Saturday 27 July 2024.

Saturday 27 July 2024. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and The E Street Band live at Wembley Stadium. Back to see Bruce second of two shows here. Hopefully there will be a slight setlist change. The opening show here got five star reviews galore. --------- Sunny during the day, but a nice cool evening. The Thursday show was a 10, but I think tonight's amazing show was verging on a Spinal Tap 11. Like yesterday , I get to see the three song soundcheck....very near me is a super cool looking guy , with grey hair and a grey beard...PIERCE BROSNAN, who after the soundcheck was taken up on stage to say hello to Bruce and the band. Soundcheck was 4.10pm to 4.30pm...Tougher Than the Rest, Death to My Hometown, Mary's Place. I am in the same position as Thursday, near the rest of the front standing / gold circle. Many others from Thursday have also gone back to the same places. The main show started at 7.15pm for three hours. One song shorter than Thursday , and several songs dropped and added , and a better setlist tonight as we had ' Candy's Room' and 'Born In The USA' and a stunning ' Tougher Than The Rest ' with his wife Patti ( she was not there Thursday ). Bruce is dressed the same, and the full band have this big glorious wall of sound that was top notch from start to finish. Again, Bruce goes down the front every few songs to be near the loyal fans . It was an incredible show. Full BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN setlist played tonight.... Lonesome Day Candy's Room Adam Raised a Cain Death to My Hometown The Promised Land Hungry Heart Darlington County Tougher Than the Rest ( with Patti Scialfa) Darkness on the Edge of Town Youngstown Long Walk Home (introduced as a “prayer for my country”) The E Street Shuffle Nightshift (Commodores cover) Mary's Place The River Last Man Standing ( acoustic; with Barry Danielian on trumpet) Backstreets Because the Night (Patti Smith Group cover) ( written by Bruce) She's the One The Rising Wrecking Ball Badlands Thunder Road Encore: Born in the U.S.A. Born to Run Bobby Jean Dancing in the Dark ( followed by band introductions) Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out ( pictures of Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici on screen) Twist and Shout (The Top Notes cover) Encore 2: I'll See You in My Dreams ( solo acoustic) -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Friday 26 July 2024. I.M from MONSTA X live at Shepherds Bush Empire. Korean singer, rapper and member of Monsta X, I.M is heading out on his ‘Off The Beat World Tour’, named after his third mini-album which shows another side to him through his songwriting. ---------- Level 3 is pretty much empty , but otherwise the venue looks full, so maybe 1500 are here. Pretty much 90% females under the age of 30. The popularity of K-Pop is pretty amazing , as we have Asian , White , Black , Indian girls all mixing happily. The bigger K-Pop acts can play stadiums and arenas , and even lesser known can play decent sized venues. I.M and his suited band arrived on stage at 8pm and play for 1 hour 45 mins. As usual for K-Pop the production is top notch as we have big screens mixing live footage and pre-recorded images . The females are screaming all through the show, as the main man is a pretty boy. The lyrics are sung in Korean and English , and he speaks in broken English between songs His vocals were very low in the mix and even when he was talking , it was all a blur to me. We have a few costume changes and ticker-tape. The music was all very tame, but the crowd lived it.

Posted 27th July 2024