Bruce Springsteen Plucks Fan From Crowd For Backstage Hang

Bruce Springsteen fan Steven Strauss lived out a dream many live music fans have had when his favorite artist noticed him dancing in the crowd and invited him backstage to hang last night in Albany. Strauss, who happened to be reporting on The Boss’s performance at Albany’s Times Union Center, detailed his wild experience for the fansite Backstreets.

The craziness started for Strauss during the last song of the evening. As Springsteen and the E Street Band were ending a 34-song The River Tour performance with “Shout,” The Boss took note of Strauss in the crowd and bellowed, “Alright, this one’s going out to my man in the checkered shirt.” He went on to say, “I see you every night… come backstage after the show! Let’s give him a round of applause…” Shortly thereafter Steven and his parents were backstage hanging with The Boss. Strauss explained on Backstreets that he recently quit his job to focus on writing and as such has been able to hit each night of Springsteen’s The River Tour thus far. “I sing (hopefully not too loudly for those standing around me) all of the words, I dance to all of the songs, I jump up and down, I cry, I fist-pump, I air guitar, I do things that no one has figured out how to describe in words yet,” Strauss said about his enthusiastic reception to each show which garnered notice from The Boss.

Head to Backstreets to read more about Strauss’s big night and to read his recap of last night’s show.