Bruce Springsteen has thrilled Irish fans with concerts in Belfast, Cork, Kilkenny and Dublin. Photo: Getty Last night at Croke Park, Bruce Springsteen said goodbye to Ireland for the time being. Like death and taxes, it is one of life’s certainties that the relatively ageless boy wonder from New Jersey will be back next summer, possibly the same place, same time, same age-defying three-hour show.
A crowd of 82,000 fans (and 190,000 before that in Belfast, Kilkenny and Cork) were treated to a hot summer evening of rousing, high-testosterone songs that soundtracked their youth – and probably their middle-age too. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news.