The Bipolar Lock keeper

The drive up was lovely. Beautiful sunny evening driving passed wind farms.

Roll forward 18 hours & its grey, very damp and miserable. Way aye man – Welcome to The North East Sport!

The rain might have done its best to spoil the gig and opening song Waitin’ on a Sunny Day may have been the most apt song choice ever to start a set, but Bruce Springsteen had his Sunderland audience in the palm of his hand on Wednesday night, as he delivered an evening of classics to a rain drenched Stadium of Light.

The rain came down vertically, horizontally, diagonally, relentlessly; at times in sheets of water pouring from the sky.

Luckily we found some seats in the lower tier of the stand that had a great view of the stage and they offered a little bit of protection from the elements that the pitch standing would not have given us.

But nobody in the Stadium of Light cared, because there is nobody like Bruce Springsteen. I was a Bruuuce virgin & now I’ve been indoctrinated into “The E Street Church”, I’m hooked.

He is captivating, mesmerising to watch; he exudes leadership both of the crowd and his ensemble. He’s fully in command at all times, with an audience of all ages hanging on his every word.

We were treated to 3 hours of classic Bruuce. His energy level never dipped from the opening track to the closing solo acoustic “I’ll See You In My Dreams” and he is ably supported by The E street band who themselves are legends – Little Steven & Nils Lofgren anyone!

My highlight probably Badlands but it was all top notch.