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Bruce, Billy Joel play Obama benefit

Bruce, Billy Joel play Obama benefit : For about 10 minutes last night, there was a little panic at home because some idiot posted that Bono was there.

Come on up for The Rising

Come on up for The Rising: how the song’s meaning has altered since its inception.

he finally figured out what house he wanted to build

I know I made fun of Mr. S. relentlessly during the end of the tour about the “building a house” shtick, which never made any sense, never seemed to go anywhere, and had crew members rolling their eyes every time he went into it.
Yesterday, however, I think he finally figured it out:
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rockin’ all over the world

After St. Louis, all we could wonder was: How is he going to top this at the last show? And wondered if we weren’t in a situation where the penultimate show would end up being greater than the last show (see: Giants 03 and Shea 03).

the spirit of st. louis

I know it’s going to be hard to believe, but the remarkable thing about Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in St. Louis Saturday night wasn’t the covers - and the covers admittedly were fucking MINDBLOWING. But the astonishing thing was the intensity that were brought to chestnuts or even your everyday Magic songs.

Does This Band Make Me Look Fat?: Springsteen in Charleston

Peter Holsapple onĀ  Springsteen in Charleston.

Mayor Bloomberg poses in Springsteen’s car - Bruce Springsteen - NJ.com

GET OUT OF THAT CAR NOW BEFORE YOU CONTAMINATE IT:
Mayor Bloomberg poses in Springsteen’s car

a bruce geek talks about e street radio

E Street Radio seemed, at first, to be the geekiest Bruce thing in a pantheon of geeky Bruce things. Who could possibly listen to THAT MUCH Springsteen, ever?
But then they started playing live shows.
RARE live shows. Shows that even a Bruce geek with probably 150+ shows in her house might not have.

why the Giants Stadium drops have sucked

and not just because the GA limit was FOUR TICKETS PER PERSON in the onsale
Some get sweet deal on Springsteen tickets - Breaking News From New Jersey - NJ.com.

the last show

This is the time when Landau has to stop fucking around with the fanbase. There can be none of this “last area show” bullshit that we had at the end of Rising, where somehow Shea Stadium was not considered to be in the same “area” as Giants Stadium.
The last show has to be as big [...]

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