Bruce Springsteen review: Boss dedicates song to Charlie Bird as he wows crowd in Dublin 

A balmy evening at the RDS greeted the US rock icon as Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street band charged through 50 years of hits at the first of three gigs in Ireland

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band performing on the first of three sold out nights at the RDS in Dublin on Friday night. Picture: Andres Poveda

Bruce Springsteen had been here, there, and everywhere ahead of his first Irish concert in seven years. 

A trip to his ancestral family home in Kildare, a courtesy call to Shane MacGowan, and a visit to Windmill Lane studios were all on the itinerary for the 73-year-old.