The Saturday night concert at Pittsburgh’s CONSOL Energy Center was about a lot of things: a full, happy house and a band firing beyond all cylinders; palpable loss and cautious but determined optimism; songs for every fan and a few from the family jewels. But best of all, it was about E Street bassist Gary Tallent’s […]
Photos by Jo Lopez There are many effects in the arsenal of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, all of which they can call up at will. Longtime fans know that feeling of becoming addicted all over again. For newcomers, instant fandom is nothing short of a force of nature, and tonight at Magnetic […]
Photo by Jo Lopez There are many effects in the arsenal of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, all of which they can call up at will. Longtime fans know that feeling of becoming addicted all over again. For newcomers, instant fandom is nothing short of a force of nature, and tonight at Magnetic […]
From Allen St. John at Forbes.com: Last night, I was at the Prudential Center in Newark NJ for the last show of the first leg of Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball Tour. I’ve been to dozens of Springsteen shows over the years, stretching back to The River tour, and I’m shocked to find myself saying this: Last night might have been my best […]
“Wrecking Ball, Bruce Springsteen’s new album, is a wake-up call and a punch to the gut, if not the side of the head,” says Russell C. Smith in his latest blog entry for The Huffington Post. He continues, “With Wrecking Ball, Springsteen has created a time capsule for listeners of the future. It documents America’s […]
“Another soul-stirring L.A. Sports Arena show Thursday from the Greatest Living American Rock Institution, and another tremendous performance from his venerable group, the E Street Band,” says Ben Wener of The OC Regsiter of Thursday night’s concert in Los Angeles, CA. “Without sounding like I’ve taken leave of my critical faculties and fallen into an […]
Veteran journalist Leonard Pitts, Jr. shared his extraordinary review of Wrecking Ball in last week’s Miami Herald. Click here to read it.