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Springsteen’s friend Mickey Rourke, who stars in this 2008 film, asked him to write the song as a favor, and the Boss obliged. Burns not only featured three songs by Springsteen - “One Step Up” and “Valentine’s Day” from 1987’s “Tunnel of Love,” and “I’m on Fire” from “Born in the USA” - but he kept it in the family with five songs by his singer wife Patti Scialfa, including three from her 1993 “Rumble Doll” album. Yes, Smith named the film after the Tom Waits song that has become part of the Springsteen canon, but it was his use of “My City of Ruins” as Affleck visits his wife’s grave that places the song - written first for the resurgence of the Boss’ beloved Asbury Park, and later identified as a tribute to New York City after the 9/11 attacks - in a new light.ĭirected by Edward Burns, this 1998 film tells the story of characters in a seaside town, and happens to star another New Jersey Rock and Roll Hall of Famer - Jon Bon Jovi, who portrayed the boyfriend of actress Lauren Holly. Props must be given to Jersey filmmaker Kevin Smith, who directed Ben Affleck in this 2004 film about a father trying to raise his daughter after his wife passes away. In one heartbreaking scene, he comes home, goes straight to his turntable and puts on Springsteen’s “Stolen Car” - the song says more than dialog ever could. Springsteen’s affinity for the working classes in song has been well documented, but it rarely has a more fitting visual element than in this 1997 James Mangold-directed film, where Sylvester Stallone portrays a small-town Jersey sheriff surrounded by crooked cops. Music critic-turned-filmmaker Cameron Crowe does exactly that in this 1996 film, as Springsteen’s “Secret Garden” uses this song to frame the arc of the love story, as Tom Cruise’s character struggles to be the man that single mom Dorothy (Renee Zellweger) needs. If there’s one key skill that music critics can bring to filmmaking, it’s the ability to place the right song in the right scene. Grab your tickets to Bleachers’ current run here, and The Boss’ globe-trotting trek here.Which is what we’re going to do, after serving up these six great examples of Springsteen music used well in films.

Months later, Bruce and the E Street Band will embark on a 2023 world tour.

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Watch fan-captured footage of the moment and the full setlist below.īleachers are just days away from wrapping their North American tour, but their fall itinerary includes festival stops to Chicago’s Riot Fest and Maryland’s All Things Go. The pair previously recorded a live rendition of the song on the roof of New York’s Electric Lady Studios in December 2020. Springsteen, strapped with an acoustic guitar, strummed along and contributed backing vocals but largely ceded the spotlight to his fellow New Jersey native’s unrelenting showmanship. In the middle of Bleachers’ headlining set at Radio City Music Hall, the new grandfather took the stage to duet with Antonoff on “Chinatown,” the collaborative single featured on the band’s 2021 album Take the Sadness out of Saturday Night.

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It marked The Boss’ latest surprise appearance in a series of live drop-ins, having already previously joined Coldplay and Sir Paul McCartney ( twice). Bruce Springsteen joined Jack Antonoff’s rock outfit Bleachers to perform “Chinatown” at their concert in New York City on Tuesday night (July 26th).

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