Bruce Concert in London Launches the Next Chapter of My Life

Bruce tells us during his 3-hour show in the rain at London’s Hyde Park that life will go on without him

When the rain started to fall roughly 40 minutes into the packed Bruce Springsteen concert at London’s Hyde Park, it was received as a small relief for it rinsed away the mugginess that had turned our dancing into a sheen of sweat.

But then Bruce suddenly stopped and looked to the sky. He pointed upward.

For a second, I wondered if he was required by law to take a break when the rain commenced. Quickly, though, he turned to his band, shouted something off mic, and counted out the next song.

As the pelting droplets increased in intensity, a violin hinted at what was to come. Bruce, a man with a musical legacy that has a song for literally every single moment in life, reached over his shoulder and pulled an arrow from his quill. The now-legendary “Mary’s Place” about the Jersey beach houses so integral for partying, listening to records, and falling in love in a soon-to-be-forgotten era with its refrain of “let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain,” soothed any discomfort and made us all grateful to be outside in a rainstorm.