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The state of Connecticut proclaimed “Bruce Springsteen Day,” a decision announced by Governor Jodi Rell.
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- Bruce Springsteen scored his fifth UK No. 1 album with “The Rising,” which was also No. 1 in the United States.
- Bruce Springsteen began a two-week run at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 with his twelfth studio album The Rising. It was his fifth US No. 1 album and also reached No. 1 in the UK, Canada, Germany, Spain and 12 other countries. It was his first studio album with the E Street Band in nearly 20 years and won two Grammy Awards.
- Bruce Springsteen released his twelfth studio album, “The Rising”, on Columbia Records. It was his first studio album with the E Street Band in 18 years and later reached No. 1 in both the UK and the US.
- Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising” reached No. 1 on the US Billboard 200, giving him another chart-topping album following its UK success.
- Bruce Springsteen released the album The Rising in the United Kingdom.
- Bruce Springsteen set his personal record for the length of a concert in the US by playing for four hours. He surpassed his previous performance of 3 hours and 52 minutes, which he had played two nights earlier with The E Street Band.
- Bruce Springsteen joined The Wallflowers on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards, and they performed “One Headlight” together.
- Bruce Springsteen sued two London criminals who were illegally distributing an album they claimed had been recorded by Springsteen.
- Bruce Springsteen’s wife Julianne filed for divorce after newspapers published photographs of Springsteen together with backing singer Patti Scialfa.
- Bruce Springsteen began the fourth leg of his Born in the USA world tour with a performance at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington, D.C.
- Bruce Springsteen concluded the “Born in the USA” tour with the last of four concerts at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. This brought his highly successful “Born in the USA” tour to an end.
- Bruce Springsteen played the first of ten concerts at Meadowlands in New Jersey as part of the Born in the USA tour.