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Post by noproblems on Jul 26, 2024 11:58:14 GMT
Yes, of COURSE I got the t-shirt!! SET LIST 1 Lonesome Day 2 Seeds 3 My Love Will Not Let You Down 4 No Surrender 5 Ghosts 6 Letter to You 7 The Promised Land 18 Hungry Heart 9 Spirit in the Night 10 Reason to Believe 11 Atlantic City 12 Youngstown 13 Long Walk Home 14 The E Street Shuffle 15 Nightshift 16 Racing in the Street 17 Last Man Standing 18 Backstreets 19 Because the Night 20 She's the One 21 Wrecking Ball 22 The Rising 23 Badlands 24 Thunder Road ENCORE 1 25 Land of Hope and Dreams 26 Born to Run 27 Bobby Jean 28 Dancing in the Dark 29 Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out 30 Twist and Shout ENCORE 2 31 I'll See You in My Dreams 21 During this song, we had a front row marriage proposal - she said yes. 2 Acoustic solo Arrived 15:00 Gates 17:00 Start 19:10 Close 22:25 Home 00:05 The brother-in-law and I got to Wembley around 1500 and stood and queued, stood and queued... then the gates opened and we got to the front of the rear standing area and stood and waited, stood and waited... as you can see, there was a lot of standing around! Some idiosyncrasies by the security staff were that I was not permitted to take a carrier bag into the stadium. So I removed my plastic mac from the bag - problem solved. Once inside, mac went back in bag. Another was that bottled drinks (on sale out in the stadium perimeter) were not allowed, so bro had to decant his drinks into plastic cups. As it happened, I had an empty Coke bottle in my pocket, so again restriction was circumvented once inside. But it was an excellent show nonetheless. Boss was his usual full on self, and the band were on their usual top form. Incredible that such a band has nearly all its original members. One thing I observed at Wembley was that the front standing area was slow to fill up, unlike the general rear standing area where I was. And I was thinking (dangerous at my age, but I had nothing else to do other than wait) that the spectators for the rear area need to arrive early to get a good view, but the front area spectators are guaranteed a good view and so there's no rush. So, I’d go to see Springsteen and Stones (in a heartbeat) again, I’ll pay the extra £70, get front standing and save my back from nine hours of solid standing.
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Post by craydarr on Jul 27, 2024 7:44:37 GMT
Yes, of COURSE I got the t-shirt!! SET LIST 1 Lonesome Day 2 Seeds 3 My Love Will Not Let You Down 4 No Surrender 5 Ghosts 6 Letter to You 7 The Promised Land 18 Hungry Heart 9 Spirit in the Night 10 Reason to Believe 11 Atlantic City 12 Youngstown 13 Long Walk Home 14 The E Street Shuffle 15 Nightshift 16 Racing in the Street 17 Last Man Standing 18 Backstreets 19 Because the Night 20 She's the One 21 Wrecking Ball 22 The Rising 23 Badlands 24 Thunder Road ENCORE 1 25 Land of Hope and Dreams 26 Born to Run 27 Bobby Jean 28 Dancing in the Dark 29 Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out 30 Twist and Shout ENCORE 2 31 I'll See You in My Dreams 21 During this song, we had a front row marriage proposal - she said yes. 2 Acoustic solo Arrived 15:00 Gates 17:00 Start 19:10 Close 22:25 Home 00:05 The brother-in-law and I got to Wembley around 1500 and stood and queued, stood and queued... then the gates opened and we got to the front of the rear standing area and stood and waited, stood and waited... as you can see, there was a lot of standing around! Some idiosyncrasies by the security staff were that I was not permitted to take a carrier bag into the stadium. So I removed my plastic mac from the bag - problem solved. Once inside, mac went back in bag. Another was that bottled drinks (on sale out in the stadium perimeter) were not allowed, so bro had to decant his drinks into plastic cups. As it happened, I had an empty Coke bottle in my pocket, so again restriction was circumvented once inside. But it was an excellent show nonetheless. Boss was his usual full on self, and the band were on their usual top form. Incredible that such a band has nearly all its original members. One thing I observed at Wembley was that the front standing area was slow to fill up, unlike the general rear standing area where I was. And I was thinking (dangerous at my age, but I had nothing else to do other than wait) that the spectators for the rear area need to arrive early to get a good view, but the front area spectators are guaranteed a good view and so there's no rush. So, I’d go to see Springsteen and Stones (in a heartbeat) again, I’ll pay the extra £70, get front standing and save my back from nine hours of solid standing. Excellent review, that’s pretty good set list there, even though I’m not familiar with all of it. The length of it must be demanding for him and the band and I have to admire him for vfm, although when I saw him in Hyde Park a few years ago I’d had enough at the end, I feel 2.5 hours is the max for a gig for me. Does he have a support? I am amazed these days regarding the restrictions at gigs, I know it was a bit bad back in the day when beer and piss was thrown around, but I suppose most of it is to get you to buy their own drinks etc. Glad I had a great time 👍
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Post by mortified on Jul 27, 2024 8:36:00 GMT
I'm not a fan and never have been but I appreciate the value you always get for your bucks. I'm the same as craydarr in that a couple of hours or so for me and my concentration span wanes. Always has. Rory Gallagher was the same. He'd play for what seemed like days ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) I loved the man but after 2½ hours I'd already peaked. I've seen the Stones relatively close up (at the SECC in Glasgow) and I'd thoroughly recommend paying the extra 👍
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Post by noproblems on Jul 27, 2024 10:50:40 GMT
Excellent review, that’s pretty good set list there, even though I’m not familiar with all of it. The length of it must be demanding for him and the band and I have to admire him for vfm, although when I saw him in Hyde Park a few years ago I’d had enough at the end, I feel 2.5 hours is the max for a gig for me. Does he have a support? I am amazed these days regarding the restrictions at gigs, I know it was a bit bad back in the day when beer and piss was thrown around, but I suppose most of it is to get you to buy their own drinks etc. Glad I had a great time 👍 It's Springsteen's enthusisam that so infectous, so contagious, and the band always look as if they're having a good time - Nils Lofgren especialy so on this occasion. Of course it's probably show, but that's not a bad thing - Bruce Springsteen and The E Sreet Band are entertainers after all - and it feeds back to the audience which in turn lifts the band. It makes for a great experience. The marriage proposal during The Promised Land was in exchange for Bruce's mouth harp - a banner at the front read something like "My boyfriend will propose to me if you give him your harmonica". So mouth harp was handed over and out came the ring - deal honoured. 👍 Another incident was where someone had presented Bruce with a miniture blow-up doll of himself. He was pretty chuffed with that and showed the TV so that everyone could see. No support for 3h15m show. I must be honest and confess that I was checking my watch every now and then; it was a long set, and by the time the band came on I'd been standing for for four hours and really could have used some space to exercise and stretch my back and jiggle about a bit. By the end my legs and feet had forgotten how to walk. As well as front row tix, another thing I'd do again for a stadium gig is park some 10 mins walk away (JustPark.com is a good place to look) - it saved getting gridlocked in Wembley traffic.
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Post by craydarr on Jul 27, 2024 12:07:25 GMT
Excellent review, that’s pretty good set list there, even though I’m not familiar with all of it. The length of it must be demanding for him and the band and I have to admire him for vfm, although when I saw him in Hyde Park a few years ago I’d had enough at the end, I feel 2.5 hours is the max for a gig for me. Does he have a support? I am amazed these days regarding the restrictions at gigs, I know it was a bit bad back in the day when beer and piss was thrown around, but I suppose most of it is to get you to buy their own drinks etc. Glad I had a great time 👍 It's Springsteen's enthusisam that so infectous, so contagious, and the band always look as if they're having a good time - Nils Lofgren especialy so on this occasion. Of course it's probably show, but that's not a bad thing - Bruce Springsteen and The E Sreet Band are entertainers after all - and it feeds back to the audience which in turn lifts the band. It makes for a great experience. The marriage proposal during The Promised Land was in exchange for Bruce's mouth harp - a banner at the front read something like "My boyfriend will propose to me if you give him your harmonica". So mouth harp was handed over and out came the ring - deal honoured. 👍 Another incident was where someone had presented Bruce with a miniture blow-up doll of himself. He was pretty chuffed with that and showed the TV so that everyone could see. No support for 3h15m show. I must be honest and confess that I was checking my watch every now and then; it was a long set, and by the time the band came on I'd been standing for for four hours and really could have used some space to exercise and stretch my back and jiggle about a bit. By the end my legs and feet had forgotten how to walk. As well as front row tix, another thing I'd do again for a stadium gig is park some 10 mins walk away (JustPark.com is a good place to look) - it saved getting gridlocked in Wembley traffic. I know what you mean about standing for hours I’m the same these days, my knees ain’t what they used to be. Just Park for me all the way now, especially at Wembley, the only problem with that and driving in general around Wembley is it gets gridlocked on the roads after the gig. Back to Bruce, there has to be an element of enjoyment in performing, the same as there is with Quo, along with the camaraderie between band and crew. Money can’t be the sole driving factor now as they’re at that stage where the main members have made their money now. As mercenary as Fran can come across at times he wouldn’t do it now if he didn’t want to. Bruce is the same as Quo in that they come from the generation that cut their teeth as live performers, it’s in their blood.
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