Springsteen got inducted yesterday into the brand new New Jersey Hall of Fame. He’s part of the first class of inductees in the NJ Hall of Fame, along with other famous NJ citizens such as astronaut Buzz Aldrin, scientists Thomas Edison or Albert Einstein, actress Meryl Streep or the two most famous singers from the state: Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen.
La Bamba and the Hubcaps were the house band for the evening, and Springsteen closed the ceremony joining them onstage to play guitar on Sam & Dave’s «I Thank You» and sing on «Glory Days».
Upcoming show: it’s been confirmed that Bruce’s benefit concert on May 7th at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank won’t be an acoustic affair but a full band show with The E Street Band, this being their first theatre show since The River tour.
Video: «Glory Days» (Bruce Springsteen & La Bamba and the Hubcaps»)
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Video: Springsteen inducts Frank Sinatra.
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Video: Springsteen’s induction speech.
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Springsteen recibió ayer un merecido homenaje en su tierra natal de New Jersey. Los elegidos para entrar, en su primera edición, en el Paseo de la Fama de New Jersey fueron los ciudadanos más importantes de la historia del pequeño estado norteamericano, desde astronautas como Buzz Aldrin a científicos como Thomas Edison o Albert Einstein (aunque de origen austríaco, desarrolló su trabajo en la Universidad de Princeton, en New Jersey), pasando por actrices como Meryl Streep o los dos cantantes más célebres del estado: Frank Sinatra y Bruce Springsteen.
Viejos amigos de Springsteen, La Bamba and the Hubcaps fue la banda encargada de amenizar la velada y, como es habitual, Springsteen no tardó en subir al escenario para tocar con ellos dos canciones («I Thank You» y «Glory Days»). Anteriormente Bruce se encargó de hacer la introducción a Frank Sinatra y de agradecer su propia entrada en el Hall of Fame.
Por otra parte, se ha confirmado que el concierto benéfico del miércoles 7 de mayo en el teatro Count Basie de Red Bank (ante 1500 personas) no será acústico sino con la E Street Band al completo. Será, por tanto, la primera vez desde 1980 que Springsteen toca con la E Street Band en un teatro.
Vídeo: «Glory Days» (Bruce Springsteen & La Bamba and the Hubcaps»)
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Vídeo: Springsteen habla sobre Frank Sinatra en la ceremonia del New Jersey Hall of Fame.
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Vídeo: Springsteen agradece su entrada en el New Jersey Hall of Fame.
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Red carpet gala induction ceremony for the first class of the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
I Thank You *
Glory Days *
* con / with La Bamba and the Hubcaps
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The Spring U.S. tour came to an end last night in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with a great show that found Bruce and the band in full force, opening with «The Promised Land» inmediately followed by the tour debut of «I Wanna Be With You» and the welcome comeback of «This Hard Land». Bruce told then some stories about the early days of the E Street Band, before playing «Growin’ Up».
A special guest came up for the encores, Bruce’s airplane pilot James Michael Brown, who, as Bruce said «he plays the trumpet!». His performance added some extra horn power to «Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out». After a good set of encores (which included «
Thunder Road» and «Rosalita») and the usual end with «American Land», Bruce & co went back to the stage, as it happened in Cincinnati, for a final extra encore of «Kitty’s Back».
See complete set list.
Coming next: the beginning of a 3-month European tour of stadiums, with three shows in Dublin starting May 22nd.