This date in Springsteen history features more rehearsals than concerts–but there are still a couple of gems. Check them out inside.
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Working on a Dream Tour (90)
Guest-blogger Marietta Phillips shares her ten-years-ago-tonight story, from the night she helped make the back pit riser an even better place to be near.
It takes a special performer to steal the show from Bruce Springsteen. Watch The Philly Elvis do it when Bruce grants his request on the Working on a Dream Tour.
Bruce Springsteen, The Soul Survivors, and “Expressway to Your Heart.” Can there be a Philly-er combination? I don’t think so.
No one could have known that this was Clarence’s final show. But it almost seems like Bruce did, because it’s hard to imagine a more fitting tribute to their friendship.
Bookended by a wild card opener and closer, punctuated by a full Born to Run album performance and the debut of Philly Elvis, my last show at the Spectrum was a memorable one.
Bruce has covered this Chuck Willis classic from 1958 three times over his career. Listen to the first and watch the last inside.
I’ve never been more surprised and impressed by an American crowd than I was at this show in Greensboro, and I’ll never pass up the chance to see Bruce play there again.
Night Two in Philadelphia finishes as strong as it opened, with rarities and wild cards abounding.
On Night One (of six!) in Philadelphia on the Working on a Dream tour, Bruce granted my all-time most-wished-for chase song.