Springsteen Center Opens 2-Night Concert Series at 4,100-Seat Monmouth Arena
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Updated · Asbury Park Press · Jun 4
Springsteen Center Opens 2-Night Concert Series at 4,100-Seat Monmouth Arena
3 articles · Updated · Asbury Park Press · Jun 4
Summary
Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music launched the first of its two “Music America: The Songs that Shaped Us” concerts Thursday at Monmouth University, with Springsteen joining Kenny Chesney, Rosanne Cash, Dropkick Murphys and others.
The show was built as a survey of American music roots, with Robert Santelli linking performances that ranged from Woody Guthrie and Hank Williams to Robert Johnson and the Carter Family.
Springsteen closed the night with Cash on “Deportee,” Chesney on “This Land Is Your Land,” then teamed with Dropkick Murphys before a second-line finale around the floor of the 4,100-capacity OceanFirst Bank Center.
A second concert is set for June 5 with Jon Bon Jovi, Little Steven Van Zandt, Jackson Browne, Mavis Staples, Public Enemy and other scheduled performers.
The concerts are the cornerstone of the new Springsteen Center’s June 13 opening at Monmouth, where exhibits, archives and a 250-seat Dolby soundstage will anchor its permanent home.