On this date: Phantom Dan earns his nickname, Bruce and the band kick off a six-night stand at the Philadelphia Spectrum, Bruce plays his first 9/11 show since the tragic attacks, and more.
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Born in the Usa Tour (145)
On this date: the inaugural Glory Days Symposium draws hundreds of Springsteen scholars to Monmouth University. On stage, Bruce plays “Double Shot (of My Baby’s Love)” and “Louie Louie” for the first time. More highlights inside.
Happy birthday, Jay Weinberg, born on this date in 1990. Also on this date: Bruce plays The Stone Pony for the very first time, wins an MTV VMA, performs “State Trooper” live for the first time, and more.
Bruce plays Wrigley Field for the first time, and in Philadelphia he sets the unbroken record for his longest American show. Plus: the E Street Band plays a gig without Bruce, and more.
On this date in Springsteen history: Bruce plays Fenway Park and New Orleans for the first time, Boz Scaggs and Peter Wolf make guest appearances with the E Street Band, the release of Chimes of Freedom, and more. Audio and video inside.
A guest appearance on stage with The Pretenders and on record with Joe Grushecky lead today’s highlights, along with a stunner of a rainout make-up show in Virginia Beach.
First meetings with Clarence, Jackson Browne, and Bonnie Raitt; guest appearances with Sting, Jackson, Southside, and The Wallflowers; and a new album from Patti.
On this date: Bruce plays “Chimes of Freedom” for the first time, records a live performance for Clarence’s future album, has a chance encounter with a Boston street musician and more.
This date’s highlights are almost all New Jersey-based: from archival footage of The Doors at Convention Hall in ’68 (Bruce was there) to a Bruce-and-Steve reunion in ’85 to the closing night of the ten-night Giants Stadium stand in ’03.
On this date: Bruce and the E Street Band open the MTV Video Music Awards, play a one-time-only cover of “(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle” and more.