BRUUUUUUCE

This past monday, a friend of mine and I took a little roadie down to Chitown to see the legend, the boss, the king of New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Growing up in New Jersey makes loving Bruce Springsteen easy, and his energy at the age of 58 still does not disappoint. After the three hour drive, we got there at around 4 o clock, roughly four hours before the show was scheduled to start. The reason we got there that early is because we had general admission tickets for the floor, and by entering a lottery, had a chance to be one of the 500 people who would be allowed to enter the pit right in front of the stage. We got our wristbands, numbers 752 and 753 and waited for the number to be called. Sure enough, 652 was chosen and WE WERE IN!... Not only were we gonna be in the pit, but we were one of the first 100 people allowed to go in. After about two hours of waiting outside in the cold, without a jacket because there would be no place to put one on the floor, we were let in. Running towards the stage we realized just how close we were going to be. We were about three people deep right in front of the stage in between Bruce and Clarence Clemons.
After two more hours of waiting, the anticipation was mounting. Finally at around 8:20 the band came on stage and rocked with its new hit single Radio Nowhere. They kept the energy going all night with such legendary hits as Prove It All Night, Candy's Room and She's The One. Then, in the middle of the set, they brought out two tour premieres back to back; Tunnel of Love and Spirit In The Night. When the band came back for their encore, Bruce was preparing to play a new song, Girls In Their Summer Clothes,until he saw a ten year old boy in the front row who was holding up a sign for Thunder Road all night. Bruce responded by making an audible and playing Thunder Road for the first time in five years. It was, needless to say, incredible. He ended the set with Born to Run, Dancing In the Dark, and This American Land. It was an incredible show and still has me feeling the adrenaline of that night, two days later.