no Jens Wildman on an E-Fests Bruce thread??!!
loved scrolling through these. Concur with @The Nal on the first Bruce gig you see being something that you never forget...and the challenge of getting some gems to show up in your set lists. I keep spreadsheet of my Bruce gigs and songs and at 22 gigs, I only have 6 Junglelands, 1 Racing In The Street, only 2 Backstreets (and one of those was as part of full album show, so really just 1 unique appearance) 3 Tunnel of Loves...
Attaching 3 special gigs here w/ setlists for 2 of them
my first/1985 - his first Wembley Stadium gig, opening night of 3 - July 3rd '85 - mind-blowing... and the dour-sounding 'Nebraska' stuff sounded incredible, Max's drums on Atlantic City I can still remember. I saw him at Giants Stadium (NJ Meadowlands) later that summer (Aug 19) which was incredible still (and some from that specific gig made it onto Live 75-85) but without the 'first time' experience/shock that Wembley had...
2003 - He did 10 nights at Giants Stadium and I was fortunate to get #9, which many rate as the best of the lot
2016 - Final night of 3 at the 'new' Meadowlands stadium, now Met Life, all 3 nights were superb (I recommend buying the set from Nugs if you want about 12 hrs of Bruce from NJ)...As @The Nal says about the recent years' tour, I think 7, 8 years is a long time gone and while they're still a great live experience the years do add up...He was on a roll here in 2016 finishing his tour...were these the last 'great' E Street Band gigs?
I've been fortunate to catch some significant shows too
Macca curfew appearance at Hyde Park 2012...I thought the sound wasn't great whole gig, quiet...fella a few people in front of me ruined the opening by singing Thunder Road in full throat by himself while we've have preferred to hear Bruce clearly from the stage...
Dylan showed up at my Shea Stadium gig (Oct 4, 2003) for Highway 61 Revisited
3 albums in full - the original River show at Madison Square Garden (months after Glastonbury), Born In the USA at the final ever show at Giants Stadium, Born To Run about a week or so earlier same venue
Glastonbury + Broadway
Hope you all enjoy the 2025 shows...
I don't know country well enough, but where does Carrie Underwood fit in this?
As someone not familiar with the "scene", I'd have considered her a fairly big, modern, mainstream crossover country name - but when she played Glastonbury a few years ago it was a fairly early Pyramid slot and even then she didn't draw a big crowd.
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