This side of the pond, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band gigs in arenas rather than stadia are as rare as hen’s teeth. My only previous one was at the 02 Arena soon after it opened back in 2007, so despite having seen them in the past two years in London and Dublin, when he announced dates at the Co-Op Live in Manchester (alongside others at Liverpool FC, but no London show) I decided to hang the expense and pay £500 for a pair of tickets and make an overnight trip from the capital.
It was my first time at this new venue and, other than the bad luck of gig crowds being swelled by a rearranged Man City game next door the same night, I was very impressed. It was more angular than the bowl shaped 02 and unusually had tiered seating behind the stage, yet appeared…

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