Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review – May 19th, 2024 – Dublin, IE – Croke Park

After a vocally weathered show in Belfast, a banger in Kilkenny, and a rain driven stormer in Cork that became Christmas in May, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 2024 jaunt on the Emerald Isle concluded in Dublin, with a long awaited return to Croke Park. The three shows inside the RDS Arena last …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review – May 16th, 2024 – Cork, IE – Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Before Springsteen and the E Street Band treated those of us in Sunderland to a rain soaked performance so frenzied that it led to the postponement and rescheduling of shows in Marseille, Prague and Milan (more on this later), there was the matter of two more shows in Ireland, with a first return to Cork …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: May 12th, 2024 – Kilkenny, IE – Nowlan Park

In July 2013, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band brought the fifth leg of their highly emotional Wrecking Ball World Tour to an end with the “Wrecking Ball Weekender” in Kilkenny’s Nowlan Park. Those shows, while not perhaps to the level of Cardiff and Leeds, are very fondly remembered by those who were around …

New from the Springsteen archive: October 14th, 2009 – Philadelphia, PA – Wachovia Spectrum

From August 2017 to December 2022, the Live Archive Series was a blessing for Springsteen fans. With the hot - and expensive - ticket, Springsteen on Broadway the only way to truly guarantee an evening with Bruce, the fifty+ shows released by Nugs served the fanbase very well as we waited on his return to …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: May 9th, 2023 – Dublin, IE – RDS Arena

For the first time on their 2023 International Tour, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were playing a third show in one city, and expectations were high as to how the night would unfold. The expectations from fans - both those heading to the show and keeping an eye on the setlist online - …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: May 7th, 2023 – Dublin, IE – RDS Arena

Forty-eight hours after a solid first night of three inside Dublin’s RDS Arena, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band returned to the stage with fans very interested in seeing how this show would shape-up. Following night one, there were hardly fears of a poor performance, but with this being the fourth show in Europe …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: May 5th, 2023 – Dublin, IE – RDS Arena

Following their opening two shows of the 2023 European leg in Barcelona, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band arrived in Dublin for three shows in the RDS Arena. Would these shows break new ground on the tour and see the setlist really open up? Or would they make it fully apparent that the unyielding …