Overview
- People details how Springsteen married Julianne Phillips on May 13, 1985, separated in 1988, and finalized divorce on March 1, 1989, with Springsteen later calling her “one of the best people I’ve ever met.”
- Business Insider recounts that Patti Scialfa joined the E Street Band in 1984 after Springsteen heard her at Asbury Park’s Stone Pony, making her onstage debut that June during the Born in the U.S.A. tour.
- Springsteen’s memoir confirms he fell in love with Scialfa while married to Phillips, told Phillips as his feelings deepened, and later regretted how privately handling the split created public scandal.
- After moving in together post‑separation in 1988, Springsteen married Scialfa in 1991; they share three children—Evan (1990), Jessica (1991), and Samuel (1994)—with Jessica a Tokyo Olympic team‑jumping silver medalist and Samuel a New Jersey firefighter, and they became grandparents in 2022.
- Us Weekly notes Scialfa took a touring hiatus for multiple myeloma treatment before reuniting with Springsteen onstage for a duet at the Sea.Hear.Now Festival in September 2024.