Bruce Springsteen concert review
Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Canada
Sat, 24 Jan 1981

What? No reviews yet? My buddies and I were there . Over forty years ago but I remember it like it was yesterday. We were lucky to get tickets. They were only available by mail and one of us stood in line at the main Ottawa post office to drop in our requests and money orders at midnight of opening sales day. Only four tickets per order. We got a ride to Ottawa and it was cold as hell that night. The Civic Center was packed, sold out. Our seats were so high up in the nose bleeds, I could touch the ceiling. Bruce was a bit late, but when they hit the stage, Wow! I could feel the concrete bouncing under our seats under the weight of everyone jumping up and down . I thought the building was going to collapse during Cadillac Ranch. It was a long show, the set list is available on line. I ran into a fella a few weeks later who waited outside the stage door and Bruce came out and signed his copy of Darkness. Too cold for me. I keep in touch with my high school buddies . Everyone's life gets a few highlights. We all agree that was one of ours.