Zach Bryan wasn't the only one boss on stage at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Wednesday night (March 27).
For the encore, Bruce Springsteen joined Bryan for two songs, including a rendition of the unreleased number “Sandpaper.”
The concert ended with Bryan and The Boss dueting on “Revival,” the closer of the country-rock artist's 2020 album release Elizabeth, with Maggie Rogers supporting. Earlier, Rogers joined Bryan on stage for a cover of “Dawns,” the stand-alone song they wrote and released in 2023.
Watch clips from the Springsteen-assisted encore below.
Superstar collaboration is something of a payback. Bryan has covered Springsteen's He was born in the USA classic “I'm on Fire” on several occasions, live and in the studio.
The sight of Springsteen on stage, on any stage, is welcome.
The rock legend recently made a triumphant return, taking the stage in Phoenix, AZ with E Street Band to resume their world tour after a six-month hiatus due to the singer's battle with a peptic ulcer.
The problem was so severe, the 74-year-old icon said he thought he would never perform live again. “You sing with your diaphragm,” he told E Street Radio host Jim Rotolo. “My diaphragm hurt so bad that when I went to try to sing, it was killing me, you know?” she said. “Well, I literally couldn't sing at all, you know, and that went on for two or three months, along with a lot of other painful problems.
Twenty-nine shows were postponed as a result of the medical issue, which were rescheduled for the following months. The dates for Springsteen's final US trek are set to wrap up at the end of April and are followed by a deep run across Europe and the UK
Springsteen will go coast to coast in 24 hours. He's back on stage tonight (March 28) at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California.
Brian is enjoying a very hot run. He was named Billboard's Top New Artist of 2023, a year that saw him score his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, with his self-titled fourth LP (via Belting Bronco/Warner Records) and his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart (“I Remember Everything”, featuring Kacey Musgraves). All 16 tracks on the new release debuted in the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100, led by Musgraves' collaboration.
Brian's The Quitting Time Tour returns to Barclays Arena on Thursday night and then moves on to Belmont Park, NY.
