Bruce Springsteen still shows who’s boss
IT IS nearly 40 years since Bruce Springsteen — the Boss — released his debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ. That 1973 release was the first of 17 studio albums, which, along with live sets and 70 singles, have achieved combined worldwide sales of more than 120 million.
Truly, the man has nothing to prove, and yet he’s still out there, working his butt off: Springsteen brings his Wrecking Ball Tour to Dublin next week, playing two nights at the RDS before legging it around Scandinavia and embarking on a further series of dates in America that will keep him on the road until his 63rd birthday in September. Typically, each set will be more than three hours long. If he’s on form, he may even crowd-surf.
