VIDEO: Watch Bruce Springsteen Give a Surprise Performance at a Benefit in New York

By: Apr. 14, 2019
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Bruce Springsteen made his first on stage appearance of 2019 recently at New York's Tribeca Grill for a benefit supporting the Kristen Ann Carr Fund.

Alongside photographer Danny Clinch, and Springsteen's Tangiers Blues Band, The Boss played a set consisting of Johnny Rivers' "Rockin' Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu" and the old boogie-woogie standard, "Down the Road Apiece," popularized by Chuck Berry and the Rolling Stones.

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Bruce Springsteen's recording career spans over 40 years, beginning with 1973's 'Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ' (Columbia Records). He has released 18 studio albums, garnered 20 Grammys, won an Oscar and a Tony, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, received a Kennedy Center Honor, and was MusiCares' 2013 Person of the Year. Springsteen's memoir 'Born to Run' (Simon & Schuster) and its companion album 'Chapter and Verse' were released in September 2016, and he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November 2016. Springsteen's The River Tour 2016 was named the year's top global tour by both Billboard and Pollstar. 'Born to Run' was issued in paperback by Simon & Schuster on September 5, 2017.

Bruce Springsteen's historic sold-out series of performances of his one man show "Springsteen On Broadway" began previews on October 3, 2017 and officially opened October 12. The show was extended three times after its initial eight-week run, and closed on Broadway on December 15, 2018, bringing the total number of performances to 236.

Video Credit: Mitch Slater



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