The occasion deserved it: it was the tenth anniversary Light of Day concert, held this time in Asbury Park for three days (15th, 16th and 17th of January). These three nights of music concerts to benefit the research of Parkinson’s disease included dozens of performances on different stages in the famous New Jersey seaside town.
On Saturday, the largest concert was held at the Paramount Theater, before nearly 2,000 people. Springsteen took the stage mid-show to sing «Heaven Help the Lonely» with Willie Nile and «Broken Radio» with Jesse Malin. Towards the end of the evening the Boss came back onstage to join Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers and sing with them for an hour and a half, including Grushecky originals («Talking to the King,» «Never Be Enough Time»), the song both singers wrote together («Code of Silence,» «Another Thin Line») and a good assortment of Springsteen songs («Atlantic City», «Johnny 99», «Darkness» or a surprising «Pink Cadillac»). «Twist & Shout» was the encore song, with all the evening’s musicians on stage.
This was the seventh time (of ten years) Bruce Springsteen has actively participated in this series of benefit concerts for Light of Day.
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