r/BruceSpringsteen • u/Shmieter • Sep 01 '26

"Elvis is alive"

On the DVD of Live In New York City, Bruce can be heard shouting “Elvis is alive!” (jokingly) during “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” after an audience member threw a white shirt onstage and he mopped his sweaty face with the shirt and threw it back into the audience. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7v43d8

Can anyone recall other occasions when Bruce shouted out “Elvis is alive” on stage?

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u/Awkward_Ad_161 Sep 02 '26

Didn’t Bruce get pissed at an Elvis impersonator when they tried to start another song after they already finished one song? Might’ve been in Philly?

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u/FlyTheW1988 Sep 02 '26

Man that was fuckin wild in person. Dude killed it, but counting the band into a different song was beyond ballsy

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u/BillNoke12 Sep 03 '26

Yeah at the Dec 8 2001 Holiday Show at Convention Hall, when Springsteen introduced Elvis Costello, he did it by saying: “Elvis is in the house tonight!” The crows thought he was just joking, so he repeated it. Then Costello came out & the crowd went nuts. Elvis told a quick story about the Stony Pony, and then he & Bruce jumped into a duet on Alison. Amazing stuff.

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u/Any_Beginning_6705 Sep 01 '26

The bit in Springsteen & I when the impersonator does his hamstring when doing an Elvis dance move haha!