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Bruce Springsteen joined his fellow E Street Band member Steve Van Zandt for a surprise set at a recent benefit concert in the Northeast. “The Boss” joined Van Zandt for a three-song set at the guitarist’s TeachRock event at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey on Sunday, Oct. 26, Rolling Stone reported. The show, which promised “special appearances from some of Stevie’s Disciples [of Soul] and E Street Band family,” was in support of Van Zandt’s nonprofit organization that provides free music education to young children. Springsteen joined Van Zandt and the Disciples of Soul for renditions of “I Don’t Want to Go Home,” “Raise Your Hand” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out,” according to a TikTok. “Looks like a dream come true,” one fan commented on the video. “I grew up in Jersey and pretty much every night in the summer we would go hang at the Stone Pony to see Bruce show up,” another fan wrote, referring to Springsteen’s previous unannounced shows at the venue. “This just gives me chills!” The event also included performances by Jesse Malin, Darlene Love, Gary U.S. Bonds, Marc Ribler, Anthony Almonte of the Funky Mofo’s, Curtis King Jr., Ozzie Melendez, Eddie Manion, and Barry Danielian, according to Rolling Stone. The surprise show came the same weekend that “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” debuted. The biopic, starring Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen, chronicles the rock legend’s personal and professional struggles during the conception of his 1982 album, “Nebraska.”
