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| Bruce Springsteen, Max Weinberg & Nils Lofgren @ the Chase Center (Photo: Kevin Keating) |
After over two decades of anticipation, the night of reckoning finally arrived in the City by the Bay. As the sold-out crowd packed into San Francisco's Chase Center, a palpable electricity coursed through the air, crackling with the promise of a long-awaited reunion with rock royalty. And when Bruce Springsteen and his legendary E Street Band took the stage, it was a sonic homecoming that sent shockwaves through the very core of music itself.
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| Bruce Springsteen @ the Chase Center (Photo: Kevin Keating) |
Despite the passage of time, The Boss and his cohorts displayed a vigor and vitality that defied age, their performance as fresh and flawless as if they'd been playing together for an eternity. Sure, Springsteen's strut may have slowed to more of a regal saunter at 74 years young, but his musicianship and connection with the adoring masses burned as bright as ever, a supernova of passion and raw talent.
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| Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band @ the Chase Center (Photo: Kevin Keating) |
With no opening act to dull their thunder, Bruce and the 17-piece E Street juggernaut launched into their marathon 3-hour set just after 7:45 pm, taking the crowd on a 29-song odyssey through Springsteen's iconic catalog that left souls scorched and hearts forever altered.
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| Bruce Springsteen & Max Weinberg @ the Chase Center (Photo: Kevin Keating) |
Prior to the show, I had the privilege of speaking with Brad Brown, one of Bruce's veteran lighting engineers. He offered a glimpse behind the curtain, detailing how a typical show day begins with an 8am truck arrival and culminates over 9 hours later with the final calibrations of the meticulously programmed light show. A fascinating window into the Herculean efforts required to resurrect rock's grandest spectacle night after night.
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| Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band @ the Chase Center (Photo: Kevin Keating) |
If you're a Bay Area resident, you'll have one final chance to bear witness to Springsteen's glory this Sunday night. Sure, it's sold out, so scoring tickets will require dealing with the scalpers' ransom. But to experience a once-in-a-lifetime event like this...well, some things are simply priceless.
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