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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Springsteen to play in Philly Saturday, for free, for Obama
Springsteen, who will be acoustic here Saturday.

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The Obama campaign has just announced that Bruce Springsteen will play a free - acoustic - set on the Parkway Saturday afternoon. The stated purpose is to assist voter registration and volunteer efforts, and, indeed, to get "preferred" tickets you have to go to an Obama campaign office and sign up to volunteer. General admission is available via the web.

And did we say an acoustic set? So no E Street Band. Bummer.

For extra credit, tell us who will provide McCain with his musical theme?

Here's excerpts from the Obama release:

"...Bruce Springsteen an acoustic set at a rally on the Ben Franklin Parkway...

...preferred tickets must be picked up at campaign offices.

The concert will take place on the Saturday before Pennsylvania’s voter registration deadline on Monday. 

Benjamin Franklin Parkway between 20th and 22nd Streets.

Gates open at 2:00 and the program will begin at 3:30.

For access to the best viewing area, preferred tickets will be distributed to those who sign up to volunteer. This can be done beginning at 10:00 AM on Wednesday at the Obama-Biden campaign for change offices listed below.

General admission tickets can be secured at the following website: pa.barackobama.com/springsteen 

Ticket locations:

Center City
1500 Sansom, Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19102
267-886-8591

South Philly
1501 Christian St
Philadelphia, PA 19146
267-298-8615

West Philly
246 S 52nd St
Philadelphia, PA 19139
267-975-3529

Fishtown
260 East Girard Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19125
267-298-8673

North Philly
2221 N. Broad, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19132
267-298-8680

Frankford
7727 Frankford Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19136
215-904-6004

Ward 23
4915 Frankford Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19124
267-343-8912

Germantown
7102 Germantown Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19119
267-298-8768

Oaklanes
6521 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19126
215-224-9410

University City
4001 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
267-972-7315

Norristown
1790 Markley St
Norristown, PA 19401
484-684-6072

Pottstown
235 East High St
Pottstown, PA 19464
484-624-5882

Jenkintown
1657 The Fairway
Jenkintown, PA 19046
215-884-2884

Ardmore
6 Greenfield Ave
Ardmore, PA 19143
610-649-7218

Ambler
1123 Bethlehem Pike
Ambler , PA 19002
267-470-4782

Media
362 West Baltimore Ave
Media, PA 19063
484-442-8611

Upper Darby
1404 Bywood Ave
Upper Darby, PA 19082
484-461-1435

Bristol
234 Mill St
Bristol, PA 19007
267-812-5719

Doylestown
72 North Main St
Doylestown, PA 18901
267-880-6673

Bethlehem
531 Main St
Bethlehem, PA 18108
610-807-3690

Allentown
4140 West Tilghman St
Allentown, PA 18104
610-564-4361

Easton
355 Ferry St
Easton, PA 18042
610-564-4777

West Chester
543 East Gay St
West Chester, PA 19380
484-947-5573

Phoenixville
22 South Main Street
Phoenixville, PA 19460
610-241-0247

Reading
147 N 5th St
Reading, PA 19601
610-370-7031

York
200 West Market St
York, PA 17401
717-668-8536

Lancaster
252 Harrisburg Pike
Lancaster, PA 17603
717-435-8197

Harrisburg
401 North 2nd St.
Harrisburg, PA 17101
717-695-6912

Scranton
222 Wyoming Ave 1A
Scranton, PA 18503
570-909-9386

Wilkes-Barre
238 Kidder St
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
570-951-9259

Pittsburgh
213 Smithfield St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-867-6673

 

Click here for Philly.com's politics page.

Posted by Nathan Gorenstein @ 6:02 PM  Permalink | 68 comments
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Posted 05:47 PM, 10/27/2008
MoltarRocks
Yawn. Springsteen is a has been. Vote NO to Obamunism on November 4th.
Posted 01:05 PM, 10/03/2008
drjimmy
Wow, a bunch of misinformed haters! Ok, anyone making $250,000.00 or more each year, raise your hand. You are the ONLY ones who will see your taxes raisedif Obama is elected. 95% of those making LESS than $250,000.00 each year will get a tax BREAK if Obama is elected!! If your salary is under $250,000.00 each year will see your taxes CUT...DECREASED...LOWERED...GO DOWN...REDUCED. Again, virtually EVERYONE making less than $250,000.00 per year will pay LESS in taxes each year if Obama is elected. Who will pay more under Obama? The filthy rich, crooked, scumbag oil companies who have been raping us Americans at the gas pumps. They will continue to make OBSCENE billions and trillions of dollars each year, but will have to pay a fair share back to the rest of us who can't afford to fill our tanks and pay our rent/mortgage. Anyone making less than $250,000.00 a year who votes for McCain is a sucker.
Posted 05:56 AM, 10/01/2008
LibraMiss
The same Democrat way that Kerry did ,when the music stopped, everybody left. Of course thousands will show up for a free concert,even Republican's admitted to Hannity that they went to the free ROCK THE VOTE concert when Kerry did it.
Posted 02:14 AM, 10/01/2008
Lando_M
All these loudmouths supporting John Insane need to realize no mouth is loud enough to quiet the awesome power of the boss! Honestly, who loses to George W. Bush and runs for president again?? An insane man, that's who. (notice: Gore's found a different calling... winning awards)
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Posted 12:21 AM, 10/01/2008
Zomboma
I wake up a half hour earlier every morning just to hate Bruce Springsteen longer.
Posted 11:06 PM, 09/30/2008
brendancalling
@mas215: wasn't fred gwynne the guy who played herman munster? http://www.space-debris.com/com_gwynne_munst.jpg
Posted 10:58 PM, 09/30/2008
sarah89
They'd better hope Biden doesn't call him Rick Springfield
Posted 10:22 PM, 09/30/2008
rbpeeple
The R's bussed 15,000 people in to hear the candidates. Barry is bringing in Springsteen to draw the crowd. Big difference, Einstein. I'll tell you this...Barry will win Philly...but not as handily as most will think...AND you have to be an absolute moron to vote for a candidate because of a pop music concert. Bruce won't win ONE vote...only aggravate the voter on the fence. Maybe Wil.i.am will show up...or the washed-up lead singer from Live. LOL.
Posted 10:12 PM, 09/30/2008
hejira33312
McCain is going try and one up Obama, hmmmmm, Palin will be be on with Donald Trump in a very special episode of the apprentice, or Tonight on the reunion of golden girl john mccain finds love with estelle getty , or Matlock the Case of the Crazy Pilot, or My Father the Edsel, the list goes on an on, all I can say is The Boss Rocks!
Posted 10:11 PM, 09/30/2008
mijou6
Who pays for all the police OT and clean-up? The people who donate to his campaign or the taxpayers? Will the messiah's kid chorus be there to sing their North Korean inspired vignettes?
Posted 09:59 PM, 09/30/2008
hejira33312
lonewolfs comment is kinda sexist so I will get it deleted..
Posted 09:47 PM, 09/30/2008
marconi
It's great to see that the Republicans and name-callers sit in front of their computers to leave comments on here about Springsteen as Democrats canvass and get the votes out. Status quo has that way, I suppose.
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Posted 09:25 PM, 09/30/2008
LJM
Another socialist shilling for the uninformed voters who don't know what river Obanana will sell us down, so we will all become socialist scum.
Posted 09:24 PM, 09/30/2008
MiddleNameHussein
Democrats = party of the rich
Posted 09:23 PM, 09/30/2008
MiddleNameHussein
I suppose feeble minded voters are swayed by rich limousine liberals telling them what's good for them, but they usually vote Democrat anyway because they want the government to run their lives for them, since they can't make it on their own.
Posted 09:12 PM, 09/30/2008
Ryan
lonewolf, you are way offbase. michelle obama is smoking hot. hottest first lady ever.
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Posted 08:46 PM, 09/30/2008
eagle8
tdoc: Denver was a convention site full of partying Dems, and Berlin was a picnic site full of curious Europeans with nothing to do. Get your facts straight. What record numbers? The voting from 18 to 24 year olds was still single digits.
Posted 08:42 PM, 09/30/2008
tdoc
eagle8, young people have voted in record numbers the last 2 elections. Obama spoke in front 75,000 in denver, he spoke in front of 200,000 in Germany! So your Linc crowd estimates might be a little off...You and your ilk should think before you post. your inaccuracies are staggering.
Posted 08:42 PM, 09/30/2008
johnnydomino
We'd all like to show Alyssa Milano "who's the boss". Viva La Danza!
Posted 08:40 PM, 09/30/2008
eagle8
writerstephen: You are a typical lib! You assume Toby Keith is a conservative/right-wing/Republican because of his music. Can't a Democrat be a patriot? Toby is a Bill Clinton Democrat who is supporting Obama! Yet, I still like his music and him because he is a patriot! Libs always claim to be open-minded; yeah, sure.
Posted 08:35 PM, 09/30/2008
eagle8
To voiceofreason: My point is that neither JFK, Ronald Reagan nor Bill Clinton needed a warm-up act to get a big crowd. They were extremely popular and naturally drew a large audience based on what they had to say, not who performed for them. The Boss is just insurance for the tv cameras. Get Obama into the Linc without a music group and the place would be 80% empty. The same for McCain. Besides all the young people in the world showing up doesn't mean squat unless they vote, and they don't!
Posted 08:30 PM, 09/30/2008
tdoc
You guys are hysterical (in a tragic sense)...like Obama needs help to draw a big crowd? Your either joking or have been in a coma for the last year. NO ONE has sold out more concerts in philly than springsteen, so i'd hardly call that a nobody, a has been, or compare him to tony danza. Didnt he need Mile High stadium to accomadate the convention crowd? I was in denver too, and thousands were turned away from the "sold out" event. You repubs are the most bitter, cheap shot, lying, war mongering hypocrites on the planet. You ding bats would vote for Bush again, if you could.
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Posted 08:22 PM, 09/30/2008
writerstephen
Toby Keith a democrat? Stop the world, i want to get off.
Posted 08:22 PM, 09/30/2008
Nicher
Wow!!! Bruce is backing Obama?? I'm changing my vote. I'm voting for Change. Or, umm...something like that.
Posted 08:17 PM, 09/30/2008
Nicher
If Bruce sings "Jungleland", does that make him a racist??
Posted 08:06 PM, 09/30/2008
KG
Typical hysteria from the fading repubs on this site, who hold so dear their Second Amendment rights, but have no tolerance for the First Amendment. What really makes you nuts is when someone calls you on how much you people have screwed up our country. Tell ya what, we'll take Bruce singing for Obama, and you can go light a candle at your Karl Rove shrine, OK? You swiftboating cowards. You gave us George W Bush, so shut the hell up.
Posted 07:59 PM, 09/30/2008
tarik255
This is awesome. I'm worried about what McCain might do to counter this. Lawrence Welk on the Parkway might turn this into a McCain advantage.
Posted 07:53 PM, 09/30/2008
MikeP
Wow. Envy sure is ugly. "I like his music but not his politics" has to be the best comment. I assume you don't listen to lyrics.
Posted 07:44 PM, 09/30/2008
LJL
McLame is not going to be outdone. He almost has all of ABBA ready to reunite....Shame they can't vote.
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Posted 07:39 PM, 09/30/2008
ozey
85% of the people there will be there to see Bruce. They may have to set up gates and lock people in when he is finished
Posted 07:36 PM, 09/30/2008
The Clear
Shut up and sing
Posted 07:19 PM, 09/30/2008
PennGuy86
No! John McCain/Sarah Palin '08! NObama/Biden!
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Posted 07:17 PM, 09/30/2008
sillybilly
An aging rocker for an old time Chicago politician. I hope the cute little Obama Youth Choir shows up to serenade Dear Leader.
Posted 07:16 PM, 09/30/2008
mike l
Wait a minute, didn't Toby Keith say he was a Democrat? The Rs don't have him.
Posted 07:13 PM, 09/30/2008
mike l
doo-dah, these two weren't born rich or privileged, ala mccain. Both Springsteen and Obama worked their way up. Obama only got into real money a couple of years ago with book residuals he used to pay off college loans. What, you got something against the American dream? Or, like repubs, believe you must be born rich to count?
Posted 07:11 PM, 09/30/2008
XDRUM
i;m so old i remember when springstein was cool which was long before he lived in a gated community and was still in touch with reality
Posted 07:10 PM, 09/30/2008
Constance
Who cares..I can't stand these psuedo celebraties stomping for and speaking out for sub standard politicians who throw around empty promisies while lying through their teeth. Lefties to lefties...they have a very soft underbelly with empty minds. When will they all learn to shut up.
Posted 07:09 PM, 09/30/2008
Jim C.
BTW, that someone that could be a heartbeat away from the presidency--and one month from the election--to have never had a national press conference is a disgrace to democracy. Disgrace.
Posted 07:01 PM, 09/30/2008
MoltarRocks
I'm sure it'll make a great concert. But, I'm still not voting for Obama.
Posted 07:00 PM, 09/30/2008
writerstephen
Don't worry, you guys have Toby Keith. What are you so angry about? I guess it's your default emotion.
Posted 07:00 PM, 09/30/2008
writerstephen
Don't worry, you guys have Toby Keith. What are you so angry about? I guess it's your default emotion.
Posted 07:00 PM, 09/30/2008
squeeze
Bruce, keep working on Asbury Park. When you clean that dump up, you can worry about the rest of the world !!
Posted 06:57 PM, 09/30/2008
thescooter
when bruce leaves philly, the crowds leaves philly. the bad/oman wins philly, thats,just a "NO BRAINER", african americans voters just vote based on race. But the bad oman will not win PA. Del, Virg etc etc. to go to DC for 4 years. Sorry, neither man is a good pick for President. But i'll follow McCain any where on the planet and fell safe, before i would go anywhere with the bad/oman. the scooter
Posted 06:56 PM, 09/30/2008
SeaJim
ZZZZZzzzzzzz........2 aging liberal has beens. Who cares!!
Posted 06:54 PM, 09/30/2008
cusoraider
so is Obama actually going to be there or is Springsteen just singing and they are registering people to vote?
Posted 06:54 PM, 09/30/2008
Jim C.
Tony Danza is a king-maker and could really sway this thing if he were to do something on Broadway between now and November.
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Posted 06:50 PM, 09/30/2008
citizen2008
first video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxgSubmiGt8 second video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
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Posted 06:42 PM, 09/30/2008
citizen2008
watch and learn ..oh and by the way Obama made 4.13 million last yaer, (his paycheck) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxgSubmiGt8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
Posted 06:33 PM, 09/30/2008
voiceofreason
And eagle, you think rock bands are an ineffective way to draw the attention of young people to political issues? Tell that to Bono. So, in order to draw a crowd, you would prefer maybe the GOP method of BUSSING 15,000 people into Media to cheer on McCain and that idiot sidekick of his?
Posted 06:32 PM, 09/30/2008
OgieOglethorpe
just like europe! maybe he can truck in some supporters!
Posted 06:31 PM, 09/30/2008
hawk
Wow, one no talent clown supporting another no talent clown. What a surprise! NObama in 2008
Posted 06:29 PM, 09/30/2008
Hank
This series of free concerts basically ensures a guaranteed victory for Obama, considering the successful campaign Springsteen helped steer four years ago while drumming up support for John Kerry. We all know how well that went.
Posted 06:28 PM, 09/30/2008
jmc
It's all for nothing. Obama will win Philadelphia easily. Their Preaching to the choir.
Posted 06:23 PM, 09/30/2008
mas215
When will these democrats learn that celebrities that come out for them is the kiss of death. The only exception was Clinton. Doesn't Springsteen realize (along with Streisand and all the other blame America firsters and haters of our military) that doing this helps McCain/Palin? It makes me glad because these idiots only help the ones they don't want elected. I love Bruce's music (early) but hate his politics. As the late, great Fred Gwynne said, "actors (celebrities) should NOT get on a soapbox". It backfires more often than not.
Posted 06:23 PM, 09/30/2008
doo dah man
nothing like rich people supporting other rich people that tell us working people that we need to pay more taxes. talk about "the price you pay"
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Posted 06:14 PM, 09/30/2008
eagle8
Obama's way to draw a big crowd: show up after Bruce leaves and the crowd is waiting for an encore. Then act they are there for you. What a drip!
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