Springsteen Signs Fifth-Grader's School Absence Note
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Philadelphia fifth-grader ditched school for the chance to meet rock legend Bruce Springsteen and "The Boss" gladly played along by signing the boy's absence excuse note.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the Masterman School student attended a meet-and-greet with the New Jersey native on Thursday at the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia with his dad.
Springsteen was in town for a book signing promoting his new autobiography, "Born To Run."
Wanting to follow school procedure, the boy's father brought along a pre-typed note that Springsteen signed to excuse his son's absence.
Springsteen told the boy that he would have to read the note first because that's how he got in trouble with his first contract.
The school's principal only received a photocopy of the note.
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