Concerts Past

Some people can remember shows they’ve been to in incredible detail.  “Yeah it was a Tuesday and we were in the 11th row. The tickets were $17. They opened with Free Bird and did 2 encores.  I wore my striped shirt and a pair of Wranglers.” 

I’m not one of those people.  I remember who I have seen live in concert but I can’t always remember the year or even the venue.  They sometimes mix together.  But I remember seeing Bruce Springsteen twice on his Born in the USA tour.  I remember the differences between both shows and other details are burned onto my cranial hard drive because that tour was so iconic and has been written about a million times over the years.  But where did I sit, what did I pay?  Look what I found.

Bruce Springsteen concert ticket from 1985, cost $25.25 including a .25 service charge

Can you imagine seeing Springsteen and the E Street Band for $25.25 including a service charge of just a quarter?  That must seem very quaint if you’re paying today’s ticket prices.  The Boss is coming back to Toronto this August and comparable tickets are $117.  My seat was on the floor, B23 to be exact.  I don’t have to tell you how amazing the show was.

I wasn’t at Woodstock (too young) and I didn’t see the Rolling Stones at the El Mocambo but I saw the Boss at the old CNE Stadium at the beginning and the end of the Born in the USA Tour (and other times through the years).  Now the only question remains: was this ticket from the beginning of the tour or the end?

2 thoughts on “Concerts Past”

  1. Hi Lisa: Your ticket stub brought back huge memories for me too! It made me look back at my stub collection (yes it’s true, I kept all my concert stubs from back in the day) I was there that Monday night also. What a show. And in answer to your question, it was at the END of the Born in the USA tour. How do I know? Yes, I still have the stub from his first Born in the USA visit in July of ’84.

    Keep Rockin’! Brooooooooce!!!!!!!

    1. THANK YOU! So I was also there in July ’84 but I don’t have that stub. I’m amazed I kept the ’85 one because I was not a routine stub-keeper. Thanks so much Rich!

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