Bruce Springsteen plays Super Bowl XLIII at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on February 1, 2009.
Elitists rejoice, because Bruce Springsteen—the longtime musical posterboy for the working class—and the mighty E Street Band are finally kicking off their first U.S. tour since Barack Obama was president.
Fans who spent up to thousands of dollars on tickets will fill the room. The Boss, 73, just celebrated the 50th anniversary of his debut album Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ, and a reunion between surviving E Street OGs Vini Lopez, David Sancious, and current bassist Garry Tallent recently took place at Monmouth University in New Jersey.
It would be interesting to hear the band open the Tampa gig—its first here since 2014—with the first track “Blinded By The Light,” but after indulging myself in Letter To You at least 50 times since its 2020 release, my money is on “Ghosts.”
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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...