Happy as I was to see him and the gang at the San Jose Arena last August, I am in no way happy that the 2003 portion of his tour has not arrived, and apparently will not arrive, in the Bay Area. I mean, if he can play Fenway, Comisky, Comerica, and Miller (all baseball parks), how can he skip what I’m told is the most beautiful of them all, Pac Bell Park?
This bit of crankiness was inspired by reports of last night’s kickoff concert at Giants Stadium in New Jersey. An awesome concert, of course, but also: “No human being has sold more tickets to more concerts in a series, making it one of the biggest stories in open-air entertainment since the Christians and the lions.” 10 concerts in the stand, all sold out, 55,000 tickets per show (at a more than reasonable for these days $55 and $75 per), total gross of over $38 million.
And I wasn’t there! You might question the quality of sound at a huge open air stadium but I’ve seen him there before, on the Born in the USA tour and it was just fine by me. After all, sonic quality in your average sports arena is somewhere in the range of tepid lemonade and a dogs playing poker signed lithograph. I do have anice consolation prize though: my friend Annie from Budapest traveled up to Vienna for the band’s concert there last month and she sent me a t-shirt. Which I now treasure. If you can hear me, Bruce, please make Northern California one of the rumoured five dates still to be named on the tour!
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