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Bruce Springsteen on 'Fallon': Boss Kicks Off Week-Long Celebration -- Video

Lloyd Bishop, NBC

Bruce Springsteen Week on 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' began Monday when the Boss took his workingman's rock to the show for the first of two performances. He kicked things off in signature form, playing two new cuts from his upcoming album, 'Wrecking Ball,' out March 6.

The first was lead single 'We Take Care of Our Own,' announced by a visibly pumped Fallon who asked the crowd "Can you feel it?!" Springsteen led the E Street Band through a cathartic rendition of the protest song. When Bruce Springsteen thinks something is wrong with America, well, y'all better listen up.

The second tune, album title track 'Wrecking Ball,' was originally written for the closing of Giants Stadium and is accordingly anthemic. It even prompted an audience wide clap-along while Springsteen whooped and hollered like only he can. While the band has obviously lost something irreplaceable in Clarence Clemons, it was small restitution that they were rejoined by drummer Max Weinberg.

Springsteen will return to the show on Friday to play another pair of songs and sit down for an interview.

Watch Bruce Springsteen Perform 'We Take Care of Our Own'

Watch Bruce Springsteen Perform 'Wrecking Ball'

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