‘Crushed’ Springsteen mourns with music world

BRUCE Springsteen’s devastation at the death of legendary promoter Jim Aiken was revealed yesterday as the entertainment world turned out for his memorial service.

Mr Aiken, whose genial charm earned him the nickname Gentleman Jim, was on first-name terms with the most stellar names.

The loss to Springsteen of such a close friend — who got him to perform in front of 100,000 people at Slane Castle in 1985, and again in Belfast last November for one of the most talked-about concerts ever staged in the city — was confirmed during the Requiem Mass.