Sometimes seeing a classic performer like Bruce Springsteen can seem like nothing more than getting to check a musician off your “to see” list before they die. For instance, there’s really no other reason to see Bob Dylan now unless it’s so you can say “oh yeah, I saw Bob Dylan” twenty years from now. Bob’s unfortunately progressed past being an interesting live act.

Thankfully Bruce Springsteen has not.

As we all saw during the Superbowl halftime show, Bruce still plays ever show like it’s both an audition and a curtain bow. Bruce turns 60 this year and is the only sexagenarian I can think of who seems to have spent all of that time learning how to put on a great show and none of it actually … you know, aging.

Bruce and his well-assembled team the E Street Band tore through the classics all night. While I only got to experience three up-close, I did go grab a coffee from a nearby tent to hear in order to sit and listen to his encore. Everything sounded great, but I really wished I could have been front and center for “10th Avenue Freeze Out” and the set-closing double-punch of “Glory Days” into “Dancing in the Dark.”

Lots more photos after the break…