T-shirts at the merch stands were going for $50 Monday and doing a brisk business. The tour has been colored by the controversy over LiveNation's "dynamic pricing," which has led to enormous ticket prices, although word is that much more economical options can be found closer to show dates. 26 the second date was added Tuesday morning. stadiums, including Gillette Stadium on Aug. 16.Īfter this arena tour of the States, the group is headed to Europe for a series of concerts before returning home later in the summer to play U.S. Three dates had to be postponed last week after someone in the band took ill. Among the postponed dates was a stop at the Mohegan Sun Arena, and that has now been rescheduled for Sept. The four-person horn section that augmented sax player Jake Clemons really gave the old classic added punch, and it was obvious Springsteen and Van Zandt relished the chance to play those gritty guitar lines.īoston is the 17th date on Springsteen's scheduled 31-date spring tour. There was one new addition to the set list Monday night, and it was a corker, a cover of The Standells' Beantown anthem "Dirty Water," which the band hadn't done since 2012. The set lists for these shows have been drawing from 10 albums, from his 1973 "The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle" to last year's collection of soul chestnuts, "Only the Strong Survive." Fans here and there might quibble about what tunes are played versus ones that aren't ("Hungry Heart" made its first appearance on this tour on the show before Boston, at State College, Pennsylvania, but was not in Monday's set), but as E Street guitarist Steven Van Zandt has explained on his social media, Springsteen is using his autobiographical Broadway show as a sort of framework for these shows, giving a view of his career, as he sees it, in retrospect. But Monday night, The Boss, now 73, was striding the stage with elan, directing the E Street Band – now swelled to 18 musicians – uncorking brain-curdling guitar solos, and generally having the time of his life. Coinciding with the fortieth anniversary of Springsteen's debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, drawing on interviews and access to new recordings and shows, Heylin paints a bold picture of The Boss.Sure, his hair is mostly salt and pepper now, and he isn't doing those length-of-the-stage runs that ended with a long slide on his knees. Fans will also learn another side of Springsteen, one punctuated with his clashes with studio executives seeking a commercially viable, radio-friendly album, and his temporary disbanding of the E Street Band to pursue projects like the eerie acoustic of Nebraska. The band's players-most notably saxophonist Clarence "Big Man" Clemons, guitarist "Little" Stevie Van Zandt, and drummer Max Weinberg-became Springsteen's comrades in concert, helping him find the elusive sound and sonic punch that highlighted The Boss's most creative period, including Darkness on the Edge of Town, Born to Run, and Born in the USA. Clinton Heylin's revelatory biography, E Street Shuffle, chronicles the evolution and influence of Springsteen's E Street Band as they rose from blue-collar New Jersey to the heights of rock stardom. Before he was the swaggering, stadium-packing megastar, Bruce Springsteen was a brooding introvert, desperate to strike a balance between his nuanced songwriting and the heft of his backing band.
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