Next to seeing the Who, Springsteen has put on the best arena show I have ever seen. But seriously, what does one expect from him when he has 12 minutes to work with performing in front of hired fans? The sound mix is terrible, and you gotta cut your hits to 1 verse and 1 chorus. It's a total circus and he has to try to please 90,000,000 people watching. The majority of them who barely know who he is, let alone know his music. Think about the last few years of performers, Petty, Prince, Stones, McCartney, etc. These are all legends. And even their performances were mediocre at best. Some say U2s performance was great. But take into consideration, that U2 had 9/11 on their side. Take away 9/11 and their set would have been as much a circus as the rest. I promise you that we'll see the exact same whining about next years performance.