Bruce Springsteen General Discussion Thread

Probably Foster Terrace off Ballybough road if my 2016 memory serves me!

The PUC gig was my 8th or so Bruce gig. Massive pit as usual, got a good spot, arrived to venue at 5pm, didn’t move at all until he left the stage around 22:25, came away drenched but happy.

A 16 piece live band is relatively rare, and so in synch it was incredible, very tight throughout. He’s always changing setlists, so have seen The River, Born In USA, so many times before, it was nice to see other tracks played.
Nice tribute to E street members Clemons & Federici.

Little Steven was the most dissapointing, looked like he had zero interest. did not do much at all, and would have not been missed. Nils gave some amazing solos as usual, and was much more plugged in, Talent/Bittan/Weinberg & Turell all on great form, and the horns section outstanding, as was the choir.

The exit was as many have said was - chaotic, the main exit to left of stage was still closed, 15 minutes after he finished. so people started going into the stand, it eventually opened several minutes later, dangerous, unsafe, extremely poorly lit all around,once you got outside, and signage abysmal. so in short. same oul amateur shite as usual with the GAA/Aikens

I ended up having an horrific night due to various health issues, which were compounded by the disgraceful exit system, and that partially flooded dark road we had to endure to get back to the city, and even though some very kind strangers tried to get me help, none was forth coming. I saw other people with disabilities struggling too, so shame on Aiken and whoever put that so called plan together.

However, while my experience was awful, I still think Bruce and the band put on an amazing show, as always. They played their hearts out. I did notice Stevie seemed a little off, but everyone else was on fire. I'm in the camp of having a diverse setlist. It's what makes a Bruce gig special. I thought the Santa Claus was hilarious. My highlights include My City of Ruins, and Rainy Night In Soho. The Pogues, and Victoria were backstage for this.

Why are all seated tickets the same price for the Irish shows ?

Why is Aiken charging full price for restricted view seats ?

There are lots of different ticket prices for the other European dates, starting from 75 euro up.

Restricted view seats are not full price, you could get them in the UK for £65, here the same seat is 168 euro.

Thats primarily on the promoter, and it seems to be commonplace for Aiken to charge these flat prices for seats irrespective of whether its the best or worst seat in the venue.

I see plenty of standing for resale on toutless too

He actually played several massive hits, look at the set list, FFS. For the moaners compainng about no Born in the USA, yez got Born to Run and a rake of other classics. If all you know of Bruce is Born in the USA and The River, don't bother going.

Thomond Park was available all this weekend, Im told it was in the running right up until the tour was finalised but Aiken pulled it in favour of a Croker gig….

Shame , 2013 in Thomond was incredible, the day after Limerick won the Munster Final !!
great gig last night , was half thinking about getting a ticket for Sunday also !!

Maybe they could have sold 30000 instead of 85000.....

It's great for actual fans, easy to pick up a ticket cheap.

aiken has agreed with various agents that they are big outdoor shows are flat prices. Rammstein show is similar to Bruce in that regard.
There is negatives and positives to a flat price structure. As the end goal is to make X million on a Bruce croke park show (to cover costs and generate agreed profit) if it wasn’t flat price then the costs of seats/standing will be differ significantly and the likes of pit standing tickets or best seats would very easily be over €200 or €250 and then the terrible seats might be closer to €80 or €90. It’s a trade off.
you can spend less in ireland and better a view than Wembley. Rear standing in Wembley are £150/€170 which is €35 more expensive than general standing here, and with general standing you can get pit access as well.

Reply to Mr Anarchy:

Well no, actually, nobody has any right/entitlement to hear a particular favourite on the one night they go to see Bruce. Grow up, FFS. There are SO MANY great songs to play, and he only has approx 3 hours. If some deluded/entitled people are stupid enough to shell out such a lot of money EXPECTING to hear their particular favourites - you're taking up space that a music fan or someone with a bit of cop-on would happily occupy, so maybe please stay away as you tend to ruin it for others. You don't get to pre-order culture to your liking, you're actually the complete opposite of what live performance is all about.

Paid £175 for FOS Wembley, which I was happy to do to guarantee pit access

Is there anywhere else people are selling? Never used toutless before and so can't use it now. Still some on TM but would prefer pitch standing.

first come first serve but Bruce diehards having been running their own numbering system all week so they show up and jump the current people in the queue. The pit ag croke is large so if early tomorrow shouldn’t have a problem getting wristband

Relax buddy. No need for the personal attack.