Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Izod Arena, 4-5-12

There you are, having survived a party trick duet on "Sunny Day" and a brisk but standard "Promised Land," and then the stage goes dark and maybe Bruce said something, maybe he didn't, but all of a sudden there are those piano notes and the crowd roars in recognition and then immediately goes silent. Suddenly it is as though there is no one else in the room, there is no one else between you and that stage. It is a moment, somehow Bruce can turn this behemoth on a dime and create the space in ...