Wow Meeting AND Jungleland that i awesome!! He always give us some treats doesn't he!? Backstreets is sooo good on this tour and Incident in Jersey well what can I say....it can't get much better than that....wish I had been there though.....it's a looong way til December...

I FREAKED out like you wouldn't believe..
When they played "Meeting..." part of me suspected that Jungleland was coming, but I didn't believe it until it started....I BLEW my voice out on "The rangers had a homecoming in Harlem late last night"......Simply an amazing show. I met up with friends afterwards who'd been at The Nightwish show at the Nokia, and I told them it was a religious experience...I'm actually writing a whole blog about it, that I'll post here when it's done.....Just wow.

My afformentioned blog on the concert:

AMEN to that!

Damn, Gutted I missed Jungleland! :( Congrats for those who heard it!

Listening to it right now. What a feeling it must have been being there. Hope he plays it in London. :-)

Jungleland from last night sounds terrific! :D :D :D :D

Well - including ours there are 4 recordings from last night (so far). Three are up on dime and mine will be soon. And I know the guy behind us was recording too. We Bruce fans are so spoiled - when these are mixed from different parts of the arena the sound will acquire a nice depth and seperation.

As the one guy on dime put it - the next thing up is we bootleggers will be streaming audio from directly from the concert LOL.

I only wish more people would record the Bon Jovi concerts.

Same here.

Oh I soo agree.

http://www.iltalehti.fi/nettitv/?27932976

There's a small clip of the MSG concert, parts of 4 songs. Sounds pretty good.

Ice

Hey Thierry, I just got tix for Arnhem. Do you know if there's a train going from Elst to the arena? Read somewhere that there should be but can't find any info.

Bruce Springsteen - New Album & Live
 

So tickets for Bruce and the E-Street Band's Irish date go on sale tomorrow morning. I have been strongly considering going but with the Lost Highway tour and Christmas, funds aren't great at the moment.

I was just wondering have many of you seen them live and do they put on a good show i.e. is it worth maxing out my credit card? All thoughts will be appreciated.

It's worth maxing out any credit card you have - or even bumming money from friends. Bruce and the E St Band put on one of the best shows anywhere - ever. This is also probably the last tour of the original band so see them while you can.

You would do yourself a favor though to familiarize youself with some of the music before you go. Some of his older stuff is long and involved and the words should be read so that you know what he is talking about. You'll enjoy it live more if you understand it - though it's not required. I've been a fan of his for 35 years and I have dragged many Bruce virgins to concerts. Most have them have come home with stars in their eyes.

Cheers you're after selling it to me. Ye all i have is the greatest hits, the rising and devils and dust and I'm looking the tracks from Magic I'm hearing on the radio.

Have you any pointers on what old albums to pick up? 23 albums, I wouldn't know where to start!

I'll tell you the same thing I tell everyone. Bruce's older albums don't sound especially good - only Born to Run has been completely remastered - and only very recently. The first thing you should so is listen to the live stuff - and there are several official live albums out there with great sound.

1. Live in New York City (from 2000 - a 20 night stand at Madison Square Garden). This is available in both audio and video. It's old enought that you can pick up a DVD cheaply and get blown away by the end of the reunion tour.

2. Live 1975-1985 A 3 CD set that showcases most of the best stuff live up to that point.

3. Live in Barcelona - DVD only from the Rising tour in 2002.

4. Born to Run 30th Anniversary 3 disc set (1 CD & 2 DVD) Good description here:

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born To Run: 30th Anniversary...
This last one is the one to get as an official studio album - Born to Run - and the DVD is from the 1975 Hammersmith Odeon show which is incredible.

And last but not least - don't confuse Bruce's solo stuff with his work with the E Street Band. They can be two very different things. I love him with the E Street Band as a rocker - the solo albums are a mixed bag for me. The best of them in my opinion is Nebraska - most of which he re-worked and played with the E Street Band later on.

I have just moved this from the Tour Discussion forum, seeing as that one is for Bon Jovi-related tour discussions.

Great stuff Kathleen, thats a big help, you're clearly a big fan. First things first, have to hit ticketmaster at ten to 9 tomorrow, his shows generally sellout in 5 minutes.

Especially as it's start of the summer tour AND it's in Ireland, I say go for it!! Those shows usually tend to be special. Otherwise I can just concur with what Kathleen's said.
:-)

Anybody know about a presale for this gig?

If so, you know where to send a PM..!

Expensive week this, with BJ onsale the day after...


andi

I don't know about a presale but I can sympathize with the expensive part. I just got over a pile of concerts for both bands here. When they tour at the same time it breaks the bank at my house. However with this being the last E Street Band tour - I decided to go to as many shows as I could get to easily.

Same here. It's madness with both bands touring at the same time, but oh so much fun too.

Don't there was any pre-sale for these tix. Tix go on sale tomorrow at 9 GMT.

What are the tour dates/locations/venues?

Google is your friend.

Just a few summer dates have been official as yet. 22 May in Dublin (start of the tour) 19 July in Barcelona (end of summer tour). 22 June in Italy (can't remember the city right now sorry!) and rumour has it 5-6 July in Gothenburg Sweden. I think we will have an official announcement of the other tour dates in a couple of weeks.

Based on past tours, expect 3-4 UK stadium shows in the summer - the Rising tour took in Crystal Palace for two nights, Old Trafford Cricket Ground and I think one Scottish show.

Expect London to sell out in a flash and tickets to hang around for a while up norf.

Expect tickets to be £55.

Awesome. If a Manchester show is announced and it aint too close to BJ, then Ill be there :)

They played Manchester in 2003 so they might again.

They are playing in Belfast (N.Ireland) on 15th December. The tickets sold out back in september in about 30 seconds, but my fiancee told me last night she got 2!!! She was trying to hold out until the day of the gig before telling me but as I have an Xmas party the night before the gig she does'nt want me getting too drunk that I would have an awful hangover so she told me. I have wanted to see Bruce with the E street band for sooo long....my parents saw him at Slane back in '85 and now I cant wait to finally see him and the band in concert. What an xmas present!!!!

I thought it was one show at the o2 at that was it for the UK?!

ahaha! They sure did! WOOWOO

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Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce!

That's right - I remember you posting a bunch of pictures.
And Kev - there is also a nice bootleg of that night if you want to be convinced LOL.

Hehe, I will stick to my NY dvd for now :D

For the fall tour yes, but then they'll do a spring tour in US and then a summer tour of Europe.

16/6 Düsseldorf
21/6 Hamburg
25/6 Milano
27/6 Paris

Ending 19/7 at Camp Neu in Barcelona

Why do BJ and Bruce ALWAYS tour at the same time Arrgghh.

I'll see them in Düsseldorf though, ticket is already booked. When they are in Hamburg, which is nearer to me, I'll be in Glasgow for BJ.

**** me, that will be one hell of an ending show there, at such a huge Stadium. Then back home to Giants?

Probably Kev yes.

****ing 'ell

Talk about drama getting tickets. Signed on at 8.55, kept refreshing up to 9.02 on 2 windows, only then to be told there a 15 (!) min waiting time, then AFTER that runs out only to be told that i'm not allowed two windows open at the same time anymore! Then told it was sold out.....



THEN...by chance, I noticed a second date up for sale! TM or Bruce website had said nothing about a second date, so I was quite lucky to be probably one of the first people to notice that.

Hopefully not like this 2mrw for Punchestown!


andi