Paul McCartney blames Bruce Springsteen for three-hour long concerts

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#PaulMcCartney is blaming #BruceSpringsteen for three-hour long concertshttps://t.co/oOMPpyv0t1
- ET Canada (@ETCanada) July 4, 2023
-Paul McCartney said that “These days, pretty much there’s the main act and there might be a warm-up act,” while in the 1960s there were "a lot of people on the bill because nobody did long. You can’t now do an hour.

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[asnindie]

Who's doing 3 hour shows???? Noone. The standard is usually 2 at most of not an hour and a half.

I went to see Arlo Parks and her set was 45 minutes. I was not happy.

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[waffletaco]

I believe Taylor is about 3 hours yes.

Opening night for Beyonce was 2 hours and 45 minutes from show start til finale, but she's trimmed 3 songs from the set, so its been about 2 hours and 30 minutes ish since then (on par with past tours).

Weeknds first leg of this tour was 90-95 minutes. For the current European leg, he's added a good 10 to 15 minutes, and still clocks in under 2 hours.

[owl_get_you]

Justice for Thique

[screamingintune]

the fact that she took THIQUE off the setlist made me decide not to go tbh, my favorite song on the album

[waffletaco]

gurl, be fr rn.

[screamingintune]

I AM 100% FOR REAL IT IS MY FAVORITE SONG ON RENAISSANCE

[waffletaco]

yea that's fine, but not going because she possibly wont be performing it tho?

[screamingintune]

welll like that was just the tipping point, really. I'm wary for stadium shows with my immune system and her tickets are mad expensive and I would have had to go by myself which is normally fine but a 3 hour stadium show would exhaust my frail self and like... I still really wanted to go, but knowing she probably won't play my favorite song off the album was just the last thing that made me okay with not going (I mean, if someone gave me a free ticket that's ADA accessible I'd be there) but not spending my own money to not hear the song that was like crack to me!

[waffletaco]

aaassss getting bigger.

[frickinawesome7]

[waffletaco]

Maybe it'll come back for the US legs. Who can say.

[sillyskinny]

Taylor is doing 3+ hours currently and I think Bey got close to 3 before she yeeted a few songs off the setlist.

[steph313]

Paul was doing three hours when I saw him last year.

[belintuchiha]

The ATEEZ concert I went to was 3 hours. 🤣

[witchamajigger]

Pearl Jam used too. Foo Fighters are 2.5+ usually