Bruce Springsteen Band • Page 3

Everyone get tickets? My friend and I got spots on the floor in Chicago, I cant believe it

 

I tried for Chicago, no luck unfortunately. Hopefully I can find some off Stubhub or somewhere like that closer to the show.

 

Anyone know how the pre-sale works for this? Gotta get into that Gillette show.

CC: @Jason Tate and @Craig Manning - Ya gentlemen have any info on pre-sales?

 

The shows I've gone to there was no pre-sale. It was public on sale at the same time, usually 10am on a Friday or Saturday. Check your date for when tickets go on sale. Then be at your computer ready to click the tickets link when tickets go on sale. If you're lucky, you'll get through to a page where you can actually order tickets.

Otherwise, wait until like a week or two before and check Stubhub. My brother and I missed out on tickets for the Detroit show last month. Floor seats were $150 each at face value, plus the usual "convenience fees" from TicketBastards. My bro couldn't get work off to go to the show, but we could have gotten two GA tickets for $80 a pop if we had bought a week before on Stubhub. The assholes who buy tickets to scalp them will sometimes end up having to take losses on some of their tickets, especially for smaller markets. Even somewhere like Chicago, though, I've heard you can get face value or less than face value a few days before the show, so it's worth watching.

 

Yeah, my Boston tickets didn't have a pre-sale available either, but the Gillette show does for some reason. $155 face value for floor seats. Gotta make this happen.

 

Got tix! No floor, but close seats. Good enough for me!

 

That's super exciting. Gonna love that book.

 

I'm pumped for the new songs coming with it

 

I read a recent Springsteen biography called Bruce, and have Clarence Clemons autobiography from years ago to read when my brother finishes it. Looking forward to seeing Bruce's prose,

 

'Bruce' is good, from my understanding it's the most involved he's ever been in a biography, up to his autobiography that's coming out. Clarence's isn't so much a real biography, but a half true/half myth of his life. Either way it's great, there's a 'story' about Frank Sinatra asking him about the song Born To Run, as he was thinking of covering it on his next record. It's absolutely hilarious, when Frank asks who Wendy is, just, hilarious.

 

Best Bruce book I've read is It Ain't No Sin to Be Glad You're Alive by Eric Alterman. It's from the point of view of a life-long fan turned professional critic/journalist but is still very comprehensive.

 

Man, the shows he's been playing on this US leg have been unreal. Last night he played for four whole hours, his longest show in the States ever.

I'm so bummed I missed him in Chicago over the weekend, hearing "New York City Serenade" and "Racing in the Street" live would have made my life.

 

Last night's setlist looks like a dream setlist. All of side 2 of The Wild, The Innocent, plus "Jungleland" AND "Jersey Girl." Fuck, why don't I live in Jersey?

 

Good question.

 

Bruce Springsteen Plays Longest U.S. Concert, Over 4 Hours

He broke his own record within like a week

 

I was there. It was my first Bruce show. It was the most incredible time.

 

Man. Can't believe I missed the tour again.

 

Anybody else manage to get a pass/ticket/wristband for the book tour? I managed to grab one for Harvard. Went on right at 9:00 and they were all gone by 9:01, I feel really lucky. Can't believe I'm going to meet this guy.

 

Wait. So you actually get to meet him at this thing?

 

So sad that he isn't doing a book tour date in Chicago (or anywhere near, for that matter), but knowing Bruce, maybe he'll keep adding dates and stretch this book tour out for another two years.

 

It says a quick meet-and-greet and a photo, yeah.

 

I'm digging the "new" songs on Chapter and Verse, "The Ballad of Jesse James" is great.

Can't wait to start on the book in a few days!

 

Happy Bruce's birthday guys.

 

Well, I can die happy.