{"id":103555,"date":"2025-08-23T05:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T05:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/103555\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T05:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T05:33:09","slug":"bruce-springsteen-turns-heads-at-n-j-beach-it-was-like-forrest-gump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/103555\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen turns heads at N.J. beach. \u2018It was like Forrest Gump.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Jersey legend Bruce Springsteen<\/a> was spotted mingling with fans Thursday at the Jersey Shore. <\/p>\n

The Boss made a trip to Manasqaun on Thursday as locals and news crews gathered to capture sights of Hurricane Erin<\/a>\u2019s impact along the Atlantic Coast. <\/p>\n

Sam Pearlberg, general manager of Carlson\u2019s Corner<\/a> on 1st Avenue in Manasquan, was one of many people who saw Springsteen by the ocean..<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t sure if it was Springsteen,\u201d Pearlberg told NJ Advance Media on Friday. \u201cUntil I saw someone taking pictures of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pearlberg said Springsteen was taking a phone call along the boardwalk so he decided not to disturb The Boss at first. But when the music icon made his way back toward the street from the inlet, Pearlberg likened the scene to something out of a movie.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was like Forrest Gump when he\u2019s running and the people are just amassing behind him,\u201d Pearlberg said. \u201cPeople were just following behind him with phones out recording and stuff like that. It was wild.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pearlberg and his co-worker were able to catch Springsteen as he was walking and ask for a photo, which the \u201cBorn to Run\u201d singer agreed to.<\/p>\n

Pearlberg recounted being in the same vicinity as Springsteen at last year\u2019s Sea Hear Now music festival<\/a>, and referred to the Freehold native as a \u201creally cool guy\u201d after his experience Thursday. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe just came down here in glasses and a checkered shirt just casually walking down the inlet, seeing what was going on,\u201d Pearlberg said. \u201cHe\u2019s really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

Springsteen has visited the Jersey Shore waterway separating Manasquan and Point Pleasant Beach since he was a child, and has been spotted by fans there on numerous occasions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The rock star released<\/a> \u201cLonely Night in the Park,\u201d an outtake from the beloved \u201cBorn to Run\u201d album, on Friday. He made headlines earlier this summer when he joined Zach Bryan<\/a> to perform \u201cAtlantic City\u201d during Bryan\u2019s tour stop at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.<\/p>\n

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