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The Dartmouth
April 5, 2026
The Dartmouth
Jane Cavalier and Dana Venerable
The Setonian
Arts

Springsteen performed to a sold-out Spaulding in 1974

Courtesy of Brucebase.wikispaces.com *Editor's Note: This is the first installment in a four-part series profiling popular music concerts at Dartmouth over the last four decades.**## On the eve of the Dartmouth-Harvard football game in 1974, Dartmouth students were introduced to Bruce Springsteen, an up-and-coming artist who only attracted a small, local following in his home state of New Jersey.

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