Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi are set to appear in Music America: The Songs That Shaped Us, a two-night concert event scheduled for June 4 and 5 at the OceanFirst Bank Center on the campus of Monmouth University in New Jersey. The event is being presented in connection with America’s 250th anniversary and is curated by the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music.
The announced lineup also includes Gary Clark Jr., Public Enemy, Kenny Chesney, Rosanne Cash, Jackson Browne, Dropkick Murphys, Darlene Love, Nils Lofgren, Stevie Van Zandt, Mavis Staples, and Dion. Organizers say the performances will spotlight landmark songs from across American music, with blues, bluegrass, rock, hip-hop, folk, jazz, country, and gospel all represented. The Disciples of Soul will serve as the house band.
Robert Santelli, executive director of the Springsteen Center and executive producer of the concerts, said the shows are meant to reflect the breadth of American music and its connection to the country’s shared cultural history. The concerts will take place just ahead of the center’s planned June 7 opening. General public ticket sales for both shows begin April 21 at noon Eastern, with each night sold separately.