This time last year I was saying how 2018 set the gold standard for the Archive Series, and that it was going to be thrilling to see if it would be bested over the course of the next twelve months. Now, with all things considered, I think it can be said that 2019 and its … Continue reading Springsteen’s Archive Series: The possibilities for 2020 (and the Series’ Top 10 songs of 2019)
Having not written much about Springsteen and The E Street Band’s 2014 tour to the degree I have the Archive Series releases and 2016-17 tour shows, I recently pondered reviewing select shows from the High Hopes run as part of my E Street Review series. However, when it came down to deciding on the shows to review, … Continue reading The Rest of Springsteen’s 2014 High Hopes Tour (Part 2): April to May
Having not written much about Springsteen and The E Street Band's 2014 tour to the degree I have the Archive Series releases and 2016-17 tour shows, I had the idea recently to review select shows from the High Hopes run as part of my E Street Review series. However, when it came down to deciding on … Continue reading The Rest of Springsteen’s 2014 High Hopes Tour (Part 1): February to March
It's an exciting time in the world of Springsteen. In the space of just three weeks fans have had the opportunity to download the October 23rd, 1999 Los Angeles show, watch Western Stars in cinemas across the world, and if just watching wasn't enough, they've been able to listen to the official soundtrack album to fill … Continue reading New from the Springsteen archive: November 24th, 1996 – Asbury Park, NJ – Paramount Theatre
As New Japan Pro Wrestling starts its final run of shows in 2018, it's becoming clearer as to what matches we'll be seeing at Wrestle Kingdom 13 in the Tokyo Dome on January 4th 2019. NJPW's last show in Tokyo - King of Pro-Wrestling - had massive storyline implications for the big one in January, … Continue reading Preview and Predictions: NJPW Power Struggle 2018
Before okaying the Archive Series, the first step in this direction was to test the waters through the releasing of live shows from an ongoing tour. With the release of High Hopes in early 2014, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band - who had been on tour since March 2012 - continued with shows in … Continue reading The Best of Springsteen’s 2014 High Hopes Tour, Part 2: April to May
New Japan's Fighting Spirit Unleashed event in the USA gifted us some great matches and set us on our way for this Monday's KOPW event in Tokyo. This is one of the final major NJPW shows of the year and will most likely set a lot of matches in stone for Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome … Continue reading Preview and Predictions: NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2018
Before okaying the Archive Series, the first step in this direction was to test the waters through the releasing of live shows from an ongoing tour. With the release of High Hopes in early 2014, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, who had been on tour since March 2012, continued their touring with shows in … Continue reading The Best of Springsteen’s 2014 High Hopes Tour, Part 1: January to March
NJPW returns to Long Beach, California for their third show in the USA this year following the successes of Strong Style Evolved in March and the G1 Special in San Francisco this past July. This show has been built around stories that began, or have began since the event, in the Cow Palace on July … Continue reading Preview and Predictions: NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed
Oceania: 22nd January to 25th February Officially titled the Summer '17 tour, there could be an argument made that the fourteen shows played in Australia and New Zealand at the start of 2017 weren't actually part of The River Tour that I've covered in the previous three guides. That being said, given the short period of time … Continue reading The Best of The River Tour 2016 – 17: January to February, 2017
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