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Time, gentlemen, please: why marathon rock gigs are a real drag

Bruce Springsteen spots someone leaving one of his shows after two hours and 55 minutes Picture:Getty

Iknow you’re not supposed to say this publicly, because you’re not allowed to say anything negative about Bruce Springsteen publicly. If you do, as we all know, a horde of men, with their shirt sleeves rolled up, will hunt you down and deliver a thunking great sermon to you about the lot of the working man and how Bruce saved them all with his albums. Or something to that general worshipping effect.

But ...