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When Bruce Springsteen called up Jake Clemons the other day, Clemons mentioned to The Boss that the iconic rocker hadn’t played Montreal in ages.

Clemons is the nephew of the late great Clarence “Big Man” Clemons, Springsteen’s longtime saxophonist, and Jake replaced his uncle as the sax player in Springsteen’s E Street Band in 2012. He has been touring with them ever since.

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Clemons moved to the Montreal area at the beginning of 2017, buying a house just northwest of the island.

Clemons has never played Montreal with Springsteen — the man behind Born to Run, Born in the U.S.A. and The River last performed at the Bell Centre on March 2, 2008.

“I just asked him about that a couple of days ago,” said Clemons, in an interview this week at a Mile End Café. “He was kind of surprised. ‘I don’t know why we haven’t played there recently,’ he said. ‘They’re a great audience.’ I just hope the next E Street tour finds a visit here.”