Fanning the flames of fame
“I threw this barbecue one time and, in the middle of it, we heard a knock at the door,” says the Gaslight Anthem singer. “It was Bruce Springsteen. He just invited himself. Seriously, what do you say when Bruce Springsteen shows up?”
Springsteen is a neighbour in New Jersey. He and Fallon are mutual admirers and have performed together. That didn’t lessen the shock of him showing up out of the blue. “Nobody was casual about Bruce Springsteen being there,” says Fallon. “It was a big deal, for sure — a really big deal. You don’t just shrug something like that off and go back to finishing your burger.”
