Believe it or not, it is 50 years since Bruce Springsteen released his seminal Born to Run album.
The Boss's home state of New Jersey is celebrating the milestone of a man whose music has been the soundtrack to so many of our lives.
That very poster above still hangs on my home office wall.
The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music in West Long Branch, NJ, will hold a multi-day celebration of the 50th anniversary of the release of the landmark album, which hit on August 25, 1975.Tickets for the main event, a full-day symposium that will take place on September 6 in Monmouth University’s Pollak Theatre, will cost $150.
The symposium will feature panels, presentations, and interviews with members of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, as well as with journalists and historians, music industry legends, and special guests.
Born to Run is one of rock’s great masterpieces,” said Robert Santelli, executive director of the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music.
“Just a few blocks from where the symposium will take place is where Springsteen wrote the album.
"To revisit the making of the album and to examine Born to Run’s place in American music history is a great honour and a quintessential example of the way the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music works to deliver unique insights about, and preserve the legacy of, our cherished American music genres and artists.”
The Born to Run celebrations also include:
* A special presentation of Tuesday Night Record Club on Tuesday, September 2, at Monmouth University’s Great Hall Auditorium or via Zoom. This event is free, but you must register at: https://springsteenarchives.org/.
* A special viewing of rare footage from the making of Born to Run and from the 1975 Born to Run tour, hosted by filmmaker Thom Zimny on September 5 at Pollak Theatre. Tickets for this event will be $50 and will also be available for purchase at https://springsteenarchives.org/.
* A new exhibit celebrating the photography of Eric Meola, whose iconic photo of Springsteen and saxophonist Clarence Clemons graces the Born to Run album cover. The free exhibit will be open to the public in Monmouth University’s Rechnitz Hall DiMattio Gallery from Saturday, September 6 through December 18, 2025.
* Walking tours of the West End section of Long Branch, where Springsteen lived in 1974 and 1975 when he wrote the songs that comprise Born to Run. The September 7 tours, which include the chance to view Springsteen’s rented West End cottage, will take place at 11am & 2pm. Tickets will be $40, and will also be available at https://springsteenarchives.org/.
Sounds like it might be worth a trip for ardent fans.
* A special presentation of Tuesday Night Record Club on Tuesday, September 2, at Monmouth University’s Great Hall Auditorium or via Zoom. This event is free, but you must register at: https://springsteenarchives.org/.
* A special viewing of rare footage from the making of Born to Run and from the 1975 Born to Run tour, hosted by filmmaker Thom Zimny on September 5 at Pollak Theatre. Tickets for this event will be $50 and will also be available for purchase at https://springsteenarchives.org/.
* A new exhibit celebrating the photography of Eric Meola, whose iconic photo of Springsteen and saxophonist Clarence Clemons graces the Born to Run album cover. The free exhibit will be open to the public in Monmouth University’s Rechnitz Hall DiMattio Gallery from Saturday, September 6 through December 18, 2025.
* Walking tours of the West End section of Long Branch, where Springsteen lived in 1974 and 1975 when he wrote the songs that comprise Born to Run. The September 7 tours, which include the chance to view Springsteen’s rented West End cottage, will take place at 11am & 2pm. Tickets will be $40, and will also be available at https://springsteenarchives.org/.
Sounds like it might be worth a trip for ardent fans.
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