BRUCE Springsteen’s Adelaide fans are more than happy to be bossed around by the music legend.

Year 4 student Michael jumped at the chance to share the Adelaide Entertainment Centre stage with the Boss on Tuesday night.

And another fan, barman William Reimer, 19, of Glenelg, has made Springsteen’s autograph on his arm permanent with the help of a tattooist.

Michael, 9, of McLaren Vale, was plucked from the audience by Springsteen after he and mum Vicki lined up from 11am to secure a position near the front of the stage.

Holding a sign with a song request, Michael caught Spring­steen’s eye.

“The sign said ‘I’m still Waitin’ on a Sunny Day’ and he pointed to Michael and said ‘I’ll be back for you’,” Vicki said.

He later returned to pull Michael on stage for the song.

“It was not a set-up ... Bruce had no idea he was going to be in the audience,” Vicki said.

Michael, who sang part of Waitin’ on a Sunny Day, shook hands with Springsteen, who gave him a guitar pick and said: “Take care of this.”

“He’s just genuine to his fans and such an amazing person — a gentleman,” he said.

Michael, a fan since he saw Springsteen in concert in the US at age seven, also met his hero at last year’s Hanging Rock gig.

William got Springsteen’s autograph at the Intercontinental Hotel where a small group of fans was waiting after Tuesday’s concert.

“He was walking through the crowd and people were handing him pens,” he said.

“The tattoo is living proof that anything is possible.”

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