Springsteen's favorite places to play

The following is a breakdown of how many concerts Springsteen played in the following locations:


The Northeast was clearly his favorite region, which isn't surprising given that it's his hometown area and it's where his largest fan base is.

Northeast	33
Europe	26
Southeast	9
Midwest	8
West	5
South	3
Canada	1

Other than the US, Springsteen seems to like Europe, but didn't go anywhere else this year (except Canada):

US	58
Spain	5
Sweden	3
Italy	3
Norway	2
Ireland	2
Germany	2
England	2
Switzerland	1
Scotland	1
Holland	1
France	1
Finland	1
Denmark	1
Canada	1
Austria	1

The cities that Springsteen preferred are also not very surprising as far as Springsteen goes.  The one exception might be NYC, although given the number of concerts in the NYC metro area (especially Meadowlands), New Yorkers certainly can't complain.


 

E. Rutheford	7
Philadelphia	6
Stockholm, Sweden	3
NYC	2
Mansfield, MA	2
Hartford	2
Dublin, Ireland	2
DC	2
Chicago	2
Boston	2
Bergen, Norway	2
Asbury Park	2
LA	2

As far as specific venues go, surprisingly, Giants Stadium didn't take #1 (although if you lumped Giants Stadium and the Izod Center together, they would have):

Spectrum, Philly,	6
Giants Stadium	5
Stockholm Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	3

The thing that I found most surprising when I initially looked at these numbers is how much time Springsteen spends in Spain, relative to other areas.  As it turns out, he has a particularly large and passionate fan base in Spain.  I would encourage anyone (who hasn't already done so) to check out the video of his concert from the Rising tour in Barcelona.  This clip is just one of my favorite (there's also an especially intense version of Badlands from the same concert).  But I chose to share this because of the intensity of the crowd.  Just focus on how awesome that huuuuuge pit section is during the opening of Prove it all Night.



That one part right at 0:25 where you see the whole crowd jumping up and down in sync with the opening piano is incredible.  Springsteen crowds are famously enthusiastic, but that crowd in particularly was amazing.