The inaugural American Music Honors awards show – a fundraiser for the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University – was without two very important presenters in attendance – Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa. Bob Santelli, the Archives\u2019 executive director, broke the news that the Springsteens were both diagnosed with Covid-19 just hours after Springsteen took a final bow Friday night at the Prudential Center, wrapping the first part of his 2023 tour with the E Street Band, reports Variety.
\u201cIt broke our hearts around 6 a.m. this morning when I got a call that two of the most important people who were supposed to be here, Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, unfortunately came down with Covid-19.
While the news was met with silence in the crowd, host Jon Stewart lightened the mood, joking: \u201cThey\u2019re alive. Don\u2019t overreact. You can still see them in concert. They\u2019re home sitting by the fire eating French onion soup.\u201d As per Variety, despite his absence physically, Springsteen was feeling spry enough to tape two videos presenting awards to Darlene Love and fellow E Street Band member Steven Van Zandt. Stewart joked that Springsteen \u201cwith Covid-19 looks better than me,\u201d adding that he appeared \u201ceerily healthy.\u201d
\u201cAren\u2019t you supposed to have sniffles or something?\u201d he said, quoted by Variety. \u201cWe shut down the world for a year and a half.\u201d Springsteen was supposed to receive a proclamation from New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, who was in attendance with his wife, Tammy. Murphy, who joked that some in the audience were hoping that he was the one with Covid, unveiled a proclamation declaring September 23, 2023, Springsteen\u2019s birthday, \u2018Bruce Springsteen Day\u2019 in the Garden State.
\u201cI can\u2019t believe it\u2019s taken this long,\u201d Murphy said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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