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In pictures: Bruce Springsteen’s No Surrender live show in Belfast

The Boss was in energetic and joyful form at Boucher Fields, and Belfast fans lapped it up

Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt with The E Street Band performing at Boucher Road Playing Fields in Belfast. Photograph: Liam McBurney
Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt with The E Street Band performing at Boucher Road Playing Fields in Belfast. Photograph: Liam McBurney
Fri May 10 2024 - 08:56

Bruce Springsteen played his first Irish gig in Belfast on Thursday evening, delivering an immense and tireless performance at Boucher Playing Fields, kicking off with No Surrender. It was the first of four Irish shows The Boss is due to play on this Irish trip – he will be in Kilkenny on Sunday 12th, in Cork on Thursday 16th and will round things off in Croke Park in Dublin on Sunday 19th. If you saw him in Belfast, let us know how it was for you. Here’s how it happened, in pictures.

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Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt with The E Street Band performing at Boucher Road Playing Fields in Belfast Photograph: Liam McBurney
Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt with The E Street Band performing at Boucher Road Playing Fields in Belfast Photograph: Liam McBurney

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Bruce Springsteen greets the crowd at Boucher Road Playing Fields in Belfast Photograph: Liam McBurney
Bruce Springsteen greets the crowd at Boucher Road Playing Fields in Belfast Photograph: Liam McBurney
Photograph: Liam McBurney
Photograph: Liam McBurney
Photograph: Liam McBurney
Photograph: Liam McBurney
Photograph: Liam McBurney
Photograph: Liam McBurney
Jake Clemons and Bruce Springsteen with The E Street Band Photograph: Liam McBurney
Jake Clemons and Bruce Springsteen with The E Street Band Photograph: Liam McBurney
Photograph: Liam McBurney
Photograph: Liam McBurney

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Photograph: Liam McBurney
Photograph: Liam McBurney
Jake Clemons, Suki Lahav, Bruce Springsteen and Max Weinberg with The E Street Band Photograph: Liam McBurney
Jake Clemons, Suki Lahav, Bruce Springsteen and Max Weinberg with The E Street Band Photograph: Liam McBurney
Photograph: Liam McBurney
Photograph: Liam McBurney
Photograph: Liam McBurney
Photograph: Liam McBurney
Photograph: Liam McBurney
Photograph: Liam McBurney
Actor Jimmy Nesbitt out to see Bruce Springsteen Photograph: Liam McBurney
Actor Jimmy Nesbitt out to see Bruce Springsteen Photograph: Liam McBurney
Bruce Springsteen fans (from left) Debbie Wilson, Jenny Taggert, and Catherine Reid Photograph: Liam McBurney
Bruce Springsteen fans (from left) Debbie Wilson, Jenny Taggert, and Catherine Reid Photograph: Liam McBurney
Fans (from left) Sinead McFarland with her daughters Aibhlinn and Dearbhla at Boucher Road Playing Fields in Belfast. Photograph: Liam McBurney
Fans (from left) Sinead McFarland with her daughters Aibhlinn and Dearbhla at Boucher Road Playing Fields in Belfast. Photograph: Liam McBurney
Fans (from left) Samuel McCord, Jodie Brown, Matthew Winning and Lauren Walker Photograph: Liam McBurney
Fans (from left) Samuel McCord, Jodie Brown, Matthew Winning and Lauren Walker Photograph: Liam McBurney

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