On this significant date: Bruce pays tribute to Frank Sinatra on his 80th birthday, the Blood Brothers EP is released, and Danny Federici plays his final full show. Much more inside.
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Bruce makes his first public appearance after Election Day 2004, Hall and Oates opens for Bruce, and more.
Bruce shoots the video for “Brilliant Disguise,” Nils drops by David Letterman’s show, Jake makes an early E Street Band appearance back in 2009, and Ben Stiller resurrects his Bruce impression on SNL. More highlights inside.
On this date: Bruce releases Tunnel of Love, his eighth studio album. Plus: Bruce performs on SNL (and winds up in the doghouse during rehearsals), an epic Neil Young guest appearance, and much more.
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.
On this date: Bruce releases The Rising, his first E Street Band album in 18 years. Watch the day’s festivities inside. Plus: the premiere of “All the Way Home” in 1992, reggae versions of “Born in the U.S.A.” and “My Hometown,” and more.
Lifelong Springsteen fan Richard Nijstad bring us a double-shot of beautiful covers of two of Bruce’s best songs.
Take a listen to this lovely, flute-forward version of “My Hometown” by an Irish wedding band raising funds for a suicide prevention center in their own hometown.
Certainly one of the most unusual Bruce covers, Neil Young’s version of “My Hometown” was recorded in a vintage Voice-o-Graph recording booth. Listen to it inside, and watch Neil and Jack White discuss the project.
Bruce seems to have spent a lot of time working on “Chevrolet Deluxe,” but in the end, he sold it for parts.