--- title: Chris Christie Dancing at Bruce Springsteen Concert description: Chris Christie sings, dances at the Bruce Springsteen concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. canonical: https://time.com/4308342/chris-christie-bruce-springsteen-barclays-center-brooklyn/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-26T20:41:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:53.128Z og:title: See Chris Christie Dance at a Bruce Springsteen Concert og:description: Chris Christie sings, dances at the Bruce Springsteen concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. og:url: https://time.com/4308342/chris-christie-bruce-springsteen-barclays-center-brooklyn/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Chris Christie Dance at a Bruce Springsteen Concert twitter:description: Chris Christie sings, dances at the Bruce Springsteen concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See Chris Christie Dance at a Bruce Springsteen Concert  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 26, 2016 8:41 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 26, 2016 8:41 PM UTC New Jersey Governor [Chris Christie](http://time.com/4279829/chris-christie-donald-trump-jimmy-fallon-facial-expression/) was rocking out at the [Bruce Springsteen](http://time.com/4305889/bruce-springsteen-prince-purple-rain/) concert in Brooklyn on Monday night. Footage shared by [_Gawker_](http://gawker.com/enjoy-gawkers-exclusive-footage-of-chris-christie-belti-1773122222) and [_Gothamist_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Fd8%5FORvd8) shows the former Republican presidential candidate singing, clapping, waving his hands, air drumming and playing the air guitar. It was definitely not his first Springsteen concert. In February, the politician tweeted from one he called [“#136.”](https://twitter.com/ChrisChristie/status/695421390346817536?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) He has been a fan of “The Boss” since he was a teen and once described himself as [“friends”](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/us/politics/things-you-may-not-know-about-chris-christie.html) with the musician in the past, though the feeling may not always have been mutual. For instance, the rock star, who has campaigned for Democrats, turned down an invite to perform at [Christie’s inauguration](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/nyregion/09bruce.html). And in 2014, the rocker [sang a parody](http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/15/watch-bruce-springsteen-and-jimmy-fallon-jam-over-christie-traffic-scandal/?iid=sr-link1) of “Born to Run” about “Bridgegate” with Jimmy Fallon on his late-night show. > [](https://twitter.com/ARStrasser/status/724764353065549825) > [](https://twitter.com/DerekSimonID4/status/724765041925431296) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4308342/chris-christie-bruce-springsteen-barclays-center-brooklyn/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4308342/chris-christie-bruce-springsteen-barclays-center-brooklyn/"},"headline":"See Chris Christie Dance at a Bruce Springsteen Concert","datePublished":"2016-04-26T20:41:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:53.128Z","description":"He plays the air drums and the air guitar","url":"https://time.com/4308342/chris-christie-bruce-springsteen-barclays-center-brooklyn/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4308342/chris-christie-bruce-springsteen-barclays-center-brooklyn/","name":"See Chris Christie Dance at a Bruce Springsteen Concert"}}]}] ```