Bruce Springsteen carries Prince’s legacy as tour kicks off in Minneapolis

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — No one would blame Prince and Bruce Springsteen if they had been rivals. In 1984, they were two giants vying for one musical throne. In August of that year, Prince’s “Purple Rain” knocked Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” from the top of the charts. But rivalry never took