Springsteen Shares the Stage
October 15, 2007
Something monumentally awesome happened last night in Ottawa.
Bruce Springsteen, during a performance with his E Street Band, invited a couple guest-stars to perform a couple songs.
The guest-stars?
Husband and wife duo from Arcade Fire, Win Butler and Regine Chassagne.
They played Springsteen’s “State Trooper” and then played Arcade Fire’s “Keep the Car Running.”
Shaky videos of the performances (with lots of cheering from stunned fans) can be found here.
Lots of fan message boards are describing it of a “passing of the torch” since Arcade Fire have been compared to Springsteen several times since their debut a few years ago, especially on songs like “Keep the Car Running” and “(Antichrist Television Blues)”.
Sounds like it was a fantastic performance, worthy of the crowd’s cheers.
