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

Thu, 04 May, 2023 - 21:30

Tom Dunne

Tom Dunne is a music-lover extraordinaire who, as well as presenting radio and TV shows, can also be seen in the wild as the lead singer with Something Happens.

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.