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Live Report: Bruce Springsteen - Anfield Stadium | Live | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews
New Jersey’s finest, Bruce Springsteen took to the stage at Liverpool’s Anfield stadium last night, bringing the best of American East Coast rock to
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New Jersey’s finest, Bruce Springsteen took to the stage at Liverpool’s Anfield stadium last night, bringing the best of American East Coast rock to Northern England.
Anfield has become a majorly popular concert venue amongst some of the biggest international music exports in the last few years, hosting Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ last year and now The Boss, himself.
Liverpool appears as one of the few Springsteen UK dates this year, as he misses out London, after selling out shows at Wembley Stadium last year, to focus his energy on the North.
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At seventy five years old, Bruce Springsteen showcases an incredibly impressive amount of stamina hosting a nearly three-hour long setlist including classic hits and fan favourites amongst deep cuts – allowing a certain level of ambiguity as to what to expect from the E-Street band at each initial tour date. Bruce’s opening night at Anfield was no exception to his traditional precedent.
Deep cuts that don’t always make the setlist such as fan favourite ’Atlantic City’ made an appearance amongst the long and energetic set as well as a cover of The Top Notes – or more famously The Beatles – ‘Twist and Shout’ during the encore, honouring Liverpool’s very own legendary music scene.
Even watching from the stands, or in our case The Kop, Bruce’s impulse to get off of the stage and get as close to his fans as possible creates an artist to fan connection which transcends right into the upper-atmosphere of the audience. Seeing veteran Springsteen fans, or ‘Bruce Tramps’ as they refer to themselves as, grasp the hands of their, long-time loved, favourite artist vociferously singing the lyrics to hits like ‘Hungry Heart’ amongst younger gig-goers using their parent’s shoulders as a step-ladder to play the harmonica with The Boss, himself, whilst he’s headlining what could potentially be their first ever live concert experience – these unique and sacred moments are all one massive testament to the magic of songwriting and live music.
Seeing Bruce grace the length of the entire stadium’s barricade… not just once or even twice, but a good five times throughout the night, is a beautifully example of how much Bruce truly values his relationship with his audience. It’s this close-knit artist to fan connection which clearly coaxes Bruce Springsteen into giving his best performance, every performance. A concert which is almost ceremonial, bringing people together through a shared love for music.
It’s no secret Springsteen has never strayed from sharing his political beliefs, specifically regarding the current state of the USA under the Trump Administration, but his speech leading into 2002 song ‘My City Of Ruins’ was a solemn reminder of the current threat to democracy, and more recently free speech following a series of comments made by president Trump threatening Bruce for his criticisms of the current American government. Some may make the foolish argument that “politics have no place at a concert” but if that’s the case then they bought tickets to the wrong show and they’re likely of the same the same crowd that think ‘Born In The USA’ is a patriot anthem. Ultimately reminders of hope for humanity were not just embedded in crowd connections but in the show’s entire dialogue as Bruce garnered lots of supportive cheers and cries from the 60,000 plus capacity crowd upon his criticism of fascism and right wing ideas taking the mainstream in the current Western World, a huge visual representation and reminder of the number of people resisting these archaic ideologies, providing a slight restorative hope amongst like-minded audience members soundtracked to none other than more recent release, ‘House Of A Thousand Guitars’.
The show’s encore was as delightful as you’d imagine. House lights on around the stadium highlighting the visibility of each of the 60,000 (and counting) fans packing out Anfield, hit after hit, ‘Born To Run’ into ‘Dancing In The Dark’ – need I say anymore? And after three whole hours of emotionally exhilarating performance, with the iconic E Street band still doing it better than anyone else, Bruce Springsteen once again sets the golden standard for what every successful rock artist should be attaining to. If you’re not a huge fan walking into that show, I can assure you that you’ll leave a Springsteen gig entirely converted.
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Words: Lauren HaguePhotography from Bruce Springsteen’s 2024 UK tour.
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