Bruce @ FNB

Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ

For me, it was just an opportunity to see and hear a little bit of "home"  here in South Africa.

on the floor @ FNB

"The River"

But for the South Africans in the audience, it was clearly much more. They were there to celebrate one of the "rock heroes who helped us to overcome." That was the title of an article about Bruce's concert series in South Africa which appeared in today's Sunday Times newspaper.

It was written by Dali Tambo, a London television presenter and the son of the late Oliver "O.R." and Adelaide Tambo. He was also one of the co-founders in 1985 of Artists United Against Apartheid (AUAA).

Together with Bono, Annie Lennox, of course Steve Van Zandt, and a slew of  other international artists and musicians, AUAA brought the message of anti-apartheid to a world audience influencing world opinion and providing political pressure which ultimately resulted in the policy's demise.

So the crowd naturally went wild when Bruce and Stevie and the E Street Band opened their first ever concert in Joburg with the AUAA anthem, "Free Nelson Mandela" ...