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 BobHopeToDie James Hetfield was in attendance at this show, I walked right past him (and one other person he was with that I did not recognize) as he was entering the venue. He is a Bay Area local so not shocking but I was surprised when he came out on stage to sing a few songs with Lemmy and crew. Good times _\m/ Motörhead / Fu Manchu May 14, 2025
 Taryn P Cannae believe they had to chain the drums to the Trees platforms, that made me laugh Twenty One Pilots / Balu Brigada May 14, 2025
 n4neuun incroyableee!!!!!!! Wave To Earth May 14, 2025
 T.K. Best How was the show? My Niece and Nephew went on Thursday and they loved it Kendrick Lamar / SZA / Mustard May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 From Bruce Base Wiki: One show, triple bill, headlined by Springsteen and band. Some confusion reigned in the weeks leading up to this event, with Springsteen at first billed, then pulling out of the event, then finally back on the bill. One of the two undercard groups was Doo Dah (led by George Theiss, Springsteen’s former bandmate in The Castiles). By all accounts a pretty wild affair, with the admission fee including food and all the beer one could drink! The show started late due to technical problems. About half way into Springsteen’s set he played "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town", only to have a serious brawl erupt in the audience during the song. Consequently the police became embroiled and the promoters had to do some fast talking to get the police to let the show continue. Rova Farm was not a farm, but a congregation center operated by the local Russian Orthodox community. This show, sometimes listed as being held outdoors, was definitely indoors, as you would expect in the middle of winter. Doo Dah / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 TWIST AND SHOUT Bruce attends a second Billy Joel concert (see November 25 for details on Bruce's previous concert visit). During the show Billy paused to dedicate the song "The Entertainer" to Springsteen and then, for the third encore, Bruce joined Joel onstage for an impromptu version of "Twist And Shout". A Brucebase reader who attended comments: "Before the show my friends and I decided to walk over to the men's locker room and snap a few pictures of Billy as he emerged to go onstage. The quickest way to get there was to walk underneath the bleachers. I remember seeing a scruffy guy sitting huddled with his back against the wall under the bleachers. It seemed odd, as the show was about to begin. It did not strike me until the next day that this scruffy guy huddled in the shadows was in fact Bruce trying to keep low key." A second attendee has this to say: "The weird thing about that night was all of a sudden everybody starts whispering across the front row "Springsteen's here! Springsteen's here." I look at my cousin Anthony who was a Rutgers student thus the great seats, and actually say to him "Who the fuck is Springsteen?" A few minutes later Billy said "I want to introduce you guys to another Columbia artist who's also been banging around trying to make it, he's currently working on his next album - Bruce Springsteen!" So Bruce comes out and it looks like he had just left the Born To Run photo shoot with the same leather jacket, hat and shirt that he wore on that famous cover. So they light into the Isley Brothers version of "Twist And Shout". The strange thing about Springsteen for me is it seemed like the guy had an actual electric aura around him while he was performing, I had never seen anything like that before or since. I swear you could almost SEE it like a Keith Haring cartoon character!!! So they do the song and after it's done I lean over to my cousin Anthony and say "Oh, so THAT'S Springsteen" I've been a fan ever since that night. Source: http://brucebase.wikidot.com/gig:1974-12-14-auditorium-new-brunswick-nj Billy Joel / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 Following his guest appearance with Billy Joel at the main Rutgers concert auditorium Springsteen walks across campus to the school's Student Center at College Avenue and jams in its multi-purpose room with Sid Gottlieb's band Heavy Trucking. This took place after midnight, so technically speaking it was on December 15. Heavy Trucking had previously opened for Bruce at a concert at Rutgers on April 1, 1973. Peter Wyman, who worked for Rutgers University Major Events Programs at the time, has commented to Brucebase: "After the (Billy Joel) encore Bruce was by a back door and asked me what the quickest way to the Student Center was. I walked him there and he told me he wanted to play with Heavy Trucking, they did five or six songs together." Brucebase reader Ron Gompertz takes up the story: "I walked over to the Student Center from my dorm room that evening, and ended up downstairs where the bowling alleys were looking to get a soda. I saw my friend Dirck Van Lieu, drummer with the Heavy Trucking band. I'd come over to see Heavy Trucking do soundcheck, and Dirck and two or three band mates were watching a guy knocking a pinball machine hard and racking up a lot of points. At close range and standing next to him, I noticed his oddly protruding lower jaw. Slowly I realized who it was. Bruce. I leaned over to Dirck and said, is that who I think it is. Dirck nodded. I'd seen Springsteen in concert three or four times by then, but never so close up. After a couple of games, Dirck, HT guitarist Sid Gottlieb, Bruce and I walked upstairs to the Multi-Purpose Room, a large room with folding chairs lined up against the walls. The center of the floor was wide open for dancing… and Heavy Trucking was nothing if not a dance band. I sat down at the back wall, and Bruce sat next to me as Heavy Trucking did sound check. Bruce wasn't very talkative… he seemed distant as I tried to engage him in conversation every few minutes or so. I asked about his next album and how it were going. He said it was taking a long time and there were hassles. I told him my girlfriend, Lori, had a big crush on him and his poster hanging in her dorm room and he seemed embarrassed. After a while Bruce said, "I gotta go across the street to the Billy Joel show. My manager wants me to play. We're on the same label." When he left, I called girlfriend Lori on a pay phone and told her to "get over here right away" if she wanted to meet Bruce. Lori arrived, and shortly after, Bruce settling back into the same folding chair next to me. Lori was sitting on my lap, and I introduced them. I said something sarcastic about Billy Joel being from Long Island and Bruce nodded a bit. Heavy Trucking played their set ("Shake Your Money Maker", Chuck Berry cover songs) while the room full of people danced. Nobody seemed to notice Bruce. Then Sid announced a special guest, and Bruce got up and walked to the stage. Picking up a guitar, they played a set of covers. Lori and I, along with the hundred or so other lucky people in the room danced with big grins on our faces. I don't recall the songs. Wish I did. After the show, Lori and I hung around with the band as they broke down equipment. Bruce hung around too, messing around on a baby grand piano, playing something that sounded vaguely familiar. Lori now remembers Bruce telling her to sing along with him, but she was too shy. Bruce played some instrumental piano music, and it may have been "Thunder Road". I'm really not sure. It was late by the time we all left." http://brucebase.wikidot.com/gig... Heavy Trucking / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 One five-hour, triple bill show, with Bruce and the boys headlining. The undercard bands were Heavy Trucking (first up with a 60-minute set) and Southern Conspiracy (who played an 80-minute set). Although held indoors at the ever-popular Ledge Club, the show was delayed for about an hour due to moisture from rainy weather outside affecting the electrics. According to a newspaper review Bruce opened the show with one acoustic song and immediately brought on the band, and played for over 90 minutes. The review also mentions that the band include tuba and accordion players, which perhaps suggests that "Wild Billy's Circus Story" and "4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" were included in the set. Heavy Trucking / Southern Conspiracy / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 SamanthaS1989 I’m excited!! Lorde / Nilüfer Yanya / Jim-e Stack May 14, 2025
 Len Czyzniejewski Facebook album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=kieran.czyzniejewski&set=a.23960956756856097 Vassar Clements May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 https://randymeisnerheartsonfire.com/ohio-university-music-festival/ Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. Tour May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 A fairly impressive nine-artist roster with Bruce and the band receiving near bottom billing. They play early on the first day of this two day music festival held indoors at the school's Convocation Center. The Eagles co-headline. Eagle Don Henley has commented on this show: "I'd first heard about Springsteen from Jackson (Browne), who raved about him. Then we ended up on the same bill as Bruce at a festival out in Ohio. So I sort of wandered in alone and checked out his set. He was just a warm-up act at that this show. After watching him I remember thinking to myself that this was a guy that wasn't gonna be warming up the crowd for us, or for anybody, for very long." Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. Tour May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 Cancelled, never rescheduled. This show, which was to be held in the Villanova Field House, was billed as the 'Villanova Senior Concert' and was to feature Springsteen as headliner and Philadelphia locals Daryl Hall & John Oates as the support act. Bruce cancelled at the last minute, with the announcement of the concert's demise made on April 11 in the school's newspaper. http://brucebase.wikidot.com/nogig:1973-04-13-field-house-villanova-pa Forest Green / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Doug Bright Great show. Criterion is the absolute worst venue in the southwest. Allison Krause & Union Station May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 One show, double bill, with Bruce and the boys headlining and local country-rock group Old Salt opening. Held indoors in the 350-seat Student Center. The show was not a sellout, with a reported 300 tickets sold. Given Springsteen was a virtual unknown at the time, this gig at Niagara received an unprecedented amount of pre and post concert press coverage in the school's modest campus newspaper, all articles written by students. The student who orchestrated this event (Kerry McNamara) was obviously a serious Bruce fan. A student reporter even seems to have travelled south to get a brief but fascinating interview with Bruce a couple of weeks before this show. In this interview Bruce mentions he is now playing "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)", including "Fun, Fun, Fun", as a special encore (a tape exists of it from February 14 at VCU). In addition Bruce mentions "Ring Of Fire" and the instrumental "Apache" as two cover songs he's been incorporating into his recent shows. Interestingly it is also revealed that this gig had originally been planned for March 2 but had been rescheduled to March 24 because of the West Coast tour with Paul Butterfield's Better Days. This seems to have been an intimate, inspired crowd that elicited an equally inspired performance. Bruce even donned his legendary Elvis t-shirt at this show, a guarantee of a special evening! After Old Salt opened with a 60-minute set, Springsteen performed a 120-minute show with no intermission, including a triple encore. As reported in the reviews of the show that followed, Bruce opened with two (unnamed in print) acoustic numbers (accompanied by Clarence on the first and Danny on the second) and then brought out the entire band. The final song in the main set was "Thundercrack". The first encore was "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (including "Fun, Fun, Fun") and the second encore was "Twist And Shout". The title of the third encore is not mentioned. This is the longest verified Band performance up to this point and one of the very few two-hour shows Bruce did in 1973. Different attendees at this show recall some highly surprising setlist possibilities, including the Beatles' "Come Together" and, according to then-Crawdaddy! editor Greg Mitchell, "Kitty's Back", "Quarter To Three", and even an encore of the Cascades' "Rhythm Of The Rain". Given the surprising nature of these song choices given the relevant recording and performance histories, we have excluded them from our setlist listing pending further confirmation, but see our Eyewitness and News tabs to make your own judgment. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band / Old Salt May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 No more set details known. One show, double bill, with Springsteen and band opening for headliners Blood, Sweat & Tears. Bruce and the boys were allowed to play nearly a headliner-length set at this show. A contributor to the Greasy Lake website notes that "Lost In The Flood" was played solo on piano: "I remember "Lost In The Flood" because we had just heard on the news at the motel that there was an agreement made at the Paris Peace Talks to end the war in Vietnam that we were all opposed to. Bruce made a specific dedication of "Lost In The Flood" to the guys who made it back from 'Nam." Following this show Blood, Sweat and Tears flew to Colorado for a three-night residency (March 4 to 6) at a nightclub in Boulder called Tulagi. Although the possibility of Bruce joining them for this residency at Tulagi may have been discussed, it definitely never eventuated. A day or two following this Santa Monica show Bruce and the band flew back to New Jersey, with Bruce's road crew driving back and arriving a few days later. Blood, Sweat & Tears / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 One show, double bill, with Springsteen opening for headliner Paul Butterfield's Better Days. A poorly attended show, with less than half the tickets sold, but enough for the show to go ahead. Bruce plays for about one hour. This would turn out to be the only show with Butterfield that actually took place on this west coast mini-tour leg, all others were cancelled. Paul Butterfield's Better Days / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 One show, double bill, with Springsteen and band opening for Pan (a just-formed band headed by former Beau Brummels guitarist/songwriter Ron Elliot). Springsteen's first west coast show as a signed artist. For the occasion Columbia sent out postcard invitations to the gig - see our Gallery tab to view one of these cards. This was actually 'hoot night' at the club, but some of the LA music press were present to listen to the much-respected Elliot's new outfit. A couple of songs into the six-song, 30-minute set Bruce's guitar amp failed and, because minimal spares had been brought out to the west coast, the road crew were unable to fix it, so Bruce performed most of this show on piano instead of electric guitar. This was the same amp that had been fried at the November 25, 1972 show in Detroit. The four listed tracks were played but these represent only a partial setlist from this show. Springsteen's performance received brief (but positive) reviews by Billboard's Nat Freeland and LA Free Press journalist Peter Jay Philbin. Of the performance the LA Free Press said "It was Bruce Springsteen who made the crowd collision, the stepped on toes, the smoke-pained eyeballs, the walk away from the TV set all worthwhile…never have I been more impressed with a debuting singer than I was with Bruce Springsteen on Monday night." Also in the 400 member audience to watch Bruce was soul singer Jerry Butler, who was about to begin a six-night stint at the club, starting the following evening. Pan / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 Second of two shows. As had been the case the previous two nights, the performing schedule was altered, with Springsteen and band opening, Biff Rose playing next and then Springsteen playing a headliner length second show to close the evening's festivities. David Bowie showed up on this final night to see Biff Rose (a friend of Bowie's) and caught Springsteen's performance, although the two weren't introduced to each other. Bowie had never even heard of a guy named 'Springsteen' until this night. In a Musician Magazine interview in 1987 Bowie commented on Bruce’s performance on this night: "I hated him as a solo… as soon as the band came on it was like a different person and he was marvelous… I like the Greetings From Asbury Park material, my favorite period of Springsteen is the early stuff." In June 1973 Bowie would be the first artist to record (though not release) a Springsteen composition ("Growin' Up"). Bowie and Bruce would finally be introduced in late 1974 (see the November 25, 1974 listing). Biff Rose / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 First of two shows. As had been the case the previous two nights, the performing schedule was altered, with Springsteen and band opening, Biff Rose playing next and then Springsteen playing a headliner length second show to close the evening's festivities. David Bowie showed up on this final night to see Biff Rose (a friend of Bowie's) and caught Springsteen's performance, although the two weren't introduced to each other. Bowie had never even heard of a guy named 'Springsteen' until this night. In a Musician Magazine interview in 1987 Bowie commented on Bruce's performance on this night: "I hated him as a solo… as soon as the band came on it was like a different person and he was marvelous… I like the Greetings From Asbury Park material, my favorite period of Springsteen is the early stuff." In June 1973 Bowie would be the first artist to record (though not release) a Springsteen composition ("Growin' Up"). Bowie and Bruce would finally be introduced in late 1974 (see the November 25, 1974 listing). Biff Rose / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025