Bruce Springsteen performed at the Los Angeles Sports Arena at a benefit concert for the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation and the Los Angeles Mental Health Center. After the concert, he personally donated $100,000, which was credited with helping save the VVA organization from financial collapse.
Bruce Springsteen performed at the Agora Theater in Cleveland during his Darkness Tour. The concert became well known and was widely circulated through unofficial recordings.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band began a five-night series of ten sold-out concerts at The Bottom Line in New York. The performances attracted considerable attention from the media and music industry and helped Springsteen gain national attention.