Wednesday
Bruce Blues Definition: depressed spirits which comes about when suffering withdrawl symptoms from quality music following a live Bruce Springsteen concert Synonym: Post Tour Depression Before I set out on Springsteen Season this year I was already worried about the Bruce Blues. I admit it’s very pessimistic of me, but I know how severely I…
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Sunday
I didn’t plan to see Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in Leeds. I’d got all my tickets for other dates, sussed out where I was heading and decided that enough money had been spent. I was told that any more dates would be…”excessive”. But then Leeds was announced. A new indoor venue in…
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Saturday
Fans become familiar with Bruce Springsteen‘s music in many different ways, but I have my dad to thank for introducing me to Bruce. Before I came along, my dad was one of the lucky ones at Hammersmith in the 70s. At Wembley in 1981, when he was supposed to be taking it easy in a wheel chair…
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Monday
Two days before seeing Bruce Springsteen at Wembley I declared to a fellow fan “If they open with Land of Hope and Dreams, I will cry”. So when the first few notes blasted out across Wembley Stadium on Saturday, I knew I was in for one of the most spectacular concerts I would ever see. …
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Tuesday
*I’ll try to update this list as much as possible but for burger (or any other food tips) get in touch with me on Twitter @BurgersAndBruce, email burgersandbruce@gmail.com or on my Facebook page. In less than a fortnight, Springsteen fans from around the world will be descending on my home town of London to see Bruce Springsteen…
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Tuesday
With the Australian leg of the Wrecking Ball tour over, it’s a matter of days before Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band arrive in Europe for the next set of dates. I’ve been waiting for this since I saw the band get rudely cut off mid-song in London last year. I’m counting down the…
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Monday
2012 saw the beginnings of Burgers and Bruce and it’s been a mighty burger eating and Bruce watching year. With hundreds of pounds spent (I can’t bring myself to do the calculations), I’ve seen six live Springsteen shows and eaten over 50 burgers worldwide (again, I can’t bring myself to do the calculations). April 2012…
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Wednesday
A couple of weeks ago I was sat at home quite happily watching some TV when a very exciting bit of news popped up on Twitter and got me all restless – yep, Bruce Springsteen to play in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in September 2013. I yelped in excitement as I have been waiting for…
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Wednesday
Five months late, I’ve just about pulled myself together enough to write about seeing Bruce Springsteen in Florence. My third concert of the Wrecking Ball tour, it was always going to be one of my favourites and one that secretly I was most excited about – my love affair with Italy has gone on almost…
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Tuesday
Finding other Bruce fans is such a treat, but when you find people who are both burger and Bruce lovers – well that’s even better! That’s why I was so happy when fellow burger fanatic @Burgeracblog revealed that he is also partial to a bit of Bruce. Albeit not to the same extent, he dabbles…
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