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meme

Bathgate66 wrote:

its pretty safe to assume that Bruce will be " Man-On-A-Mission" mode tonight ( 2nd night ) at the Garden.

Unfortunately tickets are extremely hard to come by, scalpers outside MSG were asking anywhere from 300- 650 bucks ( for GAs ) .

Ridiculous

guess thats the price we pay .


B r o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o c e !

I tried to see if they'd drop tickets today, I would have loved to bring my boy :(

fragileblake

Shame on you Barthgate! You missed the most important sentence of that article:

"Springsteen finishes his Garden gig Thursday night, but don’t worry. I’m told a whole new leg of the tour is about to be announced, with many more dates coming next year in New York and everywhere. Of course, that would make sense once “Magic” is crowned Album of the Year."

Bathgate66 wrote:

Magic,” by the way, would seem the obvious choice for Album of the Year at the next Grammys. Songs from “Magic” like the title track, "Devil’s Arcade," "Last to Die" and "Living in the Future" fit very well into the live Springsteen show. The audience actually sang along to a new song, “The Girls in Their Summer Clothes.” Later, Bono was overheard telling Springsteen manager Jon Landau that that was the album’s hit.

Bathgate66

meme wrote:

I tried to see if they'd drop tickets today, I would have loved to bring my boy :(

MSG is dropping tickets, just not thru the TM site. ( only for this venue ) MSG

this involves standing in a line, out in the lobby by MSG ( like inside the entranceway where the stairs are and cosbys shop )

i would say be in that line no later then 3 or 4 pm .

there were some horror stories on the backstreets boards, and the live nation threads,
about security letting friends and families into the very front of the line. and when the #1 line person would voice their concerns , they were told " be quiet ---or you'll be out of here " ( or something to that extent ) .

Unfortunately this is all too prevalent at MSG , in all scopes of things. I can attest personally to the fiasco that was the Pearl Jam Poster of 2003 ( the dick chenney mad scientist ) and how the whole shady experioence went down at that Garden.

I love and practically live at this building when i have to-
but unfortunately all the " cronie- ism " at this place is just pathetic and ridiculous , its outta control. Its a place to just be seen at, half these twits actually sit down during the concert. :rolleyes:

back on topic:

you can land a ticket if you wait in this line @ MSG .
it does mean standing in line, not moving , for as much as 3 4 , 5 hours( with no guarantees )

this is from btx :

Its 11:10 now, I wasn't in when it started, but it ended around 9:45. I only live 9 blocks directly south of MSG - so that's why I'm home so early. To satisfy anyone’s' curiosity about the MSG Drop Line. I got in line 5:20- 5:30 pm. little long - but was narrow. Drop line works this way at MSG. There's a line of course (although it happens anyway - get to know those around you - to keep line jumpers out). At the front of the drop line they move you into a holding pen with about 30 - 40 people - keeping you in order. Then there is smaller pen - where they move smaller groups & escort you to a special window.
So we were 40 people away from the 1st pen (full) & around 8:30 or so, they yelled "NO MORE TICKETS. Dismantled the pen etc. some left, others of us went up to the ticket widows - there were 2 windows saying TONITE'S SALES... People starting lining up there, only 1 was slightly open. The ushers didn't start throwing us out so - we thought that a good sign. They opened the window & sold a few, then lowered it. Finally it opened up again around 8:45 & they started selling Tickets. 1st few were sect 119. Then it was all Sect 209. I was about 20th in line & got sect 208 row C - which are pretty good seats. It was around 9:10 when I got to the seating area. So I missed about 40 min – but hey got in, good seats, paid regular price (no service chrg either!). Most of the friends from the line were sitting around me. Don't know if everyone got in, there were at least 20 behind me.
Show was incredible, the Garden is always so special to see the Boss, everyone up to last row is always up & the whole place is going crazy.
Someone else can do the song list thing. I gotta rest – another drop line tomorrow!

Here is the thread- its at 3 + pages.

fragileblake wrote:

Shame on you Barthgate! You missed the most important sentence of that article:

"Springsteen finishes his Garden gig Thursday night, but don’t worry. I’m told a whole new leg of the tour is about to be announced, with many more dates coming next year in New York and everywhere. Of course, that would make sense once “Magic” is crowned Album of the Year."

" Fragilebake " :

barthgate ?

no shame here pal , i didnt sit down for 1 moment during any time at all , during the show last night.
this was simply me telling about bonos choice of " song of the album " .


the best thing i heard today was on the Mike & The Maddog show as it opened today ( they went backstage and were hubb-knubbing with all the celebrities like tony soprano )

russo : bruce, you screamed " Is Anyone Alive Out There " twice tonight ,.... why ?

bruce : " Once on the road , ..twice in New York "

SPEEDY MCCREADY

ok...

you people here seem like you would know the answer to this...

after checking out the setlists....

why is Bruce not playing THE RIVER????

Bathgate66

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

ok...

you people here seem like you would know the answer to this...

after checking out the setlists....

why is Bruce not playing THE RIVER????

one of the true classics.
sadly, with a catalogue of over 250 pieces,
and a steady consistent rotation of the same 7-9 songs supporting the new album MAGIC ...
it becomes increasingly hard to fittem all in !
perhaps one of the upcoming shows it might get played, thats all the joy of going to a show and not knowing what little precious gems he may break out for you and only you so far,...
i assume youll be going to chitown shows- bruce & ESB will be even more finely tuned at that point.

enjoy

Anon

nice set from NYC last night. but.. does anyone who's seen Bruce this tour think that "American Land" is a poor song to close with? Land of Hope and Dreams, BTR, Dancing, ... any of those would be good.

Bathgate, you want to hear PJ do "Adam", i want to hear them do "Jackson Cage". but i'll take what i can get!

ledvedderman

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

ok...

you people here seem like you would know the answer to this...

after checking out the setlists....

why is Bruce not playing THE RIVER????

Speedy, are you going to any Bruce shows in Chicago?

Bathgate66

Mushmouthmatt wrote:

nice set from NYC last night. but.. does anyone who's seen Bruce this tour think that "American Land" is a poor song to close with? Land of Hope and Dreams, BTR, Dancing, ... any of those would be good.

Bathgate, you want to hear PJ do "Adam", i want to hear them do "Jackson Cage". but i'll take what i can get!

my city if ruins was the closer for a while also.

i know how some feel about " American Land " and I felt the same when reading about it since the start,
but seeing and hearing it live now twice,
its clear that this isnt deviating ( at least for now ) as Bruce is absolutely loving playing this with the full power of the earth- quaking , love making , booty shaking , viagra taking E Street Band . This song is also utilizing the newest E St Band member ( no, not Brendan O ' Brien ) but Soozie Tyrell ., who then gets into a solo- off with The Big Mans Horns.
Bruce is absolutely losing his mind stomping , jumping , even twirling his guitar around his neck , grinding the guitar strings , during the evolution of this seeger sessions original . I dont think this will be changing anytime soon- especially with them heading off into Europe. Its no secret this is influenced by Irish Gaelic Music.

fragileblake

Bathgate66 wrote:

no shame here pal , i didnt sit down for 1 moment during any time at all , during the show last night.
this was simply me telling about bonos choice of " song of the album " .
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Yeah, I'm not sure where that "r" came from. I was just ribbing you, remember there are those of us that are stuck in areas with no Bosstime in 2007 and lack the cash to fly somewhere. Now I know why people on here hate me for being 2.5 hours south of Seattle!

Bathgate66

fragileblake wrote:

Yeah, I'm not sure where that "r" came from. I was just ribbing you, remember there are those of us that are stuck in areas with no Bosstime in 2007 and lack the cash to fly somewhere. Now I know why people on here hate me for being 2.5 hours south of Seattle!

no hate here, buddy. ( only jealousy )

i know you are one of the top 5 springsteen nuts on here at the pit .




cheers !


im betting the MSG crowd gets Jungleland tonight, i will be very jealous if they get Bono in a duet with The Boss.

Anon

yeah, i'm still not sold on "American Land". i saw it in Philly and wasn't that blown away.......maybe because i'm not too familiar w/ that song.

"My City Of Ruin" is an amazing song, never heard that as a closer.

not too fond of "Darlington" or "Working on the Highway" or "Lonesome Day" either. "Lonesome" is okay but it just seems too midtempo for that #3 slot.

fragileblake

Heres to 2008: The year fragileblake will see a show in Jersey with Bathgate and Bathgate will see a PJ show in Seattle with fragileblake

Bathgate66 wrote:

no hate here, buddy. ( only jealousy )

i know you are one of the top 5 springsteen nuts on here at the pit .




cheers !


im betting the MSG crowd gets Jungleland tonight, i will be very jealous if they get Bono in a duet with The Boss.

Bathgate66

fragileblake wrote:

Heres to 2008: The year fragileblake will see a show in Jersey with Bathgate and Bathgate will see a PJ show in Seattle with fragileblake

fucking brilliant
of course the caviat has to be that the NJ show can be at MSG.

DOSW

I loved American Land. It's such a fun song. The fact that I didn't know it didn't really lessen my enjoyment of it because there were a few other songs I wasn't familiar with as well.

JaneNY

Bathgate66 wrote:

of course the caviat has to be that the NJ show can be at MSG.

Hahaha - just like PJ played NYC at E. Rutherford eh?

I am *seriously* thinking of going to Albany if I can get people to cover my classes - I want another chance at the close pit (the one in front of the main GA) - I know I can get there early enough this time.

Its a shame we don't have anyone texting the setlist.

Anon

backstreets.com isnt working on my comp for some reason. does anyone know what the setlist is/was for tonight's show?

JaneNY

^^^^ I can't get on either - given that its 10:31, and the show is probably majorly kicking ass at this very minute, there are probably too many people on the site right now.

Bathgate66

seems " The Man On A Mission " did indeed reer his head tonight at MSG.

so far at 10 : 30 PM:

1. Radio Nowhere
2. Night
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason to Believe
7. Candy's Room
8. She's The One
9. Livin' In The Future
10. Promised Land
11. Meeting across the River
12. JUNGLELAND
13. You Can Look But you Better Not Touch
14. Devil's Arcade
15. Rising
16. Last to Die
17. Long Walk Home
18. Badlands

Incredible-
these lucky bastards got Jungleland,


GREAT for all you lucky people who got into this show.

Anon

i just got the chills...thats not the real set list, is it?

JaneNY

Awww FUCK. That is one of the best setlists EVER. Point Blank. Oh my god. Jungleland :eek: Lucky bastards.