" endlessly to inspire track workouts.

"It's the one song not on my playlist," said Don, "because I had to run laps to that thing for two years."

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Darrell couldn't help wonder how much longer Springsteen can keep running.

"He's going overseas. This might be his ride off into the sunset," he said.

The blast furnace of a performance is the tour's last in the U.S. as the band now heads to Great Britain to begin its European tour. It returns in late summer, including two shows in Pittsburgh on Aug. 15 and 18.

Toward the show's final encore, "I'll See You in my Dreams," from his 2020 album, "Letter to You," Springsteen bent over in feigned (or likely real) exhaustion.

"I don't think you got anything left," he challenged the crowd, which answered in a deafening roar. "Are you saying you can outlast the E Street Band?"

A test of an artist's emotional reach is often found in the most distant seats. In the upper bowl, at the far end of the Nationwide stage, fans could be seen dancing, pumping their arms and waving.

Springsteen looked skyward, opened his eyes and smiled broadly.

Springsteen's setlist

• "Youngstown," tour debut; first time since 2017
• "Lonesome Day"
• "Prove It All Night"
• "No Surrender"
• "Letter to You"
• "The Promised Land"
• "Spirit in the Night"
• "Hungry Heart"
• "Trapped," Jimmy Cliff cover
• "Streets of Fire," tour debut, first time since 2016
• "I'm Goin' Down," tour debut, first time since 2017
• "Nightshift," Commodores cover
• "Racing in the Street," sign request
• "Last Man Standing," acoustic, with Barry Danielian on trumpet
• "Backstreets"
• "Because the Night," Patti Smith Group cover
• "She's the One"
• "Wrecking Ball"
• "The Rising"
• "Thunder Road"
• "Born to Run"
• "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)"
• "Bobby Jean"
• "Dancing in the Dark," followed by band introductions
• "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"
• "Detroit Medley"
• "Twist and Shout," The Top Notes cover

Encore No. 2

• "I'll See You in My Dreams," solo acoustic

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‘50 Years of Bruce Springsteen’: Relive Top Moments from Bruce Springsteen’s Career

E Street Radio is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s first album, ‘Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.,’ with a five-part special.

SiriusXM’s E Street Radio (Ch. 20) is celebrating the 50 th  anniversary of Bruce Springsteen ’s first album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. , with  50 Years of Bruce Springsteen . Stream the special now on the SXM App , or see the E Street Radio broadcast schedule below.

Join E Street Radio host Greg Drew as he takes you through 50 great Bruce moments from the past 50 years. 50 Years of Bruce Springsteen will feature five episodes, each centering on 10 moments from specific eras of Bruce’s storied career, and airing live on E Street Radio different days of the week ( see broadcast schedule below ). All five episodes are also available now on the SXM App by searching “ Bruce 50 .”

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Some of the moments highlighted in 50 Years of Bruce Springsteen will include Bruce’s successful audition with legendary Columbia Records producer John Hammond, meeting his longtime manager Jon Landau, iconic releases from the 1970s through today, unforgettable tours, and much more.

E Street Radio’s special 50 Years of Bruce Springsteen celebration follows the recent launch of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s 2023 world tour. For more information about the tour, visit brucespringsteen.net .

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E Street Radio brings you the music of Bruce Springsteen, including studio outtakes, concert recordings, rarities, and more. For more information about the channel, click here .

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Bruce Springsteen  - Lead vocal, electric and acoustic guitars, harmonica;  Roy Bittan  - Piano, keyboards;  Nils Lofgren  - Electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocal;  Garry Tallent  - Bass;  Stevie Van Zandt  - Electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocal;  Max Weinberg  - Drums;  Jake Clemons  - Tenor saxophone, percussion, backing vocal;  Charlie Giordano  - Organ, keyboards;  Soozie Tyrell  - Violin, acoustic guitar, percussion,  Anthony Almonte  - Percussion, backing vocal;  Ada Dyer  - Backing vocal;  Curtis King  - Backing vocal;  Lisa Lowell  - Backing vocal;  Michelle Moore  - Backing vocal;  Barry Danielian  - Trumpet;  Ed Manion  - Baritone and tenor saxophone;  Ozzie Melendez  - Trombone;  Curt Ramm  - Trumpet

Recorded by John Cooper

Mixed by Jon Altschiller; additional engineering by Danielle Warman, Nic Coolidge, Allison Leah and Alex Bonyata

Mix Advisor: Rob Lebret

Post Production by Brad Serling and Arya Jha

Art Design by Michelle Holme

Cover Photo by Rob DeMartin

Tour Director: George Travis

Manager: Jon Landau

HD files are 24 bit / 96 kHz; DSD Files are DSD64

28-song set

Tour premiere of “Growin’ Up”; “Night” returns to the set.

Three songs from 2020’s Letter To You: “Ghosts,” “Last Man Standing” and “I’ll See You In My Dreams.” “Last Man Standing” features a new arrangement

“I’ll See You In My Dreams” is performed solo acoustic to end the show.

One song from 2022’s Only the Strong Survive: “Nightshift” (written by Franne Golde, Dennis Lambert and Walter Orange, popularized by The Commodores)

Concert stalwarts like “Because The Night,” “Dancing in the Dark,” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” are performed in tighter, shorter versions

“Thunder Road” is the main-set closer

FIRST ENCORE

Second encore.

Jeremy Allen White prêtera ses traits à Bruce Springsteen pour un biopic

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Le film, réalisé par Scott Cooper et intitulé Deliver Me From Nowhere, replongera les fans au début des années 1980 . Aucune date de sortie n’a été annoncée.

Amy Winehouse, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson... L es biopics sur des stars de la musique s’enchaînent avec des succès variables. Le cinéaste Scott Cooper ( Crazy Heart , The Pale Blue Eye ) s’engage à son tour dans cette voie en réalisant un film sur Bruce Springsteen. Le projet doit raconter les coulisses du sixième album du chanteur, intitulé Nebraska . Pour interpréter le «Boss», le réalisateur a choisi Jeremy Allen White, récompensé aux Globen Globes pour son rôle dans la série à succès The Bear .

Le biopic de Scott Cooper, intitulé Deliver Me From Nowhere, s’inspire du livre éponyme écrit par Warren Zanes. Le roman, publié en mai dernier, raconte «l'histoire fascinante de l'élaboration de ce qui est peut-être l'album le plus surprenant de Bruce Springsteen» , selon le site officiel du chanteur. Le film fera de même. Pour Jon Landau, le manager du «Boss» , le roman est «l’un des meilleurs jamais écrits sur Bruce et sa musique» . «Nous sommes ravis que Scott Cooper ait choisi d'écrire et de réaliser le film basé sur ce livre» , a-t-il confié au magazine spécialisé Variety .

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Le film, produit par les studios 20th Century, a le soutien total de David Greenbaum, le nouveau président des studios Walt Disney. «C'est un honneur unique dans une vie de collaborer avec Bruce Springsteen, un artiste inspirant et incomparable qui représente tant pour de nombreuses personnes , a-t-il déclaré à Variety . La profonde authenticité de son histoire est entre de bonnes mains avec mon ami Scott Cooper avec qui je suis ravi de collaborer à nouveau.»

Deliver Me From Nowhere replongera les fans au début des années 1980 et dans la conception de l’album Nebraska , sorti en 1982. À l’époque, le «Boss», au sommet de sa carrière, décide de s’isoler dans le New Jersey pour produire lui-même son sixième disque, plus sombre et plus intimiste. Le film retracera l’histoire de cet album devenu culte. La date de sortie et le reste du casting du biopic n’ont pour l’instant pas encore été dévoilés.

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