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The River Tour, Tempe 1980 Concert (Video Album)

July 5, 2019 30 Songs, 2 hours, 49 minutes ℗ (C) 1980 Sony Music Entertainment

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The River Tour

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The third leg of the tour, during April through June 1981 (and pushed back three weeks from the original schedule, due to Springsteen's exhaustion from the first two legs), represented Springsteen's first real foray into Western Europe, and his first appearances there at all since his very short venture there following the release of  Born to Run  in 1975. In total 34 shows were played, including six nights at London's Wembley Arena. Ten countries were visited: West Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and the United Kingdom.

The final leg was billed as a "homecoming tour", visiting U.S. cities that had been special in Springsteen's career for multiple night stands, beginning with six nights that opened his native New Jersey's Meadowlands Arena. After 34 shows in just 10 cities, this leg concluded on September 13 and 14 at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum.

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Broadcasts and Recordings [ ]

Of all Springsteen's tours, The River Tour is perhaps the least known in retrospect to people who were not there. For many years, unlike tours before and since, there was little official audio or video documentation of it — no live radio broadcasts, no live album, no music videos made from concert footage, and no DVD releases. The  Live/1975-85  box set had thirteen selections from the tour, but they formed little thematic pattern. Shows from the tour were of course bootlegged, but otherwise they are mostly lost to time.

Partial video of the November 5, 1980 show in Tempe was released as part of The Ties That Bind: The River Collection , and audio of the missing songs was released through the Bruce Springsteen Archives as a free download on December 24, 2015.

Several shows have since been released as part of the Bruce Springsteen Archives:

Nassau Coliseum, New York 1980 , released March 25, 2015 and re-mixed and re-released on July 5, 2019.

Wembley Arena, June 5, 1981 , released August 3, 2018.

Nassau Coliseum, New York 12/29/80 , released July 5, 2019.

Brendan Byrne Arena, July 9, 1981 released May 1, 2020.

Nassau Coliseum, Dec 28, 1980 , released December 3, 2021

London, June 4, 1981 , released June 3, 2022

Personnel [ ]

• Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, guitars, harmonica
• Roy Bittan  – piano, background vocals
• Clarence Clemons  – saxophone, percussion, background vocals
• Danny Federici  – organ, glockenspiel, background vocals
• Garry Tallent  – bass guitar
• Steven Van Zandt  – guitars, background vocals
• Max Weinberg  – drums

Postponed dates [ ]

• 1 Born In The U.S.A. Tour
• 2 Born In The U.S.A. (album)
• 3 E Street Band

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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: The River Tour, Tempe 1980

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in concert on The River tour of 1980. Filmed on November 5 at the former ASU Activity Center in Tempe, part of metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, in front... Read all Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in concert on The River tour of 1980. Filmed on November 5 at the former ASU Activity Center in Tempe, part of metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, in front of an enthusiastic 10,000-strong audience. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in concert on The River tour of 1980. Filmed on November 5 at the former ASU Activity Center in Tempe, part of metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, in front of an enthusiastic 10,000-strong audience.

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01.03.80 - Asbury Park, NJ - The Fast Lane 03.10.80 - Ann Arbor, MI - Crisler Arena 04.10.80 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Coliseum October 6-7, 1980 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH 09.10.80 - Detroit, MI - Cobo Hall 10.10.80 - Chicago, IL - Uptown Theatre 11.10.80 - Chicago, IL - Uptown Theatre 13.10.80 - St. Paul, MN - Civic Centre 14.10.80 - Milwaukee, WI - Arena 17.10.80 - St. Louis, MO - Kiel Opera House 18.10.80 - St. Louis, MO - Kiel Opera House 20.10.80 - Denver, CO - McNicholls Arena 23.10.80 - Seattle, WA - Old Timer's Cafe 24.10.80 - Seattle, WA - Seattle Center Coliseum 25.10.80 - Portland, OR - Coliseum 27.10.80 - Oakland, CA - Coliseum 28.10.80 - Oakland, CA - Coliseum

October 30-November 1 & 3, 1980 Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA November 5, 1980 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ November 8, 1980 Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX November 9, 1980 University Of Texas, Austin, TX November 11, 1980 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA November 14-15, 1980 Summit, Houston, TX November 20, 1980 Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL November 23-24, 1980 Capital Centre, Largo, MD November 27-28, 1980 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY November 30-December 1, 1980 Civic Center, Pittsburgh, PA December 2, 1980 War Memorial, Rochester, NY December 4, 1980 War Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY December 6 & 8-9, 1980 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA December 11, 1980 Civic Center, Providence, RI December 12, 1980 Civic Center, Hartford, CT December 15-16, 1980 Boston Garden, Boston, MA December 18-19, 1980 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY December 28-29 & 31, 1980 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY

january 1981 20.01.81 - Toronto, ON - Maple Leaf Gardens 21.01.81 - Toronto, ON - Maple Leaf Gardens 23.01.81 - Montreal, QC - The Forum 24.01.81 - Ottawa, ON - Civic Centre 26.01.81 - South Bend, IN - Notre Dame University 28.01.81 - St. Louis, MO - Checkerdome 29.01.81 - Ames, IA - Hilton Coliseum

february 1981 01.02.81 - St. Paul, MN - Civic Centre 02.02.81 - Madison, WI - Dane County Coliseum 04.02.81 - Carbondale, IL - Southern Illinois University 05.02.81 - Kansas City, MO - Kemper Arena 07.02.81 - Champaign, IL - University Of Illinois 12.02.81 - Mobile, AL - Municipal Auditorium 13.02.81 - Starkville, MS - Mississippi State University 15.02.81 - Lakeland, FL - Civic Centre 16.02.81 - Lakeland, FL - Civic Centre 18.02.81 - Jacksonville, FL - Civic Centre 20.02.81 - Hollywood, FL - Sportatorium 22.02.81 - Columbia, SC - Carolina Coliseum 23.02.81 - Atlanta, GA - The Omni 25.02.81 - Memphis, TN - Midsouth Coliseum 26.02.81 - Nashville, TN - Municipal Auditorium 28.02.81 - Greensboro, NC - Coliseum

march 1981 02.03.81 - Hampton, VA - Hampton Roads Coliseum 04.03.81 - Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena 05.03.81 - Indianapolis, IN - Market Square Arena

april 1981 07.04.81 - Hamburg, Germany - Congress Centre 08.04.81 - Berlin, Germany - ICC 11.04.81 - Zurich, Switzerland - Hallenstadion April 14, 1981 Festhalle, Frankfurt, GER 16.04.81 - Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle 18.04.81 - Paris, France - Palais Des Sport 19.04.81 - Paris, France - Palais Des Sport 21.04.81 - Barcelona, Spain - Palau D'Esports 24.04.81 - Lyon, France - Palais Des Sport 26.04.81 - Brussels, Belgium - Forest National 28.04.81 - Rotterdam, Holland - Ahoy 29.04.81 - Rotterdam, Holland - Ahoy

May 1, 1981 Forum, Copenhagen, DEN May 2, 1981 Brondbyhall, Copenhagen, DEN May 3, 1981 Scandinavium, Gothenburg, SWE May 5, 1981 Drammenshallen, Oslo, NOR May 7-8, 1981 Ice Stadium, Stockholm, SWE May 11, 1981 City Hall, Newcastle, ENG May 13-14, 1981 Apollo, Manchester, ENG May 16-17, 1981 Playhouse, Edinburgh, SCOT May 20, 1981 New Bingley Hall, Stafford, ENG May 26-27, 1981 Conference Centre, Brighton, ENG May 29-30 & June 1-2 & 4-5, 1981 Wembley Arena, London, ENG June 7-8, 1981 NEC Arena, Birmingham, ENG June 14, 1981 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA June 15, 1981 Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA

July 2-3, 5-6 & 8-9, 1981 Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ July 11, 1981 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ July 13, 15-16 & 18-19, 1981 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA July 23-24, 1981 Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL July 29-30, 1981 Coliseum, Cleveland, OH

August 4-5, 1981 Capitol Centre, Largo, MD

August 6, 1981 Bayou Club, Washington, DC

August 7, 1981 Capitol Centre, Largo, MD

August 11-12, 1981 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI

August 16-17, 1981 Red Rocks Stadium, Denver, CO

August 20-21, 23-24 & 27-28, 1981 Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA (20th was a benefit for Vietnam veteran's)

september 1981 02.09.81 - San Diego, CA - Sports Arena 05.09.81 - Pasadena, CA - Perkin's Palace 08.09.81 - Rosemont, IL - Horizon 10.09.81 - Rosemont, IL - Horizon 11.09.81 - Rosemont, IL - Horizon 13.09.81 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Coliseum 14.09.81 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Coliseum

january 1982 05.01, 1982 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 12.01.82 - New Brunswick, NJ - Royal Manor North

february 1982 20.02, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ

april 1982 09.04, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 10.04, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 11.04, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 16.04, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 25.04, 1982 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ

may 1982 02.05, 1982 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 08.05.82 - Asbury Park, NJ - The Fast Lane 16.05, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 23.05.82 - Asbury Park, NJ - The Fast Lane 29.05, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ

june 1982 06.06, 1982 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 12.06, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 13.06, 1982 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 20.06, 1982 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 26.06, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 27.06, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ

july 1982 17.07, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 23.07.82 - Asbury Park, NJ - The Fast Lane 25.07, 1982 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 31.07, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ

august 1982 01.08, 1982 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 06.08, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 07.08, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 08.08, 1982 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 15.08, 1982 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 23.08.82 - Long Branch, NJ - Brighton Bar 31.08.82 - Wall, NJ - Jon Jon's

september 1982 04.09, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 18.09, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 19.09, 1982 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 21.09.82 - New York, NY - Peppermint Lounge 25.09, 1982 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 29.09.82 - Westwood, NJ - On Broadway

october 1982 03.10, 1982 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ

november 1982 27.11.82 - Los Angeles, CA - Club Lingerie

december 1982 03.12.82 - Palo Alto, CA - The Keystone 31.12.82 - New York, NY - Harkness House

08.01, 1982 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 24.04, 1983 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 27.04, 1983 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 18.06, 1983 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 10.07, 1983 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 16.07.83 - Neptune, NJ - The Headliner 02.08.83 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden 14.08, 1983 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 19.08.83 - Long Branch, NJ - Brighton Bar 06.11, 1983 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 28.12.83 - Red Bank, NJ - Monmouth Arts Centre

january 1984 08.01, 1984 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 14.01.84 - New Brunswick, NJ - Patrix

february 1984

march 1984 25.03, 1984 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ

april 1984 08.04, 1984 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 13.04.84 - Philadelphia, PA - Ripley Music Hall 21.04.84 - Mount Ivy, NY - Expo 22.04, 1984 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ

may 1984 19.05, 1984 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 26.05.84 - Asbury Park, NJ - Xanadu

june 1984 01.06, 1984 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 08.06, 1984 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 10.06, 1984 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 21.06.84 - Lancaster, PA - The Village 28.06.84 - St. Paul, NM - Civic Centre 29.06.84 - St. Paul, NM - Civic Centre

July 1-2, 1984 Civic Centre, St. Paul, NM July 5-6, 1984 Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH July 8-9, 1984 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH July 12-13, 1984 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI July 15 & 17-18, 1984 Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL July 21, 1984 Forum, Montreal, QC July 23-24 & 26, 1984 CNE Grandstand, Toronto, ON July 27, 1984 Saratoga Performing Arts Centre, Saratoga Springs, NY July 30-31, 1984 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI

august 1984 05.08.84 - East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands Arena 06.08.84 - East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands Arena 08.08.84 - East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands Arena 09.08.84 - East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands Arena 11.08.84 - East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands Arena 12.08.84 - East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands Arena 16.08.84 - East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands Arena 17.08.84 - East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands Arena 19.08.84 - East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands Arena 20.08.84 - East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands Arena 22.08.84 - Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony 23.08.84 - Long Branch, NJ - Brighton Bar 25.08.84 - Largo, MD - Capital Centre 26.08.84 - Largo, MD - Capital Centre 28.08.84 - Largo, MD - Capital Centre 29.08.84 - Largo, MD - Capital Centre

september 1984 03.09.84 - Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony 04.09.84 - Worcester, MA - Worcester Centrum 05.09.84 - Worcester, MA - Worcester Centrum 07.09.84 - Hartford, CT - Civic Centre 08.09.84 - Hartford, CT - Civic Centre 11.09.84 - Philadelphia, PA - The Spectrum 12.09.84 - Philadelphia, PA - The Spectrum 14.09.84 - Philadelphia, PA - The Spectrum 15.09.84 - Philadelphia, PA - The Spectrum 17.09.84 - Philadelphia, PA - The Spectrum 18.09.84 - Philadelphia, PA - The Spectrum 20.09.84 - Pittsburgh, PA - Pennsylvania Decade 21.09.84 - Pittsburgh, PA - Civic Arena 22.09.84 - Pittsburgh, PA - Civic Arena 24.09.84 - Buffalo, NY - War Memorial Auditorium 25.09.84 - Buffalo, NY - War Memorial Auditorium 26.09.84 - Morristown, NJ - Community Theatre

october 1984 07.10.84 - Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony 15.10.84 - Vancouver, BC - Pacific Coliseum 17.10.84 - Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome 19.10.84 - Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome 21.10.84 - Oakland, CA - Coliseum 22.10.84 - Oakland, CA - Coliseum 25.10.84 - Los Angeles, CA - Sports Arena 26.10.84 - Los Angeles, CA - Sports Arena 28.10.84 - Los Angeles, CA - Sports Arena 29.10.84 - Los Angeles, CA - Sports Arena 31.10.84 - Los Angeles, CA - Sports Arena

november 1984 02.11.84 - Los Angeles, CA - Sports Arena 04.11.84 - Los Angeles, CA - Sports Arena 08.11.84 - Tempe, AZ - Arizona State University 11.11.84 - Denver, CO - McNicholls Arena 12.11.84 - Denver, CO - McNicholls Arena 15.11.84 - St. Louis, MO - St. Louis Arena 16.11.84 - Ames, IA - State University 18.11.84 - Lincoln, NE - Bob Devaney Sports Centre 19.11.84 - Kansas City, MO - Kemper Arena 23.11.84 - Austin, TX - Erwin Special Events Centre 25.11.84 - Dallas, TX - Reunion Arena 26.11.84 - Dallas, TX - Reunion Arena 29.11.84 - Houston, TX - The Summit 30.11.84 - Houston, TX - The Summit

december 1984 02.12.84 - Baton Rouge, LA - Louisiana State University 06.12.84 - Birmingham, AL - Jefferson Civic Centre Coliseum 07.12.84 - Tallahassee, FL - Sportatorium 09.12.84 - Murffreesboro, TN - Arena 11.12.84 - Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena 13.12.84 - Memphis, TN - Midsouth Coliseum 14.12.84 - Memphis, TN - Midsouth Coliseum 16.12.84 - Atlanta, GA - The Omni 17.12.84 - Atlanta, GA - The Omni

january 1985 04.01.85 - Hampton, VA - Coliseum 05.01.85 - Hampton, VA - Coliseum 07.01.85 - Indianapolis, IN - Market Square Arena 08.01.85 - Indianapolis, IN - Market Square Arena 10.01.85 - Louisville, KY - Freedom Hall 13.01.85 - Columbia, SC - Carolina Coliseum 15.01.85 - Charlotte, NC - Coliseum 16.01.85 - Charlotte, NC - Coliseum 17.01.85 - Greensboro, NC - Rhinoceros Club 18.01.85 - Greensboro, NC - Coliseum 19.01.85 - Greensboro, NC - Coliseum 23.01.85 - Providence, RI - Civic Arena 24.01.85 - Providence, RI - Civic Arena 26.01.85 - Syracuse, NY - Carrier Dome 27.01.85 - Syracuse, NY - Carrier Dome

March 21, 23-24 & 27-28, 1985 Entertainments Centre, Sydney, AUS March 31, 1985 QE2 Stadium, Brisbane, AUS April 3-4, 1985 Showgrounds, Melbourne, AUS April 10-11, 13 & 15-16, 1985 Yoyogi Olympic Pool, Tokyo, JPN April 19, 1985 Furitsu Taiikukan, Kyoto, JPN April 21-22, 1985 Osakajyo Hall, Osaka, JPN

Bruce Springsteen European Tour 1985

June 1, 1985 Slane Castle, Slane, IRE June 4-5, 1985 St. James Park, Newcastle, ENG June 8-9, 1985 Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, SWE June 12-13, 1985 Feijenoord Stadium, Rotterdam, NED June 15, 1985 Waldstadion, Frankfurt, GER June 18, 1985 Olympiastadion, Munich, GER June 21, 1985 San Siro, Milan, ITY June 23, 1985 Stade Richter, Montpellier, FRA June 25, 1985 Stade Geoffroy Guichard, St. Etienne, FRA June 29-30, 1985 Parc de La Courneve, Paris, FRA July 3-4 & 6, 1985 Wembley Stadium, London, ENG July 7, 1985 Roundhay Park, Leeds, ENG

July 30, 1985 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ

august 1985 01.08, 1985 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 05.08.85 - Washington, DC - RFK Stadium 07.08.85 - Cleveland, OH - Municipal Stadium 09.08.85 - Chicago, IL - Soldier Field 11.08.85 - Pittsburgh, PA - Three Rivers Stadium 14.08.85 - Philadelphia, PA - Veterans Stadium 15.08.85 - Philadelphia, PA - Veterans Stadium 18.08.85 - East Rutherford, NJ - Giants Stadium 19.08.85 - East Rutherford, NJ - Giants Stadium 21.08.85 - East Rutherford, NJ - Giants Stadium 22.08.85 - East Rutherford, NJ - Giants Stadium 26.08.85 - Toronto, ON - CNE Stadium 27.08.85 - Toronto, ON - CNE Stadium 31.08.85 - East Rutherford, NJ - Giants Stadium

september 1985 01.09.85 - East Rutherford, NJ - Giants Stadium 04.09.85 - Pontiac, MI - Pontiac Silverdome 06.09.85 - Indianapolis, IN - Hooster Dome 09.09.85 - Miami, FL - Orange Bowl Stadium 10.09.85 - Miami, FL - Orange Bowl Stadium 13.09.85 - Dallas, TX - Cotton Bowl 14.09.85 - Dallas, TX - Cotton Bowl 18.09.85 - Oakland, CA - Oakland Stadium 19.09.85 - Oakland, CA - Oakland Stadium 23.09.85 - Denver, CO - Mile High Stadium 24.09.85 - Denver, CO - Mile High Stadium

September 27, 29-30 & October 2, 1985 Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA

19.01.86 - Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 02.03.86 - Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 13.10.86 - Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 05.11.86 - Le Zenith, Paris, FRA

21.01.87 - New York, NY - Waldorf Astoria Hotel 12.04.87 - Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 29.07.87 - Belmar, NJ - Key Largo 30.07.87 - Neptune, NJ - Green Parrot 31.07.87 - Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 02.08.87 - Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 09.08.87 - Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 14.08.87 - Asbury Park, NJ - Deck House 21.08.87 - Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 22.08.87 - Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 26.08.87 - Belmar, NJ - Key Largo 27.08.87 - Sea Bright, NJ - Tradewinds 25.09.87 - Philadelphia, PA - JFK Stadium 30.09.87 - Los Angeles, CA - Coconut Grove 08.10.87 - Ritz, New York City, NY 22.10.87 - New York, NY - St. Peter's Church 31.10.87 - Sea Bright, NJ - Rumrunner 06.11.87 - Rumson, NJ - Rumson County Day School 20.11.87 - Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 05.12.87 - Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ December 7, 1987 Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY ( A Tribute Harry Chapin ) 13.12.87 - Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY

january 1988 01.01.88 - Oceanport, NJ - Fort Monmouth 20.01.88 - New York, NY - Waldorf Astoria Hotel 28.01.88 - Eatontown, NJ - Private Function

february 1988 25.02.88 - Worcester, MA - Worcester's Centrum Centre 28.02.88 - Worcester, MA - Worcester's Centrum Centre 29.02.88 - Worcester, MA - Worcester's Centrum Centre

march 1988 03.03.88 - Chapel Hill, NC - Dean E. Smith Center 04.03.88 - Chapel Hill, NC - Dean E. Smith Center 08.03.88 - Philadelphia, PA - First Union Spectrum 09.03.88 - Philadelphia, PA - First Union Spectrum 13.03.88 - Cleveland, OH - Richfield Coliseum 14.03.88 - Cleveland, OH - Richfield Coliseum 16.03.88 - Rosemont, IL - Rosemont Horizon 17.03.88 - Rosemont, IL - Rosemont Horizon 20.03.88 - Pittsburgh, PA - Civic Arena 22.03.88 - Atlanta, GA - The Omni 23.03.88 - Atlanta, GA - The Omni 26.03.88 - Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena 28.03.88 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena 29.03.88 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena

april 1988 01.04.88 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Coliseum 02.04.88 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Coliseum 04.04.88 - Landover, MD - Capitol Center 05.04.88 - Landover, MD - Capitol Center 12.04.88 - Houston, TX - The Summit 13.04.88 - Houston, TX - The Summit 15.04.88 - Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center 17.04.88 - St. Louis, MO - The Arena 20.04.88 - Denver, CO - McNichols Arena 22.04.88 - Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Sports Arena 23.04.88 - Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Sports Arena 25.04.88 - Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Sports Arena 27.04.88 - Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Sports Arena 28.04.88 - Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Sports Arena

may 1988 02.05.88 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre 03.05.88 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre 05.05.88 - Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome 06.05.88 - Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome 09.05.88 - Minneapolis, MN - Met Center 10.05.88 - Minneapolis, MN - Met Center 11.05.88 - New Orleans, LA - Maple Leaf 13.05.88 - Indianapolis, IN - Market Square Arena 16.05.88 - Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 18.05.88 - Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 19.05.88 - Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 22.05.88 - Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 23.05.88 - Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 26.05.88 - Irvine, CA - Irvine Meadows

june 1988 11.06.88 - Turin, Italy - Stadio Comunale 15.06.88 - Rome, Italy - Stadio Flaminio 16.06.88 - Rome, Italy - Stadio Flaminio 18.06.88 - Paris, France - Chateau De Vincennes 19.06.88 - Paris, France - Hippodrome De Vincennes 21.06.88 - Birmingham, England - Aston Villa 22.06.88 - Birmingham, England - Aston Villa 25.06.88 - Wembley Stadium, London, ENG 28.06.88 - Rotterdam, Holland - Stadium Feijenoord 29.06.88 - Rotterdam, Holland - Stadium Feijenoord

july 1988 02.07.88 - Stockholm, Sweden - Stockholm Stadion 03.07.88 - Stockholm, Sweden - Stockholm Stadion 07.07.88 - Dublin, Ireland - RDS Arena 09.07.88 - Sheffield, England - Bramall Lane 10.07.88 - Sheffield, England - Bramall Lane 12.07.88 - Frankfurt, Germany - Waldstadion 14.07.88 - Basel, Switzerland - St. Jakob Stadium 17.07.88 - Munich, Germany - Alter Flughafen 19.07.88 - Berlin, Germany - Radrennbahn Weissensee 22.07.88 - Berlin, Germany - Waldbuhne 23.07.88 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Stroget 25.07.88 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Parken Stadium 27.07.88 - Oslo, Norway - Vallehovin 30.07.88 - Bremen, Germany - Weserstadion

august 1988 02.08.88 - Madrid, Spain - Estadio Vicente Calderon 03.08.88 - Barcelona, Spain - Camp Nou 21.08.88 - Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 25.08.88 - Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY

september 1988 02.09.88 - Wembley Stadium, London, ENG 04.09.88 - Paris, France - Palais Omnisports 05.09.88 - Paris, France - Palais Omnisports 06.09.88 - Budapest, Hungary - Nepstadion 08.09.88 - Turin, Italy - Stadio Comunale 10.09.88 - Barcelona, Spain - Camp Nou 13.09.88 - San Jose, Costa Rica - National Stadium 15.09.88 - Toronto, ON - Maple Leaf Gardens 17.09.88 - Montreal, QC - Olympic Stadium 19.09.88 - Philadelphia, PA - JFK Stadium 21.09.88 - Los Angeles, CA - Coliseum 23.09.88 - Oakland, CA - Coliseum Stadium 27.09.88 - Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Dome 30.09.88 - New Delhi, India - Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

october 1988 03.10.88 - Athens, Greece - Olympic Stadium 07.10.88 - Harare, Zimbabwe - National Sports Stadium 09.10.88 - Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Houphouet-Boigny 12.10.88 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Palmeiras Stadium 14.10.88 - Mendoza, Argentina - Estadio Mundialista Mendoza 15.10.88 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - River Plate Stadium

November 12, 1988 Music Hall, Tarrytown, NY November 26, 1988 The Stone, San Francisco, CA

December 18, 1988 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ

January 18, 1989 Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, NY

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‘Born in the U.S.A.’ at 40: When Bruce Springsteen ruled the rock world and refused to become the voice of Republicans

The classic record by the boss became the biggest-selling album in the world in 1985 and paved the way to superstardom and political activism for the new jersey native.

“ Born In the U.S.A. changed my life, gave me my biggest audience, forced me to think more about the way I presented my music and briefly put me at the center of the pop world,” Bruce Springsteen wrote in his autobiographical book Born To Run (2016). The Boss’ seventh album, which was released on June 4, 1984, became the biggest-selling album in the world the following year, at the same time as three other American musicians ( Michael Jackson , Madonna, and Prince) were vying for the throne of global popular music. That album not only turned the rocker from Freehold, New Jersey, into a superstar, but also imprinted his most iconic image on the memories of a generation: his muscular arms raised, with a red bandana on his head and the American flag behind him.

However, Springsteen has always been ambivalent about Born in the U.S.A. “Curiously, it is the only classic Springsteen album that has not been afforded the retrospective treatment of earlier works such as Born To Run (1975), Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978) or The River (1980). This shows a certain discomfort with the results, although not so much with the songs themselves, as many of them are still played at his concerts,” explains music critic Ignacio Juliá. The only special edition of that album that will be released, on June 14, is a deluxe vinyl edition but without any extra material.

The truth is that something was changing in Springsteen’s life when he recorded Born in the U.S.A. , but perhaps nothing that foreshadowed such a resounding rise to the league of the big stadiums. After the exhausting tour for The River , with 140 concerts throughout 1980 and 1981, he became tired and depressed and began to visit a psychologist, who recommended that he go to the gym. Regular weight training, he said, helped him get his head on straight. In time, he felt pressured to record in New York with his usual backing group, The E Street Band, but the marathon sessions produced material so contrasting that two albums were released.

The first of them, Nebraska (1982), was a practically acoustic work, which dealt with dark social themes, and in that same vein emerged many of the songs that would later make up Born in the U.S.A. , including the famous title track. Nebraska was the first album that Springsteen did not tour for. Instead, he remained locked in the studio for two years and recorded almost 90 songs. The seventh album was almost ready, but his manager, Jon Landau, told him that it was missing a song that could be a hit. Within days, the musician delivered Dancing in the Dark , the most successful single of his career.

His record label, CBS, took the example of Michael Jackson’s Thriller , from which seven singles were released with their corresponding videos in a new media scenario dominated by MTV and image culture. Seven singles (and five videos) were also released from Born in the U.S.A. The first, Dancing in the Dark , was directed by Brian de Palma and featured Springsteen himself dancing with a then-unknown Courteney Cox . Three of the following videos were directed by another filmmaker who was beginning to emerge, John Sayles. All of them starred the singer, who played the characters he had created for his songs, such as the car mechanic in I’m on Fire or the former baseball player in Glory Days .

To his new iconography had to be added the album cover, with Springsteen, photographed by Annie Leibovitz , with his back to the American flag. The image gave rise to all kinds of theories. A rather curious one was that the musician was urinating on the flag. He himself denied this in an interview with Kurt Loder for Rolling Stone magazine, saying that, when it came down to choosing, the photo of his backside was better than the one of his face.

The voice of a generation

The truth is that almost everything that happened with Born in the U.S.A. was sought after by the artist. “I was fascinated by people who had become the voice of their time,” he later acknowledged. “I don’t know if I felt I had the capacity for it or just wanted to move in that direction, but it was something that interested me.” “ Born in the U.S.A. is a very important work, the one that culminated the narrative he had been spinning since 1973 for those who had never before stopped to listen to Darkness On The Edge Of Town or Nebraska . They told the same story,” notes Miguel Martinez, a music critic for Rockdelux magazine.

“Their image may have changed, but their message was the same. Even on the 1984 North American tour he included most of the songs from the album Nebraska , with his characters from the America that doesn’t feature on the postcards,” says Joan Colet, founder and president of The Stone Pony, Bruce Springsteen’s fan club in Spain. “It seems he was attracted to wanting to be the voice of his generation,” notes singer-songwriter Joana Serrat, who reveals that her favorite song from that album is I’m on Fire , “both musically and in the lyrical style, from which sordid and dark readings are extracted. In fact, in my most recent tours, I have usually done a Catalan version of the song. Bruce wanted to make a portrait of people like him, trapped in two worlds and burned by the inertia of an imposed destiny. I think he also had the ambition to find his place in stardom, in a place where the culture of success is suffocating.”

“In that cultural context, with Reaganism and Thatcherism at its zenith and all that that implied, an album like that at the top of the charts, of updated rock and roll, opening and closing with songs of defeat, I think was a positive anomaly. And for Bruce, it was wish fulfillment: it’s what he wanted at the time. If with Nebraska he had his Woody Guthrie moment, with Born in the U.S.A. he was going to have his Elvis Presley moment,” says Martínez.

Reagan’s speech and political Springsteen

But the song Born in the U.S.A. was also a turning point in Springsteen’s career for reasons beyond his control. It all began when Republican columnist George Will attended one of the first concerts of the tour and, amazed by the show, saw in Springsteen an example to follow. A review of the album published in The New York Times suggested that the New Jersey native was “one of the few artists who uses rock to express a continuing epic vision of this country, on individual social roots and the possibility of heroic self-creation.” Will, an unofficial advisor to Ronald Reagan , also saw in his songs a champion of economic protectionism, a theory validated by another detail: Born in the U.S.A. was the first CD made in the United States (they were usually manufactured in Japan). Literally, it was a record born in the USA. And the Republican president took advantage of this situation, in the middle of his re-election campaign, when during a rally in the musician’s home state he surprised the audience with this phrase: “America’s future rests in a thousand dreams inside your hearts; it rests in the message of hope in songs so many young Americans admire: New Jersey’s own Bruce Springsteen.”

According to Marc Dolan, author of the book Bruce Springsteen and the Promise Of Rock ‘n’ Roll , the Boss was until then a working-class kid who constructed social portraits, but he had never been interested in political activism. In fact, he never even used to vote. That “incident” forced him to disassociate himself from Reagan’s words. He became more explicit in live performances of his more critical songs and began to get involved in local projects to help the homeless or with food banks. Gradually, he broadened the focus towards global commitment, as demonstrated by his participation in the recording of We Are the World in the middle of his 1985 tour and in the Human Rights Now! tour for Amnesty International in 1988.

“I have the feeling that Springsteen has always been someone who is sensitive to social issues. I think the fame and scrutiny that this album subjected him to made him more aware of the power and significance of the loudspeaker he had at his disposal because of his status,” says Joana Serrat. “The function of the right wing and hegemonic culture is always to take away the power and meaning of that which is countercultural. I’m not saying Bruce was underground by any means, but his discourse went against the interests of the government and its status quo.”

“Since 2004, Springsteen has become more involved in politics by supporting the Democratic Party, either by participating in the Vote For Change tour or by supporting its candidates, especially Obama,” notes Miguel Martínez, who does not find it strange that the musician wanted to “raise the volume of his voice in that field, if you consider what he had in front of him: Trumpism and beyond. But there is also something inherent to any mass phenomenon: that it becomes a magnet for morons,” adds the critic.

“ Born in the U.S.A. is one of the clearest examples of how a lyric can be misinterpreted politically. It is not a patriotic hymn, but a terrible nightmare after Vietnam,” says Ignacio Juliá. “From there, Springsteen has developed a trajectory as a carefully supervised and maintained political figure. I have always criticized The Rising (2002) for telling only a part of 9/11, that of the city attacked and the collective mourning that followed, without showing the political causes that led to the attack, as others did (Steve Earle, Jackson Browne, Patti Smith...). But he has also shown courage: in 2000 he recorded American Skin (41 Shots) , about the death of an innocent man at the hands of the New York police and, in Wrecking Ball (2012) he recorded some of the most piercing songs about the crisis caused by Wall Street in 2008 .″

But the New Jersey native continues to be misunderstood, as Joan Colet argues. “My own brother, in 1984, asked me how could I like a guy who sang such a patriotic song as Born in the U.S.A . It didn’t help that at that time at his concerts he planted a giant American flag behind the stage and that his headband and long hair reminded him of Rambo. I asked him to read the lyrics of the song and he changed his perspective. That’s the problem; people don’t want to read the song properly, they’re not interested. They fixate on the chorus and give it a meaning.”

1985: The summer of “Bossmania”

Born in the U.S.A. was also the name of Springsteen’s most ambitious tour. He began by touring all over North America between June 1984 and February 1985, as the popularity of the album was rising. A month later, he flew to Australia and Japan. In June 1985, he arrived in Europe, and that summer, it can be said that Bossmania exploded. A significant fact: his seven albums all entered the bestseller list in the U.K., something that had never happened before with any other artist.

“One of the concessions Bruce had to face was the change of venues,” notes Joan Colet. “He used to be comfortable performing in theaters of 2,000 people or less. On The River tour he had to give way to pavilions because of the demand from his fans. He wasn’t very happy because it wasn’t clear to him that the people in the back row would hear the concert well and feel the power of his show. He became paranoid and sat in the back row at soundchecks to see if they would be able to hear properly. Bruce had always felt the need for the audience, when they went home, to feel as if the concert had been for them alone. He wanted to see all their faces and meet the eyes of all his fans. By 1984, he was still able to control his concerts during the first part of the tour, but then came the madness and chaos in Europe. The first concert was in the Slane Castle esplanade, on the outskirts of Dublin. Only two days before, the Heysel Stadium tragedy had occurred, where 39 Italian fans died at the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus. When Bruce saw at Slane Castle the tide of people going from one side to the other, almost without setting foot on the ground, he was so scared that, during the intermission, he told Jon Landau in the dressing room that he was not going to go on stage in for second half and to cancel the entire stadium tour because he did not want to have the burden of conscience of a fan dying at one of his concerts. The manager convinced him that they would take all the safety precautions.”

After finishing the 156-concert tour in Los Angeles in October, it was the perfect time to release his first live album. But he opted for something much more ambitious, at the height of that triumphant moment: a box set of five LPs that, with the title Live/1975-85 , included live tracks collected throughout that 10-year period. It was the first box set to debut at number one in the U.S. and remains one of the best-selling live albums of all time. There, the Boss hit his ceiling. “He was already the man at the top, he had culminated an ascent of a dozen years and now it was time to ask himself other questions,” says Miguel Martínez. “After Tunnel of Love (1987), the Springsteen of the 1970s gave way to the megastar and that role resulted in a subsequent irregular discography. With a few exceptions, what he did after that was highly criticized and lacking in the old inspiration… even mediocre. Today, Springsteen, like the Stones, AC/DC or U2, is just a nostalgic and sometimes exciting large-stadium spectacle,” concludes Ignacio Juliá.

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The “Glory Days” singer, who recently turned 74, had previously postponed eight shows during September. The new postponements—affecting stops in Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and throughout Canada—bring the total to 22, according to the Associated Press . Makeup dates are expected to be announced soon. This tour is Springsteen’s first with the E Street Band since 2017.

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Bruce Springsteen began his career by playing the bar circuit in New Jersey while assembling his famous E Street Band. His breakout 1975 record, Born to Run , united arena rock with human-size tales of working-class America. With dozens of awards under his belt, including 20 Grammys, and more than 65 million albums sold in the United States alone, Springsteen is one of the most successful musicians of all time. Also known for his left-leaning political causes, the artist was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama in 2016.

FULL NAME: Bruce Springsteen BORN: September 23, 1949 BIRTHPLACE: Long Branch, New Jersey SPOUSES: Julianne Phillips (1985-1989) and Patti Scialfa (1991-present) CHILDREN: Evan James, Jessica Rae, and Samuel Ryan ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Libra

Born on September 23, 1949, in Long Branch, New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen was raised in a working-class household in Freehold Borough. His father, Doug Springsteen, had trouble holding down a steady job and worked at different times as a bus driver, millworker, and prison guard. Adele, Bruce’s mother, brought in steadier income as a secretary in a local insurance office.

Springsteen and his father had a difficult relationship. “When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house,” the singer later recalled. “One was me, and the other was my guitar.”

Years later, however, Springsteen suggested that his fraught relationship with his father had been important for his art. “I’ve gotta thank him,” Springsteen said upon his induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, “because what would I conceivably have written about without him? I mean, you can imagine that if everything had gone great between us? We would have had disaster. I would have written just happy songs—and I tried it in the early ’90s, and it didn’t work… Anyway, I put on his work clothes, and I went to work. It was the way that I honored him. My parents’ experience forged my own. They shaped my politics, and they alerted me to what is at stake when you’re born in the U.S.A.”

Springsteen first fell in love with rock ’n’ roll when he saw Elvis Presley perform on The Ed Sullivan Show . “[Elvis] was as big as the whole country itself,” Springsteen later remembered, “as big as the whole dream. He just embodied the essence of it, and he was in mortal combat with the thing. Nothing will ever take the place of that guy.” Springsteen’s mother took out a loan to buy him a $60 Kent guitar for his 16 th birthday, and he hasn’t stopped playing the instrument since then.

An outsider and recluse in school, Springsteen frequently got in trouble at his Catholic elementary school. “In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that’s where I belonged,” he said. “I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass.” Several years later, he skipped his own high school graduation because he felt too uncomfortable to attend.

In 1967, an 18-year-old Springsteen was drafted for military service in the Vietnam War. But, as he later told Rolling Stone magazine, the only thought in his head as he traveled to his induction was “I ain’t goin’.” Springsteen failed his physical, largely due to his deliberately “crazy” behavior and a concussion previously suffered in a motorcycle accident. Springsteen’s 4-F classification—unfit for military service—freed him from having to go to Vietnam and allowed him to pursue music full-time.

By the late 1960s, Springsteen was spending most of his time in Asbury Park on the New Jersey Shore, playing in several different bands while he forged his unique sound and introduced audiences to the gravelly baritone voice that later became famous. It was there that he first met the musicians who formed his E Street Band. Around this time, Springsteen also acquired his nickname, “The Boss,” because he had a habit of collecting money earned during shows and then distributing it evenly among his bandmates.

In April 2014, the E-Street Band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Springsteen’s music is often associated with the “heartland rock” genre, which according to the University of Idaho explores themes of isolation in the working-class population. Artists with similar music include John Mellencamp , Tom Petty , and Bob Seger.

A testament to his lasting popularity, Springsteen became the first artist to have a top-five album in six different decades with the 2020 release of Letter to You .

According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Springsteen has had 15 platinum-certified and two diamond-certified albums throughout his career. Statistically, the biggest is 1984’s Born in the U.S.A. , which was sold more than 17 million copies and includes popular songs like “Cover Me,” “Glory Days,” “Dancing in the Dark,” and the titular track. Other top-selling albums include Born to Run (1975), The River (1980), and the compilation Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live 1975-85 (released in 1986).

All together, Springsteen has 12 songs that reached the Billboard top 10, including “Hungry Heart,” “I’m on Fire,” “Tunnel of Love,” and “My Hometown.” Surprisingly, however, none of them ever ascended to the No. 1 spot. The closest was “Dancing in the Dark,” which peaked at No. 2 in 1984.

In 2017, Springsteen made his Broadway debut in Springsteen on Broadway . Held at the Walter Kerr Theatre, the solo effort featured the artist performing some of his hits and sharing stories of his influences and formative years. After receiving a special Tony Award in June 2018, presented by Billy Joel , Springsteen closed out his show at the end of the year.

The following summer, Springsteen’s music was the focal point of the movie Blinded by the Light , about a British teenager of Pakistani descent who draws inspiration from the working-class yearnings of The Boss. According to director Gurinder Chadha, Springsteen expressed his appreciation of the film after a screening, saying, “Thank you for looking after me so beautifully.”

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Springsteen’s total net worth is valued around $650 million as of September 2023.

His net worth was boosted greatly in December 2021, when Springsteen sold his music catalog to Sony for an estimated $550 million—including separate deals for his recorded work and his songwriting rights. Sony owns the Columbia record label under which the singer worked throughout his career. “During the last 50 years, the men and women of Sony Music have treated me with the greatest respect as an artist and as a person. I’m thrilled that my legacy will continue to be cared for by the company and people I know and trust,” the singer said at the time in a statement.

After the whirlwind of commercial success that followed Born in the U.S.A. , Springsteen met and married actor Julianne Phillips in 1985. The marriage quickly began to fall apart, however, and Springsteen began an affair with E Street Band backup singer Patti Scialfa, who shared his working-class New Jersey background. Phillips filed for divorce in 1989.

Springsteen moved in with Scialfa, and they had two children—a son named Evan and a daughter named Jessica—together before officially marrying in 1991. Their third child and younger son, Samuel, was born in 1994.

Jessica is a professional equestrian who began riding horses on the family’s farm in Colts Neck Township, New Jersey. She competed for Team USA at the 2020 Olympics—postponed to the following year because of the COVID-19 pandemic—and won a silver medal in the team jumping competition.

Samuel—a firefighter for Jersey City, New Jersey—and his partner welcomed a daughter, Lily Harper Springsteen, in 2022, making Bruce and Patti grandparents for the first time.

Springsteen’s liberal politics became more pronounced as he became a strong backer of 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama . When Obama won the election, “The Rising” was the first song played at the victory party, and Springsteen went on to open the show at Obama’s inaugural celebration.

Honoring Springsteen at the Kennedy Center in 2009, Obama said, “I may be the President, but he is The Boss.” Springsteen campaigned for Obama’s reelection in 2012, and the president later named the music icon a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. Springsteen was also tapped as one of the performers during a prime-time virtual celebration for Joe Biden ’s presidential inauguration in 2021.

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Courteney Cox Recreates Her Bruce Springsteen Video Dance For TikTok Trend

A decade before Monica Geller came into our living rooms, Courteney Cox was just Bruce Springsteen’s biggest fan.

The Friends alum threw it back to her appearance in Bruce Springsteen’s 1984 music video for ‘Dancing in the Dark’ as she jumped on a TikTok trend that asks parents how they danced during the decade.

“1980’s dancing…in the dark,” Cox captioned the video .

In the clip, she begins dancing to the 1984 synth-pop hit ‘Smalltown Boy’ by Bronski Beat, which is commonly used with the social trend.

Looking uncomfortable during her dance, Cox then strips off her hoodie to reveal the same Springsteen t-shirt she wore in the “Dancing in the Dark” video as the track changes and she recreates her dance.

Cox was 20 years old when she was selected by director Brian De Palma from a casting call for the video, which was filmed at the opening night of Springsteen’s Born in the USA Tour in Saint Paul, Minnesota and featured The Boss pulling her out of the crowd to dance on stage with him.

Although Cox previously said the video “got me in the door to so many places,” she admitted on Off Camera in 2017 that she “didn’t want to be the one” picked to go onstage.

The Shining Veil actress explained that she originally filmed another sequence with her character’s friends, getting ready before the concert, which didn’t make it into the final cut. The actresses were told that one of them would be picked to go onstage, but not which one.

“I don’t not want to be the one to have to go,” said Cox. “I didn’t want to dance in front of 30,000 people. It was a full concert, and we did the song twice, back to back.”

Cox, who had only done two days of work on As the World Turns at the time, later went on to her star-making role in Friends from 1994 to 2004.

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Not a lot of history between Celtics and Mavericks, but a Larry Bird/Bruce Springsteen anecdote from 1984 is priceless

Boston-Dallas.

A storied sports rivalry?

Actually, no. Not at all.

The Celtics and Mavericks tipped off in Game 1 of the NBA Finals just after 8:30 Thursday night. It was not the renewal of any ancient rivalry between two major professional sports markets.

When it comes to Boston vs. Texas, we’ve seen plenty of Boston-Houston playoff competition. The Celtics played the Rockets in the NBA Finals twice (winning both times) and the Red Sox have played the Astros in three playoff series in this century (losing twice). The Patriots have twice beaten the tomato can Texans in the NFL playoffs.

But Boston-Dallas in the postseason?

There’s nothing. The 2024 NBA Finals represent the first playoff meeting between professional teams from Dallas and Boston.

There are, of course, connections having nothing to do with the playoffs.

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How many of you know that Ted Williams managed the original Texas Rangers? Ted was American League manager of the year with the Washington Senators in 1969, but didn’t have any luck when the franchise moved to Arlington, Texas, in 1972. The Rangers went 54-100 in Ted’s one and only season in the Lone Star State.

The Sox had some pretty interesting games against the Rangers when young Roger Clemens wanted to show off against his boyhood hero, Nolan Ryan. Don Zimmer famously managed the Sox and the Rangers and Jose Canseco darkened the doorstep of both franchises.

The Patriots are 6-9 lifetime against the Dallas Cowboys. After the NFL-AFL merger, New England lost its first seven games to Dallas, not winning until 1999 under Pete Carroll. Things got better when Bill Belichick and Tom Brady came on board, but the most recent meeting was a 38-3 Cowboy romp in October of 2023.

Bob Kraft certainly has a rivalry with Jerry Jones. The Patriots owner simply can’t believe that Jones is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but there’s (thus far) no gold jacket for RKK.

Bill Parcells coached the Cowboys after he left New England and still has a cellphone with a 214 area code. I’m hoping this means that Jones is still paying the Tuna’s phone bill.

The Bruins have some interesting trade history with the Dallas Stars, who used to be the Minnesota North Stars. In 2013, Boston GM Peter Chiarelli traded Tyler Seguin to the Stars in a seven-player deal. Seguin worked out pretty well for Dallas. The Bruins got Loui Eriksson, Reilly Smith, Matt Fraser, and Joe Morrow.

The Dallas GM who made that deal was Jim Nill, a former Bruin who came to Boston in a trade that sent the popular Peter McNab to Vancouver in 1984. I am told that some Globe wiseguy composed a newspaper headline that read “Bruins Get Nill for McNab.’’ I certainly hope that’s true.

Celtics-Mavericks? Who has a memory?

Boston’s greatest basketball gift to the Mavericks is Rick Carlisle, who coached there from 2008 to 2021 and won Dallas’s only NBA championship in 2011.

Prior to Thursday, the Celtics and Mavericks had met 86 times since the Mavs were invented in 1980. Boston holds a 46-40 edge in regular-season competition. The Celtics won their first 11 games against the expansion Mavericks.

I covered the Celtics every day for four seasons in the 1980s, but none of the games stand out.

My favorite moment with the Celtics in Dallas came in November of 1984, when Larry Bird and Quinn Buckner were enjoying a day-off beer in the atrium lobby of the Hyatt Regency Dallas, which was attached to Reunion Arena, then home of the Mavericks.

Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” tour was in full bloom and the Boss was playing at the Mavs arena on the Celtics’ day off.

Bird was startled when hundreds of rock fans swept through the Hyatt lobby en route to the show.

“What’s all this commotion about,’’ asked Larry.

“Bruce Springstreen is playing next door tonight,’’ we told Bird.

“Who’s that?’’ asked Larry.

“Put it this way, Larry,’’ we told him. “He’s the you of rock ‘n’ roll.’’

“He must be pretty good then,’’ said Bird.

Two nights later, the Celtics beat the Mavs, 114-99, with Bird registering 40 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists. He was on his way to his second of three consecutive MVP Awards.

Fast forward 40 years and the Mavericks are in town with Luka Doncic, a 25-year-old who reminds us a little of . . . Larry Bird.

“When I first saw Luka, I thought of Larry right away,’’ said Cedric Maxwell, who was MVP of the Finals while playing with Bird in 1981. “Luka has the same ability to control the game. He’s got Larry’s tenacity, arrogance, all that good stuff Larry had.

“But one thing bothers me,’’ added Max. “People keep saying Luka is the best player in the series. He’s not. The best player in this series is Jayson Tatum.’’

Dallas-Boston.

Game 2 is Sunday night on Causeway Street.

Dan Shaughnessy is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at [email protected] . Follow him @dan_shaughnessy .

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Bruce Springsteen Setlist at Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH, USA

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• Prove It All Night Play Video
• Badlands Play Video
• Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out Play Video
• Darkness on the Edge of Town Play Video
• Wreck on the Highway Play Video
• Jackson Cage Play Video
• Factory ( Tour debut ) Play Video
• The Promised Land Play Video
• Out in the Street Play Video
• Racing in the Street Play Video
• The River Play Video
• Thunder Road Play Video
• Cadillac Ranch Play Video
• Fire Play Video
• Sherry Darling Play Video
• I Wanna Marry You Play Video
• The Ties That Bind ( Tour debut ) Play Video
• Point Blank Play Video
• Crush on You Play Video
• Ramrod Play Video
• Independence Day ( Tour debut ) Play Video
• Because the Night ( Patti Smith Group  cover) Play Video
• Backstreets Play Video
• Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) ( with Stagger Lee intro ) Play Video
• Born to Run Play Video
• Jungleland Play Video
• Detroit Medley Play Video

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24 activities (last edit by Biedjee , 14 Jan 2020, 08:12 Etc/UTC )

Songs on Albums

• Cadillac Ranch
• Crush on You
• I Wanna Marry You
• Independence Day
• Jackson Cage
• Out in the Street
• Point Blank
• Sherry Darling
• The Ties That Bind
• Wreck on the Highway
• Darkness on the Edge of Town
• Prove It All Night
• Racing in the Street
• The Promised Land
• Backstreets
• Born to Run
• Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
• Thunder Road
• Detroit Medley
• Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
• Because the Night by Patti Smith Group

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A decade before Monica Geller came into our living rooms, Courteney Cox was just Bruce Springsteen ‘s biggest fan.

The Friends alum threw it back to her appearance in Bruce Springsteen’s 1984 music video for ‘Dancing in the Dark’ as she jumped on a TikTok trend that asks parents how they danced during the decade.

“1980’s dancing…in the dark,” Cox captioned the video .

In the clip, she begins dancing to the 1984 synth-pop hit ‘Smalltown Boy’ by Bronski Beat, which is commonly used with the social trend.

Looking uncomfortable during her dance, Cox then strips off her hoodie to reveal the same Springsteen t-shirt she wore in the “Dancing in the Dark” video as the track changes and she recreates her dance.

@courteneycoxofficial 1980’s dancing… in the dark ♬ original sound – Courteney Cox

Cox was 20 years old when she was selected by director Brian De Palma from a casting call for the video, which was filmed at the opening night of Springsteen’s Born in the USA Tour in Saint Paul, Minnesota and featured The Boss pulling her out of the crowd to dance on stage with him.

Although Cox previously said the video “got me in the door to so many places,” she admitted on Off Camera in 2017 that she “didn’t want to be the one” picked to go onstage.

The Shining Veil actress explained that she originally filmed another sequence with her character’s friends, getting ready before the concert, which didn’t make it into the final cut. The actresses were told that one of them would be picked to go onstage, but not which one.

“I don’t not want to be the one to have to go,” said Cox. “I didn’t want to dance in front of 30,000 people. It was a full concert, and we did the song twice, back to back.”

Cox, who had only done two days of work on As the World Turns at the time, later went on to her star-making role in Friends from 1994 to 2004.

The post Courteney Cox Recreates Her Bruce Springsteen Video Dance For TikTok Trend appeared first on Deadline .

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