Bruce Springsteen is pretty much an honorary Australian at this point.
Of course, with a name like 'Bruce', he was always going to fit in well here, but what really separates The Boss from other overseas acts is his commitment to pandering to Australian audiences paying tribute to Australia's musical heritage.
Springsteen has been in the country for the last two weeks, and in that time, he's managed to cover a slew of Aussie classics.
The most common one, of course, is The Saints' 'Just Like Fire Would', which features on his recent 'High Hopes' LP (Springsteen first played it in Brisbane last year). But we've also heard AC/DC's 'Highway To Hell' in Perth and Melbourne (in the latter city, Bruce was joined on-stage by Eddie Vedder); in Sydney, Bruce treated Allphones Arena to his renditions of INXS' 'Don't Change' and The Easybeats' 'Friday On My Mind'.
With a few shows left on the Aussie tour schedule, it seems unlikely he's used up all his tricks — we'll update this page with more Aussie Bruce goodness as it happens.
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band — 'Just Like Fire Would' (@Brisbane Entertainment Centre)
Bruce Springsteen — 'Just Like Fire Would'
The Saints — 'Just Like Fire Would'
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band — 'Highway To Hell' (@Perth Arena)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band w/ Eddie Vedder — 'Highway To Hell' (@AAMI Park, Melbourne)
AC/DC — 'Highway To Hell'
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band — 'Don't Change' (@Allphones Arena, Sydney)
INXS — 'Don't Change'
Grinspoon — 'Don't Change'
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band — 'Friday On My Mind' (@Allphones Arena, Sydney)
The Easybeats — 'Friday On My Mind'
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Tour Dates
Sat Feb 22 — Hope Estate (Hunter Valley)Sun Feb 23 — Hope Estate (Hunter Valley)
Wed Feb 26 — Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Sat Mar 01 — Mt Smart Stadium (Auckland)
Sun Mar 02 — Mt Smart Stadium (Auckland)
