'I danced with Bruce Springsteen on stage - I'll never forget it'

When Bruce Springsteen Came To Britain

Just about everybody who’s been to a Bruce Springsteen show has a story, and Hazel Wilkinson’s is particularly lovely one. She was a teenager when her brother queued all night for tickets to see Springsteen and the E Street Band at Manchester Apollo in May 1981, on the European leg of the River tour. They were at the front of the stalls when, two songs into the second half, Bruce sang “Sherry Darling”. During the saxophone solo he peered down at…

'I danced with Bruce Springsteen on stage - I'll never forget it'

Hazel Wilkinson was just 17 when she was plucked out of the audience at Manchester's Apollo Theatre by the American rock legend to dance with him on stage