r/BruceSpringsteen

I have two pretty good seats (section 224) I just want face for which with fees is about $275 each. They’re the cheapest seats on StubHub in as good an area but not moving. When I post at that price the cost to purchaser goes to $349 or so. I just need to move them since I can’t make the rescheduled date and don’t live in Philly. Are there any places to post to fans in a secure way without such a markup?

I know this sub has been full of wild, unlikely predictions and people clamoring for Jungleland. BUT, I have a sneaking suspicion Boston might have the Dropkick Murphys show up for a few songs. Bruce has shown up to their shows in the past, the Dropkicks have been playing at rallies in Boston, and with the message of the tour it does make sense. Dropkicks have no shows scheduled until mid June, so it's not totally impossible. It would be fun to see them pop on stage for American Land, but who knows. I doubt it would happen but it's a fun possibility.

“Current stories claiming a break in the friendship between Bruce and Chris Christie are absurd.  We’ve all been friends for years, Chris was attending his 180th show, standing at the side of the stage as our guest.  And we hope to see him at our next 180 shows, as our guest. Period." -  Jon Landau

My dad, Eric Winston Spooner, passed away on Saturday May 16, 2026, a month after he turned 69, or 39 for the 30th time as he told me on this birthday a month previous. His death was sudden and unexpected, becoming unresponsive to his fiancé at home in Rizal, Philippines, passing on to whatever is next a couple hours later in a hospital, from what is believed to have been a stroke. He had been living there since July of 2023, moving to be with the woman he loved.

Eric was born on April 16th, 1957 in Teaneck, New Jersey to John and Jane Egeln Spooner. Jane wanted to name him Richard, so they could call him Ricky, but John refused to have a son that might be called Dick Spooner. He was the middle child, His brother Byron being the eldest and his sister, Stacey, being the youngest. Eric was a energetic boy, and fondly recalled singing in the church and school choir, which started a life long love of music. Eric was a smart, charismatic, witty man, he rarely carried anything but a smile, and you could always tell he was near by the sound of his bellowing laughter, his friends recalled from their college years at Tulsa University. He was truly a force in social environments. Many have said that he was the smartest man they have ever met, his intelligence was a gift.

TU was also where Eric would go on to meet his future wife and and life long friend, Susan McDonald Spooner. The two ran in similar friend groups and eventually he got up the nerve to go to her dorm one night to call on her. They dated, and eventually thought to himself She’s The One. The two were in love and dated throughout college and Eric attending law school. Eric went on to graduate from TU law school, and Susan from her undergraduate, and there were married on May 7th, 1982. Eric practiced criminal defense and civil law privately for several years. Eric and Susan went on to start a family in Tulsa, raising two Eagle Scouts, Sean Garrett, born December 5th, 1984 and Colin Bruce, born December 19th, 1990.

Eric loved deeply. My brother Sean and I are so lucky that we had him as a father. From scout outings, coaching soccer, building models cars, cooking family dinners, and yearly trips to New Jersey to visit his sister and her family, he was a family man to the core. There was nothing more he loved than being a dad. But he wasn’t just a dad to me and my brother. No he also loved teaching, whether formally or informally. He was a soccer coach, and even went back to school and earned his teaching certificate, then went on to be a college professor, a substitute teacher, an elementary school special education teacher, and a middle school teacher at Tulsa Public Schools. The impact he had on the learning journal of hundreds if not thousands of his students is immense and immeasurable.

Eric loved trains, particularly steam engines of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad. He spent many many hours driving the state of Oklahoma and beyond going to sit on the side of mainlines, waiting to get the perfect shot of a passing train, with his friend Walter and Brad. They were all members of the NMRA (National Model Railroad Association) and two would also go to model railroad expos and debate the minutiae of a color or certain feature being period correct or not. He had a deep passion for photography, it was hard to find Eric without his camera with him, day or Night, and he took pictures of everyone and everything he could. He love sports cars, particularly Lotus, and was an avid watcher of Formula 1 racing, he loved the Thunder Road of racing. He was a die hard Yankees fan. Eric loved politics, and pursued a PhD in Political Science from OU. Eric also loved animals, particularly cats, and had a special affinity for Russian Blues, who he said were the smartest of domestic cats. He also loved cinema comedy, and as previously mentioned music. He love watching Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca, and other classic films with Charlie Chaplin and Le Mans with Steve McQueen. Eric loved to laugh, and comedy was a big part of his life. We’d stay up late watching specials from W.C. Fields, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, and Lewis Black, and watch classic comedy like Monty Python and later on South Park and Reno 911.

One my dad’s biggest loves was music. We’d go to Starship Records and Tapes, digging through dusty bins and picking up long forgotten bootlegs and work out records. He loved so much music, from the Clash, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, The Who(Who?), Frank Sinatra, Beethoven, Bach, Neil Young, The Ramones, Elvis Costello, Merle Haggard, Meatloaf, The Rolling Stones, The Sex Pistols, Tom Petty, Waylon Jennings, Led Zeppelin, Bob Seeger, the list could go on forever of music he loved. But I think more than any other artist, my dad loved Bruce Springsteen. The soundtrack of my childhood is the entire Born to Run album. He had copies on wax and CD, many times over. Whether it was driving around town with the top down in his Honda S-2000, with the vanity plate JRSY BOY, driving to New Jersey, cleaning the house, you name it, Born To Run was on. He loved The Boss. I will forever cherish the chance he had to go see The Boss on his Working on A Dream tour with me and my mom. He was truly a kid again, looking at merch, singing along with Bruce for 3 plus hours. Some even asked if my middle name was a tribute to the man, though Susan swears I was actually named after the founder of Lotus. Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman.

Later in life, Eric found love again, in the oddest of places, the Philippines. He met his fiancée, Marivic Maranda, affectionately known as Mavz, via Facebook. After getting to know each other over the internet, he eventually went to visit her for two weeks in the Philippines, and at that point decided to move there permanently. He enjoyed very much the past several years there, learning a new place, exploring the Backstreets and a new culture, and being in love with his Sweetie Pie, Mavz, he planned on marrying her and spending his life with her, and he lived there until his death.

Eric was an active member at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, where he and Susan raised Sean and Colin. Eric is preceded in death my his mother and father, John Oenslager Spooner and Jane Egeln Spooner, and son, Sean Garrett Spooner. He leaves behind his son, Colin Bruce Spooner, his friend and former wife Susan McDonald Spooner, Brother Byron Spooner, sister Stacey Spector, his nephew Jesse Spector, niece Kaylee Spector, and his Fiancée Mavz Spooner. I’m still at loss for how one truly sums up a life lived, but I hope this has given you a chance to know my father as I did. A great man, a Jersey Boy, who was Born to Run.

I have set up a some ways to help me and his fiancée, he was in the Philippines so I’m having to figure out cremation and getting him back to the states and services, etc. I know that’s not allowed here, but I Really just want to share how much Bruce meant to him, and how much he meant to me.

This might be a long shot, but I have to try. My dad has been a lifelong Springsteen fan! He’s an 84 year old retired high school chemistry teacher, a Vietnam veteran and the best dad anyone could ask for! His first Springsteen concert was at St. Vincent college! He took my older brother to his first show at 4 years old. He has traveled out of state to take good friends to shows just to share his favorite music and artist. 💗 my brother and I are attending the show in Pittsburgh in May with my dad and I’d love to see if my amazing daddy could get a chance to meet the man that has been his favorite musician for as long as I can remember! I’m hoping my post gets enough attention that we can make this happen for my dad!

Anybody ever attend the last show of a Bruce tour? Anything much different than the previous shows?

If you go to tour statistics on Setlist.fm, you can find what little the set has evolved by.

For the first 3 shows, he had Out In The Street as song #8, between The Promised Land and Hungry Heart. (Which funnily enough, on the album, Hungry Heart comes right before Out In The Street, not right after). But then starting on show #4, he traded Out In The Street for Two Hearts. Don't get me wrong, I love Two Hearts, especially the nice 'It Takes Two' duet with little Stevie. But I personally prefer 'Out In The Street.' That song is just such a party live, especially the 'woah-oh's' at the end!

Also for the first 3 shows only, Bobby Jean was part of the encore, after BTR, before DitD. Starting with the 4th show, he dropped it, and instead added American Land to begin the encore, (before BTR). American Land fits perfectly the theme of the tour! I'm surprised it was missing those first three shows. But it's a loss that Bobby Jean left the set, because that one is amazing live too.

The last consistent change was adding Clampdown, which made its tour debut on the 3rd show, but was missing from the April 26th show in Austin. It was in a bunch of the shows for the final third of the High Hopes tour in 2014.

The one exception for this tour's set was that in Minneapolis, he played Purple Rain. Makes sense, given that Prince is to Minneapolis what Bruce is to New Jersey.

And for those of you asking for some of the absolute classics like Rosalita, Thunder Road, and Jungleland... listen, I'd love 'em too! But sadly, I just don't see it happening.

Where do we line up? What time is best to get there? Never been to PPG Arena before. Is parking an issue?

I think we’re overdue for another post exposing the underbelly of the worst of Springsteen fan conduct: the artificial pit monopoly held by the Spring-Nuts. I’m not going to get into the whole MAGA background of the group founders, beyond the fact that I know it’s there and I’m not well-versed enough to get into it.

But we need to continue criticizing and exposing the global chokehold they have on the process, where they masquerade it as an earned system by people lining up days in advance (which is unhinged) but in reality just give the first entry spots to their inner circle every time.

Case in point: I think almost everyone is familiar with the woman in her mid/late 30s with dark hair who is always on the rail at the center of the pit wearing a pink top every. single. show. At first I respected the love of the game and thought it was cute (frankly I was mesmerized by seeing someone so comparably young and attractive being so visibly into the show while going to numerous dates like me), but after about the 10th time seeing her there, it was enough and it became clear that it’s a nightly act for her. These people are robbing someone else of the experience of being at the edge of the stage, and I fundamentally refuse to accept that they are earning that spot show after show after show. They’re being given it on a silver platter to spend every show reacting to every song in the same way in the same moment each time. Does Bruce really want to see the same groupie in the same spot doing the same arm motions and jumping up and down (when nobody around her is) every night?

I think this is a far more valid and actionable gripe than the ticket prices and I wish someone would do something about this blatant theft of precious fan experiences.