Last show was a trip. Seems the Springsteen audience picked up the airline brawl technique.
Folks in first row got into slapping fight in first 5 mins under Bruce's oblivious nose. Both couples met with police/security in lobby but moved to the outer lobby after complaints their conversations seeped thru orch doors. Brawlers returned but in different seating areas.
Alot of late drunks climbed over seated folks.. Ushers ran a marathon up/down the aisles being phone police. Mask adherence was ignored. Younger folks, apparently not Boss fanatics, soon took to phone texts or scrolling thru multiple pages. Adopting Yondr like Freestyle did would've helped.
After an hour, the bathroom trek resembled a wagon train with the constant flow of folks going to lobby, some folks multiple times. That activity occurred more than in previous shows I attended. At one show I attended, he ran 2/40. Was on a roll. Too long (2h 20m) without break.
Usher said they had to repeatedly stop the sing-alongs. Found that surprising considering Bruce told the audience at Kerr not to sing along when they started. Guess he mellowed on that front.
At the end and as usual, folks ran to stage for a hand shake w/B, but security intervened. Was surprised security didn't station themselves down there during last 2 minutes because they had to push themselves thru crowd. Perhaps it would've blocked the view for some had they done so. No touching was the rule.
Meanwhile the pre and post show stage door folks refused to believe he'd end the run without giving a/graphs or selfies despite being told he wouldn't because of theater policy. Apparently he obliged folks in Chelsea area where he stayed.
Live Nation, Ticketmaster's parent company, handled merch. So seat-geek and TM were nightmares providing tkts and over-priced stuff.
Sadly, all the chaos and disruption kind of diminished the fun on the last night. Hope the Boss returns without the lunatics.
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