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Bruce Springsteen at Emirates Stadium |
Contributed By: Corey Bolton
Created On: Thursday, 05 June 2008
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 Bruce Springsteen Many fans were still streaming into the impressive north London stadium when Bruce graced the rather rudimentary stage and launched himself into 10th Avenue Freeze out to the widespread acclaim of the crowd. It is a rather lumbering number to kick off a concert and the fans seemed to realise this also and soon settled down to await the next number. This was the new single Radio Nowhere, a rocking enough tune that was again greeted warmly but not with the enthusiasm that you might expect for a living god preaching to the converted.
This very low tempo start continued right through the first hour of the concert and it was if he was getting the fillers out of the way while daylight robbed the gig of any intimacy. It was not until he launched into Because the Night, the Springsteen tune made famous by punk/poet Pattie Smith. This brought most to the seated fans to their feet and it at last started to feel like a proper gig. But still the undiluted energy being put in by the Boss and his workers failed to transmit fully to the audience. This might have been because the conduit that was the sound system was less than impressive.
It was not loud enough; probably due to restrictions imposed since the Emirates is situated in the heart of a residential area. Candy's Room was a highlight and got the crowd clapping feverishly; however it was followed up by a dirge from the new album that saw the waves of clapping subside like the tide retreating back up the sand. It was at this low point in proceedings that many people began to notice the strange smell more associated with a platform at Paddington station than a gig. This turned out to be coming from the huge generators and the unique shape of the stadium was trapping the fumes in a mini greenhouse effect.
It was not really till the encores that the place really got rockin' as the crowd was treated to the likes of Born to Run, Glory Days and Badlands. This is what the crowd came for and how they revelled in the riches being dispensed. It was like one giant wedding party with the majority of the punters resembling aunties and uncles doing that funny dance complete with the pointing and out of time clapping. But hey, at least it keeps them off the (e) Street.
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