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.

Comments

[killedthislove]

lol Springsteen is a machine that no one else should be comparing themselves to. Like, that dude played for at least 3.5 hours when I saw him. the amount of energy that man has is unreal.

[mhfromnh]

imagine how long he lasts

[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.

[frickinawesome7]

[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

[frickinawesome7]

[sandstorm]

Trying to imagine the young artists doing 3 hour shows when their songs are a minute 30....they'd have to play their entire discography lol

[duchello]

This is why it was wild seeing Olivia Rodrigo tickets get to 1k resale, like the girl only has a 35 minute album to play this ain't worth it!!

[sillyskinny]

Imagine going to a Beyoncé concert and the whole thing is over after half an hour. lmao.

3 hours concerts aren't appealing to me, but I'd like to get a good 2 hours out of my pop girls. If you substract outfit changes & interludes, that's like 1.5h of performance, which is fine.

[buries]

Beyonce would never! You know she has to get her theatrics on.