Tom Dunne: Páirc Uí Chaoimh was my favourite Bruce Springsteen gig 

Nils Lofgren gave me some great insight into the demands of playing with Springsteen, and it's always a joy to see The Boss and his band in full flight 

Bruce Springsteen at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork in 2013. Picture: Miki Barlok

It’s one of the great truths of music that artists who are utterly inaccessible for interview in their main bands are acutely available when solo. Hence in recent years Frank Black (Pixies), Ronnie Wood (Stones) and Nils Lofgren (Bruce) were all, at one point, actually calling me.

“No Frank! No Ronnie!” I’d say, “I’m a busy man, promote your solo shows or your art exhibition elsewhere. These Thrills albums won’t play themselves!” I didn’t actually say any of that.