Blog: Stereogum

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band delivered a three-hour set at London's Hard Rock Calling, closing it out with a guest appearance by Sir Paul McCartney. "I gotta tell you," the Boss said to the 76,000 people in attendance, "I've been trying to do this for 50 years."They blazed through a rendition of "I Saw Her Standing There," and then an extended 10-minute-plus jam on "Twist And Shout." Too extended, apparently, because - as the clock struck 10:40 p.m., as "Twist And Shout" was coming to a climactic close - the sound went dead. According to London's Westminster Council, [...]