Bruce Springsteen - Classic or Dud ?

Behind The Stage nosebleeds in Houston (on Valentine's Day!) start at $12 on StubHub

In front of the stage nosebleeds look to start at $55.

Backstreets Magazine is closing down.

DId something happen to Terry?

Wow. Ticket situation so fucked up they broke the spirit of Backstreets.

43 years!

wow. I hope Bruce notices.

My mom went through a heavy Springsteen phase when I was a kid and she had a Backstreets subscription for years. It was an excellent fan produced mag with an eye for granular detail and the writing quality was very good.

I'm sure there are other factors in them deciding to shut down, but it's a real bummer.

Inevitably, a couple of band members tested positive for covid (so far), Steven and Suzie. I guess they played the Dallas show without them, which is one advantage of touring with an army of musicians.

Went to the Dallas show, it was pretty fucking great... there were still like fifteen people on stage even with three missing! Never seen him before and when I got invited I felt like I couldn't pass it up.

Josh called it - he just added fall shows, including August 9 at Wrigley Field.

Really big venues, so hopefully that translates to plentiful, affordable tickets (though could be nosebleeds):

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/bruce-springsteen-the-e-street-band-add-more-fall-tour-dates-including-metlife-stadium/

Once again, there is registration for verified fan presale.

Got tickets behind the stage for the Houston show for $9 each (including fees) so it's time for round two!

holy crap $9??? where, stubhub?

yep... still plenty available behind the stage for $5-7 (plus fees, which makes it more like $8-10 per ticket)

Hell, getting a Pepsi at MSG will cost more than that.

same seats behind the stage at the Austin show are going for $200+, this town is so fucked up

Well, at least Wrigley doesn't use Ticketmaster, iirc.

Tix for Milwaukee still hovering (lol) around $300 for the nosebleeds. I'll probably make a call that morning if they drop down to something reasonable. I do get to see him in Brooklyn this April, thanks to a buddy.

Curious what the Houston prices were two weeks ago. Or rather, how long have they been single digit?

Is anyone going to the Carrier Dome, sorry I mean JMA Dome?

I bought the cheap Houston tickets last Friday, so they've been available for at least 5 days (there are plenty of front-of-stage view seats available between $25-40 as well)

sounds like Nils Lofgren has COVID now and might be out... fingers crossed for a Nebraska-heavy set!

Ha. Well, keep in mind, up until 1975/Born to Run tour, it was only Bruce on guitar up there!

Or everyone but Jake gets COVID and we're treated to two and a half hours of free form jazz!

"Well, sir, we hope you enjoy our new direction."

Don't forget, two members of the E Street Band left after recording "Born to Run" to form their own fusion band. Give us a glimpse of what might have been!

Ugh, just realized this means Tom Morello is probably getting the call-up ...

Gary Clark Jr. was practicing with them in Dallas, apparently, so

ooooh

Oh, he's good, I'm ok with that. Just none of Morello's tomfoolery.

As I posted upthread, the Houston behind the stage tix were starting @ $12 at the start of the month. I think the drop is down to few factors: the show is Valentine's night, so it's competing with a lot of other stuff; as of last week, the weather today was supposed to be shitty (it ended up not bad); and Toyota Center (the venue) is a pretty big place--capacity 18,000+--and aftermarket prices on good nosebleeds there aren't too bad, so loads of behind the stage tix are getting dumped.

Gary Clark Jr. is a very fine player, whom I admire, but I am not sure how he fits into the E Street Band zeitgeist

I mean, Nils didn't fit the E Street Band, either! But he worked out ok. Even Morello, who sucks and doesn't fit at all, wasn't a disaster.

Now if it, was, Eric Johnson? Yeah, bad fit.

Maybe Tad Kubler would be a good sub?

Eh, I think Lofgren and Stevie fit fine - both can roll with the acoustic setting, playing mandolin or whatever. Morello Absolutely not. No. Clark? Remains to be seen.

This is the E Street Band, when one person leaves they need to replace them with two or three people.

And up the scarf rider, too.

Lol

not trying to throw shade, and i've never sat behind a stage before, but what is the appeal? i guess you get to watch via jumbotron, it's loud and hopefully fun, and maybe catch some fun/interesting backstage stuff?

well signed up for notification on SF tickets (show isn't until the end of the year). I've never seen Springsteen; I foolishly left before he played the Amnesty International show I went to in the 80's because I was stupid. I realize this seeing him now isn't going to even remotely measure up and will cost me 100x more than that show did.

xpost There is no backdrop to the stage, and he and the band often hop up there and play to the people behind them. Here's one I found from someone:

https://preview.redd.it/kv37vzvx05e91.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=6b5f98d3fda217862b8c6fdd918c18141b857ca9

Some fans *prefer* that view.

See a little of that human butt

Can probably sing along with the prompters.

https://i.makeagif.com/media/5-03-2016/sPZ9Lq.gif

xp nice! that's an awesome view imo!

I mean, this was his breakthrough:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/BruceBorn1984.JPG

i was once burned by some relatively expensive tickets to a radiohead show sometime in the mid 2000s where me and 20 other people were placed directly behind a gigantic cylinder of speakers and other equipment, and the band was 100% blocked. we all had to go to the lawn instead

xp

Nebrasska

Greetings from Assbury Park

(Note that I will not stoop to the depths of posting something juvenile like Ghost of Tom Choad or Butt in the U. Ass A. I am classy like that)

Buttpipe of Love

Oh, oh oh oh, thunder road
It's lying out there like a killer in the sun
I know it's late but we can make it to your buns

or maybe

Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I went out for a ride, and baby got back