Bruce Springsteen Brisbane concert review: Wrecking Ball tour IT is going to be tough for anyone to beat Bruce Springsteen for the tour of the year. After his opening Australian concert at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, his shirt soaked to the skin, guitar hoisted aloft and beaming a megawatt grin, Springsteen proved why he is the showman to match. Looking fitter than any 63-year-old has a right to and possessed with an indomitable passion for performance, The Boss delivers more in three hours than most acts can muster in one. From the opening of We Take Care Of Our Own through to the end of 10th Avenue Freeze Out, he was the conductor of mood and conjurer of music magic. When the moment called for gravitas, he could still the crowd to silence; if it was a barnstorming rock'n'soul revival he wanted, then you better get ready for the spirit to move through you. He had a tough job winning over a polite crowd who sat more than they stood until the encore slammed them to their feet. It's impossible to sit during Born To Run or Dancing In The Dark and he made regular forays into the audience to rev them up. He brought all his moves - the guitar slinging, the booty shaking and crowd surfed across the floor to get back on stage. Of course his beloved E Street Band all enjoyed their moments up front and in the spotlight with new addition Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine, filling in for Steve Van Zandt, bringing a different kind of energy to the guitar solos. Equally popular was saxophonist Jake Clemons who joined the band after the death of longtime E Streeter, his uncle Clarence. Springsteen won parochial hearts with a cover of The Saints' Just Like Fire Would, while the majority of the set was punctuated with tracks from his latest record Wrecking Ball. Springsteen performs again in Brisbane on Saturday before heading to Sydney, Melbourne and Hanging Rock. As it rocked: Kathy McCabe's live review via Twitter