![]() ![]() My first show was for the Tunnel of Love tour in 1988 I’m too young to have seen the legendary shows of the ’70s. He has talked about his shows being a kind of “church.” Having been to many of those shows, I can vouch that on a good night (and they’re almost always amazing), his shows transcend regular concerts. Click the link to the trailer it’s on Bruce’s official YouTube channel.īruce himself has talked about a concert ticket purchase being a “contract” of sorts, between him and the fans. Springsteen’s team helped to promote that doc. But there’s a specific bond between Bruce Springsteen and his audience… this was the subject of the 2013 documentary Springsteen & I. ![]() Besides Springsteen’s incredible catalog, and his mind-blowing marathon performances, Bruce’s mythos is about how he (and his team) has built him up to be a larger-than-life figure, but one who is still, on some level, is one of “us.” And the perception that he still cares about “us.” If Elton or the Eagles sell tickets that cost thousands of dollars, it isn’t seen as a betrayal of what they stand for for them, it’s par for the course. ![]() #PLANET COASTER DEMO MAC MAC#The way he’s been perceived has always been important to him, in a way that it hasn’t for other perennial arena and stadium headliners like Fleetwood Mac or The Who. It wasn’t too long ago that this would have been the cost for the two of the best seats in the house. And as everyone knows, Ticketmaster tacked on the usual nonsensical service charges, bringing the grand total to $385. #PLANET COASTER DEMO MAC FULL#Full disclosure: I bought a pair of seats last week: two tickets in the upper level behind the stage, for $149.50 each. They also ignore the fact that there are more affordable tickets to his shows (mainly for terrible seats). To be fair, there’s been a lot of breathless news coverage over the “dynamic pricing” many of these reports ignore that these high-priced tickets are only about 12% of the available seats. He was right when he said that their “batting average is usually very good.” This move feels like it was bases loaded, one out, bottom of the ninth, they’re down by one and Bruce hit into a double play and then flipped off the crowd before heading for the dugout in his final at-bat. It is probably the biggest misstep in the eyes of many of his fans, in a nearly fifty-year career that has seen very few of them. Bruce Springsteen and his management’s decision to use “dynamic pricing” for his upcoming tour has led to this moment: the best tickets are for sale on Ticketmaster for $4,000 or more, as you’ve surely heard by now. Well, you know where I’m going with this. Fans will call you on that stuff, as it should be.” Our batting average is usually very good, but we missed that one. Bruce himself admitted to The New York Timesthat it was a bad decision: “It was a mistake. And when people complained about him doing an exclusive “Best Of” album for Walmart in 2009, despite his pro-union stance (a stance which Walmart did not agree with) …. I wrote about it and learned that there are sometimes good reasons for artists to do that, beyond the money. When people were mad that he ditched the E Street Band and New Jersey in the ’90s before recording the Human Touch and Lucky Town albums, I thought, “Can’t an artist progress and try something different?” When he sold his publishing for a reported $500 million, some saw it as a sellout. In Springsteen-themed debates, I usually stick up for the man, both out of love for his music and out of admiration for the choices that he and his team make. And that leads fans (and detractors) to have their knives out, ready for any misstep. I’ve often noted that he (and his team) has built his persona - his brand - up to a point where he has nearly impossible expectations to meet with every decision he makes. I’ve been to at least 30 of his concerts. With that in mind, I’ll note that I’ve been a Bruce Springsteen fan for more than 30 years. Make sure your country stays your country.” Loving something doesn’t mean you can’t question it. Steven Van Zandt once said, when introducing his classic jam “I Am A Patriot,” “Being a good patriot means you question every motherfu–er, everywhere, every time. ![]()
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