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Bruce Springsteen returns
to the stage in Phoenix, Ariz.
Ross D. Franklin Associated Press
Bruce Springsteen, left, and Stevie Van Zandt, right,
sing during a concert of Bruce Springsteen and The E
Street Band World Tour 2024 performance Tuesday,
March 19, in Phoenix.
BY ROSS D. FRANKLIN
Associated Press
PHOENIX — Bruce
Springsteen and the E Street
Band returned to the stage
Tuesday evening at the
Footprint Center in Phoenix
in a triumphant reboot of the
Boss" postponed 2023 world
tour.
In September Springsteen,
74, announced his tour
would be delayed until 2024,
citing doctor's advice as he
recovered from peptic ulcer
disease.
“The Boss” arrived on
stage to an audience chorus
of “Bruuuuce!” Wearing
dark jeans and a rolled up
red plaid flannel shirt, he
had the energy of a man half
his age. His signature “One,
two, three, four” was the only
thing that separated most
songs, showing no signs of
his illness from the previous
year. Once he shouted,
“Good evening, Arizona” the
show was off and running.
Springsteen spoke to
the crowd briefly about his
illness prior to playing his
final song “I'll See You In
My Dreams” solo on stage.
“Phoenix, first I want to
apologize if there was any
discomfort because we
had to move the show last
time ... I hope we didn't
inconvenience you too
much.”
The 29-song show came
in just under three hours, but
“The Boss” hardly broke a
sweat while showing off a
strong voice, all the while
dancing, tearing into guitar
solos, playing the harmonica
and even ripping his shirt
open near the end of the
show.
On stage with Springsteen
was the legendary E Street
Band which features
drummer Max Weinberg,
bassist Garry Tallent,
keyboardists Roy Bittan and
Charlie Giordano, guitarists
Stevie Van Zandt and Nils
Lofgren, saxophonist Jake
Clemons — nephew of
original and still missed sax
man Clarence Clemons who
died in 2011 — guitarist and
violin player Soozie Tyrell,
a full hom and brass section
and four backup vocalists.
The only missing member of
the band was Springsteen's
wife, singer and guitarist
Patti Scialfa.
Springsteen performed
most of the hits in his vast
collection, minus “Born In
The U.S.A.,” but he added
covers “Nightshift” by the
Commodores, “Because
The Night” by Patti Smith
Group, and a surprise:
“Twist and Shout” by The
Beatles. Fans went wild for
“No Surrender,” “Born To
Run,” “Rosalita,” “Dancing
In The Dark,” “Glory Days”
and “Tenth Avenue Freeze-
Out” that left the rocker
grinning from ear-to-ear as
he conducted fans singing
along like his own chorus.
The 2024 edition of the
tour kicked off in Phoenix and
ends Nov. 22 in Vancouver,
Canada. It hits 17 countries
across 52 dates, including a
special performance on Sept.
15 where Springsteen will
headline the Sea.Hear.Now
Festival in his hometown of
Asbury Park, New Jersey.
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EVENTS
Alice in Wonderland School Matinees. 9:30
to 10:30 a.m. March 21-22. Brenau Univer
sity’s Historic Pearce Auditorium, 202 Blvd.
NE, Gainesville. 770-866-5353, info@gbc-
dance.com. $5 - $10.
Georgia Art League Program: “The Joy and
Versatility of Using Pastels”. Noon to 2 p.m.
March 21. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, main
level, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. 470-
272-3010, melanievaughanl33@gmail.
com. Free.
Homeschool Day: The Great Depression.
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 21. The Northeast
Georgia History Center, 322 Academy St.
NE, Gainesville. 770-297-5900, info@
negahc.org. $6 - $13.
Third Thursday Homeschool Program. 9 to
10:30 a.m. March 21. Elachee Nature Sci
ence Center, 2125 Elachee Drive, Gaines
ville. 770-535-1976. $0 - $15.
Caffeine and Octane Lanier Raceway. 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. March 22. Caffeine and Octane’s
Lanier Raceway, 5301 Winder Highway,
Braselton.
Lake Lanier Boat Show - Spring 2024.11
a.m. to 6 p.m. March 22-24. Margaritaville at
Lanier Islands, 7650 Lanier Islands Parkway,
Buford. 770-540-7521, info@lakelanier-
boatshow.com. $8 - $15.
Camp Elachee for Families. 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. March 23. Elachee Nature Science
Center, 2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville.
770-535-1976. $20-$25.
Easter Egg Hunt - McEver Road Church. 10
a.m. to noon March 23. McEver Road United
Methodist Church, 5226 McEver Road, Oak-
wood. 770-532-3160, chris@mceverumc.
org. Free.
Mutts on Main. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 23.
Historic Gainesville Square, 112 Main St.
SW, Gainesville, lshubert@gainesvillega.gov.
Free.
Spring Container Gardening. lOto 11:30
a.m. March 23. Atlanta Botanical Garden
Gainesville, 1911 Sweetbay Drive, Gaines
ville. $29-$34.
Sweep the Hooch. 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. March
23. Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, 104 Wash
ington St. NE, Gainesville, mpendleton@
chattahoochee.org. Free.
Celebrate Purim with Chabad. 4:30 p.m.
March 24. Gainesville Civic Center, 830
Green St. NE, Gainesville. 770-906-4970,
lnfo@jewishhall.com. $10 - $18.
ONGOING
Card workshop. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. first Sat
urdays of the month. Hall County Library
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Gentle Yoga. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30
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lanta Highway, Gainesville. 770-337-1572,
dl9345@bellsouth.net. Free.
Georgia Cross Stitchers. 10 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. second Saturdays of the month. Hall
County Library System, Gainesville Branch,
127 Main St. NW, Gainesville. 770-532-
3311 ext. 4011; gkoecher@hallcountyli-
brary.org. Free.
Hip Hop Class Wednesdays. 4-5 p.m. (3rd
to 5th Graders) through May 15. Gaines
ville Ballet Company, 971 Riverside Drive,
Gainesville. 770-866-5353, info@gbcdance.
com. $88.
Inspired by Nature: The Works of James
R. Darnell Art Exhibit. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
weekdays through April 19. The Arts Coun
cil Smithgall Arts Center, 331 Spring St.
SW, Gainesville. 770-534-2787, julie@
theartscouncil.net. Free.
LEGO Club. 4 to 7 p.m. Thursdays. North
Hall Tech Center, 4175 Nopone Rd. Suite B,
Gainesville. 770-532-3311.
Music Bingo. 7 to 9 p.m. every Thursday.
NoFo Brew Co. Gainesville, 434 High St. SW,
Gainesville, topher@nofobrew.co. Free.
Northeast Georgia Writers. 1-3 p.m. first
Wednesdays of the month. Gainesville
Downtown Library, 127 Main St. NW,
Gainesville, talltaleswriter@gmail.com. Free.
Trivia Night. 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays. NoFo Brew
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Associated Press
This March 21, 1965 file photo shows Martin Luther King, Jr. and his civil rights
marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., heading for the
capitol in Montgomery.
On this date:
In 1685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach
was born in Eisenach, Germany.
In 1945, during World War II, Allied bombers
began four days of raids over Germany.
In 1965, civil rights demonstrators led by the
Rev. Martin Luther KingJr. began theirthird
successful march from Selma to Montgom
ery, Alabama.
In 1990, Namibia became an independent
nation as the former colony marked the end of
75 years of South African rule.
In 1997, President Bill Clinton and Russian
President Boris Yeltsin wrapped up their sum
mit in Helsinki, Finland, still deadlocked over
NATO expansion, but able to agree on slash
ing nuclear weapons arsenals.
In 2007, former Vice President Al Gore
made an emotional return to Congress as he
pleaded with House and Senate committees
to fight global warming; skeptical Repub
licans questioned the science behind his
climate-change documentary, “An Inconve-
nientTruth."
In 2013, in the Middle East, President Barack
Obama insisted “peace is possible” as he
prodded both Israelis and Palestinians to
return to long-stalled negotiations with few, if
any, pre-conditions.
In 2016, laying bare a half-century of ten
sions, President Barack Obama and Cuban
President Raul Castro prodded each other
over human rights and the longstanding U.S.
economic embargo during an unprecedented
joint news conference in Havana.
In 2017, at his Senate confirmation hear
ing, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch
declared he’d made no promises to President
Donald Trump or anyone else about how he
would vote on abortion or other issues.
In 2019, President Donald Trump abruptly
declared that the U.S. would recognize Is
rael’s sovereignty over the disputed Golan
Heights, a major shift in American policy.
In 2022, a China Eastern Boeing 737-800
with 132 people on board crashed in a moun
tainous area of southern China, setting off a
forest fire visible from space in the country’s
worst air disaster in nearly a decade.
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ENTERTAINMENT
British watchdog
investigates potential
royal privacy breach
LONDON — A British privacy watch
dog said Wednesday it was investigating a
report that staff at a private Fondon hospi
tal tried to snoop on the Princess of Wales'
medical records while she was a patient for
abdominal surgery.
The Information Commissioner's
Office said: “We can confirm that we have
received a breach report and are assessing
the information provided.”
The Daily Mirror newspaper reported
that at least one staff member at the Fondon
Clinic tried to look at Kate's notes during
her stay there in January. The princess had
surgery at the clinic on Jan. 16 and was dis
charged almost two weeks later.
Celebrity birthdays
Actor Kathleen Widdoes is 85. Songwriter Chip
Taylor is 84. Folk-pop singer-musician Keith
Potger is 83. Actor Marie-Christine Barrault
is 80. Singer-musician Rose Stone is 79. Ac
tor Timothy Dalton is 78. Singer Ray Dorset is
78. Rock singer-musician Roger Hodgson is
74. Rock musician Conrad Lozano is 73. R&B
singer Russell Thompkins Jr. is 73. Comedy
writer-performer Brad Hall is 66.
Kensington Palace, the office of Kate and
husband Prince William, said that the report
was “a matter for the Fondon Clinic.”
Al Russell, the hospital's chief executive,
said Wednesday that “all appropriate inves
tigatory, regulatory and disciplinary steps
will be taken.”
“There is no place at our hospital for
those who intentionally breach the trust of
any of our patients or colleagues,” he said
in a statement.
Health Minister Maria Caulfield said
that police had been asked to look into the
matter.
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