“No surrender!” bellowed Bruce Springsteen, as the London rain started to fall, welcoming him to the first of two shows at Wembley Stadium.
But that was no challenge to The Boss – sporting a Gareth Southgate-esque waistcoat and tie – and his tireless E-Street band, who have faced far worse in the past 50 years. And so it went: the clouds drifted off, and they were left with a fanatic cross-generational crowd, all in the palm of their hands.
