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1970: Steel Mill rehearses for their upcoming and destined-for-legend Clearwater Swim Club show with fill-in drummer Dave Hazlett covering for Vini, who is stuck in Richmond due to a legal misunderstanding.
1975: Boz Scaggs guest-stars on “Twist and Shout” when Bruce plays his first-ever show in Louisiana at the New Orleans Theater of the Performing Arts. (Photo credit: Barbara Pyle)
1978: Bruce and the E Street Band bring the Darkness Tour to the Uptown Theater in Chicago.
1985: The Born in the U.S.A. Tour stadium leg continues with a show at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis.
1988: Bruce plays his first and only show in Hungary when the Human Rights Now! Tour arrives in Budapest. Tour premiering tonight: “Working on the Highway” and “Hungry Heart.” Meanwhile, Bruce’s Chimes of Freedom EP is released to support the tour.
2003: Bruce and the E Street Band play their first ever show at Boston’s Fenway Park, opening with the E Street Band premiere of “Diddy Wah Diddy” and featuring a rare “Janey, Don’t You Lose Heart” and a show-closing “Dirty Water” with Peter Wolf.
2016: Gearing up for publicity surrounding the release of Born to Run (the book), Bruce tours Freehold with a CBS film crew and sits down for an interview at his home. The footage will air later in the month (look for it in our September 18th installment).
2018: Springsteen on Broadway continues its theatrical run at the Walter Kerr Theater in New York City. In attendance tonight: former first lady Michelle Obama.
2023: Bruce reveals he has peptic ulcer disease, and under the advice of his doctor he announces the postponement of his remaining 2023 tour dates.
“Springsteen…from the moment he walks on stage with his superb E Street band, his impact is impossible to ignore. His energy seems almost unbounded…a wildly feral and a wholehearted friendly approach.” (9.6.78 Uptown Theater show review)