new Springsteen 'rumour'

[TrevK]

that was the first night, Friday.

[sifi]

I don't think anything's written in stone as to how long a headline act plays for. Paul McCartney played a good deal longer than the 'usual' 90 minutes.

[pedmills]

I might have to dig this up, but I`m pretty sure Bruce demanded a 3h slot to play festivals. I think it was in context of the dutch festival he is also doing this summer.

Bruce playing just 90 min? That will never happend. He is just getting started at that point. You are talking like he was Coldplay or somthing.

[Jens Wildman]

"Queen of the Supermarket" has got to be on the list !!!

Working on a Dream - best album since Tunnel of Love - yes, better than the Rising IMHO

[ivan]

Give The Cure a 3 hour set with a 9.00 pm finish (they have done a few recently )

Give Bruce 3 hours with a 12.30 am finish

You might get 4 other bands on The Pyramid that day !

[Jens Wildman]

I understand he usually plays really long slots and is a huge legendary act but if everybody else gets the same time then he should really.

How long did Paul Mccartney get then? If he got longer then I accept that Bruce will too...

[Jens Wildman]

Well, Bruce have his demands, like:

No VIP tickets

No Pre-sale tickets

No "golden-area" tickets

Ticket price should be 15-20% under whatever other big acts are demanding.

And, 3h slot.

Edited January 27, 2009 by Jens Wildman

[pedmills]

Well I still don't think it will be a full 3 hours, they can't have the "4th headliner" starting at 8pm or something crazy like that. The only way it could happen is if he played long into the night but there has got be some kind of restriction on how late he can play?

Besides, would people who aren't actual fans would want to watch him for that long? I like him but not sure if I would really want to watch him for three hours...

[Jens Wildman]

Well I still don't think it will be a full 3 hours, they can't have the "4th headliner" starting at 8pm or something crazy like that. The only way it could happen is if he played long into the night but there has got be some kind of restriction on how late he can play?

Besides, would people who aren't actual fans would want to watch him for that long? I like him but not sure if I would really want to watch him for three hours...

[pedmills]

that would be for playing too late, no? (as opposed to too long)

[darrenbha]

Didn't roger waters play a fairly long set before rod stewart

[sifi]

that would be for playing too late, no? (as opposed to too long)

[pedmills]

If Bruce is going to come on at 9.30 then the "4th headliner" would be starting even earlier then!!!

There's no way this band is going to be stuck in at the start of the evening.

I will accept he may play longer than usual, but I really really doubt its going to be 3 hours.

Edited January 27, 2009 by peteyboy

[pedmills]

Okay the average end-time for saturday is 12.30ish.

This means he would start playing music at 9.30 if he were to play 3 hours.

There is usually at least a half-hour break between bands.

This means the 4th headliner will finish at 9.00.

Now since this band is being marketed as a headliner they should get an hour and a half slot.

Meaning they will start at 7.30pm.

Just seems too early for someone who is supposed to be a headliner

But maybe I'm wrong.

[eFestivals]

It was always just something that I'd assumed was true! If it's not then I guess they could play later into the night...

Really surprised, but I still don't think he will playing much longer than the usual headliner.

The licence has and end time for the music on the major stages which the music must finish by, but that doesn't mean that there couldn't be just one band that played from 11am (or whatever time the stages start) until the close time if that's what Glasto wanted.

[eFestivals]

Bruce playing for 90 minutes is just about when he starts warming up

so what you're saying is "don't bother turning up for the first 90 minutes, it's sub-standard".

[eFestivals]

And ended up paying a fine for doing so, if I recall correctly?

I'm not aware that was the case but if it was that would be due to running past the licence end time. He should have started earlier if he wanted to play for longer than the norm.

[eFestivals]

Ticket price should be 15-20% under whatever other big acts are demanding.

oh yeah, that's spot on.

I take it that you've not seen the stupid prices for his Ireland shows?

[Jens Wildman]

oh yeah, that's spot on.

I take it that you've not seen the stupid prices for his Ireland shows?

Edited January 27, 2009 by Jens Wildman

[Jens Wildman]

... errmm no, not quite.

Bruce's set used to be in 3 parts: 1st set, 2nd set, then the encores (which were as long as one of the sets). I remember at the end of any of his first sets, I'd be more than happy if that was all there was. Then the second half/set would be even better... and the encore would be just be party time. I remember one night at Wembley Arena, during the encore, and the whole stage, lights, everything was bouncing up and down.. Bruce looked at Steve, and looked up at everything bouncing.. they just smiled at each other.

Now, there's no interval in the middle, he plays one long set, then the encores (which again, are better than most acts whole set)

Bruce warming is better than almost anyone I can think of

i'm not excited or anything..

Edited January 27, 2009 by Jens Wildman

[The Nal]

oh yeah, that's spot on.

I take it that you've not seen the stupid prices for his Ireland shows?

[eFestivals]

Well.. he demand that for the Bergen shows.. and he has done that pretty much thourghout his carrer.

So what does he charge? and what does Madonna or Mettallica charge?

I bet you he is below them.

Madona cashed in a whole lot of million dollars more than Bruce in 2008, playing for less people..

yeah, but Mad Donna doesn't pretend t be 'right on' like Bruce does. She's well known as a money-grabbing-skinny-ugly bitch, and has been for 200 years or more. Whereas Bruce pretends he's all about the working man, then charges prices that the average working man can't afford without foregoing his annual holiday.

Even well-known-for-it-money-grabbing Metallica charge far far less than Bruce.

[Jens Wildman]

SO WHERE IS THE UK DATES??

For those who want the whole thing:

http://shorefire.com/index.php?a=pressrelease&o=2656

" Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band To Launch 2009 US And European Tour

5-Star (Rolling Stone) New Album 'Working On A Dream' (Columbia Records) Out Today

Response To First Ticket Sales In Scandinavia Causes System Crash With Unprecedented Sales In Stockholm, Sweden And Bergen, Norway

January 27, 2009

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced a forthcoming world tour.

DATE CITY VENUE ON-SALE DATE

Feb 1 Tampa, FL Super Bowl XLIII

Apr 1 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose Feb 2

Apr 3 Glendale, CA Jobing.com Center Feb 2

Apr 5 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center Feb 7

Apr 7 Tulsa, OK BOK Center Feb 7

Apr 8 Houston, TX Toyota Center Feb 7

Apr 10 Denver, CO Pepsi Arena Feb 2

Apr 15 Los Angeles, CA LA Memorial Sports Arena Feb 2

Apr 21 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden Feb 2

Apr 22 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden Feb 2

Apr 24 Hartford, CT XL Center Feb 2

Apr 26 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena Feb 2

Apr 28 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Spectrum Feb 2

Apr 29 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Spectrum Feb 2

May 2 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Feb 6

May 4 Hempstead, NY Nassau Veterans Mem. Col. Feb 2

May 5 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena Feb 2

May 7 Toronto, ONT Air Canada Centre Feb 6

May 8 University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center Feb 2

May 11 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center Feb 2

May 12 Chicago, IL United Center Feb 2

May 14 Albany, NY Times Union Center Feb 2

May 15 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium Feb 2

May 18 Washington, DC Verizon Center Feb 2

May 19 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena Feb 2

May 21 E. Rutherford, NJ Izod Center Feb 2

May 23 E. Rutherford, NJ Izod Center Feb 2

May 30 Landgraaf, Holland Pink Pop Festival March 7

June 2 Tampere, Finland Ratinan Stadion ON SALE

June 4 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Stadium SOLD OUT

June 5 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Stadium SOLD OUT

June 7 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Stadium SOLD OUT

June 9 Bergen, Norway Koengen SOLD OUT

June 10 Bergen, Norway Koengen SOLD OUT

July 2 Munich, Germany Olympiastadion ON SALE NOW

July 3 Frankfurt, Germany Commerzbank Arena ON SALE NOW

July 5 Vienna, Austria Ernst Happel Stadion ON SALE NOW

July 8 Herning, Denmark Herning MCH ON SALE NOW

July 11 Dublin, Ireland RDS Jan 30

July 16 Carhaix, France Festival des Vielles Charrues Jan 30

July 19 Rome, Italy Stadio Olimpico ON SALE SOON

July 21 Turino, Italy Olimpico di Torino ON SALE SOON

July 23 Udine, Italy Stadio Friuli ON SALE SOON

July 26 Bilbao, Spain San Mames Stadium ON SALE SOON

July 28 Benidorm, Spain Estadio Municipal de Foietes ON SALE SOON

July 30 Sevilla, Spain La Cartuja Olympic Stadium ON SALE SOON

Aug 1 Valladolid, Spain Estadio Jose Zorrilla ON SALE SOON

Aug 2 Santiago, Spain Monte Del Gozo ON SALE SOON

Springsteen recently performed at the Presidential Inauguration and is set to perform at Super Bowl XLIII. His new album 'Working on a Dream' is earning exemplary reviews. In Brian Hiatt's 5-star Rolling Stone review of 'Working on a Dream,' he raves about its "romantic sweep and swaggering musical ambition." For the full review, please go to:

http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/...23370/working_o

%20n_a_dream

People Magazine wrote, "With many of these songs itching to be taken on the road, 'Dream' continues the classic-Springsteen revival of 'Magic.'"

Meanwhile, Entertainment Weekly's Simon Vozick-Levinson's gave the album an "A" grade: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20253916,00.html

http://www.shorefire.com

http://www.brucespringsteen.net

Edited January 27, 2009 by Jens Wildman

[The Nal]

yeah, but Mad Donna doesn't pretend t be 'right on' like Bruce does. She's well known as a money-grabbing-skinny-ugly bitch, and has been for 200 years or more.

[tevaburger]

And ended up paying a fine for doing so, if I recall correctly?