a couple people here are going to see Bruce in SJ, right? SundayGal and Wayback for sure.
just curious: has everyone here seen Bruce Springsteen in concert before?
I saw him only one, in ATT Park. I think it was this show
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bruce-springsteen/2003/pacific-bell-park-san-francisco-ca-23d5b05b.html
yes -- I was at that show too. A Saturday nite. Had floor seats. pretty wonderful.
I also saw him back in '76 or '77 at the Palladium in NYC (a movie theater-turned-concert venue, 3000 seats) and again in '79 at the "No Nukes" concert @ Madison Sq Garden, where he did some new songs that ended up on The River the following year.
I saw that show, too, also in a floor seat. Pretty fine for a stadium show. That may have been the last time I've seen him, but there have been many other shows before that: both Oakland shows on the River tour in 1980, then all 4 of the BITUSA tour shows (two inside in 84, two at the ballpark in '85), the first Bridge show in '86, one of the Tunnel of Love shows at Shoreline in '88 (I think), the Amnesty show at Oakland Stadium in '89, and a few more since then that are not coming to me at the moment. Although I did see one of the shows in '99 in the run that SG mentioned. I think I'm due--if he makes it to Portland on a later leg of this tour, maybe...