On this date: Born in the U.S.A. hits #1, Bruce wraps up the European leg of the BITUSA Tour, and at the Roxy in 1978, Bruce delivers one of his greatest performances of all time.
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The E Street Shuffle (9)
The first-ever performances of “All or Nothin’ at All,” “Real Man,” and “Spanish Eyes,” and the first “E Street Shuffle” in 25 years lead the highlights from this date in Springsteen history.
On this date: The Castiles lay down their first tracks, the High Hopes Tour reaches its anything-goes finale, and Bruce premieres… “Hava Nagila?” Listen, watch, and read more inside.
An unlikely origin song and musical melange in every incarnation, “The E Street Shuffle” introduced and knighted Bruce’s destined-for-legend band.
My first show in Milano hooked me on Italian shows forever–once I managed to survive getting inside.
A hurricane-induced rainout leads to a scorching show before a small but mighty audience in Virginia Beach.
There’s no better example of the Night One/Night Two rule than Bruce’s Fenway Park stand on the Wrecking Ball Tour. On Night One, Bruce was certainly playing it safe…
Never have I seen a Springsteen cover start with so much promise only to go so horribly wrong.
“I Just Can’t Change” is a long lost Bruce Springsteen Band song, but its melody survived into the E Street Band era attached to another song.