Seven days after it was released as a single, it was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song. Two months later, it reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. No one was more shocked than The Boss.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will keep their messaging front and center on Land Of Hope And Dreams American Tour.

As local fans know, especially if they forked out money for both concerts, their blue-collar heroes each had scheduled shows in South Florida within about two weeks of each other.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bruce Springsteen put his boots on the ground in the streets of Minneapolis. The Boss joined Tom Morello, a founding member of Rage Against the Machine and part-time member of the E ...