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Bruce Springsteen and Who Knows Who

I'm not saying this based on insider knowledge, which I do not have, regarding Bruce Springsteen's rescheduled concert this coming Friday in Sunrise. But it's worth noting that Springsteen likes cameos. He brought out Bono, Dave Stewart and Dion DiMucci at a Miami show in 2002. At a solo concert in 2005 at Seminole Hard Rock Live, the surprise guests were his E Street bandmates Clarence Clemons and Steve Van Zandt.

Springsteen did it again last week in Orlando: He called Roger McGuinn of the Byrds on to the stage, as reported by Orlando Sentinel music critic Jim Abbott, who later interviewed McGuinn.

Again, I don't know that Springsteen will spring anybody on Friday night at BankAtlantic Center. Of the four times I've seen him in South Florida, he's done it twice, so that's a 50/50 chance at best. But I'm just sayin' ...

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SEAN PICCOLI joined the Sun-Sentinel as pop music writer in 1996. He previously worked in Washington, D.C., covering news, politics, entertainment and culture ...

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