New from the Springsteen archive: July 23rd, 2013 – Cardiff, UK – Millennium Stadium

Twenty-four hours before they played Leeds and Bruce Springsteen gave the First Direct Arena his blessing with an essential 2013 performance, he and the E Street Band rolled into Cardiff for their second show ever in Wales - following a fondly remembered outing in 2008. Now, thanks to the Archive Series, we’re one step closer …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: May 21st, 2016 – Madrid, ES – Santiago Bernabeu

Seven days before Real and Atletico met in the San Siro for the UEFA Champions League Final, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band ensured everyone was a winner for at least one night with a thrilling conclusion to the Iberian portion of their 2016 European leg. Forty-eight hours earlier, Springsteen and the E Street …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: May 17th, 2016 – San Sebastián, ES – Estadio de Anoeta

Seventy-two hours after starting the European leg of their River Tour 2016 in the Barcelona, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band arrive in Basque Country and more changes follow as the setlist continues its expansion after the conclusion of The River album in-toto on the opening North American stage. Across three hours and forty …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: May 14th, 2016 – Barcelona, ES – Camp Nou

Changes are made in the first European show of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s River Tour 2016. Stepping onstage in FC Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium a little over two weeks after their final show in Brooklyn on the first North American leg of the tour, excitement was in the air as to what …

The Rest of The River Tour 2016-17: March to April, 2016

In the summer of 2018 I wrote four Best of guides compiling what I – back then – believed to be the most essential concerts of Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 2016-17 shows in America, Europe and Oceania. In 2021, after finishing my coverage of the High Hopes Tour, I started getting stuck into The River Tour 2016, …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: April 25th, 2016 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center

"Brooooklyyn! Let me hear you!!" One hundred days after their opening show in Pittsburgh - and thirty-nine days since it was originally set to end in Los Angeles - the opening U.S. leg of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's River Tour redux comes to a close. Returning to the Barclays Center after their …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: April 23rd, 2016 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center

We've made it to Brooklyn as the opening leg of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's River Tour 2016 comes to a close with two shows inside the Barclays Center. With the European leg on the horizon and those onstage riding the wave of several stupendous shows in April, let's see if this portion …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: April 20th, 2016 – Baltimore, MD – Royal Farms Arena

"Good evening Baltimore!!! Are you ready to be entertained?! Are you ready to be transformed?!?" It's the antepenultimate show of the opening U.S. leg of The River Tour 2016 and we're in the penultimate city that Springsteen and the E Street Band will be playing before this stage concludes. Riding the wave of strong showings …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: April 18th, 2016 – University Park, PA – Bryce Jordan Center

"Good evening State College!!! Are you ready to be entertained?! Are you ready to be transformed?!?!" After a four day break, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band return to the stage for the preantepenultimate show of the opening leg of their 2016 tour. On this night they're in Pennsylvania's University Park, and as a …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: April 14th, 2016 – Auburn Hills, MI – The Palace of Auburn Hills

"Detroit! We're so glad to be in your beautiful city tonight! Are you ready to be entertained?! Are you ready to be entertained?!! Are you ready to be transformed!?!?!" We've reached the midpoint of the April 2016 shows, and the end of the first U.S. leg of The River Tour reprise isn't far off as …