Bruce Springsteen To Play Barack Obama Rally Saturday

Yes, yes! Okay! I know I’m derelict on this one! It is true: Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen is playing a Barack Obama benefit this Saturday on the Parkway. (By the way, thanks, Phawker, your post on this gave me a seizure.)

Here’s the conversation I had where I heard about this, probably a lot similar to yours.

Springsteen is playing the Parkway on Saturday!
Me: Oh, neat!
It’s a benefit for Obama!
Me: Oh, well, that’s cool, too, I guess.
It’s an acoustic show!
Me: Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!

So, yes, Bruce will play the Parkway to help Barack Obama, and if he plays “Atlantic City” the whole crowd will cheer when he goes, “Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night…” “Whoo! Say our city’s name again!” they’ll shout. And then a few weeks later they’ll vote for Obama and he’ll win the presidency. “Whoo! Good thing he never got caught with blow!” they’ll say, some of them will, to themselves at least.

Anyway, look: You can get tickets by volunteering to register voters. While Philadelphia will come in somewhere north of 80% for Obama, the rest of the state (besides Pittsburgh and the good colleges) hates blacks, Democrats and cokeheads. So there’s a bit of an uphill battle here for ol’ McHopey, and the only way for him to have a chance is for Bruce Springsteen to play a show for him.

The Boss for Ambassador of ROCK! Or at least to New Jersey.