'Disaster' - Bruce Springsteen fans rage online after ‘nightmare’ queues for Croke Park

Bruce Springsteen fans have voiced their anger at Croke Park after many missed the beginning of his final sell-out Croke Park gig due to large queues outside the stadium.

The Boss was performing the final show on his Irish tour, playing to 80,000 adoring fans at the home of GAA, but the show was delayed by 15 mins as fans struggled to get into the stadium.

The 74-year-old rock legend had already played in Belfast, Kilkenny, Cork and was finishing up with what some fans feared may be his last ever Irish gig at the GAA stadium.

Disgruntled fans took to social media to complain about hour-long queues into the stadium.

One disgruntled fan admitted that she had "never been to Croker before but with their money wouldn't you think the GAA could afford to automate the turnstiles instead of having a bloke scan individual tickets?"

Footage shared online by some fans showed hundreds of fans still streaming through the gates into the ground 10-minutes after Springsteen took to the stage just before 7.15pm with the pitch half empty. It was reported the queue stretched the whole way along Clonliffe Avenue to Drumcondra.

Springsteen and the E Street Band were well into their set before the stadium’s pitch looked full.

Another seemingly late fan slammed the admission gate organisation as an "absolute disaster" and said they were stuck "queuing for an hour".

The stadium opened at 5pm – two hours before the The E Street Band were due to take to the stage. Prior to the gig fans were told they would not to be allowed to queue early but also advised not to bring bags to the event unless it was strictly necessary.