We win again. The Phillies made the Mets' lives miserable for the second year running, and Philadelphia also beats out New York in the Springsteen for Obama sweepstakes. In Manhattan, the Boss is playing playing a fund raising event at the Hammerstein Ballroom on October 16, and not only does it cost as much as $10,000 per ticket, it also requires enduring Billy Joel.
On the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Saturday afternoon, Philadelphians get a much better deal. No Billy, just Bruce, playing an acoustic set of as-yet-undetermined length. Plus, it's free, in an event that's timed to Monday's voter registration deadline.
The video below is from the 2004 Vote for Change tour, when Springsteen - who will also play the Super Bowl next year, in what hopefully be a precursor to a 2009 tour with the E Street Band - - was politicking on behalf of a different Democratic candidate. The performance is from the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, the guy singing Pearl Jam's "Better Man" with him is Eddie Vedder.
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