Oh my god, Bruce Springsteen last night?  BLOODY AWESOME!  As in, TOTALLY awesome, and the die hard fans on the various boards are saying it's possibly his best UK concert ever, one of his ten best ever in his career, the best show any of them have seen in the 47 (or whatever) that they've seen since 1981.  I cannot believe how good it was!

I went ( Read more... )

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After a lot of faffing and panic trying to find the Greasy Lake forum people, I eventually found them and spent an hour in the pub being all nervous and shy. I then went off to the venue:

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This week on the Bruce forum (bear with me, even if you're not interested in Bruce) they were discussing what Bruce would do next, bearing in mind that the E Street Band is taking a one-two year holiday and won't be touring. They were discussing possibilities of acoustic solo tours, folky stuff, another album, etc.

ANYWAY, the other night I dreamt ( Read more... )

I BOOKED NASHVILLE!

Well, I booked my seat for the gig. I haven't booked the flights yet. I will do. OOOOH!

I am in section 104, row DD (third from the front).  Not the best, but by NO MEANS the worst, and I think better than I had in Dublin.


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Meeeeeeeeeeme! Nicked from the lovely pontisbright

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BBC Four are repeating (well, it's a cut down version) of Bruce at Glastonbury. I'm watching it ( Read more... )

SO.

I got up at 4.30 on Saturday morning and drove to the airport (had a good singalong to Bruce on the way) and basically checked in and got straight on the plane. In the gate place my phone rang (Dronfield Dave ringing me to say BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE! at me!) and my Bruce ringtone made a dozen middle aged men immediately look up and look all ( Read more... )

Bruce. Was.

AWESOME.

AWESOME.

Did you catch that?

AWESOME.

Update later.

OMG OMG!

Somehow, and I am NOT QUITE SURE HOW THIS HAPPENED, I have just booked a ticket for Bruce Springsteen NEXT SATURDAY in Dublin, and a flight. GOSH.

I am very surprised with myself. And a bit poor. Gosh. OH MY GOD.

I've never been to a concert, so I hope I survive. EEP.

Somehow (and I have no idea how, because I've never been particularly into music, have certainly never been attracted to the idea of music festivals, especially not big ones) I ended up watching Bruce Springsteen at Glastonbury at the weekend. I'm not even particularly keen on Springsteen, although I did really like the Born in the USA album WAY  ( Read more... )