Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: February 1st, 2014 – Johannesburg, ZA – FNB Stadium

Three nights after the Cape Town finale, Springsteen and The E Street Band made one final stop in South Africa before heading towards Oceania. The first three shows of the tour were, as we've gathered, partly focused on celebrating the legacy of Nelson Mandela, so there's really no better way to bring the first ever …

Bruce Springsteen Live Downloads Review: January 26th, 2014 – Cape Town, SA – Bellville Velodrome

Now that I've finished writing about every Archive Series release, it's only right to start looking at the other concerts available on Springsteen's Live website, so let's get stuck into the High Hopes Tour. These were the first concerts from an ongoing Bruce Springsteen tour to be released officially, and while this first show of …

Previously from the Springsteen archive: November 22nd, 2009 – Buffalo, NY – HSBC Arena

A Christmas special and Working on a Dream don't exactly go hand in hand for most fans, especially when you consider how the usual Festive Archive bonus is something from the Darkness Tour. Add to that the fact that this was the second of just two Archive Series releases in 2016 (the primary focus for Nugs were …

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 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, …

The Rest of Springsteen’s 2014 High Hopes Tour (Part 1): February to March

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 …

The Best of Springsteen’s Cover Songs (Part 3)

Over the course of Springsteen and The E Street Band's touring career, they've become masters of performing songs that aren't their own. While not every fan likes going to a Springsteen show and having one of his own tracks left out in favour of somebody else's song, there's no denying just how enjoyable it is …

New from the Springsteen archive: July 24th, 2013 – Leeds, UK – First Direct Arena

There's two kinds of shows with Springsteen's 2012/13 Wrecking Ball World Tour: those that were very album driven and primarily dealt with loss on E Street following the death of Clarence Clemons, and then there are those where Bruce had clearly thrown setlist structure and album focus out of the window in order to play anything he felt …

The Best of Springsteen’s 2014 High Hopes Tour, Part 2: April to May

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 …

E Street Review: Springsteen in Kilkenny, IE – July 28th, 2013

“The older you get, the more it means” As the twilight years of Bruce Springsteen’s career are now in motion, the words above that he spoke before a perfect acoustic performance of “This Hard Land” ring more and more true as each day passes. The performance brought to a close the year and a half long …