Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: July 13th, 2023 – Copenhagen, DK – Parken Stadion

Forty-eight hours later, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band returned to Parken, with the aim of leaving their Danish audience just as overjoyed as they left them on July 11th.  With expectations lowered about the Night Two Rule and what it consists of on this tour after the shows in Gothenburg and London, those …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: July 11th, 2023 – Copenhagen, DK – Parken Stadion

After a notable return to Hyde Park, one that may well become all the more so depending on what becomes of the footage professionally recorded by Thom Zimny, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band arrived in Parken Stadium, for the first of two shows in Copenhagen.  Unsurprisingly, night one was a straightforward affair as …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: July 8th, 2023 – London, UK – Hyde Park

With Thom Zimny’s cameras still rolling for a special release of some kind, for night two in Hyde Park Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were tasked with matching, if not bettering, their efforts on July 6th. With Bruce well known for liking multiple takes of songs when being filmed, too, the only shake …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: July 6th, 2023 – London, UK – Hyde Park

Just shy of eleven years since Westminster City Council infamously pulled the plug on them as they played “Twist and Shout” with Sir Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were back in Hyde Park, and they arrived with a mission: finish what they started.  As the headline act of the BST Hyde …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: July 2nd, 2023 – Oslo, NO – Voldsløkka Stadion

After three nights in Ullevi and a first show in Voldsløkka Stadion without drastic change, for night two - the fiftieth show of the 2023 International Tour - the audience in Oslo were expecting an equally invigorating show that brought more of the same in addition to the odd change that we have all become …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: June 30th, 2023 – Oslo, NO – Voldsløkka Stadion

After the triumph that was three shows in Ullevi, fans could be forgiven for thinking that it would be a back to basics approach for Springsteen and the E Street Band in Oslo and its Voldsløkka Stadion. Although not to the famed degree of Gothenburg, audiences in Norway are no strangers to special shows, and …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: June 28th, 2023 – Gothenburg, SE – Ullevi

When an Archive Series - Live Download show is released, there is often a discussion amongst fans about the quality of artwork that accompanies it and how it befits the release. Now, I have my favourites and my Stockholm 2005s, but usually I’m of the impression that artwork has no relevance to the quality of …