PHILADELPHIA-  The Beatles sang, “Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?” At sixty-two years old, Bruce Springsteen continues to perform high-octane, three-hour long concerts, proving that he will not be in need of someone to feed him any time soon.

Before delving into a full review of Springsteen’s performance on Wednesday, March 28 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, I’d like to acquaint you with a little background information of my own. I’ve been to five Springsteen concerts in my young life, and he never ceases to impress me, each concert exceeding my expectations. His songs never get old; his performance never gets old; and he, himself, never gets old.

At this particular concert, it was Bruce Springsteen as you’ve never seen him before, or, at least as I’ve never seen him before, as for the first time, I sat behind the stage – FRONT ROW! Thankfully, Springsteen and the E Street Band know how to play to the entire audience of a sold out stadium, so I never missed a beat.

Although some of the players were different, as Springsteen put it, the goal was the same: to “take the sweet sound of music and inject it straight into your heart.” Much like Springsteen’s albums, every concert likewise relates a central story, with Wednesday night’s story being one of “hellos and goodbyes, beginnings and endings, and things that change and things that remain the same.”

Recently, the E Street Band had to say good-bye to late, great saxophonist Clarence Clemons, known as the “Big Man.” While living up to his legacy proves to be a challenge at which arguably no one can succeed, the Big Man’s nephew, Jake Clemons, fills in for his uncle, playing with a respect and passion that resonates each time he performs, keeping the spirit of the Big Man alive.

One might think that after performing for decades, Springsteen and the E Street Band would just rehash all the old moves, going through the motions. On the contrary, classics like “Thunder Road” and “Born to Run” are just as electrifying as ever, as Springsteen has this miraculous quality about him and such a passion for his music that gives the audience the impression that he’s performing these hits for the first time. The Boss isn’t afraid to toy with audience favorites either, adjusting the tempo and lyrics to preserve the ripeness of the classics even longer.

While Springsteen incorporates such audience interaction as pulling a young boy up on stage to help him sing “Waiting on a Sunny Day,” dancing with a young girl during “Dancing in the Dark,” and pointing to me (yes, that’s right, dreams do come true) and sending out a wave, he does not necessarily cater solely to the audience. He did not load up his set list with all the familiar favorites, instead tastefully weaving in the classics with songs from his new hit album, Wrecking Ball, and covers of songs like Smokey Robinson’s “The Way You Do the Things You Do.” For seasoned Springsteen concert goers, the mix of old and new is welcomed.

To close the concert, Springsteen and the E Street Band performed “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out,” which allowed the audience to pay their respects and say their last good-byes to Clarence Clemons following a line in the song that refers to directly to the “Big Man.” Lasting around ten minutes, the cheering of the audience demonstrates the impact Springsteen’s music, the man himself, and his band members, has on people’s lives that go beyond the typical functions of a rock band.

If you have yet to attend a Springsteen concert, I urge you to put it on your Bucket List. When he smiles, you can’t help but smile too, and even if you’re not the biggest Bruce fan, the camaraderie of the audience and the never failing stage presence of Bruce and the band draw you in. If for no other reason, the quality of Springsteen’s voice seems only to improve with age, and the E Street Band with Max Weinberg on drums, Nils Lofgren and Steven “Little Steven” Van Zandt on guitar, and the new addition of the E Street Horns, sounds sharper and better than ever.

Bruce Springsteen will never disappoint.