10 Awesome Bruce Springsteen Stories That Prove He's The Boss

5. Hey Bruce, I Just Got Dumped

One of the highlights of the (excellent) Bruce Springsteen fan documentary Springsteen and I is the story of a man from Hamilton Ontario, Canada, who attended Springsteen's show in the city during the Wrecking Ball tour in 2012. The man held up a sign saying 'Hey Bruce, I Just Got Dumped, I'm Going Down'.

Bruce not only welcomed the young fan on stage and gave him a hug, but reassured him that everything was going to be OK, before lightening the mood with a few cracks about his own ex-girlfriends: 'I got dumped plenty of times myself. Oh, they're regretting it now! She'll be regrettin' it. That's right, they left too soon, man. Too soon, they quit! Ahuh, they missed that record company advance money, they left too soon!

Bruce then proceeded to rock the house with I'm Going Down. It was a classy move by Bruce, to help out a fan who probably wasn't feeling too great at the time and also showed that he had a sense of humour when it comes to himself. This is just one of a thousands incidences of Bruce proving he's The Boss by interacting with fans during concerts.