No One Can Imagine How Bruce Springsteen Transformed A Sunlit Afternoon Into A Rock ’N’ Roll Revival At The Hard Rock Calling Festival In London — As The First Chords Of “My Hometown” Echoed Through The Open Air, Thousands Fell Silent, Then Roared As One. With No Dazzling Lights Or Pyrotechnics, Just The Man, His Guitar, And A Voice That’s Weathered Generations, Springsteen Ignited A Tidal Wave Of Emotion, Pride, And Unity That Swept Through The Crowd. And As The Final Note Rang Out Into The Clear Blue Sky, One Thing Was Certain: It Was A Once-In-A-Lifetime Moment Where Music, Memory, And Magic Collided In The Most Unforgettable Way.

Bruce Springsteen‘s energetic three-hour set at British Summertime Hyde Park has been lauded by fans and critics as an ‘unrelenting rock spectacular’ after he took to the stage for the final weekend of the festival on Thursday.

The rock legend, 73, rolled back the years with an impressive 29-song set in front of a star-studded audience, that included big names Stella McCartneyKate Hudson and Jon Bon Jovi.

Bruce kicked off his set alongside his famous E Street Band with an energetic rendition of No Surrender, before moving onto Ghosts, Prove It All Night and Letter To You.

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The New Jersey rocker showed no signs of slowing down as he delivered a medley of his biggest hits for the huge crowd, along with support acts The Chicks, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, The Coronas, STONE, Picture Parlour, First Time Flyers, Theo Lawrence and Attawalpa.

Later in the show, Bruce reflected on the ‘greatest adventure of his life’ when he joined his first band in the mid-60s with George Theiss, who hired the teenage guitarist into the Castiles.

Here he is! Bruce Springsteen, 75, was every inch the stellar showman as he delivered a sensational three-hour set at British Summertime Hyde Park on Thursday

So many stars! The rock legend rolled back the years with an impressive 29-song set in front of a star-studded audience in London, that included Stella McCartney and Kate Hudson

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Ageless! Also among those at the show was fellow rock legend Jon Bon Jovi

He went onto recall being at Theiss’ bedside 50 years later when he died of cancer, telling the crowd: ‘I realised his passing would leave me the last living member of that first small band of guys who got together in that little house.

‘Death is like you’re standing on the railroads tracks with an oncoming train bearing down upon you, but it brings a certain clarity of thought and a purpose and a meaning…

‘Death’s final and lasting gift to all of us is an expanded vision of this life, of how important it is to seize the day whenever you can.’

He went onto dedicate Last Man Standing to his late bandmate, saying: ‘George passed away and shortly after I wrote this song and it’s just about the passions you follow as kids, not knowing where they’re going to lead you and how at 15 its all hellos and later on there’s a lot more hard goodbyes.

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‘So be good to yourself and the ones that you love and to this world that we live in.’

Bruce also took a moment to poke fun at being cut off early during his last BST set in 2012, which was cut short after he and guest Paul McCartney ran over curfew.

After launching into an encore that included Born In The USA and Born To Run, he delivered a rendition of Glory Days, before turning to his guitarist Steven van Zandt and telling him: ‘It’s time to go home. I’m telling you they are going to pull the f***ing plug again!’

Van Zandt replied, in jest: ‘F*** ’em!’ before Bruce launched into another medley of hits Dancing in the Dark and Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out.