Bruce Springsteen to Have Building Named After Him at New Jersey’s Monmouth University

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Michele Amabile Angermiller Bruce Springsteen may not have gone to college, but he is getting a building named after him at Monmouth University in West Long Branch near his longtime home in New Jersey, the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music announced at a special ceremony on Wednesday morning.

Springsteen has a long history with the university, having performed there on multiple occasions and housing his archives there. “Having a building with your name on it is a tricky thing,” Springsteen told the audience, which included Rock and Roll Hall of Famers singer Darlene Love, former E Street Band member Vini Lopez and longtime manager manager Jon Landau. “Because I’m still alive.”Springsteen joked that with the building comes great responsibility, because “I am subject to any kind of behavior.” A post shared by Michele Amabile Angermiller (@michele.amabile_dj_writer) “I mean, I could get arrested for… tequilas in a public park.

That’s something that could happen,” he laughed, referencing the 2021 incident where he was charged with DWI on his motorcycle after taking a shot of tequila offered by a fan. “All I can say,” he concluded on that note, “is I will try to do my best for the rest of my life not to embarrass a building.”The new 30,000 square foot building to house designed by the acclaimed New York-based architectural firm, Cookfox, and will be located on the campus of Monmouth University on the corner of Cedar and Norwood Avenue, not far from where Springsteen wrote his landmark song, “Born to Run,” nearly 50 years ago.