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Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and More of Bruce Springsteen’s Famous Friends

Entertainment

Dec 8, 2019 5:06 pm·

By Paulina Jayne Isaac

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It’s no surprise an artist of Bruce Springsteen’s magnitude hangs out with other world famous superstars, from actors to musicians and local politicians to world leaders. Whether at a concert or walking the red carpet, the singer has rubbed elbows with everyone from Michael Jackson to the Clintons and Barack Obama.

Scroll down to see some of the “Born in the U.S.A.” singer’s celebrity pals!

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President Bill Clinton

At a 2012 campaign rally, Bill Clinton joked that Springsteen was “one of the coolest dudes I ever met.”

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President Barack Obama

The singer, who received a Medal of Freedom from President Obama in 2016, was a regular visitor at the White House.

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Sting

The Boss grew close with fellow rocker Sting during the six-week Human Rights Now! Tour in 1988, and their friendship has deepened in the decades since.

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Steven Spielberg

With director Steven Spielberg at the 2009 Golden Globes: Springsteen recently visited the director on the set of his West Side Story remake in Paterson, New Jersey.

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Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson and Julia Roberts

Springsteen (with Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson as well as Julia Roberts) praised Hanks at a tribute in 2009 before performing an acoustic version of the theme from Philadelphia, the film that gave Tom and Bruce their first Oscars.

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Ralph Lauren

Springsteen and wife Patti Scialfa hobnobbed with the fashion glitterati at the Ralph Lauren show during NYC’s Fashion Week in 2018.

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