Springsteen, Joel To Hold Joint Concert For Obama

The Boss and the Piano Man are officially hitting the campaign trail.

On Tuesday, Obama donors were informed that Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel will join the Democratic nominee for his "last event in the Tri-State region before the election," at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

Please join us the evening of Thursday, October 16th for a very special concert with Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and other exciting guests! This is the first time that Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen will play the same concert!

Even in an election year with some historic "firsts," that's pretty notable. And pretty expensive: balcony tickets go for $500, "premiere" seats cost $2,500 per person, and lounge tickets go for $10,000.

UPDATE: Turns out the Obama release was wrong, Springsteen and Joel have played together at least once before:

Comments

[lwseanor]

01:39 PM on 10/01/2008

Hopefully, Billy Joel wont be driving to the show....

[katocat]

02:36 PM on 10/01/2008

Hopefully McCain won't be going to the White House.

[youpplrnuts]

12:26 PM on 10/01/2008

Now why would they let you pions in for cheap seats? they dont care about you. They really need springstein and joel for this? These people should just shut the hell up no one care what you have to say. springstein is the biggest UN american I ever seen . His songs should be taken and burned. Read the real news at rush limbaugh.com

[paganmist]

01:25 PM on 10/01/2008

I think you mean "peon".

But then again, you're advertising for Rush Limbaugh. That says all that anyone needs to know.

[katocat]

02:23 PM on 10/01/2008

I'd say nobody cares what you say more.

So according to your own advice, why don't YOU just shut up?

I thinkit's great when celebrities speak their minds. They are after all, Americans too.

P.S. You can't burn a song.

[midwestvoter]

12:14 PM on 10/01/2008

Reading the comments, it's obvious the Republicans are in a twist over this. I don't see why they are so jealous. They have Ted Nugent, afterall. LOL

[sueno]

12:08 PM on 10/01/2008

Are there going to be any "cheap" seats?

[ugmold]

10:58 AM on 10/01/2008

Billy Joel....give him to Palin

[MalMNN]

09:34 AM on 10/01/2008

a tough choice for many, this show or the Grateful Dead / Allman Bros Obama benefit in PA !!!

thanks,
http://www.musicnewsnet.com/2008/09/springsteen-and.html

[BobSacomano]

01:34 AM on 10/01/2008

Thank you Bruce and Billy - keep up the good work!

[Your British Cousins]

12:50 AM on 10/01/2008

The Boss LiVE for Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08H_UkAGB9c

London for Obama 08

[candlewax]

10:45 PM on 09/30/2008

wow, wish I could go.

[somefool]

09:14 PM on 09/30/2008

Why is it I don't believe you?

[tshenk]

08:59 PM on 09/30/2008

Springstein and Joel are not - and have not been - in touch with real America since their stardom long ago. Bruce and Billy tote flags and wear jeans and act like working class but it's all an act that they get filthy rich from. In their elite social circles it's really hip to be Pro-Obama. What stumps me is why on earth does obama need any more campaign cash??? It blows to see this country go down so hard - so far - so fast. I think greed and ultra-liberalism will kill America and the stupidity of the masses to trust the media with the truth - and this Springstein and Joel concert - and Obama's fast rise are all media stunts.

[somefool]

09:23 PM on 09/30/2008

So Springsteen's social circles are elite as compared to who's? Are you saying John and Paris McCain are more in touch with the working class?. Seriously? Dam, I didn't think Republicans got hi gh.

[sb250guy]

09:44 PM on 09/30/2008

HELLO!. Have you been paying attention?! Who has been in power for most of the past 28 years (the last 8 in particular)? Whose political philosophies have been at the forefront (deregulation, faith-based this and that, no child left behind, pre-emptive war)? If the country is indeed falling apart, hmmm...., maybe we should start looking there.

As for the media, you are absolutely right. The corporate owned MSM cannot be trusted to report the truth. We do have to ignore them. The media assumed Obama would be easier for McCain to beat than Hillary. Perhaps they assumed wrong. The media is a HUGE part of the military industrial complex that Eisenhower warned us against.

Get a clue! Jacka**!!!

[JulieSA]

09:59 PM on 09/30/2008

Fannie and Freddie are Dem shops.

[tshenk]

10:09 PM on 09/30/2008

Obama has ZERO leadership experience - Zilch. He's a showman - Obama is all art and no matter. Go ahead and vote and promote Obama. The media shut my Republican candidate Ron Paul out. I do think that Obama is not what this country needs - but he'll get elected because this country is in trouble and his "Change" message will carry him into the white house. But Obama is really clueless as a leader - he just makes a great show. OBAMA IS ALL ART AND NO MATTER.

[MDfromMD]

07:57 PM on 09/30/2008

Do a live simulcast on Jumbotrons throughout the country - substantial fund raiser, lots of media
coverage, Obama 'feel good' atmosphere - enthusiasm and energy .... Yeh !!! all throughout this
great country of ours - Lets Rock and elect Obama/Biden.

[AmandaBC]

07:45 PM on 09/30/2008

This is what's good about America!

[bvk16]

08:16 PM on 09/30/2008

Do you like the Beatles too? You remind me of the lyrics:

Cry baby cry
Make your mother sigh
You are old enough to know better
Cry baby cry

[AmandaBC]

11:37 PM on 09/30/2008

Sockpuppet.

[torrrep]

07:42 PM on 09/30/2008

I like both Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen despite their politics. But I have a recommendation for the two of them. Barack Obama has plenty of money filling his coffers. They are not going to make any difference with this election. If they have nothing better to do then why don't they give the money to a more worthy cause. I hear liberals complain so much about how the poor are not being taken care of. This money could be used to stock a food pantry. It could be used for shelters fort battered women. It could be used for a homeless shelter. It could be used to purchase sleeping bags or blankets for the homeless. It could be used for many things. Many things that Barack Obama will not do if he is president. So go ahead and have your concert. And then pat yourselves on the back and try to convince every one what good deeds you did.

[prog]

08:06 PM on 09/30/2008

Or John McCain's wife can donate her $300K dress she wore to the convention to feed the poor? Or a couple of their houses?

Or maybe Haliburton can donate a week's profits for hurricane relief. Or better yet, the Carlyle Group!!!

Yeah. that's going to happen. I'm sorry, foolish person; there is a difference between 'Publicans and the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party doesn't have as one of it's tenets "grind the poor into the dirt...but exploit them first."

Obama is raising money honestly and industriously. Sorry that not many popular and/or talented artists aren't backing your candidate or offering their services. As a matter of fact, they're trying to KEEP their music from being used by the 'Publicans.

[gretcheno]

12:28 AM on 10/01/2008

Really how JEALOUS can people be, get over it t r o l l haters.

[torrrep]

02:19 AM on 10/01/2008

You must be an idiot because of all of the assumptions you make. First of all if a singer were having a concert for McCain I would be calling for the same thing. Second of all the last time I checked Halliburton and Carlyle were corporations and not individuals. Third lof all most of those artists you mention don't own the rights to their music and have no say in who can use it and who can't. Nice try.

[teacheng]

08:16 PM on 09/30/2008

How about donate 9 of McCain's 10 houses to people who lost their homes in the recent mortgage crisis?

Or perhaps the Bushes could bail out the country with their oil billions?

C'mon, man.

[torrrep]

02:16 AM on 10/01/2008

People lost their homes because of their stupidity. Not because McCain has more houses.

[estevancarlos]

07:16 PM on 09/30/2008

My high school math teacher is so not going to like this. I'm pretty sure he's voting McCain.