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Stranded at Citizens Bank Park, diehard Bruce fans are ‘devastated’ and ‘worried’

Just hours ahead of Springsteen’s first of two performances in South Philly, the news rippled through the roll call line: his Philly shows were postponed. The Boss is sick.

Bruce Springsteen canceled his 2 Philadelphia shows at Citizens Bank Park due to illness on Aug. 16, 2023. Two women who did not want their faces to appear or their names to be used, decided to have their tailgate meal before making the drive an hour back to their New Jersey home. They traveled to Europe to see Springsteen in the spring.
Bruce Springsteen canceled his 2 Philadelphia shows at Citizens Bank Park due to illness on Aug. 16, 2023. Two women who did not want their faces to appear or their names to be used, decided to have their tailgate meal before making the drive an hour back to their New Jersey home. They traveled to Europe to see Springsteen in the spring.Read moreCharles Fox / Staff Photographer / Charles Fox / Staff Photographer