Coming on August 14th is Bruce Springsteen's Born In The U.S.A. Collection. The package, available via live.brucespringsteen.net, showcases six shows as featured in the “The Boss's” ongoing live archival series, with the limited-edition box set containing 18 factory-pressed CD's.
Bruce Springsteen has always had his pulse on the life of the common man and even after he attained wealth and fame, he never lost sight of what he believes is the real America. He never set out to be an example because he looks at his achievements as being based mainly on luck: “In my story I saw in certain places, y'know, 'Local boy makes good,' 'This is the U.S.A. — anybody can do it' — y'know, and that's not true. Hey, hard work can get you someplace, of course it can. And if you're one in a million, maybe y'know, for whatever reasons, you fall into fortune or you pursued it and it happened. But to generalize that story is where things go wrong. Y'know, hard work is not enough. You can ask all the unemployed steel workers.”
The concerts featured in full on Bruce Springsteen's Born In The U.S.A. Collection are:
August 5, 1984 – East Rutherford, NJ – Brendan Byrne Arena
August 6, 1984 – East Rutherford, NJ – Brendan Byrne Arena
August 19, 1984 – East Rutherford, NJ – Brendan Byrne Arena
August 20, 1984 – East Rutherford, NJ – Brendan Byrne Arena
August 22, 1985 – East Rutherford, NJ – Giants Stadium
September 27, 1985 – Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum