Fact #178051
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Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play the first of two nights at St. James Park, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe. Before the show, Springsteen donates £16,000 to Durham Miners' Wives Support Group. His generous action provokes an angry letter from Newcastle Central MP Piers Merchant who declares that Soringsteen was "badly advised" and that "The money will be going to miners who've been sacked and they';ve been guilty of violence and vandalism."