New for 2024: New entry for 2023
1974: Bruce and his still unnamed band play their final of four nights at Gertie’s in Dallas.
1976: Bruce and the band play a warm-up for their upcoming Chicken Scratch Tour at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park.
1985: Bruce plays in Australia for the first time as the next leg of the Born in the U.S.A. Tour kicks off with a six-night stand at the Sydney Entertainment Center.
1992: “Better Days” is released as the first single from Bruce’s upcoming Lucky Town album.
1994: Bruce wins the Best Original Song Academy Award for “Streets of Philadelphia” and performs the song live during the ceremony.
2001: In advance of the broadcast debut of Live in New York City, Bob Costas interviews Bruce for… HBO Sports? Watch Bob and Bruce talk baseball below.
2004: Jon Bon Jovi, co-owner of the Philadelphia Soul arena football team, invites some friends to take in his team’s game against Colorado in his suite at the Wachovia Center. The broadcast team covering the team catches and refers to Bruce and Jon on camera several times, but Southside Johnny gets no love, and Al Gore gets… whatever.
2006: Bruce and the Sessions band rehearse at the Paramount Theater in Asbury Park.
2009: Bruce and the E Street Band rehearse for the upcoming Working on a Dream Tour at Asbury Park’s Convention Hall. Afterward, Bruce joins the Panther Club Band on-stage at a Ranney School benefit concert in Long Branch.
2018: Springsteen on Broadway continues its theatrical run at the Walter Kerr Theater in New York City.
2023: President Biden awards Bruce with the National Medal of Arts in the East Room of the White House.
New entry for 2023:
Amazing! The orchestra plays instrumentals of “God Bless America” and “Born To Run” as Bruce exits the East Room after receiving the National Medal of Arts award from President Joe Biden.
“Bruce Springsteen’s music celebrates our triumphs, heals our wounds and gives us hope; capturing the unyielding spirit of what it means to be American.”