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Mongoose 04-09-2016 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by rocknation (Post 1199997)
I agree -- on such short notice, it borders on being self-defeating.


But think of how much "stronger" these talking points would have been if he'd made them from a North Carolina stage -- especially since he's better situated professional than The Dixie Chicks. And he could have donated some of the proceeds from the concert to help the "freedom fighters!"
Making them from the stage would have hit a much much much % of people than not playing at all.

Matthes 04-24-2016 03:01 PM
Fantastic tribute to Prince last night. Nils killed the solo.

rocknation 05-10-2016 09:21 PM
North Carolina Governor Caught in Lie About Bruce's Concert Cancellation
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(North Carolina Governor) Pat McCrory implied that Bruce Springsteen cancelled his concert in Greensboro not because of outrage over the controversial HB2, but because of lack of sales...
“I love his music. But he canceled a concert in Greensboro. By the way, they only had 8,000 tickets sold, with all respect. Hmm. But Bruce doesn’t mention that. They didn’t get the ticket sales they wanted."
There’s only one problem with that statement. It’s completely false.

The Greensboro Coliseum...can seat more than 20,000 people. (According to)...the arena’s PR director...Springsteen had sold more than 15,000 tickets...(and) added that were fewer than 100 tickets left when Springsteen cancelled...

In an email...McCrory’s spokeman...wrote:
“The governor apologizes for using the wrong number. It’s too bad Bruce Springsteen actually canceled on nearly 15,000 people at the last minute. Regardless, the governor is still keeping his Springsteen albums despite their political disagreements.”
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mo_rizwan 06-06-2016 02:14 PM
Amazing show last night
:)

Kathleen 06-06-2016 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by mo_rizwan (Post 1201555)
Amazing show last night
Was it your first Bruce show Mo? He really doesn't know how to put on a bad show.

mo_rizwan 06-07-2016 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Kathleen (Post 1201573)
Was it your first Bruce show Mo? He really doesn't know how to put on a bad show.
It certainly was. Unfortunately, I couldn't witness it all, as there were a few crowd issues I had to deal with.

Now I wanna try getting my hands on that 4k BluRay :D

Kathleen 06-07-2016 02:32 AM
I hope you enjoyed it. Though dealing with crowd issues sucks :(

Old Joysey 07-31-2016 10:25 PM
For those who care: listen to the last Euro show, right now in Zurich, Switzerland :D
http://mixlr.com/tosti_kaas/

Old Joysey 08-15-2016 09:46 PM
Bruce Springsteen Manager Jon Landau Talks 'The River' Tour, Forthcoming 'Expansive' Solo Album

http://www.billboard.com/files/style...board-1548.jpg

Kathleen 08-15-2016 10:23 PM
Good article - so far I saw 4 full River shows in arenas earlier this year. And in another week I have the start of 4 more stadium shows. I like the emphasis in the article of Bruce playing live - completely live. No inner ear monitors, no special effects other than musical, no dancing - just live rock and roll. For me at least, it's life's blood :D

PanosBonJovi 08-15-2016 11:03 PM
Seen Bruce in Milan this year, was a dream to come true. Best damn live show I've been in my life. Looking forward to a new album/tour in the future so I can do more than a show later, hopefully.

Hope someday, he'll visit Greece again.

Bruuuuce!! :D

Old Joysey 08-15-2016 11:04 PM
That's right! No inner ear monitors, no special effects other than musical, no electric power, no amps, no fear, just live rock and roll... and a little dancing and crowd surfing. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LiT...utu.be&t=2m43s

Old Joysey 08-16-2016 11:37 PM
Born To Run: FOREWORD
Bruce Springsteen

The following is the complete foreword from Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography, Born To Run, available everywhere September 27. / Sept. 23 in France :D

I come from a boardwalk town where almost everything is tinged with a bit of fraud. So am I. By twenty, no race-car-driving rebel, I was a guitar player on the streets of Asbury Park and already a member in good standing amongst those who “lie” in service of the truth . . . artists, with a small “a.” But I held four clean aces. I had youth, almost a decade of hard-core bar band experience, a good group of homegrown musicians who were attuned to my performance style and a story to tell.

This book is both a continuation of that story and a search into its origins. I’ve taken as my parameters the events in my life I believe shaped that story and my performance work. One of the questions I’m asked over and over again by fans on the street is “How do you do it?” In the following pages I will try to shed a little light on how and, more important, why.

Rock ’n’ Roll Survival Kit

DNA, natural ability, study of craft, development of and devotion to an aesthetic philosophy, naked desire for . . . fame? . . . love? . . . admiration? . . . attention? . . . women? . . . sex? . . . and oh, yeah . . . a buck. Then . . . if you want to take it all the way out to the end of the night, a furious fire in the hole that just . . . don’t . . . quit . . . burning.

These are some of the elements that will come in handy should you come face-to-face with eighty thousand (or eighty) screaming rock ’n’ roll fans who are waiting for you to do your magic trick. Waiting for you to pull something out of your hat, out of thin air, out of this world, something that before the faithful were gathered here today was just a song-fueled rumor.

I am here to provide proof of life to that ever elusive, never completely believable “us.” That is my magic trick. And like all good magic tricks, it begins with a setup. So . . .

https://www.facebook.com/notes/bruce...53806871751824

PanosBonJovi 08-17-2016 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Old Joysey (Post 1204827)
That's right! No inner ear monitors, no special effects other than musical, no electric power, no amps, no fear, just live rock and roll... and a little dancing and crowd surfing. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LiT...utu.be&t=2m43s

Paris 7/11/2016
He also signed many stuff during that 'surprise break'. Same thing happened in Wrecking ball tour, same venue :D

Old Joysey 08-17-2016 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by PanosBonJovi (Post 1204939)
He also signed many stuff during that 'surprise break'. Same thing happened in Wrecking ball tour, same venue :D
Yep! And Annie Leibovitz even came onstage to take a few pictures whereas she spent the rest of the shows hidden under the stage (in the stairs).

FYI, it wasn't the same kind of power failure. During the WB tour, there were all kinds of technical problems in the arena. Then it was refurbished and improved but last month a fire started in the kitchen of the arena during the show, that's why all the lights went on automatically and it set off the alarm + emergency message. But most people refused to evacuate, some did only because they were forced by the security staff and went back home because they thought the show wouldn't resume. I was behind the stage and we saw one of the amps that are lined against the wall far from the stage go "BANG" and smoke arose. The tech crew and arena staff were running everywhere trying to fix it all up but nobody panicked and the band remained onstage, that's why the audience wasn't afraid either, we understood it was just a technical problem, not a terrorist attack.

PanosBonJovi 08-17-2016 06:25 PM
The next show then must take place at Parc des Princes since AccorHotels Arena ain't that kind to the ESB :D

Thanks for the extra details btw, even a kitchen can't handle a Springsteen show :P

Old Joysey 08-17-2016 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by PanosBonJovi (Post 1204950)
The next show then must take place at Parc des Princes since AccorHotels Arena ain't that kind to the ESB :D

Thanks for the extra details btw, even a kitchen can't handle a Springsteen show :P
Oh no, no Parc des Princes and no Stade de France either, the sound is too awful, even worse than in Bercy/AHA the first night + it always rains when he plays an open air venue in France.

Yep! NOTHING can stop Bruce! The power failure almost got more press than the show, journalism is dead in France too.

PanosBonJovi 08-17-2016 06:59 PM
Rain is cool, it fits a Springsteen show so well if you ask me :) But, it was too hot in San Siro and roll calls were exhausting that some rain would be good to happen there at least (a bit off topic) :D:D:D

Well I'm sure there are more venues in France for a Springsteen show to take place with good sound too :P And correct me if I'm wrong but I think that the fan base in France ain't that huge. I mean as far as I know, the French concert is a nice opportunity for fans from all over the world to gather as the locals aren't that many and it's mostly the die hards from all over the world which makes it even more special as a show (at least that's what I read on Greasy lake )

Old Joysey 08-17-2016 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by PanosBonJovi (Post 1204961)
Rain is cool, it fits a Springsteen show so well if you ask me :) But, it was too hot in San Siro and roll calls were exhausting that some rain would be good to happen there at least (a bit off topic) :D:D:D
Don't ask me either! I was under the pouring rain and thunder at San Siro in 2003, the LEGENDARY show in the LEGENDARY stadium and it was fvcking great (and hot)! :D

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Well I'm sure there are more venues in France for a Springsteen show to take place with good sound too :P
No. Stadiums and arenas are designed for sports not for music and most indoor venues are designed for multiple purposes (sports, concerts, business meetings, etc.), the acoustics can't be as good as at the opera or any other venue especially and only designed for music. When he toured solo he played in auditoriums that fit acoustically but they are much smaller venues, hence not financially interesting for a tour with the whole gang.

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And correct me if I'm wrong but I think that the fan base in France ain't that huge. I mean as far as I know, the French concert is a nice opportunity for fans from all over the world to gather as the locals aren't that many and it's mostly the die hards from all over the world which makes it even more special as a show (at least that's what I read on Greasy lake )
Yes.

PanosBonJovi 08-17-2016 11:42 PM
Well that's why its arena/stadium show. Obviously you can't have the perfect sound but enjoy the greatness of the best live act in the world. (Or whoever is on that stage if we can talk a bit general here).

Bruce gives all he got, he puts his heart and soul in every single show and that's what makes it magic. An BS & ESB show is pure magic and a must see for whoever has the chance.

I wish I lived in a country which would enjoy Bruce in every tour (like Italy (recent years), France, Spain). Bruce has a pretty good amount of fans here in Greece, capable of selling out at least a 40.000 stadium (or even bigger - the Olympic Stadium) but for managerial purposes he ain't coming back as well as disagreement with the promoters about who would be in charge of such event (inside info).

I don't remember him visiting any other eastern European country either but that's fine.

Travelling & concerts is fun too, we were born to run :)

Looking forward to future shows as I said before, and why not, hopefully I could come to France too. If I was more careful I could do France & Italy this year, but went just for Milan :D

Old Joysey 08-18-2016 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by PanosBonJovi (Post 1204972)
Well that's why its arena/stadium show. Obviously you can't have the perfect sound but enjoy the greatness of the best live act in the world. (Or whoever is on that stage if we can talk a bit general here).
We're not demanding "the perfect sound" but a good sound, which is not too much to ask for, especially when tickets cost so much, or else it makes us feel we're nothing but cash cows. The first Paris show was a catastrophe soundwise. At one moment the sound was oversaturated for several minutes, so much so that it made you sick, many people put tissues in their ears or covered them with their hands!

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Bruce gives all he got, he puts his heart and soul in every single show and that's what makes it magic. An BS & ESB show is pure magic and a must see for whoever has the chance.
Yep! And don't forget audience participation. A Bruce show is like a big party where nobody's ashamed of making a fool of themselves. For the first time in my 30+ years of live concert experience I was behind the stage and it was a very good spot after all. We had seats but everybody stood during the whole show. It's cool because you get to see what the band sees (and what Max has been seeing for 30+ years as he says: Bruces's ass! LOL!). Watching the crowd reaction is really amazing and even moving during the slower songs with all the cell phone lights glowing and dancing in the dark like fireflies. The band spends quite a lot of time facing their behind-the-stage fans, only Max ignores us (he should put a rear-view mirror on his drumkit!), we could see his face only when the show was over and they left, waving at us.

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I wish I lived in a country which would enjoy Bruce in every tour (like Italy (recent years), France, Spain).
I attended shows in several countries and I highly recommend the 3 countries you mentioned, the local crowd is an experience too, for different reasons!


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Looking forward to future shows as I said before, and why not, hopefully I could come to France too.
You definitely should attend a show (or 2) in Paris! You can come even if you have no ticket because you can always buy one before the show begins, it's the local law, every venue has to put on sale a certain amount of tickets a couple of hours before a show. Or you can buy one at face value from a fan via internet forums or in front of the venue, there are many scalpers too but nobody buys from them, except at the very last moment when they sell below face value. I did that a couple of times in those 3 countries and it always worked fine. :D

Kathleen 08-18-2016 08:45 PM
I, for one, cannot wait for Bruce's autobiography to come out. If he is reading the audio edition I will probably buy that too. :D I just hope that he is honest and doesn't try to make his life sound like a bed of roses (no pun intended). His early life was rough - I hope he leaves it that way.

I also hope that he is honest and addresses his first marriage too - though he may not mention it at all. Obviously the music is the most important part but there are behind the scenes details that would be nice to have filled in.

PanosBonJovi 08-19-2016 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Old Joysey (Post 1205006)
We're not demanding "the perfect sound" but a good sound, which is not too much to ask for, especially when tickets cost so much, or else it makes us feel we're nothing but cash cows. The first Paris show was a catastrophe soundwise. At one moment the sound was oversaturated for several minutes, so much so that it made you sick, many people put tissues in their ears or covered them with their hands!


Yep! And don't forget audience participation. A Bruce show is like a big party where nobody's ashamed of making a fool of themselves. For the first time in my 30+ years of live concert experience I was behind the stage and it was a very good spot after all. We had seats but everybody stood during the whole show. It's cool because you get to see what the band sees (and what Max has been seeing for 30+ years as he says: Bruces's ass! LOL!). Watching the crowd reaction is really amazing and even moving during the slower songs with all the cell phone lights glowing and dancing in the dark like fireflies. The band spends quite a lot of time facing their behind-the-stage fans, only Max ignores us (he should put a rear-view mirror on his drumkit!), we could see his face only when the show was over and they left, waving at us.


I attended shows in several countries and I highly recommend the 3 countries you mentioned, the local crowd is an experience too, for different reasons!



You definitely should attend a show (or 2) in Paris! You can come even if you have no ticket because you can always buy one before the show begins, it's the local law, every venue has to put on sale a certain amount of tickets a couple of hours before a show. Or you can buy one at face value from a fan via internet forums or in front of the venue, there are many scalpers too but nobody buys from them, except at the very last moment when they sell below face value. I did that a couple of times in those 3 countries and it always worked fine. :D
Pretty detailed post I can say :D Well, I plan to visit Spain & France in the near future, if a visit is combined with a Bruce (or Bon Jovi) show the better for me. Hopefully, I'll get enough money by then and do more than two or three shows in a possible future tour :D

Old Joysey 09-02-2016 10:35 PM
Teaser #2 :)


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New Study Finds Unplanned Pregnancies Continuing To Decline In Bruce Springsteen Lyrics :lol:


Why Springsteen Could Have Been President

Old Joysey 11-11-2016 10:47 PM
Bruce Springsteen gives exclusive documentary access to Channel 4

http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/86722-ch4/

Kathleen 11-11-2016 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Old Joysey (Post 1214407)
Bruce Springsteen gives exclusive documentary access to Channel 4

http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/86722-ch4/
Nice, thanks for the heads up. I will keep an eye out for it.

Old Joysey 11-11-2016 11:02 PM
You're welcome! :)

rocknation 05-22-2019 03:40 AM
Bruce Springsteen Invites Himself To Star In Asbury Park Documentary
 
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Ultimate Classic Rock.com: Tom Jones...(t)he director of a documentary about the Asbury Park music scene...had asked Bruce Springsteen, via his representatives, to appear...Springsteen’s management declined (the) invitation...

"(We) had secured 76 interviews, but (not) Bruce...(W)e put (our footage) away...(T)hen...the Asbury Park Film Festival...asked me to show some clips...Bruce surprised us and came. Then he called the next day and said, 'Hey, it's a really great film. I'd like to be in it.'

"...It was becoming the world's most expensive home movie...Now we have a theatrical release!”

(Also) featur(ing) Steven Van Zandt (and) Southside Johnny...(T)he second...cut (of) Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock 'n' Roll...will be shown in theaters (from May 22 to June 10).
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At a recent screening, Springsteen recalled seeing the first cut and asking himself, “Why am I not in this? I should be in this.”
And hopefully, Bruce also had a question for his "representatives" and "management" -- "Why was I not told about this? Are you charging people 'fees' to present their business proposals to me?"

JackieBlue 05-23-2019 05:35 AM
I just got hack from watching this film and I thought it was great. There were lots of comments from Bruce, Southside Johnny, and Little Steven. And the jam at the end was awesome. If anyone goes to see it, don't leave when they start to roll the credits. There's a whole mini-concert afterwards.

Kathleen 05-23-2019 11:13 PM
I enjoyed it but there were quite a few mis-cues (not calling them mistakes but editing problems) with editing. And information about The Stone Pony left out some significant history.

PanosBonJovi 05-28-2019 08:01 PM
Bruce announced an E-Street Band Tour in 2020 and also a new record in fall 2019. I like Western Stars so far as well! He also said that he will play in Rome next tour (2020) and obviously in Milan @ San Siro.

Really looking forward seeing Bruce on the road, I'm gonna start saving money so I could make multiple dates hopefully.

rocknation 05-29-2019 12:54 AM
Wonderful news! And to that end, may I suggest that this thread be made into a sticky?

PanosBonJovi 06-05-2019 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by rocknation (Post 1253144)
Wonderful news! And to that end, may I suggest that this thread be made into a sticky?
Definitely +1, long live the BOSS! :D

Yesterday it marked 35 years since Born In The USA. Really looking forward to a Bruce & E Street tour!

Walleris 06-06-2019 02:35 AM
The 3 songs we've heard so far sound very lackluster to me and exactly what could be expected from him after American Beauty EP. However, I am glad that he's taking the E Street Band on tour with him, despite different studio direction.

ticos_stick 06-06-2019 03:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Walleris (Post 1254010)
The 3 songs we've heard so far sound very lackluster to me and exactly what could be expected from him after American Beauty EP. However, I am glad that he's taking the E Street Band on tour with him, despite different studio direction.
There will be a brand new E Street Band album and tour in 2020.

Western Stars has nothing to do with it. It's a completely solo venture.

ticos_stick 06-17-2019 02:16 AM
Any thoughts on the new album?

I've thoroughly enjoyed it so far after two listens. Lyrically it's really good and hits the spot emotionally.

It's not my usual cup of tea musically but it somehow works.

PanosBonJovi 08-02-2019 12:18 PM
In the meantime, I was thinking today that hopefully this time next year, we will be seeing this guy again on stage. That made me smile.

https://www.facebook.com/32428370428...&theater&ifg=1

The Boss is about to hit the road, fingers crossed! Looking forward visiting Spain & Italy hopefully!

@Ticos I loved the new album, lyrically is poetic and musically, I really enjoyed it! I listen to it whenever I travel

bonjovi90 06-17-2021 11:20 PM

Really lovin' that! The Killers were my youth and I discovered Springsteen for me in recent years.

Butters 06-19-2021 01:54 AM
That's brilliant. Their voices blend together beautifully.

Kathleen 06-21-2021 02:46 AM
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Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1274292)
The Killers - Dustland (Official Music Video) ft. Bruce Springsteen - YouTube

Really lovin' that! The Killers were my youth and I discovered Springsteen for me in recent years.
I'm so glad that you have. There is so much material for you to watch and listen to and enjoy :D


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