New for 2024: Article for 1986; audio for 1988; review for 1999 and 2015; video for 2013
1973: Bruce cancels a scheduled performance at Minnesota State University to make room for studio time for the Wild and Innocent sessions.
1981: Bruce and the E Street Band perform in Scotland for the very first time when they play their first of two River Tour shows at the Edinburgh Playhouse.
1982: Bruce makes two club appearances, one with Clarence and The Red Bank Rockers at Big Man’s West (for “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out“) and later with Cats on a Smooth Surface at The Stone Pony.
1985: Bruce and Julianne leave Lake Oswego, Oregon, for their honeymoon.
1986: Jersey Artists for Mankind (JAM) releases their single, “We’ve Got the Love” in support of local charities. The song was written by Bobby Bandiera and Joel Krauss and features a guitar solo by Bruce and a sax solo by Clarence, along with vocal solos by Nils and Southside, among others. Look for some familiar faces in the video.
1988: Bruce kicks off a five-night stand at Madison Square Garden that wraps the U.S. leg of the Tunnel of Love Express Tour. The set includes the tour proper premiere of Roy Orbison’s “Crying” along with a show-closing “New York, New York” instrumental. This show is available as part of Bruce’s official archive series–get it here.
1993: Bruce’s World Tour continues its German leg with a show in Munich. Watch the complete first set below.
1997: Bruce’s solo acoustic tour of France continues at the Berlioz Opera House in Montpellier, where the set list features a rare performance of “For You.”
1999: The Reunion Tour’s U.K. swing continues with a show at the NEC Arena in Birmingham, where Edwin Starr makes a guest appearance on a tour one-off of “War.”
2006: The Seeger Sessions Tour makes a stop at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam.
2013: “Long Walk Home” makes for an unusual opener in Herning, Denmark. This show also features the tour premiere of “I Wish I Were Blind.”
2015: It’s a mini-Seeger Sessions show at the Kristen Ann Carr Fund benefit at the Tribeca Grill in New York City, as Bruce, Charlie, Larry Eagle, Jeremy Chatzky, Sam Bardfield, Lisa Lowell, Ed Manion, Curt Ramm, and Soozie Tyrell play a four-song Seeger set, joined by Nils and and Curtis King as well.
2018: Springsteen on Broadway continues its theatrical run at the Walter Kerr Theater in New York City.
2019: Bruce releases “There Goes My Miracle,” the second single in advance of his upcoming Western Stars album.
“We Got the Love” video: Good to see and hear George Theiss at the 1:13 mark. “Don’t have to put your ear to the ground…to hear it shaking.” A might strong voice.