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10. Bruce Springsteen Helps Bring Down The Berlin Wall

On the 19th of July 1988, amidst the Germany East and West divide, as well on-going uncertainty regarding the Cold War, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played a gig to an estimated three hundred thousand people (with millions more watching at home) which many believed was a contributing factor in the fall of the Berlin Wall some Sixteen months later.

The feeling in East Germany at the time was that many people were unhappy, and the ‘Free German Youth’ Authorities booked Springsteen (under a false premise initially it must be said) in an attempt to unite the two opposing sides of the nation.

Delivering a short speech in German, Springsteen proudly proclaimed: "I'm not here for any government, I've come to play rock and roll for you in the hope that one day, all the barriers will be torn down." After this he broke into his own rendition of Bob Dylan’s Chimes of Freedom. The gig lasted for four hours, Springsteen never let up, nor did the crowd. Politics and music coming together to change the world.