Bruce Springsteen turns 75: a look back at the rock icon (25 images)

Bruce Springsteen opened the four-concert finale to his 15 month tour at the Coliseum in Los Angeles with the hit song "Born in the U.S.A," on September 27, 1985. UPI Photos

Clarence Clemmons (L) and Springsteen rock a sold-out show in Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, N.Y., on November 19, 1999, with the E Street Band. Photo by Gary Wiepert/UPI

Springsteen sings one of his 26 songs that he performed during his concert with the E Street Band, at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 8, 2000. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Springsteen, Patty Scialfa and Steven Van Zandt, left to right, perform on Aug. 7, 2002, during the first show of the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band national tour at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J. Springsteen and the E Street Band released their first album in almost two decades titled 'The Rising" that same year. Photo by UPI