"This is a fighting prayer for my country." That's how Bruce Springsteen opened his concert in Toronto on November 6th. Backed by the E-Street Band, a horn section, and the "E-Street Choir", and starting more than an hour late due to travel delays, Bruce gave us almost three hours of glorious, joyous, life-affirming music. It brought me to tears of joy several times and I'm sure I wasn't the only one. It's been years since I've had that kind of emotional impact from a concert. In thinking about it later, I realized that there was sadness, pain, and anger in the music, but there was no negativity. The overall feeling was overwhelmingly positive.
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| The view from the nose bleed seats |
Being his first concert after the US presidential election disaster and with Bruce's strong support of Kamala Harris during her campaign, the concert has attracted quite a bit of press coverage. I've seen reviews in Billboard, Variety, and Rolling Stone.
We had seats up in the 300s in the curve of the bowl beside and slightly behind the stage, but the sightlines were good (aided by a large video screen) and the sound was perfect, loud and crisp.
Thank/ you Bruce. I needed an antidote to darkness and you delivered, in spades.
Here are a few audience YouTube videos from the concert, starting with the opening "Long Walk Home" followed by a majestic "Land of Hope and Glory".
Better Days
Reason to Believe
Rosalita
Tenth Avenue Freezeout
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