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Bruce Springsteen performed his final concert at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, where an early version of "Wrecking Ball", written specifically for the occasion, was also performed.
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- The state of Connecticut proclaimed “Bruce Springsteen Day,” a decision announced by Governor Jodi Rell.
- Bruce Springsteen faced an $850,000 lawsuit from a man who claimed that the singer had withdrawn from an agreement to purchase a horse. Florida court documents named Springsteen, his wife Patti Scialfa and a horse named Pavarotti. The man claimed that the couple had withdrawn from a $650,000 horse purchase agreement.
- Bruce Springsteen's album “Magic” reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart. It was his 15th studio album and his seventh No. 1 album in the UK; the album also reached No. 1 in the US and other countries. The songs “Radio Nowhere” and “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” later won a combined three Grammy Awards.
- 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 testified at London's High Court in a dispute with Masquerade Music over its attempt to release some of his early-1970s recordings in the UK. He said that when the songs were created, he was living from paycheck to paycheck and relying on financial assistance from his then co-manager Mike Appel.
- 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.