{"id":2611,"date":"2012-08-22T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2015-01-08T11:33:39","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T16:33:39","slug":"bruce-springsteen-at-three-rivers-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/08\/22\/bruce-springsteen-at-three-rivers-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen at Three Rivers Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/22\\\/bruce-springsteen-at-three-rivers-stadium\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 600px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"600\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 600px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"600\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/08\/22\/bruce-springsteen-at-three-rivers-stadium\/attachment\/2612\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"596\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2612\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m92kwzmEda1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"936,701\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m92kwzmEda1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=300%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m92kwzmEda1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=800%2C599&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m92kwzmEda1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?w=796&#038;h=596&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"596\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"596\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 596px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><strong>Aug. 11, 1985<\/strong><\/em>: Newspapers often sent several photographers to cover big arts and entertainment events, and this concert featuring Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band certainly would require them. At the time, the 64,000-plus fans combined for the biggest concert ever at Three Rivers Stadium, meriting a front-page story in the Pittsburgh Press the following morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Of the four-hour concert, music reviewer Peter B. King wrote, \u201cSpringsteen fronts the best band in rock \u2018n\u2019 roll. And I do mean rock \u2018n\u2019 roll, as opposed to rock, fusion or heavy metal. We\u2019re talking three-chord music that\u2019s unrefined and unpolluted \u2013 direct and immediate as a punch in the gut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>(Photo by Marlene Karas, Pittsburgh Press)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 64,000-plus fans combined for the biggest concert ever at Three Rivers Stadium, meriting a front-page story in the Pittsburgh Press the following morning.<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/08\/22\/bruce-springsteen-at-three-rivers-stadium\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>Bruce Springsteen at Three Rivers Stadium<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[948],"tags":[986,1011,1046],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m92kwzmEda1rr5swxo1_1280-e14187922538941.jpg?fit=921%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2614,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/08\/22\/bruce-springsteen-pittsburgh\/","url_meta":{"origin":2611,"position":0},"title":"Bruce Springsteen from the air","date":"August 22, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"A shot from a helicopter above the Three Rivers Stadium.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m92kvpPyhp1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=936%2C620&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2491,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/09\/25\/fund-at-stanley-theater\/","url_meta":{"origin":2611,"position":1},"title":"Fun at Stanley Theater","date":"September 25, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"It was at the Stanley that raggae legend Bob Marley performed his final concert on Sept. 23, 1980, eight months before his death from cancer.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_mav82wYhj31rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1129%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":146,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2014\/10\/20\/life-and-death-of-the-syria-mosque\/","url_meta":{"origin":2611,"position":2},"title":"Life and death of the Syria Mosque","date":"October 20, 2014","format":"gallery","excerpt":"The Syria Mosque was a colorfully regal presence on Bigelow Boulevard.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/tumblr_ndngzx6rOt1rr5swxo5_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C806&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1992,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/03\/06\/why-there-are-no-more-rock-concerts-in-point-state-park\/","url_meta":{"origin":2611,"position":3},"title":"Why there are no more rock concerts in Point State Park","date":"March 6, 2013","format":"gallery","excerpt":"The story behind these photographs of bridge jumpers could have had a happy ending. 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