Bruce Springsteen and his wife, Patti Scialfa, gave fans an inspiring and emotional performance on the Jersey Shore Sunday. The legendary rocker, 74, and his longtime E Street Band member and wife, 71, performed a tear-jerking duet at the Sea.Hear.
Now musical festival in Springsteen’s hometown of Asbury Park. The couple sang Springsteen’s 1987 song “Tougher Than The Rest,” a poignant choice given Scialfa’s recent blood cancer reveal . In a new documentary about the Boss and his band, “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band,” Scialfa shared that she has been battling multiple myeloma since 2018.
A type of blood cancer, “multiple myeloma forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell,” according to the Mayo Clinic . “Healthy plasma cells help fight infections by making proteins called antibodies. Antibodies find and attack germs.
In multiple myeloma, cancerous plasma cells build up in bone marrow.” “Touring has become a challenge for me,” Scialfa said in the film, which premiered Sept. 8 at the Toronto International Film Festival.
“This [disease] affects my immune system, so I have to be careful what I choose to do and where I choose to go. Every once in a while, I come to a show or two and I can sing a few songs onstage, and that’s been a treat,” she added. Her performance Sunday was one of those treats — for her, but also for Springsteen and the crowd.
“We got my beautiful wife, Patti Scialfa, is with us!” Springste.