Zach Bryan has been referred to as “Bruce Springsteen‘s inheritor” — and on Sunday, the latter shocked followers at Bryan’s live performance in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Springsteen took the MetLife Stadium stage in his house state to carry out his personal “Atlantic Metropolis” with Bryan. On the finish of the track, the viewers might be heard yelling “BRUUUUUCE” (not booing, as some on social media misheard).
It’s not the primary time they’ve taken the stage collectively. Simply final August, Springsteen shocked followers at Bryan’s Philadelphia live performance for a rendition of “Atlantic Metropolis” and “Sandpaper,” which the 2 collaborated on collectively.
On Sunday, concertgoers received a tease of Springsteen’s look early within the night, when “Home of a Thousand Guitars,” from his 2020 album, Letter to You, was heard throughout the sound system.
Later within the set, Bryan introduced out Caleb Followill, a member of opening band Kings of Leon, to the stage, introducing him because the “sweetest man I’ve ever met.” He then took a beat to deliver on “one of many best males to ever exist, a New Jersey native, Mr. Bruce Springsteen.”
The band then launched into “Atlantic Metropolis” off Springsteen’s 1982 solo album, Nebraska, which Followill additionally joined in on. That period of Springsteen’s music profession will hit the massive display screen in October with the discharge of the movie Ship Me From Nowhere, starring Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen.
Springsteen got here out once more for the present’s encore, Bryan’s “Revival.”
Sunday’s live performance was the final of Bryan’s three-night engagement in East Rutherford.
Bryan, whose songwriting is usually in comparison with Springsteen’s, is a U.S. Navy veteran from Oklahoma who has helped usher in a brand new period of nation music. His profession took off in 2023 together with his fourth album, Zach Bryan. He launched one other hit album, The Nice American Bar Scene, in 2024.
Springsteen lately wrapped a European tour and has been seen in and round his hometown of Freehold, New Jersey. Bryan additionally spent a lot of June in Europe, headlining two nights at London’s Hyde Park.
Watch the Sunday night time efficiency beneath.