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Been rumored for months. I can't wait.

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Whoa. Would almost be worth flying back to NYC for that.
I hope they film it for Blu Ray/4K. Bet they do.

BTW : I have lived in Las Vegas for 14 years now -- ZERO Springsteen shows in that time.
Maybe after we build our own NFL stadium?

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Sounds kind of boring.

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Not if you're a fan.

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Yeah, I saw the same sort of thing in a similar-sized venue with Garth Brooks at the Wynn Las Vegas. It was very different from a stadium show, but it was intimate and interesting with the artist providing a lot of context to his songs and taking questions and obscure requests from the audience. Very different sort of experience and in no way a substitute from a big arena-type show, but cool in its own right.

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I'm a fan of the music, but I'm not a fan of his little rehearsed speeches he frequently does at live shows.

"I came back from the draft office and I told my dad they wouldn't take me."
He said, "That's good."

So lame. He's a great songwriter, but he has no mystique. So he's always overcompensated.

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I was at that show! ;)

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It's the most-discussed unrequested haircut since Sampson.

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:lol: I forgot about that part. I'm dying.

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I'm a fan and I'm sure I'd enjoy the show, but I see artists I enjoy as much as him pretty regularly for about 1/5th the ticket price.

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Got tickets for 11/24

looking forward to it and Thanksgiving in NYC

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Got one for 10/24.

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On Netflix 12/15. No mention of physical media release yet.

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That’s the date I have tickets for!

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Saw Bruce Springsteen & the E. Street Band at the Akron Civic Theater on Aug. 8, 1975 (Born to Run tour). It was the only chance I ever got to see him/them live. They were outstanding! Played every one of my then favorite Bruce tunes.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bruce...-73d7aa1d.html

Ticket prices are ridiculous these days, I'll probably never see another concert because it just costs too fucking much money.

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It's not live on Netflix, they recorded it a month or two back.

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I’m aware. Though when it was first announced my first thought was that it was going to be a live broadcast.
I already saw the show once (balcony seat) and got my playbill signed. I’m still debating whether to sell off my $1,500 pair of 5th row seats or go. I can only see what these things list for on stubhub, not what they actually sell for. It’s the final show, but with my luck he’ll extend or have to do a make-up show after.

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Sold my 2 balcony tix last year for 5 air tix to italy, have been trying to win the lottery ever since, no dice, oh well, italy was phenomenal though....

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SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY is the new album of music and stories by Bruce Springsteen, and the soundtrack to the Netflix film of the same name. The album is the complete live performance of the show, and available physically as a 2 CD set, or on vinyl as a 4 LP set, as well as digitally.
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY is the solo acoustic performance written and performed by Tony Award, Academy Award, and 20-time Grammy Award winner Bruce Springsteen. Based on his worldwide best-selling autobiography 'Born to Run,' SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY is a unique evening with Bruce, his guitar, a piano, and his very personal stories. In addition, the show features a special appearance by Patti Scialfa.

DISC 1
1. Growin’ Up (Introduction)
2. Growin’ Up
3. My Hometown (Introduction)
4. My Hometown
5. My Father’s House (Introduction)
6. My Father’s House
7. The Wish (Introduction)
8. The Wish
9. Thunder Road (Introduction)
10. Thunder Road
11. The Promised Land (Introduction)
12. The Promised Land

DISC 2
1. Born In the U.S.A. (Introduction)
2. Born In the U.S.A.
3. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (Introduction)
4. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
5. Tougher Than the Rest (Introduction)
6. Tougher Than the Rest
7. Brilliant Disguise (Introduction)
8. Brilliant Disguise
9. Long Time Comin’ (Introduction)
10. Long Time Comin’
11. The Ghost of Tom Joad (Introduction)
12. The Ghost of Tom Joad
13. The Rising
14. Dancing In the Dark (Introduction)
15. Dancing In the Dark
16. Land of Hope and Dreams
17. Born To Run (Introduction)
18. Born To Run


Bruce Springsteen's historic sold-out series of performances of his one man show began previews on October 3, 2017 and officially opened October 12, 2017. The show was extended three times after its initial eight-week run, and ran on Broadway at The Walter Kerr Theatre through December 15, 2018, bringing the total number of performances to 236.

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Over a year later and I still laugh hysterically at this exchange.

That’s an awful lot of (Introductions) on that album. Could be comedy gold.

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Of course I'll watch! :up:

Looks pretty subdued though. And hey, Mabuse, looks like he'll get into his complicated relationship with his father. Glad he was able to finally open up about that.

BTW : If he wins an Emmy for this (which looks like a real possibility given that it will be up for several low-competition Emmys and that Netflix will probably push it hard at Awards season), he would be a semi-official EGOT winner -- Like Barbra Streisand, his EGOT would include an honorary Tony (for this show).

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If you read the biography, it’s all in there already.

I went to too many promo talk events for the book that by the time I saw the show it was just a retread of most of what I already heard. The show is great though.

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I’ll watch it.

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what time do these Netflix exclusives usually go live?
ie. will this go live at midnight

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3am eastern.

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^ thanks

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8 grand

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You sold them for $8 grand?

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Yeah, sold them on Thursday. Stubhub took $800 of that. I figured PayPal would take a few percent, but was surprised to see the full $7,200 there today. So $5,700 profit. Heh, 57. I guess I have to pay taxes on that?
I hate scalpers so much, but here I am... it’s a broken system.

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That’s cool. That means someone actually spent close to $10k on the tickets after all the fees. If someone doesn’t think twice about dropping that, that’s on them. I do it on the side to make some extra cash sometimes. The only reason I justified going is I sold my extra $400 ticket for $1500. The prices were ridiculous but I didn’t want to miss it. Hell, people were spending $1000 + on secondary market tickets to the book appearances that were only $35 and only got you next to him for like 5 seconds.

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This was excellent and worth watching.

The highlight was him being mostly honest about what his critics have accused him of for years. It’s an act. Just as Brian Wilson didn’t know how to surf, Bruce barely knew how to drive and didn’t have a license when he wrote all those songs about the the road stretching out before you and it could take you toward any possible new fate. He never worked in a factory either.

And the show (just as his career) has a pretty clear line between everything before Born in the USA and after. There’s some excellent renditions here of The Rising and Ghost of Tom Joad, but they are inferior songs.

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I enjoyed it but was actually surprise by how somber it was

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Another run:

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:doh: Of course he picks dates for the entire run before my daughter goes back to NYU!

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I was 50/50 about going again, but since he changed the show up a bit, and I was able to snag a $75 ticket in the first row of the balcony, I decided to go. It's been too long since I've seen him live.

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With travel as it is, looks like Bruce on Broadway will just have to live in my life as the Netflix special. I've seen him live now 7 times and hope he gets out on the road with the band for a few more tours.

I just started listening to him reading his Autobiography. It's really amazing, actually, and I totally suggest downloading the audiobook for Born to Run.

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The talk is of a full E Street tour next year.

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Maybe he'll finally return to Vegas now that we have a state-of-the-art NFL Stadium. I've been living here for almost 18 years and he's never performed in this city that whole time, despite releasing a live performance of "Viva Las Vegas" on one of his albums.