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Bruce Springsteen Becomes 1st Time Grandfather

bruce-1.18234643 WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 24: Bruce Springsteen performs onstage at the 23rd Annual Mark Twain Prize For American Humor at The Kennedy Center on April 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images) (Paul Morigi / Getty Images)

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Bruce Springsteen has become a first-time grandfather at 72.

The rock icon’s wife Patti Scialfa shared a photo on Instagram of Lily Harper Springsteen, the newborn daughter of their 28-year-old son Sam and his fiancée. Another photo shows the proud new parents out with a baby carriage.

Scialfa captioned the pics: “Walking the baby.”

In the comments, there were words of congratulations from rocker Tom Morello as well as Eddie Vedder’s wife Jill. Amy Aiello Lofgren, wife of E Street Band guitarist Nils Lofgren wrote: “That is some big time good news Grandma.”

Sam is a firefighter in Jersey City, New Jersey. Springsteen and Scialfa also have son Evan, 32, and daughter Jessica, 30.