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You may not know it from the weather but you know summer has arrived when suddenly open air concerts you weren’t even aware existed announce their arrival.

I honestly don’t know how you’re supposed to keep up with everything as in order to get tickets you usually have to buy anything up to 9 months beforehand. That requires some serious organisational skills, which I fear I don’t possess.

I had the misfortune of missing Springsteen’s Wembley Stadium gig, his first in 25 years. Despite having purchased my ticket in October or November, come the day I was suffering from a foot injury which made standing for more than 10 minutes quite painful.

I reluctantly conceded that there’s no way I would manage one of the Bruce’s marathon performances. All is not lost, other than money, as The Boss is playing another gig next week as part of Hard Rock Calling, which has been shunted out to the Olympic Village in East London and which I’ve bought a ticket for, here’s hoping I don’t get hit by a falling piano between now and then. Read More→