The Fat Angel Sings

The Concert For Valor took place last night on the National Mall in Washington, DC to honor Veteran’s Day. An estimated 800,000 were in attendance and the event was simulcast online and on HBO. Artists performing included Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, Eminem, Rihanna, the Black Keys, Metallica, and more. Each performer played a handful of songs for the show, Bruce played Dancing In The Dark, Born In The USA, The Promised Land all acoustic, the full show which lasted for just over three hours. On Tuesday, Bruce Springsteen played the Concert For Valor, a big event honoring Veterans Day on Washington D.C.’s National Mall. This was a self-consciously patriotic event, but Springsteen’s set list wasn’t exactly a jingoistic affair. Along with Dave Grohl and Zac Brown, Springsteen covered Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 1969 song “Fortunate Son,” an angry song in which a soldier lashes out at those who avoided the Vietnam draft through family connections.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Y98B9IuOA#t=77

The Concert For Valor took place last night on the National Mall in Washington, DC to honor Veteran’s Day. An estimated 800,000 were in attendance and the event was simulcast online and on HBO. Artists performing included Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, Eminem, Rihanna, the Black Keys, Metallica, and more. Each performer played a handful of songs for the show, which lasted for three hours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Y98B9IuOA#t=77

HBO’s Concert For Valor drew hundreds of thousands of fans to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., with millions more tuning in on television screens and radios across the country to hear the performances. After joining the Zach Brown Band and Dave Grohl for a rocking rendition of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son,” Bruce returned to the stage for an acoustic set of songs which included “The Promised Land”, ” Born In The USA”   and “Dancing In The Dark” Videos of the night’s performance show how passionate and haunting Bruce’s set was over these few songs.