FUCK YOU BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Sounds like he's mixing it up tonight for New York.

Is there a tailgate on the go?

And now sound checking Seven Nights to Rock

Sound checking Mary’s Place at moment.

After all this time to find you were just like all the rest.........

The days of it being a two way thing are gone, I guess. You pay your money, you turn up, you get the show. 😔

Springsteen in Detroit, and he doesn't play the medley?

The setlist, as solid as it is, is getting weary.

Peeked in at the lake…looks like a good number of fans feel somewhat similar to me….that disconnected feeling. I never ever would have thought it possible that I’d feel as I do. I find myself not even listening to his music nearly as much as I once did.

That said….It’s looking like I’ll be at UBS Sunday. I have a side job that will put me in the building…so I’ll get to hear/see some of the show and get paid…lol.

I’m sincerely hoping that being there will rekindle some of the lost love for Bruce…The E Street Band and the music. But I’m not that optimistic.

Thought folks on here might appreciate this exchange:

• "How is it that Robert Smith managed to hold Ticketmaster in line, but Taylor Swift can't manage it..?"

• "Because Ticketmaster is the disease and Robert Smith is THE CURE!"

What can I say? I'm a big fan of the well-executed Dad joke.

Good old Shakey.

Putting to one side the abomination that is dynamic pricing, I’m seeing what I would call ’mid-range’ artist shows jacking up prices significantly, to a level that now means I’m starting to opt out. Recent cases in point Natalie Merchant & Norah Jones tickets coming in at £65 with add-ons. I bit the bullet and went with NM, whereas a couple of years ago I’d have expected around £40 apiece and done both, tho’ the £1.75 print at home e-ticket charge stuck in the throat somewhat. On the upside £17 will get you in to Amanda Shires upcoming tour, and I’ve just snagged another Pretenders small venue ticket for £40, so there’s still shows to be seen - just have to be prepared to pass on some.

Fair play to Robert Smith…..

https://pitchfork.com/news/the-cures-robert-smith-says-hes-sickened-about-ticketmaster-fees-as-tour-goes-on-sale/?utm_source=twitter&mbid=social_twitter&utm_brand=p4k&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social

Bruce fans all over the world should vote with their feet and not to go to concerts where BS sings about working class to people who bought 5000 dollar tickets.

My friend John texted me tonight, asking if I was seeing the Springsteen show later this week. I wrote back, explaining that I was boycotting the tour. Turns out he's going to the show, and asked what to expect. Solo tour, E St Band? You see, he hasn't seen Bruce since the Born In the USA tour. I remember when Human Touch came out, and John said getting rich had changed Bruce, and he disregarded him after that. All aboard for the irony train. But now he and his wife were offered free seats from friends of theirs, nice people, wealthy, who have never shown interest in Springsteen or his music in front of me. Anyhoo, they're sitting in the 4th row. Oddly enough, I can honestly say I'm not jealous. I wouldn't go for free. I know someday I'll get past this, but I haven't listen to a Springsteen recording since tickets went on sale last summer.

I still occasionally peek at GL. I looked at that thread and bit and read a couple standard condescending replies from long timers responding to a seriously disgruntled former fan of Springsteen.

I personally feel disappointed in Springsteen to the point that I don’t really care if a see a show or not….and it’s a definite not unless something lucky happens and I get a reasonably priced seat. But I’m not really even trying.

I still love the music…but ‘disconnect’ is a good word for how I’m feeling overall as it pertains to Mr Springsteen.

Nah, I'll pass on GL.

I was going to look in and wish Roy luck before the cup final but I was worried I'd get sucked back into the nonsense.....

If you're into some real 'Fuck You Bruce Springsteen' action and you still have the will and /or ability to visit Greasy Lake, check out the 'Some Kind of Disconnect' thread over there.

I actually made a satirical post over there, because as opposed to some of the measured and thoughtful stuff we've seen here there is some unhinged crazy going on.

I felt I was pretty much over my no-Cali-shows-blues, but the three nights in Florida only remind me that he's ignoring a major market that every successful artist plays each tour. He's always played several nights in the L.A. area, several in the bay area, and scattered nights elsewhere in Cali. At least, I'm not missing much. It's the same-old, same-old and I'm not talking about the static setlist, I'm talking about the songs that get played night after night. What's any different this time around? Three recent albums to draw from and he plays six or seven songs from them and the first songs to get dropped are the new ones.

Every tour is a nostalgia tour. He's capable of presenting so much more, but he's gotten a bit lazy, it seems.

Still, if he brings the routine to California, I'd go just to prove to myself I'm right.

I don't disagree that he comes across as rich and in a bubble. And on the one hand, should we be surprised? There's that great story from years ago about when Noel Gallagher met him for the first time, and how he kind of fell in love with Bruce, due to how much of a hardcore music fan Bruce is. But the thing that always hit me, and which I don't recall anyone else mentioning, was that when Bruce arrives at the restaurant--which was in the south of France or Italy, if I recall correctly--it's on a yacht that pulls right up to the restaurant, said yacht belonging to and delivering Calvin Klein.

Now. On the one hand, most of us on here think Bruce is either the greatest or at least ONE of the very greatest live acts of the past 50 years. And don't we think people should be compensated for their work? Whether blue collar or artist? And from the bit we've learned over the years, we know that everyone in what will be a very, very large band this time out will be very nicely compensated--in some cases, seemingly, because they won't be getting another payday like this, possibly for another six years, if ever. I don't doubt Garry, say, does fine between tours, but it's also not hard to imagine that a tour like this will equal the next (or previous) five years combined for him, never mind Jake or Soozie.

Finally, as disappointed as I am by all this—and I am, I really truly am—one of the thoughts that comes back to me again and again is that he's seemingly happier as a person than he's ever been before in his life. And the "things were better in 1978" or '81 or '84 or '87 or 1999 or 2012 or whichever time period you personally think was the best, well, whichever it is, unless it's after 2014, we now know there's a very good chance he was in a terrible place, mentally and emotionally. Meaning the Bruce most of us love best was a desperately unhappy one. And the one who's finally—in what is essentially his old age—finally happy, is the one who's disappointed us.

I hate being disappointed. You'd think I'd be used to it by now, but I'm not. (You might also think I'm being flippant or attempting to be humorous, but I'm really not.) But for years I've had the very conflicty feeling that my being totally happy with Bruce almost has to coincide with his being very unhappy, and that's...not a great feeling. Maybe, on balance, it's okay that I can't afford to ever see him again if it also means he's not so depressed he's incapable of getting out of bed for years.

I mean.....this whole shitshow would've been tempered by one statement.

"We're aware of the negativity and controversy surrounding the current ticket sales model.

We will undertake a full review and learn lessons for future tours "

Non-committal but empathetic (to a point).

Say's what it needs to say while saying fuck all.

Yet they seem intent on doubling down........

A Ratner-esque level of PR competence.

And that’s another take-away. An amiable enough old guy that has entrusted the day to day to the organisation. Maybe that’s a necessity for him now, but it ain’t doing his rep much good.

Please Bruce Inc. stop with the tone deaf PR, read the fucking room.