Its not often Bruce Springsteen performs his songs in the live envoirnment on piano but here are some of the best ever giving some songs a quite different perspective.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY64kfo5aGY#t=77%5B/embed%5D
“Thanks, I’ll do a song I haven’t, I think I’ve played it on this tour, I’ve given it a rest for a while, some of those old bastards need that, you know how it is, they need a rest, but I wanna play this one tonight for a special friend of mine, J.J, if you’re, I hope you’re still here (J.J: “I’m here”) oh, alright, this is for you, my, my, my good friend…..”
According to Backstreets Magazine, J.J is a young man who is battling leukemia and who met Bruce before the show and was present at the soundcheck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vUFR6DVnKA
Bruce Springsteen gives a solo piano performance of “Independence Day” in Paris, France on July 4, 2012 during the Wrecking Ball Tour
Filmed at U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH, USA. 12-11-2002
Bruce Springsteen performs You’re Missing on Grand Piano during a rehearsal for a the TV show SNL on October 5, 2002 – complete take and it’s an incredibly moving performance:
The Fat Angel Sings 