By Karsten S. Andersen

The news we've all been waiting for.... sort of

Published 2010-04-20

Finally an official announcement was made. And no, it's not the Darkness box (dammit), but it's something that should make most fans pretty excited anyway. On June 22 a live DVD of Bruce's show in Hyde Park in 2009 will be released on DVD and Blu-ray. Parts of the show was televised in the UK, but now we'll get the chance to watch the whole thing. Or almost the whole thing. It looks like "Rosalita" has been omitted unless there's an error in the official press release.

Still, there are plenty of songs to compensate, including the first official DVD version of "Racing in the Street", those amazing versions of "Seeds" and "Johnny 99" that were highlights of the Working on a Dream Tour, not to mention the two bonus tracks: "The River" from Glastonbury (the one where his whole body is steaming) and "Wrecking Ball" from Giants Stadium.

Despite of these highlights, fans will also have plenty to complain about. "Bobby Jean" as part of the request section is a clear indication that the setlist of this show was pretty standard. And almost half the songs have been released on DVD before in more or less the same arrangements. That of course doesn't say anything about the quality of the show. Who knows? Some say it was sub-par and that Bruce seemed tired. Others that it was epic. Come June 22 we'll all be able to judge for ourselves.


Clear
Database Error: Expression #1 of SELECT list is not in GROUP BY clause and contains nonaggregated column 'gl_main_v6.news.id' which is not functionally dependent on columns in GROUP BY clause; this is incompatible with sql_mode=only_full_group_by