Bruce Springsteen plays two songs in Jon Stewart Mark Twain Prize fete at Kennedy Center
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They came together for Jon Stewart.
Bruce Springsteen joined other noted musicians, comedians and celebs on Sunday, April 24, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., as Stewart, a Lawrenceville native, accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Jimmy Kimmel, Dave Chappelle, Steve Carell, Samantha Bee, Olivia Munn, Ed Helms and Pete Davidson appeared on stage. John Oliver and Stephen Colbert appeared remotely. Kim Kardashian, dating Davidson, was in the audience, according to USA Today.
“It’s a miracle to watch you work,” said Chappelle to Stewart on the stage. “You are a cure to what ails our culture.”
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Springsteen, Stewart's friend and collaborator, performed the Beatles classic “Come Together” with Gary Clark Jr. and Clark Jr.'s group, the night's house band, in a hard blues style.
Springsteen and Clark Jr. traded off on vocals on “Come Together,” written by the late John Lennon.
The Boss also delivered a solo acoustic version of “Born to Run.” Check out the Rory Davenport videos on Facebook.
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Springsteen and the E Street Band previously performed “Born to Run” and “Land of Hopes and Dreams” on Stewart's “The Daily Show” sign-off in 2015.
When receiving the award on Sunday, Stewart referenced the recent Oscars drama.
“There’s a lot of talk about what’s going to happen to comedy – you know, ‘the Slap’ – and will comedy survive in this new moment?" he said. "Comedy survives in every moment.”
He then turned to Twain's bust: “This man’s decapitated visage is a reminder that what we have is fragile and precious.”
Stewart is also a filmmaker and advocate for multiple causes, including 9/11 first responders rights, and animal rights. He's also a former bartender at City Gardens in Trenton.
The Mark Twain Prize show will air at 9 p.m. (ET) June 21 on PBS and pbs.org.
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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; cjordan@app.com
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Bruce Springsteen rocks Jon Stewart Mark Twain Prize fete