Bruce Springsteen General Discussion Thread

madalig12

SerialComplaint wrote: »

madalig12 wrote: »

Goin to both gigs

Ah now that's just greedy (though I am working on the possibility of a freebie for a 2nd night meself).

Its not greed its just I cant miss any of it!

Dr. Nick

My Hyde Park expectations are low given it's a festival, which might be a good thing - still can't wait though, will be there this time next week.
My Dublin expectations however are high. Esp since Night 2 rule will apply on Wednesday!

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Dr. Nick wrote: »

Esp since Night 2 rule will apply on Wednesday!

Elaborate?

kevohmsford

Looking forward to Hyde Park next weekend. Bruce in Dublin in '09 was amazing but had to queue from 9am each day to make sure to be in the first few rows of the pit. Amazing gigs but all the long queue was crazy and poorly organised.

JohnnyChimpo

This is chancer-y stuff I know, but my GF won't be able to queue from early (job and whatnot), but if I queue with her ticket is there any chance I could wrangle 2 pit bands for us? Or will it be very strictly one per person?

Daisy03

Anyone know what time roughly the concert will start at? I'll be coming straight from work. I have seating tickets but still worried i'll miss the start!

CiaranK

Daisy03 wrote: »

Anyone know what time roughly the concert will start at? I'll be coming straight from work. I have seating tickets but still worried i'll miss the start!

Anytime between 7.00 and 8.30, it's hard to tell really, nothing is set in stone.

Lester Freamon

Did someone say before that you have to queue at one particular entrance to get into the pit?

My tickets says 'yellow route' Merrion Road - should I be ok??

Dr. Nick

Lester Freamon wrote: »

Did someone say before that you have to queue at one particular entrance to get into the pit?

My tickets says 'yellow route' Merrion Road - should I be ok??

You'll be fine if other years are anything to go by.

Dr. Nick

nm wrote: »

Elaborate?

Night two rule is well known in Bruce circles.....basically he realises that there are many, many multi-night fans so he changes the set drastically from night one to night two.

Take Paris this week, 15 different songs between Wed and Thurs. This is just one of the reasons why Bruce is different and the best there is......not many acts (any?) do this sort of thing.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Dr. Nick wrote: »

Night two rule is well known in Bruce circles.....basically he realises that there are many, many multi-night fans so he changes the set drastically from night one to night two.

Take Paris this week, 15 different songs between Wed and Thurs. This is just one of the reasons why Bruce is different and the best there is......not many acts (any?) do this sort of thing.

Pearl Jam also play a different set list every night. They even let a fan choose the set list for one of the recent Amsterdam gigs!

Can't wait for Bruce! Will be my first time seeing him so should be a treat.

Dr. Nick

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote: »

Pearl Jam also play a different set list every night. They even let a fan choose the set list for one of the recent Amsterdam gigs!

Yes - They were in Manchester the two nights before Bruce and I read somewhere they changed the set completely. Excellent.

However, they are a bit more 'niche' than Bruce I suppose, there would be maybe 75% hardcore fans there?

Bruce realises there needs to be a balance, 25% hardcore probably, many who come for BITUSA/BTR/TR etc.

Furious-Red

Dr. Nick wrote: »

Night two rule is well known in Bruce circles.....basically he realises that there are many, many multi-night fans so he changes the set drastically from night one to night two.

Take Paris this week, 15 different songs between Wed and Thurs. This is just one of the reasons why Bruce is different and the best there is......not many acts (any?) do this sort of thing.

Ah crap now i wanna go to both nights :mad:

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Dr. Nick wrote: »

Yes - They were in Manchester the two nights before Bruce and I read somewhere they changed the set completely. Excellent.

However, they are a bit more 'niche' than Bruce I suppose, there would be maybe 75% hardcore fans there?

Bruce realises there needs to be a balance, 25% hardcore probably, many who come for BITUSA/BTR/TR etc.

I'd say it would be about the same sort of deal. Maybe moreso 50/50. Bruce would certainly atract more casual fans I'd say. And Bruce's sets are that bit longer. Still, both offer what you really want from the live experience. You can go see them almost literally every night and you'd see something new and not get bored.

Lester Freamon

So the magic question.

What time do we need to start queuing to get into the pit?

jossnjuice

im hoping 3pm should make it completely safe due to it being a work day!!

Dr. Nick

Lester Freamon wrote: »

So the magic question.

What time do we need to start queuing to get into the pit?

There'll be overnighters, most of which will be out-of-towners. For front row, think 7am.

jossnjuice

true, i meant for just a general pit band. last RDS gig, the pit held 5k plus.

Dr. Nick

jossnjuice wrote: »

true, i meant for just a general pit band. last RDS gig, the pit held 5k plus.

In 08 I walked straight into the pit at 5ish on the Thursday, got about three rows back.
That'll never happen again unfortunately.

5 levels:

1. Overnight nuts - will camp out and guaranteed front row
2. Normal nuts - will arrive early am and get front row/second row
3. Non-nut but massive fans - lunchtime, will get quite close
4. Just below above - early PM - guaranteed pit
5. 'Early' show arrivers - they think they're early but it's a Bruce show - 50/50 chance of getting in the pit, depends on all of the above.


Mid-week shows are hard to predict but categories one and two stay the same, especially as Dublin gets lots of UK nuts.

There WILL be an organised fan-run pit line with numbers being given out from the previous day, these numbers are written on your hand.


Good luck!

spiralism

If i showed up an hour or two before gates open... would that put me in category four or 5? Going night two and its my first Bruce gig...from what i read above i may dig well deep into the albums so

Mind you, i'd hate if i missed out on hearing badlands because he did it the night before.... i'd be sickened, not that i wont see him again regardless

Dr. Nick

spiralism wrote: »

If i showed up an hour or two before gates open... would that put me in category four or 5?

I'd say you'll be fine at that time, but with Bruce fans you never know.....

musicmania

It is hard to know. We queued for hours in 08 and not as long in 09 as it was lashing and still ended up in a similiar location both years. I'm going alone the first night and will queue as early as possible and have a friend coming the second night who has said I can make the call on what time and I will judge if from the 1st night. I just pray the rain takes a break for those 2 days!

CiaranK

What are you folks hoping for setlist wise? If you are a bit bored (Like me) post the setlist you want to hear. I'll do one and post in a few

CiaranK

Wishful thinking that could happen (Ya never know)


Night #1

1. Badlands
2. No Surrender
3. We Take Care of Our Own
4. Wrecking Ball
5. Death To My Hometown
6. Spirit In The Night
7. My City of Ruins
8. Jack of All Trades
9. Murder Inc.
10. E Street Shuffle
11. She's The One
12. Prove it All Night (78 intro)
13. Waitin' On A Sunny Day
14. For You (Solo piano)
15. Apollo Medley
16. I'm Goin' Down
17. Thundercrack
18. Racing in The Street
19. The Rising
20. Backstreets
21. Radio Nowhere
22. We Are Alive
23. Land Of Hope and Dreams

24. Thunder Road
25. Born in The USA
26. Born to Run
27. Glory Days
28. Dancing in The Dark
29. Tenth Ave Freeze Out

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Night #2

1. Ties That Bind
2. Sherry Darling
3. Jackson Cage
4. Badlands
5. We Take Care of Our Own
6. Wrecking Ball
7. My City of Ruins
8. Growin' Up
9. Shackled and Drawn
10. Spirit in The Night
11. Candy's Room
12. Out in The Street
13. Something in The Night
14. Pay Me My Money Down
15. Hungry Heart
16. The Promise
17. Bobby Jean
18. Talk to Me
19. American Skin (41 Shots)
20. Adam Raised a Cain
21. Incident on 57th Street
22. The River
23. Drive All Night
24. We are Alive
25. Land of Hope and Dreams

26. Born to Run
27. Cadillac Ranch
28. Ramrod
29. Dancing in The Dark
30. Tenth Ave Freeze Out
31. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
32. Quarter to Three

(Night #2 is curfew bustin' boss time!)



I'm really excited about it now

Rosalita

Delurking to say hey! So excited for these concerts-heading to both. Bunch of us thinking of heading in around midday on the 17th to get the best position possible. Sat in the rain for the first concert in 09 from midday and got in about the fifth row from the front. Possible setlist? If this had been last week it would have been something different but after seeing Paris night 2's setlist anything is possible

The Ties that Bind
No Surrender
We Take Care of Our Own
Wrecking Ball
My City of Ruins
I Wanna Be With You
I'm Goin Down
Death to My Hometown
Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Thundercrack
Prove it all night ('78 intro)
Save My Love
For You (Solo Piano)
Racing in the Street
Growin Up
This Hard Land
The Promised Land
Long Time Coming (full band)
Long Walk Home
Be True
Bobby Jean
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Born in the USA
Out in the Street
Thunder Road
Rosalita:D
Born to Run
Glory Days
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
Quarter to Three

Curfew busting Boss Time!!

Honorable Mentions: Incident on 57th Street, Take Em as they Come, Sherry Darling, Talk to Me.

A possible setlist we could be seeing!?!?:D

CiaranK

Rosalita wrote: »

Delurking to say hey! So excited for these concerts-heading to both. Bunch of us thinking of heading in around midday on the 17th to get the best position possible. Sat in the rain for the first concert in 09 from midday and got in about the fifth row from the front. Possible setlist? If this had been last week it would have been something different but after seeing Paris night 2's setlist anything is possible

The Ties that Bind
...
Quarter to Three

Curfew busting Boss Time!!

Honorable Mentions: Incident on 57th Street, Take Em as they Come, Sherry Darling, Talk to Me.

A possible setlist we could be seeing!?!?:D

Welcome to Boards

That setlist looks great. Full band Long Time Coming would really blow me away (Full band of any D&D/Nebraska would be really great actually)

Rosalita

CiaranK wrote: »

Welcome to Boards

That setlist looks great. Full band Long Time Coming would really blow me away (Full band of any D&D/Nebraska would be really great actually)

Thank you
It's impossible to put together a setlist that would suit everyone but I would give my left arm (I'm a leftie ) to hear full band anything from Nebraska (Highway Patrolman?). Loved the bullet mike for Reason To Believe on the Magic tour. What covers would you like to see? On one hand I go to Bruce to see his songs but then he has done some classics in his shows!

CiaranK

Rosalita wrote: »

Thank you
It's impossible to put together a setlist that would suit everyone but I would give my left arm (I'm a leftie ) to hear full band anything from Nebraska (Highway Patrolman?). Loved the bullet mike for Reason To Believe on the Magic tour. What covers would you like to see? On one hand I go to Bruce to see his songs but then he has done some classics in his shows!

Some covers he has done I don't like. The sign collecting on the last tour I think took away from the flow of the show, and sometimes resulted in some not so great songs. I like the Apollo Medley he is doing, and Quarter to Three or the Detroit Medley would be amazing. Stuff like Seven Nights & Who'll Stop The Rain (I hope he doesn't need to sing that :P ) I could do without. I'd much rather a rarer number than a cover if I'm honest.

JohnnyChimpo

I'm hoping he closes out the set with a version of Twist and Shout that segues into Niggas in Paris.

dolittle

great setlist choices
but i would really love to hear lost in the flood
or if patti is along maybe brilliant disguise