Bruce Springsteen has joined The Doors drummer John Densmore for a version of ‘Light My Fire’ – check out footage below.
On Saturday night (April 18), The Boss made an appearance at the American Music Honors, an annual event organised by the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center and held at New Jersey’s Monmouth University.
The Doors were among those honoured at the event, and Springsteen joined Densmore, as well as The E Street Band’s Steve Van Zandt and the Disciples Of Soul house band for a rendition of the band’s classic 1967 single.
“There is no one in the room in danger of filling Jim Morrison’s leather pants tonight,” Springsteen quipped to the crowd after taking to the stage.
Watch footage here:
Blistering version of @TheDoors Light My Fire by @springsteen @StevieVanZandt @MRibler and the Disciples of Soul tonight at the @SpringsteenCAM American Music Honors. Bruce hitting that Jim Morrison scream in the end and Stevie doing some gorgeous guitar work as The Ribler… pic.twitter.com/pdNFC3meLU
— Spring-Nuts (@SpringNuts_) April 19, 2026
Densmore and guitarist Robbie Krieger are the only surviving original members of The Doors, and the drummer said at the event: “The Doors played in Asbury Park, and guess who was in the audience – the Boss!”
“Hey, if our music helped Bruce shout out his bride, I’m hip,” he added, referring to Springsteen’s wife Patti Scialfa, who was apparently also at the 1986 gig. “It apparently worked, “Densmore continued. “They’ve been together quite a while. You know, so long that maybe Patty’s the Boss.”
Also at the event, Dr. Dre, Dionne Warwick, Patti Smith, The Band and The E Street Band all picked up American Music Honors. Many of the honorees came together to play Smith’s ‘People Have The Power’, which you can watch here:
Springsteen is currently on his ‘Land Of Hope And Dreams’ US tour with Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, a trek inspired by the Boss’ ongoing fury at the Trump regime, and in particular the killing of two Minneapolis citizens by ICE agents earlier this year. His new song ‘Streets Of Minneapolis’ has become a staple of the shows.
Trump has called for the MAGA movement to boycott the “overpriced concerts”, which he said “suck”. The tour is set to run up until a stop in Washington DC on May 27. See the full list of dates here and find any remaining tickets here.
Before it even began, the tour already got backlash from the White House, with Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung saying: “When this loser Springsteen comes back home to his own City of Ruins in his head, he’ll realize his Glory Days are behind him and his fans have left him Out in the Street, putting him in a Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out because he has a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has rotted his brain”.
At a Minneapolis show, Springsteen covered Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ for the first time in 10 years, and he has since released the live footage, which you can watch here.
