November 8, 2009

The Week That Was: We Love Halloween

It’s been another banner week ’round these parts as we fought off the post-Festival 8 blues by staying busy. Our main focus this week was Halloween coverage. Between Chad’s Mule-O-Ween

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Review: Springsteen & the E Street Band Give Fans Something to Remember @ MSG

I’ve never really understood the Bruce Springsteen hardcore fans who catch The Boss all over the world as often as they can. I mean, how many times can you see the E Street Band play Born To Run?

Bruce & The E Street Band w/ Elvis Costello – Higher & Higher


Last night, as I approached Madison Square Garden, I noticed a massive single file line stretching from the sign in front of the venue to the box office and was told this was the “drop line” filled with Bruce fans hoping for a last minute ticket release for the group’s first of two MSG shows. As a diehard fan of a different band I appreciated the zealousness of the Boss fanbase. By the end of the first song I also appreciated the zealousness of The Boss himself – a performer who does anything and everything to make the crowd happy.

Scoring tickets to a Springsteen show in the New York City area is always tough but finding ducats for this two-show run was near impossible. Besides the drop line there were hundreds of people circling the arena trying to find tickets. A couple of factors led to the unusual demand for the two MSG shows. With only eight shows left to go before the band’s upcoming indefinite hiatus, fans fear this tour may be the last for the E Street Band which would make this their last shows in NYC. Also, a few days ago Springsteen announced he would be performing all of 1973’s The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle [WIESS] at Saturday night’s show to the delight of fans that have been chasing the multiple rarities from that album. Everything was setup for a classic which is just what we got.

READ ON for more from Scotty on Bruce Springsteen @ MSG…

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