Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to Glenn Frey on Tuesday night [January 19, 2016] with a cover of The Eagles' "Take It Easy". Springsteen and The E Street Band were performing at the United Centre in Chicago on the current The River tour. He performed the song solo, bar an appearance half-way throu...
Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to Glenn Frey on Tuesday night [January 19, 2016] with a cover of The Eagles’ “Take It Easy”.
Springsteen and The E Street Band were performing at the United Centre in Chicago on the current The River tour.
He performed the song solo, bar an appearance half-way through by E Street Band violinist Soozie Tyrell. The Boss ended his cover by calling out Frey’s name to huge cheers.
Watch Bruce Springsteen cover “Take It Easy” below:
The River tour follows the release of The Ties That Bind: The River Collection, a four-CD/three-DVD package dedicated to his 1980 double album.
The remaining tour dates are:
January 24 & 27 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
January 29 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
January 31 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
February 2 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
February 4 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
February 8 – Albany, NY @ Times Union Center
February 10 – Hartford, CT @ XL Center
February 12 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
February 16 – Sunrise, FL @ BB&T Center
February 18 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
February 21 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
February 23 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
February 25 – Buffalo, NY @ First Niagara Center
February 27 – Rochester, NY @ Blue Cross Arena
February 29 – St Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
March 3 – Milwaukee, WI @ BMO Harris Bradley Center
March 6 – St Louis, MO @ Chaifetz Arena
March 10 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena
March 13 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
March 15 & 17 – Los Angeles, CA @ Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Springsteen had previously covered “Rebel Rebel” as a tribute to David Bowie: you can watch footage by clicking here.
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