Springsteen, 76, then pivoted to condemnation, urging the audience inside the Count Basie Center for the Arts to stand against the Trump administration’s deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in American cities, particularly in Minneapolis.

Originally published Aug. 19, 1985 in the Bergen Record. They came to celebrate America and New Jersey and to welcome home their hero, a regular guy who sings about the joy of growing up along the Jersey shore and the woe of being stuck on the parkway.

Bruce Springsteen made his first concert appearance of 2026 on Saturday night (Jan. 17) and had some stern words during his time on stage regarding recent events in America. His surprise performance at the annual Light of Day benefit in Red Bank,

Hot dogs are a big deal on E Street. The WindMill hot dog stand in Long Branch used to load up members of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band when they went on tour in the early days. The Boss himself recently picked up five dozen hot dogs to go from ...