New for 2023: Video for 1986; review for 2006; video for 2015; new entry for 2022
1973: Daryl Hall and John Oates open for Bruce and the E Street Band for two shows at Max’s Kansas City in New York. This is the last of a five-night/ten-show stand.
1974: Bruce cancels a scheduled show at the Sportatorium in Dallas.
1975: Bruce plays his first-ever show in Florida when the Born to Run Tour stops in Tampa.
1978: Bruce and the E Street Band bring the Darkness Tour to St. Bonaventure University, where the band plays a rare “Louie Louie.”
1986: Finally–after years of pent-up demand for a live album and the development of a healthy bootleg black market, Bruce releases his first live album, and it’s a doozy: a five-LP/3-CD compilation called Live 1975-85. It’s been a year since the end of the Born in the U.S.A. Tour, but Bruce-mania is still at a fever pitch. The new box set is tremendously hyped, initial demand is high, and the news coverage is intense.
1992: At World Tour 1992 Night Two at the Nassau Coliseum, Bruce and his new touring band play “Cross My Heart” in its only acoustic performance to date, and Billy Joel guests on “Glory Days.”
1998: Bruce delights fans worldwide by releasing a box set of unreleased outtakes and demos, an “alternate route” through his recording career simply entitled Tracks.
1999: When Bruce and the E Street Band bring the Reunion Tour to Indianapolis, they’re joined on stage by an audience member, who plays guitar on “Working on the Highway.” This is the first concert to be held at the new arena, and fans in attendance are not happy with the sound quality.
2002: A scheduled Rising Tour show in Indianapolis is postponed to December due to Clarence’s detached retina.
2005: VH1 Storytellers is certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
2006: Bruce and several members of the Sessions Band spend a night off in London catching Lucinda Williams’ show at Shepherds Bush Empire. Bruce joins Lucinda on stage for two songs, “Disgusted” and “Joy.”
2009: Bruce and the E Street Band continue the final stretch of the Working on a Dream Tour with a show at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, where Born to Run gets a full album performance and “Back in Your Arms” makes a rare appearance. This show is available as part of Bruce’s official archive series–get it here.
2014: Bruce appears on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, along with Outlaw Pete illustrator Frank Caruso.
2015: Bruce appears at Stand Up for Heroes IX at Madison Square Garden in New York City, performing a four-song acoustic set, cracking a few jokes, and auctioning off a guitar, concert tickets, backstage passes, and his mom’s lasagna, raising an astounding $740,000.
2017: Springsteen on Broadway continues its theatrical run at the Walter Kerr Theater in New York City.
2018: Springsteen on Broadway continues its theatrical run at the Walter Kerr Theater in New York City. Patti is sick tonight, so audiences receive the “B” setlist, including an encore of “This Hard Land.” In attendance tonight: Olympic gold medalist Rodrigo Pessoa.
2022: Bruce is interviewed by Zoe Ball and Edith Bowman at the BBC Radio 2 Studio in London to promote his new album, Only the Strong Survive. Later in the day, he appears on The Graham Norton Show.
