Springsteen growled in delight as he feigned concern that a looming curfew would bring down the lights on his sold-out show Thursday before 65,000 faithful.
Springsteen followed the members of the E Street Band onto stage just after 7 p.m. to a roar of “Bruuuuuce” that can sound like boos to the uninitiated. His short-cropped silvery hair slicked back, Springsteen wore a black button-snap shirt with short sleeves rolled up to show his still-taut pipes, dark jeans cuffed at the ankle and oxblood Doc Martens boots.
“Young faces grow sad and old,” he sang in a stanza that gives way to “I’m ready to grow young again” before the eventual chorus vow of “no retreat ... no surrender.” Saxophonist Jake Clemons, the nephew of Springsteen’s longtime sax player and friend, Clarence Clemons, who died in 2011, had his arm around Springsteen's shoulder as they sang a seemingly countless string of la-la-la’s at the end of the song. Then, as he did throughout the night, Clemons took center stage and wailed on his sax that glimmered in the setting sun.
He conducted the E Street Band like a symphony, waving his arms, swinging his hand to indicate a downbeat or counting out time with his right hand. He joked that he practices the motions in the mirror at night. “Death is like you're standing on the railroad tracks with an oncoming train bearing down upon you,” he said. “It brings a certain clarity of thought and of purpose and of meaning. ... Death’s final and lasting gift to all of us is an expanded vision of this life. Of how important it is to seize the day whenever you can."
The band then tore through Springsteen staples including “Because the Night,” “Badlands,” “Thunder Road,” “Glory Days" and “Dancing in the Dark.” Even with the crowd singing full-throttle, they couldn't drown out Bruce's powerful voice or the sound system amplifying it.
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