New for 2024: Review for 1999; video for 2009, 2012, and 2014
1968: The Castiles play a gig at Le Teendezvous in New Shrewsbury, New Jersey.
1973: The new issue of Rolling Stone features a profile of Bruce, their first of many to come. (Thanks to Andy Swanson for the scan!)
1976: Bruce and the E Street Band play at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga, their first of three nights in Tennessee.
1981: Bruce plays his first-ever show in Belgium (and the first ever “Stolen Car” in Europe) when the River Tour arrives in Brussels.
1994: “Streets of Philadelphia” is certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
1998: Douglas Springsteen, Bruce’s father, passes away at the age of 73.
1999: Bruce and the E Street Band bring the Reunion Tour to Zurich.
2000: At Night Two at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Bruce and the E Street Band perform a rare “Back in Your Arms,” and Joe Grushecky guest-stars on “Hungry Heart.”
2005: Bruce releases Devils & Dust, his thirteenth studio album. (The album was released in Europe a day earlier.)
2006: Bruce and the Sessions Band play their final rehearsal show at Asbury Park’s Convention Hall, opening and closing with debuts of “Long Black Veil” and “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze” respectively.
2009: The Working on a Dream Tour stops in Atlanta for a show at the Philips Arena. “Trapped,” “Detroit Medley,” and “96 Tears” make their tour debuts.
2012: Los Angeles gets a pair of Wrecking Ball shows at the Sports Arena. Night One sees the tour premieres of “Something in the Night,” “California Sun,” and the customary SoCal guest appearance by Tom Morello on “The Ghost of Tom Joad.” For more highlights from this show, see my Where the Band Was report for this date.
2014: Bruce plays a River-heavy set at Aaron’s Amphitheater in Atlanta, featuring the tour premieres of “Independence Day” and “Drive All Night.”
2019: “Hello Sunshine,” the first single off of Bruce’s upcoming Western Stars album, is released to widespread acclaim.
