The Troubadour's Lament

You have to hand it to the liberal troubadour -- Bruce Springsteen. He gouges his fans and then apologizes. Obviously, the phrase "talk is cheap" wasn't part of the lexicon in working class New Jersey. We do know that "optimizing profits" is the talk of his new home in California


For starters, he pitches yet another greatest hits compilation by retailing it solely through Wal Mart. (You know, the place where the working class goes to shop.) Anyway, this rubbed the anti-union types wrong. So Bruce, wishing to maintain his liberal street cred, apologizes.


Then there is the issue of his ticket prices. Apparently, Ticketmaster, which was selling tickets for his upcoming tour, directed potential buyers to another website which charged higher prices for the tickets. Uh-oh.

Springsteen doesn't need the cash and it seems that the only thing he's getting from these deals is grief. Nonetheless -- the myth will remain because he croons about the suffering masses. (That has to be the reason why he has such an ironic nickname of "The Boss.")

By the way, $90 seems a lot for a nostalgia show.