Even though Bruce Springsteen could capture the essence of the opposite sex in his songs, he felt others manage to pull it off much better than he could.

First of all, let's dispense with some Bruce Springsteen mythology: It is a fallacy that all his concerts last three hours. Opening a fresh tour Tuesday night at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Springsteen and the E Street Band turned in a performance that lasted exactly 2 hours and 54 minutes,

Bruce Springsteen's intense messaging is balanced with his joy of music on the Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour.