Bruce Springsteen To Receive Presidential Medal Of Freedom

President Barack Obama today named 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian honor in the U.S. New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen is among those who was named today and he is expected to receive his award at the White House on November 22.

Today’s batch of recipients will be the last Presidential Medal of Freedom winners named by President Obama before he leaves office. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Diana Ross, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, Lorne Michaels, Michael Jordan and Robert Redford are also among those who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom on the 22nd. The ceremony will be streamed live via Whitehouse.gov.

“Bruce Springsteen is a singer, songwriter, and bandleader. More than five decades ago, he bought a guitar and learned how to make it talk. Since then, the stories he has told, in lyrics and epic live concert performances, have helped shape American music and have challenged us to realize the American dream. Springsteen is a Kennedy Center honoree and he and the E Street Band he leads have each been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” reads a note on The Boss as part of a press release announcing the award.

Watch Springsteen’s recent performance for the Hillary Clinton campaign: