At the most old-school venue in town the 1959 Memorial Sports Arena, a hall so fantastically stodgy that visitors are greeted by a framed portrait of Richard Nixon when they walk inthe doors Springsteen introduced to an LA audience his version of the now-obligatory onstage video display.
Mr Kerr, who was an inaugural member of the Scottish SportsHall of Fame in 2002 and has written several books on judo and its techniques, insisted he had no plans to slow down as he grew older.