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Oral history: Reliving the legendary Springsteen bomb scare show

Story Highlights

  • Cast of characters:
  • Dave Benton (fan)
  • Lt. Steven Caballero (Milwaukee Police Dept. bomb squad commander)
  • Robert Cavallo (photographer)
  • Mark Goff (photographer, Bugle American)
  • Louie Lucchesi (fan)
  • Damien Jaques (Milwaukee Journal reviewer)
  • Peter Mortensen (Chief Concierge, The Pfister Hotel)
  • Drew Olson (fan)
  • Michael Plaisted (fan)
  • Rick Rand (fan)
  • Bob Reitman (WQFM dj/emcee)
  • Bruce Springsteen (The Boss)
  • Garry Tallent (E Street Band bassist)


Milwaukee is a city rife with associations, from beer to brats, Hogs to "Happy Days."

But for devoted fans of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Milwaukee means only one thing: the bomb scare show – that Thursday night in October 1975 when the band's Cream City concert was halted by a bomb threat and resumed three hours later, resulting in a high-energy show unlike any other the band would ever perform.

Today is the 40th anniversary of that legendary gig: Are you loose?!

We tell the story here in an oral history.

This a a really long story so I won't reprint it here, just follow the link.  I promise, you won't regret reading it.

https://onmilwaukee.com/music/...how40.html?viewall=1

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The SPL Rocks!

Prego che tu stia danzando con San Pietro alle porte perlacee del cielo





Pulled up to my house today
Came and took my little girl away!
Giants Stadium 8/28/03



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