Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance on Saturday at the inaugural TeachRock Teachers Hall of Fame Gala, hosted by his E Street Band bandmate Steven Van Zandt in New Jersey, according to Page Six. The outlet reports that Pete Davidson emceed the event in front of about 1,500 guests.
Page Six also names Jon Bon Jovi, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello and Kool & the Gang among the guests. According to the report, Bon Jovi inducted Van Zandt into the venue's Count Basie Center Walk of Fame, and Morello received a Lifetime Achievement Award. The evening also honoured Morello's mother, Mary Morello, who died at 102 earlier this year. The report describes her as an educator and activist who founded the anti-censorship group Parents for Rock and Rap in 1987.
The guest list offers a snapshot of Van Zandt's social circle: longtime bandmates, rock peers and a host from comedy and television. Davidson's role is the one the report describes most fully beyond a list of names, though the coverage does not explain how he came to host the event.
The account is a Page Six report, with photographs credited to Matthew Carasella. It does not include on-stage remarks from Springsteen, Davidson or other speakers, so what was said during the evening is not known from this report alone.
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