Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band paid tribute to David Bowie during their North American tour opener Saturday night at Pittsburgh’s Consol Energy Center.
“We’re gonna take a moment and note the passing of our good friend David Bowie,” Springsteen said at the beginning of the band’s encore. “Not enough people know it but he recorded our music way, way, way back in the very beginning, 1973. He rang me up and I visited him down in Philly while he was making the Young Americans record. He covered some of my music, ‘It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City,’ ‘Growin’ Up,’ and he was a big supporter of ours. I took the Greyhound bus down to Philadelphia, that’s how early on it was. Anyway, we’re thinking of him.”
The three-hour and 20-minutes long show saw Springsteen play 34 songs.
Springsteen’s tour continues Tuesday in Chicago and currently has North American dates booked through March 17 in Los Angeles. They’ll be in Boston on February 4th.
