Bruce Springsteen on November 11, 2016 when it broke down and he was stranded alongside the road. A group of men from the Freehold American Legion in New Jersey were returning from a Veterans Day event on their motorcycles when they spotted Springsteen and stopped to help. Springsteen hitched a ride on the back of one of the men's motorcycles to a nearby restaurant where the group grabbed a round of drinks, for which Springsteen picked up the tab, while waiting for his ride. While rejecting religion in his earlier years, Bruce stated in his autobiography "Born To Run", he has "a
The Promised Land (Bruce Springsteen song) The Promised Land (Bruce Springsteen song) "The Promised Land" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1978 album "Darkness on the Edge of Town". It was released as a single in Europe, backed by another song from "Darkness on the Edge of Town", "Streets of Fire", the third single from the album after "Badlands" and "Prove It All Night". "The Promised Land" was also included on the compilation album "The Essential Bruce Springsteen". The song has been a staple of Springsteen's live shows since 1978, and has been included on several concert albums and videos. The live album "Live/1975–85"