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.
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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.
The original River Tour kicks off with a Bob Seger duet, Bruce releases an American Land Edition of his Seeger Sessions album, and Springsteen on Broadway makes its debut. Many, many more highlights inside.
Are you loose? On this historic day: The infamous Bomb Scare Show, the kickoff of the Magic Tour, and the finale of the Born in the U.S.A. Tour–video and much more inside!
The Vote for Change Tour kicks off, The Rising Tour winds down, and Bruce kicks off a mini-tour of Italy with the Sessions Band. Plus: Bruce serenades Sting on his 60th birthday, and I meet Bruce in Seattle!
Bruce galvanized his audiences to vote for change by leading all-star team-ups on Nick Lowe’s earnest anthem.
For one week only during the Vote for Change Tour, Bruce joined R.E.M. on one of their latest singles with a very Springsteenian backstory.
A nightly highlight of the Vote for Change Tour wasn’t political at all–it was the Stipe/Springsteen team-up on the Andy Kaufman tribute, “Man on the Moon.”