{"id":7695,"date":"2025-07-18T15:43:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T07:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=7695"},"modified":"2025-07-18T15:43:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T07:43:52","slug":"50-years-of-rock-collapsed-into-30-minutes-and-the-jersey-shore-will-never-be-the-same-one-moment-it-was-just-another-afterparty-at-the-stone-pony-the-next-bruce-springsteen-kicked-open-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=7695","title":{"rendered":"50 Years of Rock Collapsed Into 30 Minutes\u2014And The Jersey Shore Will Never Be The Same. One moment it was just another afterparty at The Stone Pony. The next, Bruce Springsteen kicked open the night like a hurricane, grabbing a guitar and roaring into the mic: \u201cARE YOU READY FOR SOME REAL DAMN ROCK \u2018N\u2019 ROLL?!\u201d What happened next wasn\u2019t just a performance\u2014it was a full-blown resurrection. No setlist, no warning\u2014just 30 blistering minutes of The Boss unplugging the decades and setting the room on fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bruce Springsteen delivered a surprise performance Saturday, Sept. 14 at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. The Pony show was a Sea Hear Now festival afterparty and Springsteen performed with the Tangiers Blues Band, featuring Danny Clinch, with Robert Randolph and Jake Clemons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Boss played R&B rock classics, including \u201cLucille,\u201d \u201cDown The Road Apiece,\u201d and \u201cBoom Boom\u201d for about a half hour.  The Ocean Avenue Stompers were on the horns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was stunned,\u201d said Stan Goldstein, co-author of \u201cRock & Roll Tour of the Jersey Shore.\u201d \u201cHe had a show in Baltimore (Friday, Sept. 13) and he\u2019s got a show here (at Sea Hear Now with the E Street Band) tomorrow and he\u2019s 74. He looked great. It looked like it was 40 years ago when he was playing the Stone Pony stage. He got that smile he used to get when he played years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Springsteen also filmed a Stone Pony 50th anniversary salute on Saturday which was posted on the Pony\u2019s social media channels. The Pony opened in February of 1974.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHere I am back where it all started \u2014 how does that happen?\u201d Springsteen said. \u201cHappy 50th anniversary Stone Pony \u2014 you made it! It\u2019s a miracle you\u2019re still here but I\u2019m glad you are. Love to everybody!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Springsteen has appeared on the stage at the Pony hundreds of times, but it\u2019s been rare in recent years. His last time on stage was for a public show inside at an Alejandro Escovedo concert in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Boss played with Garry Tallent and Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes outside on the Stage Pony Summer Stage, adjacent to the club, in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWho would have thought 50 years later you\u2019re still getting Bruce Springsteen on stage at the Stone Pony,\u201d Goldstein said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Springsteen and the E Street Band are scheduled to play Surf Stage on the North Beach at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan headlined Saturday\u2019s Sea Hear Now show and also played the Pony afterparty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m headlining the same festival as Bruce Springsteen \u2014 this is crazy!\u201d said Kahan from the Sea Hear Now stage on Saturday. \u201cI\u2019m trying to dress like him. This is a lot of denim to take in at once. Take your time getting used to it. Your eyes will adjust eventually to this outfit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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