Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen will prform for a second straight year at Soldiers and Sailor Memorial Hall

2011-10-14T06:05:00.000-07:00

Bruce Springsteen with Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers will prform for a second straight year at Soldiers and Sailor Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh on Thurs., Nov. 3 and Fri., Nov. 4, the shows will begin at 7:30 p.m.

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The event tickets will be available at all Ticketmaster outlets sale on Tuesday at 10am, and online at www.ticketmaster.com.

While Springsteen joined to perform with Grushecky at two concerts in Pittsburgh on Nov. 4 and Nov 5, 2010, at the same venue.

Bruce Springsteen will perform at the Stand Up for Heroes benefit

2011-09-15T05:28:00.000-07:00

Bruce Springsteen will be perform on Wednesday, November 9 at the Beacon Theatre in New York City heroes stand to benefit.

This will be the fifth straight year, in Springsteen's Festival.New York Comedy Festival to benefit the Bob Woodruff Foundation. Max Weinberg on the bill are Big Band, John Stewart, Ricky Gervais and Jim Gaffigan.

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Bruce performed three songs on previous year at the benefit: "Open All Night" (with Roy Bittan and the Max Weinberg Big Band), "Kitty's Back" (with Roy Bittan and the Max Weinberg Big Band) and "If I Should Fall Behind" (with Patti Scialfa).

Springsteen's second appearance for this fall is announced. 60th birthday celebration on October 1 in the setting they will also be running, the Beacon Theatre.

And when there is no official news yet, before the end of 2011 a new Springsteen album and tour in 2012 was the rumors.

Bruce Springsteen stood for Govenor of New Jersey

2011-07-28T05:16:00.000-07:00

A new poll has suggested that Bruce Springsteen romp home to victory, he stood for Govenor of New Jersey.

Public Policy Polling survey in the U.S. state's Republican incumbent Chris Christie, The Boss was put forward. Although the pair tied on 42 per cent of the vote, Springsteen came out with much higher favourability ratings.

Reporting the findings on its blog, Publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com, the pollster said it carried out the research "just for fun", adding: "Springsteen has favourability numbers any politician would die for."

Springsteen most recently political and Asbury Park Press newspaper in New Jersey wrote to Christie's to voice their views on budget cuts is known.

The Boss said, "The cuts are eating away at the lower edges of the middle class, not just those already classified as in poverty, and are likely to continue to get worse".

Bruce Springsteen - live photos in 2011

2011-05-13T11:46:00.000-07:00

Bruce Springsteen and the American Soul: Essays on the Songs and Influence of a Cultural Icon

2011-04-29T11:42:00.000-07:00

A cultural icon of songs and influence articles on: David Gellman, DePauw University associate professor of history and interim president of the department's new book, Bruce Springsteen and the soul of America contributes an article.

By David Garrett Izzo Edited, wrote the title and chapter is published by McFarland. Dr. Gellman, "Going Nowhere: Bruce, the Beatles, Neil Young, Talking Heads and Others."

Notes the publisher's synopsis, "For 40 years Bruce Springsteen has been making music on his way to becoming an icon, the conscience of rock ’n’ roll, and one of the greatest live performers of his generation."

"This critical work examines the man, his music, the cultural importance of his narrative songs and the singular experience of his live performances. Particular attention is paid to his political consciousness, including his alignment with the working poor, the unemployed, and Americans simply down on their luck. It also explores his role in politics in America, especially his endorsement of various politicians."

Chris Christie is a big Bruce Springsteen fan

2011-03-31T13:34:00.000-07:00

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is a big Bruce Springsteen fan, but unlike this case is not clear.

The Boss in a letter to the editor of The Asbury Park Press, made clear Wednesday that they Christie fan is not a financial perspective.

Jersey native a page headline story was sent a letter of thanks for the paper "As Poverty Rises, Cuts Target Aid."

Springsteen wrote, "The article is one of the few that highlights the contradictions between a policy of large tax cuts, on the one hand, and cuts in services to those in the most dire needs, on the other".

Bruce Springsteen is to first car for auction

2011-03-14T09:26:00.000-07:00

Bruce Springsteen's very first car, a 1957 Chevrolet convertible was Bell, the auction Web site is running in GottaHaveRockAndRoll.com.

Springsteen bought the car on 21 May, 1975 and her some of the biggest hits is written, including the "Born to Run" "Thunder Road."Included with the car is the original vehicle registration, a temporary insurance card and an Allstate insurance card in Springsteen's name.

The auction will held on the website from March 16 through March 25.

Bruce Springsteen Light of Day 2011 - Video N Lyrics

2011-03-05T15:00:00.000-08:00

Bruce Springsteen Light of Day - Lyrics

Well I've been out of the woods for six days and nights now
Well I'm a little hot wired, but I'm feeling alright
I got some money in my pocket and a long lean ride
I got to make it down to Galveston by Saturday night, now

Well I'm a little down under, but I'm feeling O.K.
Got a little lost along the way

I'm just around the corner to the light of day
Well, I'm just around the corner to the light of day

Been driving five hundred miles, got five hundred to go, yeah
I got rock and roll music on the radio
I got a brother on a rig just off the gulf coast
He says the girls down there, well they're really the most, man

Well I'm a little down under, but I'm feeling O.K.
I got a little lost along the way

Just around the corner to the light of day
Just around the corner to the light of day
I'm just around the corner to the light of day
I'm just around the corner to the light of day

Well I got thrown out of work on the Kokomo
Don't ask me what I'm doing, I don't know
I hope he wasn't joking when he wrote me that letter
Things can't get any worse, they got to get better

Well I'm a little down under, but I'm feeling O.K.
I got a little lost along the way

I'm just around the corner to the light of day
Just around the corner to the light of day
Just around the corner to the light of day

Clarence Clemons 2009 Bruce Springsteen on Tour was in a state

2011-02-26T14:04:00.000-08:00

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN's longtime saxophonist CLARENCE CLEMONS has discovered his last tour with the E STREET BAND was "pure hell" - because knee and hip was struggling with change.

According to the RollingStone.com that Clemons tells the continuous journey and their journey by the end of 2009, they find difficult to leave to stand on stage performing was the toll taken

He says, "The tour was wonderful musically, but I knew when it was done that I had to have more surgery."

Clemons because both the knee and again place had spinal fusion surgery.

He adds, "The timing was perfect because it didn't interfere with a lot of stuff that was going on in my life. It made me stronger, and for the past year, I've been in physical therapy a few days a week working my a** off to get back in shape. I'm walking better now, though I still use a cane and crutches. But now I'm having hip problems again. I don't know why."

But 69 years of pain that persists for more than a little with the Springsteen tour: "As long as my mouth, hands and brain still work I'll be out there doing it. I'm going to keep going 'til I'm not there anymore. This is what's keeping me alive and feeling young and inspired."

Clemons states, "If Bruce and Gaga both needed me around the same time I don't know if you could hold me down to the ground... The thing I'd really love to do is have the chance to go out with both of them."

Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band images 2011

2011-02-19T13:55:00.000-08:00

Gaga inspired by Springsteen

2011-02-12T04:32:00.000-08:00

Lady Gaga's upcoming new album 'Born This Way' has been influence by Guns N' Roses and Bruce Springsteen.

The two acts are taken as two of the main inspirations in a breakdown of the album, which is set to release in May, in Vogue magazine.

Journalist Jonathan Van Meter compares the lead single and title track 'Born This Way' to "a Madonna tune (that) switches into something that feels a bit like a Bronski Beat hit and then finally transforms into its own thing: a Gaga original."

In the cover feature, Lady Gaga also reveals that the album is about the "disenfranchised communities" of America, and includes genres ranging from rock to techno-house.

Bruce Springsteen supports gay marriage in New Jersey

2011-01-30T12:20:00.000-08:00

The gay marriage bill that's up for a vote in New Jersey's Senate on Thursday,singer Bruce Springsteen supports it by posting a message on his official website.

Springsteen wrote that he's long believed in and has "always spoken out for the rights of same-sex couples."

Gov. Jon Corzine who says that same sex marriage is a civil rights issue,Bruce Springsteen agrees with the statement.

Gov.-elect Chris Christie is a big Springsteen fan, but the Republican has said he would veto the bill. A state Senate committee approved the bill by one vote on Monday.

Bruce Springsteen and E Street band at the Leach Theatre

2011-01-21T03:05:00.001-08:00

Bruce Springsteen and E Street band are perform “Bruce in the USA” concert at the Leach Theatre on 28 Jan, Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Patrons can buy two tickets for this concert and now one $50 present certificate to Matt’s Steakhouse in Rolla for $75, a $110 value. This particular offer is only available those folk who include the Leach Theatre Box Office.

Tickets are available at the leachtheatre.mst.edu or from the Leach Theatre Box Office. on Momday to Friday at 9 a.m. Tickets for the show are $30 for adults, $20 for youth and $10 for Missouri S&T students.

Bruce Springsteen perform charity concert

2011-01-18T13:34:00.000-08:00

Bruce Springsteen currently performed a charity show in Asbury Oark.

In the concert he performed "Light of Day", in this concert includ more artists are following Willie Nile, Garland Jeffreys, Joe D'Urso, Jesse Malin and Alejandro Escovedo.

In the charity concert fork are start to leave, Springsteen worked to perform a slower version of his 1975 classic "Thunder Road."

Bruce Springsteen coming to Zagreb?

2011-01-12T13:03:00.000-08:00

Bruce Springsteen,the American rock legendary icon might be arriving to Zagreb's Maksimir stadium this year.

The arrival of singer is yet to be confirm as one of the significant events to look forward this year.

Among other things that could make Croatians happy in 2011 are the signing of the accession agreement with the European Union, the Pope's visit, the trial of former Croatian premier Ivo Sanader accused of corruption and IKEA's arrival to Croatian markets.

Bruce Springsteen's Carousel House show is online

2011-01-06T10:16:00.000-08:00

Last week at the Carousel House in Asbury Park,Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed songs from "The Promise".

The video of the show has been updated on various website on internet and will be available to stream through Jan 1.

"Racing in the Street," "Gotta Get That Feeling," "Ain't Good Enough For You," "The Promise" and "Blue Christmas" are among the songs performed.

Springsteen is joined by E Street Band members Clarence Clemons, Steven Van Zandt, Max Weinberg, Roy Bittan and Gary Tallent, along with Charles Giordano, keyboards, and Ed Manion, Barry Danielian, Curt Ramm, Clark Gayton and Stan Harrison on horns. David Lindley, who played violin during the original recording sessions for "Darkness on the Edge of Town," joins in as well.

The songs played are featured on "The Promise,"a two-CD set that contains 21 never-before-released tracks from the 1976-78 "Darkness on The Edge of Town" sessions.

Bruce Springsteen live songs from 'The Promise' will stream on Vevo

2010-12-31T14:39:00.000-08:00

Only 60 lucky people got a chance to watch the performance of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band doing gig at at the Carousel House in Asbury Park.

Vevo, the music industry's answer to YouTube, is streaming a five-song sampler from the Carousel House concert. The footage is dramatic -- Springsteen and his band in top form as the sun paints the sky pink behind him. The mini-concert will be up at www.vevo.com until January 1.

Bruce Springsteen Plays Secret Gig In New Jersey

2010-12-25T08:09:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday,December 7 on the boardwalk in Asbury Park, New Jersey, a secret show was played by Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band,according to RollingStone.com

Songs from their recent release, The Promise was played by the band and his gang.Since the show was kept secret, there were only a few dozen people that showed up at the Carousel House, which used to hold an actual carousel.

At the secret gig,Jackson Browne's David Lindley played violin which lasted about four hours. Lindley had previously played on some of the Darkness sessions as well.

With Elvis' holiday classic "Blue Christmas" the band wrapped up the show.

Bruce Springsteen: With E Street Band perform a secret concert

2010-12-12T06:13:00.000-08:00

Bruce Springsteen performed a secret concert with his E Street Band at the New Jersey on Tuesday 7 December. Bruce currently performed "The Promise" with his band.
The sessions 1978's "Dark On The Edge Of Town" released for this reason the album "The Promise" made up of unreleased material.

This concert was kept secret, at the Carousel House, which used to hold an actual carousel including this concert only a few dozen people. Jackson Browne's David Lindley also performed at the secret concert, when the Lindley had last performed in "Darkness On The Edge Of Town"as well.

For Elvis' holiday classic "Blue Christmas" the band absorbed their concert.

Bruce Springsteen - The Promise

2010-12-04T13:15:00.000-08:00

In the three years between the knockout success of Born To Run and Darkness On The Edge Of Town, Bruce Springsteen was unable to go into the studio due to management issues but was still writing songs at an enviable rate. The songs that didn’t make Darkness make up this collection.

Some will be familiar. There’s a version of Racing In The Street with different lyrics, as well as Because The Night and Fire, which were made famous by Patti Smith and the Pointer Sisters respectively. Bruce’s original, looser version of Because illuminates the emotional depth Smith added to her rendition, though it’s easy to hear why she liked the song in the first place.

And while curiosities and lost tracks usually only appeal to the fan who has everything, this album stands as a perfect complement to Springsteen’s mid-70s work.

Bruce Springsteen – The Promise Review

2010-11-25T02:39:00.000-08:00

Billed as a lost Springsteen album, these 21 songs were left over from the 40 or so he recorded for 1978's Darkness on the Edge of Town, which is re-released this week in the form of a luxurious, multiple-disc box set.

Heard here for the first time, they reveal the author working through his influences – Roy Orbison, doo-wop, classic rock 'n' roll – and while a thrill for fans, the truth is he was right first time. Not only do the songs not quite fit Darkness's tightly edited tales of struggle, they're not quite up to its high standard either.

Hear another lost Bruce Springsteen album

2010-11-14T11:44:00.000-08:00

Bruce Springsteen forthcoming album "The Promise" is on the headline, but a fact that has been revealed is another collection of lost/previously unreleased Bruce Springsteen music to add to your collection

The Jersey rocker’s fifth studio album,The Ties That Bind, was the hit of that time, he scrapped the sessions in favor of the darker 1980 classic, The River and while the material originally intended for The Ties That Bind did ultimately make its way onto The River, some serious reworking had to be carried out beforehand.

The 10 tracks of the album which was featured includes "greater ambiance" and a "warmer" which Springsteen said “seemed inadequate” for where he was in his career. Guitara101 points to “The Price You Pay” as one of the best examples:

“Greater separation between the acoustic guitar (left channel) and electric guitar (right channel) and improved sound on Max Weinberg’s snare and cymbals, not to mention the alternate third verse, make for a new aural experience. Furthermore, the E Street Band flat-out nailed this song on the first take.”

Bruce Springsteen In Action At NYC

2010-11-04T14:33:00.000-07:00

On wednesday night at Beacon Theater in New York City Bruce Springsteen performed three at the Stand Up For Heroes benefit.

Backed by Max Weinberg's Big Band and with the E Street Band's Roy Bittan playing piano, Bruce opened with "Open All Night" a song from his 1982 "Nebraska" album. Bruce Springsteen performed in the same way which he did on the 2006 Seeger Sessions Tour.

The next song perform was the "Kitty Back" which has been played at most of the shows on the recent tour by Weinberg's Big Band

For his final song, "If I Should Fall Behind.", her wife Patti Scialfa joined him as well.

Tony Bennett and Jerry Seinfeld also performed at Beacon Theater in NYC and the event was hosted by Jon Stewart

This is the first of three shows in three nights for Bruce. On Thursday and Friday nights, he'll be in Pittsburgh to play with Joe Grushecky as part of the 15th anniversary celebration of Grushecky's album "American Babylon."

at Toronto Film Festival Bruce Springsteen Discusses 'Darkness'

2010-09-16T11:41:00.000-07:00

Bruce Springsteen says that me and the E Street Band were not made a mission when they made his "Darkness on the Edge of Town" album 32 years ago.

Springsteen The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town," at the Toronto International Film Festival which premieres on Tuesday.

According to the press this film which played on Monday, 1978 record interview to the Springsteen and his band's made along with rehearsal and studio footage, which he calls a "reckoning with the adult world" after the phenomenal success of his "Born to Run" album three years kindly.

Springsteen will talk about his music in our fans chat with actor and friend Edward Norton, before the premiere.

Bruce Springsteen doc upcoming details emerge

2010-08-14T15:46:00.000-07:00

Bruce Springsteen fans are already awaiting the deluxe reissue his album Darkness on the Edge of Town in 1978 this fall, but even better news may be the documentary about the making of the album that will premiere on HBO in October. Called The Promise, at the Toronto Film Festival it will screen in September. Rolling Stone reported some details about the doc after speaking to Thom Powers, the Toronto fest’s documentary programmer. Powers told the magazine, “The strength of this movie is that it just concentrates on the making of just one album. There’s not even much concert pictures.”

What it does have, it appears, is plenty of rare vintage studio picture, original studio recordings, and extensive new interviews with, among others, the Boss himself, Patti Smith (who co-wrote “Because the Night”), and members of the E Street Band, including the late organist Danny Federici. After reading the news, I scrolled through Life.com’s gallery of vintage Springsteen shots and was reminded again just how much I love looking at pictures from ’70s-era E Street Band. Like just the ticket for me a whole movie about that time sounds. Are you tuning in? And do you agree as many do that Darkness is Springsteen at his best?

Bruce Springsteen New Documentary 'Darkness At The Edge Of Town',

2010-08-05T04:00:00.000-07:00

Bruce Springsteen has confirmed details of a new documentary based on his album 'Darkness At The Edge Of Town'.
In 1975 Bruce Springsteen released 'Born To Run', rock icon becoming an almost instant. Its breath taking mixture of classic rock influences and everyman wisdom took both the charts and critics by storm.
In legal conflict however the singer was soon dogged down, and was prevented from releasing new material for some time. Able to work without restriction in the studio, what emerged was 'Darkness On The Edge Of Town'.
A much darker and more mature effort, the album established Bruce Springsteen as one of rock's most vital songwriters. Now 'Darkness On The Edge Of The Town' is set for a lavish re-issue, including a new documentary following the making of the album.
At the Toronto Film Festival set to premiere this September, the documentary includes some revealing pictures of the E Street Band working in the studio.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, 'Miami' Steve Van Zandt explained that work is well under way on the lavish re-issue package. He said, "We're doing a little bit of fixes on some Darkness on the Edge of Town outtakes, which is going to be a actually fun reissue coming for Christmas".
"We put 10 or so outtakes on the Tracks box set and we (have since) found 10 more" the guitarist continued. "I'm not sure how many we'll put on there. We'll go back and he might finish a lyric on one or two, or finish a harmony on one or two, but we'll keep them intact pretty much."
Meanwhile, drummer Max Weinberg described how a camera crew followed the band incessantly during the recording sessions. He said, "A lot it was captured on film".
"There studio was always a guy with a little hand held camera. If that does make the light of day, it would be something I would heartily endorse."
Bruce Springsteen is set to re-issue 'Darkness On The Edge Of Town' later this year.

Bruce Springsteen: Cheers on his daughter

2010-06-12T15:02:00.000-07:00

In Calgary this week cheering on their daugther are Bruce Springsteen and his wife Patti Scialfa . Says Springsteen, "My daughter's about to ride, I'm just here as a parent".

Jessica Springsteen, 18, is competing at the Spruce Meadows National Tournament.
To compete this year she's not the only famous child.
The daughter of the mayor of New York City is also riding. Georgina Bloomberg has returned for another summer of competition at the show jumping facility.
Springsteen and Scialfa have been trying to keep a low profile during their stay in Calgary although the two were spotted dining at Rouge restaurant in celebration of their 19th wedding anniversary.

The Progressive Political Vision of Bruce Springsteen

2010-06-07T02:25:00.000-07:00

Reading this book instantly put me in mind of a college tutor who often tried to enthuse me about the music of The Boss. Caught up in anarcho-punk as I was, it wasn't an attractive proposition.
Working On A Dream however made me wish that I'd been a little less arrogant and at least given his polemics the time of day.
Make no mistake about it, Masciotra is a complete Bruce Springsteen devotee, but even if you are not a fan there is still much of interest in this finely detailed and intensely written volume.
Generally adopting a thematic rather than a strictly chronological or biographical approach, Masciotra anchors his politics firmly to the left and finds the love, anger, despair and hope so often present in Springsteen's work an invaluable guide to both understanding and changing the lot of those presently either despised or rendered invisible in the heart of the American dream.
Hundreds of songs are mentioned, and it's refreshing that the author isn't afraid of bringing a passion for politics and sociology to his work.
Masciotra has a gushing enthusiasm for his subject that is generally well placed and infectious but it can also become wordy, overbearing and a little too uncritical.
Springsteen has never claimed to have all the answers, loves music like any good rocker should and has a surprisingly sophisticated understanding of what impact he can make through his tunes.
Growing up in a white working-class area, he wanted to become a musician more than anything else, the lack of interest and sometimes complete hostility of his depressed and tyrannical father being more than matched by the support he received from a doting mother.
Despite being a long standing supporter of social welfare causes, Springsteen had a tendency in the early years to shy aware from an overtly political stance, particularly on stage.
However, a growing confidence in musical ability and a willingness to write about every aspect of rapidly changing US society made his work increasingly political. Springsteen eventually came around to giving support to Kerry's candidature and, more recently, to the newly elected President Obama.
Whether this was wise only time will tell, but one thing that does emerge from this text is his ability to write from the position of the underdog, whoever and wherever he or she might be.
The anthemic Born In The USA, for example, far from being some xenophobic battle cry is in fact the true story of a disillusioned Vietnam vet who on returning home recognises that his war is by no means over.
Streets Of Philadelphia was used in one of the most moving films ever made about the plight of those living with Aids, while American Skin 41 Shots saw Springsteen being labelled anti-cop when he had the temerity to speak out against the NYPD after they had brutally shot dead a totally innocent young black man.
References to the Steinbeck character Tom Joad and an ongoing interest in the work of fellow musician Pete Seeger have also helped place Springsteen at the centre of US progressive culture.
Unlike the all too clever, intentionally shallow and gossip-obsessed rubbish that we generally get, this is musical journalism definitely worth reading.

Springsteen given immigrant award

2010-04-28T02:01:00.000-07:00

Everyone knows he was born in the USA but it is Bruce Springsteen 's European immigrant roots - and his family's 110-year American dream - that have now been celebrated.
Accompanied by his proud mother and aunts - the women who he said "provided me with place" and "filled my family and all of my work with great meaning" - the rocker from New Jersey received an Ellis Island Family Heritage Award.
The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation presents the award to immigrants or their descendants "who have made a major contribution to the American experience."
Also honoured were investment banker Peter G Peterson, Avon chief Andrea Jung and basketball player Dikembe Mutombo.
"You can't really know who you are and where you're going unless you know where you came from," Springsteen said.
His maternal great-grandmother, Raffaela Zerilli, arrived at Ellis Island from Vico Equense, Italy in 1900, bringing with her five children.
They joined her husband in Manhattan's West Village. One of the children, Antonio, grew up and married Adela Sorrentino.
Their youngest daughter Adele, now 85, went on to marry Irish-American Douglas Springsteen. The Springsteens raised their three children in New Jersey.
When Bruce was 16, his mother borrowed money to buy a guitar, an event he later chronicled in song in The Wish. He taught himself to play it and went on to sell more than 120 million albums worldwide
Springsteen , who played at President Barack Obama's inauguration, said his mother "held our family together under just great, great, great difficulty. Thank you, Mom. I love you very much".

Political Notes From 'The Boss'

2010-03-29T09:11:00.000-07:00

When Bruce Springsteen became a political "Boss" he could not have imagined that the lyrics from one of his most famous songs would be cited by one American president and used to lampoon critics of another.

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But backing Barack Obama in 2008 took him to the next level — picking a candidate way back in a primary race. Springsteen, of course, is a very rich man now, but he retains credibility with the "working-class" kids and adults that Obama was trying so hard to reach.Springsteen sang for Obama in the final key days of the fall campaign, drawing massive crowds (aimed at voter registration). He declared in conclusion in Philadelphia: "So now is the time to stand with Barack Obama and Joe Biden, roll up our sleeves, and come on up for the rising." Even Fox broke away from its Bill Ayers obsession to cover him.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND E STREET BAND EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS ON SIRIUS XM RADIO FROM SUPER BOWL XLIII IN TAMPA, FL

2010-02-19T05:19:00.001-08:00

Bruce Springsteen sat down for a live interview on Thursday, January 29 with Chris "Mad Dog" Russo from Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa. Also, SIRIUS XM will bring listeners Super Bowl with the E Street Band, a special hour of Super Bowl XLIII coverage with a unique look at this year's halftime performers, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Hear SIRIUS NFL Radio's John Riggins and Adam Schein interview E Street Band members during the special. Plus, E Street Radio host and Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh gets the intimate details from E Street Band members as they prepare for the performance from Raymond James Stadium on Sunday night. Part of the special is the Chris "Mad Dog" Russo interview with Springsteen. Additionally, SIRIUS XM listeners will hear portions of Thursday's press conference featuring the whole band.E Street Radio (SIRIUS channel 10 and XM channel 58) will broadcast Super Bowl with the E Street Band on Saturday, January 31 at 3 pm ET and Sunday, February 1 at 12 Midnight, 8 am, and right before kick-off at Super Bowl at 6 pm ET.

Steal Rock Hall Of Fame Show to Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder

2009-10-30T14:25:00.000-07:00

During his introduction at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night (October 29), Tom Hanks brought up a good question: "Does rock and roll need a hall of fame?" He immediately arrived at his answer. "Yes. After 50 years of rock and roll, yes." The next five hours were spent backing up Hanks' statement, with performances by Crosby, Stills and Nash, Stevie Wonder, Simon & Garfunkel and Bruce Springsteen (plus a bevy of particular guests), all saluting the now storied history of rock and roll.
Ostensibly, the theme of the night was to bring together seminal rock acts and their influences for a series of greatest hits and all-star jams (Paul Simon brought out old school bopper Dion for a trip through "Runaround Sue," while Springsteen welcomed legendary singer and bandleader Sam Moore), but the most inspired moments from the show came when artists decided to look to the future (or at least the present) rather than salute the past. Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello joined Springsteen for a loud, thumping electric version of "The Ghost of Tom Joad" (complete with Morello's signature guitar scratching), while Wonder brought out John Legend for a trip through Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" and an extended tribute to Michael Jackson on "The Way You Make Me Feel."
Following Hanks' introduction (his production company, Playtone, was producing the show for HBO, which will air the concert on November 29), the curtain rose on Jerry Lee Lewis, the 74 year old rock legend who sat behind a piano to pound out "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On." He was followed by the first of many montages of moments in rock history (Woodstock, Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar, Elvis Presley on "The Ed Sullivan Show") mashed up with signature moments from the 20th century (Martin Luther King, Vietnam).
Crosby, Stills and Nash ran through a workmanlike set of their own hits and covers, bringing on contemporaries Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and James Taylor for a few collaborations (including a blistering run through the Allman Brothers Band's "Midnight Rider" and an all-hands-on-deck jam through "Teach Your Children"). Paul Simon's set was more straightforward: He kicked it off with "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" and didn't stray far from his jukebox full of hits for the next 45 minutes. Longtime collaborator Art Garfunkel harmonized with Simon on classics like "The Sound of Silence" and "The Boxer," and while their individual voices sounded weathered by age, the harmonies remained as sweet and haunting as ever.
Stevie Wonder overcame technical difficulties at the beginning of his set (nobody could seem to provide him with a microphone that worked) to deliver a hit-filled, star-studded performance that stole the evening. In addition to his team up with Legend, Wonder also brought on Smokey Robinson (whose sweet croon infused "The Tracks of My Tears" with a stunning grace) and B.B. King (whose run through "The Thrill Is Gone" proved that his voice still has that perfect combination of gravel and honey, even at 84 years old). Perhaps the evening's most surreal moment came when Wonder introduced Sting, who played bass and sang with the R&B legend on an inspired mash-up of Wonder's "Higher Ground" and the Police's "Roxanne."
The night closed with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's typically epic set. Following a sweaty "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out," Springsteen just kept hitting peaks: Duets with John Fogerty and Darlene Love, a cover of the Clash's "London Calling," a surprise appearance by Billy Joel (who jammed on three songs) and a final, everybody-and-their-mother grand finale "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher." It was well after 1 a.m. by the time Springsteen bid the crowd goodnight, but the case had been made long before that: Yes, rock and roll does need a hall of fame, and the evening's performers proved that they were the reason why.

Bruce Springsteen: Plays Roll Over Beethoven in St. Louis

2009-10-26T12:32:00.000-07:00

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band continued their tour on Sunday night with a gig in St. Louis. One highlight was Bruce playing "Roll Over Beethoven" in honor of St.Louis native Chuck Berry. The song hit was a 1956 for Berry. Also Bruce played "For You" solo on the piano. A solo piano song was a regular feature of the 2002-03 Rising Tour but it hasn't beendone too many times currently. This, as many future shows will be, was a "Born to Run" gig where Bruce played the entire album.

Gig began at 8:24 p.m.

1. Wrecking Ball

2. Seeds

3. Prove It All Night

4. Hungry Heart (crowd surfing)

5. Working On a Dream

6. Thunder Road

7. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

8. Night

9. Backstreets

10. Born To Run

11. She's The One

12. Meeting Across The River

13. Jungleland

14. Waitin' On a Sunny Day

15. Working On The Highway

16. The Promised Land

17. Lonesome Day

18. The Rising

19. Badlands

20. No Surrender

Encores:

21. For You (solo Piano)

22. Roll Over Beethoven (tour premiere)

23. Surprise Surprise

24. Detroit Medley

25. American Land

26. Dancing In The Dark

27. Rosalita

Show over at 11:23 p.m.

Next gig: Monday night at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.

At Tuesday show in Philadelphia, Bruce Springsteen plays Price You Pay

2009-10-21T07:26:00.000-07:00

Quite the setlist for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at their fourth and final night at the Philadelphia Spectrum on Tuesday.
A particular 31-song, 3-hour-and-20 minute show with many highlights including Bruce opening with a song that many fans have had at the top of their request list: "The Price You Pay" from "The River."
It was the first time "Price You Play" had been played since May 27, 1981 in Brighton, Great Britain.

In addition to the entire "Born In The U.S.A." album being played, Bruce broke out "Higher and Higher" a 1967 hit by Jackie Wilson that the E Street Band use to play in 1977 and "Save the Last Dance for Me" a song he played one time on the "Magic" Tour.
Also Vini Lopez, the original drummer for the E Street Band, played on "Spirit In the Night."

Gigs began at 8:24 p.m.

1. The Price You Play (tour premiere)
2. Wrecking Ball
3. Out in the Street
4. Hungry Heart (w/ crowd surfing)
5. Working on a Dream
6. Born in the USA
7. Cover Me
8. Darlington County
9. Working on the Highway
10. Downbound Train
11. I’m on Fire
12. No Surrender
13. Bobby Jean
14. I’m Goin’ Down
15. Glory Days
16. Dancing in the Dark (Bruce's mother, Adele, dances with him onstage).
17. My Hometown
18. The Promised Land
19. The River
20. Long Walk Home
21. The Rising
22. Born to Run
23. Higher and Higher (request)

Encores:
24. Spirit in the Night (with Vine “Maddog” Lopez on drums).
25. Loose Ends (request)
26. Kitty’s Back
27. American Land
28. Save The Last Dance for Me (tour premiere)
29. Waiting on a Sunny Day
30. Thunder Road
31. Rocky Theme (on trumpet) into Rosalita

Show over at: 11:44 p.m.

If you were at the show, please post your thoughts. On paper, this looks like it may be the show of the tour.

Next show: Sunday at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. The entire "Born to Run" album will be played.

Plays last gig at Giants Stadium to Bruce Springsteen

2009-10-12T01:40:00.000-07:00

The album highlighting the that shot him to superstardom, Bruce Springsteen has rocked Giants Stadium in New Jersey for the last time.
Friday night's gig which drew nearly 60,000 people and lasted for more than three hours was the last concert at the venue in East Rutherford. It will soon be demantled to create parking for a new stadium.
The show was the fifth that The Boss and the E Street Band had performed there since September 30. Album sets all featured. And like previous gigs, the final concert opened with a new song called 'Wrecking Ball'.
During the gig, Springsteen and his bandmates played the Born in the USA album from front to back. Overall, they performed 31 songs including seven encores and closed the night with 'Jersey Girl'.
AP

Giants Stadium to Bruce Springsteen

2009-10-06T10:20:00.000-07:00

Giants Stadium has life left only a few months, and unhappy, when the concrete bowl sinks into the swamps of the Meadowlands, it will be a demolition of New Jersey's own design. The irony is not lost on Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band, who have been opening every show of their stadium closing run with an aptly named song called "Wrecking Ball." It's a new song, the day of playing off the news, the way good folk songs are supposed to. Call it the Woody Guthrie way. The song fades out with a familiar sounding "whoa ohh" sing along, as Springsteen taunts some metaphysical wrecking ball to just try and smash him and his mighty band off the stage.
The E Street Band showed no signs of fatigue Friday night as it checked off the second show of its five night run at Giants Stadium. The road more or less nonstophas been band for the past three years, and with only one month to go before a touring hiatus of indeterminate length, Springsteen and his band hardly hinted at their exhaustion.
The stadium to honor, Springsteen opted to play a classic album from the E Street Band glory days during each night of their current run. The schedule has him playing Born To Run and Born In The USA twice, with the remaining night, this past Friday, dedicated to a classic of equal weight: the mournful, anthem-stuffed Darkness On The Edge Of Town. Songs from Darkness are often the choicest cuts of any Springsteen show, so the satisfaction of hearing the album blown to bits in its entirety was something of a foregone conclusion.
The only question was whether there were any surprises left to be wrung out of old warhorses like "Badlands," "Adam Raised A Cain," or the life affirming an them of better days to come: "The Promised Land." Surprises or not, however, 40,000 diehards singing every word of that last song in drunken unison is one of the finest musical moments mankind can muster.

playing entire Darkness album Bruce Springsteen rocks Giants Stadium

2009-10-03T08:24:00.000-07:00

On a night when you get the full Darkness on the Edge of Town album played, Bruce pulls out a classic Elvis Presley song and the E Street Band is definitely on top of their game, that combined to make for one pretty damnnice gig at Giants Stadium on Friday. Hearing Darkness from start to finish made it a classic gig of course. This was played much tighter and much better l than at the Count Basie Theatre benefit in May of 2008, the only other time the album was played in it's entirety. A shorter gig timewise than Wednesday (3:14 to 2:50) but both gigs had 29 songs.
Start Time: 8:24 p.m. Again a pretty early start. Roy and Nils came onstage first. They weren't shown coming out from backstage on the big screens as they were at Wednesday's show. Bruce came up on the side stage with Clarence, walked him to his spot, gave the Big Man a little kiss and headed to the center mic. "Glad you came out to help us tear down this old girl," Bruce said. 1. Wrecking Ball I like this song. It's powerful and I like that it's a New Jersey theme. song. Again trumpet player Curt Ramm played on this. The stadium lights stayed on for the entire song. The lyrics were not put up on the big screens tonight as they were at Wednesday's show.
2. Tenth Avenue Freeze-out "Jersey! Let them hear you in New York City!" Bruced yelled out. The words "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" were shown on a fast crawl on the big screens. They did this at some shows earlier this tour. Bruce played to the far sides of the stage and when he got to the part "The Big Man joined the band" he pointed up to Clarence. Always fun. Well done tonight.
3. No Surrender A song I like but have tired of lately because Bruce does play it a lot. But tonight it actually looked to work well in this spot. A real rocking version. The big screen behind the stage showed an old record album collection, some guitars, some saxophones and then sold old photos of Bruce and the band including the photo of the band that's on the back cover of "The Wild, the Innocent and The E Street Shuffle."
4. Outlaw Pete A staple on this tour in an early slot. Again Western scenes were shown on the big screens. The "Can You Hear Me?" part works well in the big stadium.
5. Hungry Heart looks to be back in the setlist all the time now. Bruce had the fans sing the first verse as usual. Once again he ran into the back of the pit and jumped up and shook hands with fans and slapped high fives with many of them. He told the band to keep playing after he finally got back onstage and collapsed on his back, I think he may have wanted a few seconds to catch his breath after running around the entire pit like that. Pretty amazing. "Sounds good!" he said as the song was finishing. 6. Working on a Dream "Good evening New Jersey. So glad to be here at Giants Stadium tonight," Bruce said. "So glad to be back home. the E Street Band has been touring, touring, touring, touring... and practicing, practicing, practiing, practicing just for tonight." It was time to start the Darkness portion of the gig. "For Giants Stadium we tried to think of something particular we could do. The other night we did 'Born To Run,' tomorrow 'Born In the U.S.A.' and tonight 'Darkness.' Bruce said. "This was an important record for us. We had one hit and then three years off due to some trouble and hard times. "This album has been the body of our sets for the past 30 years."
7. Badlands Big screens showed a cloudy sky. Great as always. "Is there anybody alive out there tonight?" Bruce yelled out. 8. Adam Raised a Cain A real hot and smokin' version. Great guitar work by Bruce. "That was worth the price of admission," a friend send to me when the song finished.
9. Something in the Night Hearing these first three in order, brought me back to my senior year of high school when I first bought this album and listened to it over and over. 10. Candy's Room Hasn't been played enough this tour and any time it's played, is a good part of the show.
11. Racing in the Street Okay, I have to admit it. For the second straight gig I got tears in my eyes. It was "Meeting Across the River" on Wednesday. Tonight it was "Racing." Maybe the best version I've ever heard of this song and I first saw this played live in 1978. Just a perfect performance. The crowd was into it, Roy's piano playing was as brilliant as ever and the acoustics were awesome. One of those moments when for those few minutes everything seems perfect in the world. The ending musical part of the song just kept getting stronger and stronger. The woman next to me said "It's gorgeous." In my notebook I wrote: "Incredible! Wow!" Anyone who was at the gig will be talking about this version for years. The highlight of the night.
12. The Promised Land Nice to hear this in a different spot in the setlist.
13. Factory Not sure if this is anyone's favorite song, but since it's not played that much, it was good to hear.
14. Streets of Fire A classic that is not played enough. Sounded great. Nice guitar work by Bruce.
15. Prove It All Night A hot, hot version. Incredible Nils guitar solo (think Youngstown, Ghost of Tom Joad etc.) At one point Nils was holding up his guitar with one hand and still playing it with the other hand. Another highlight.
16. Darkness on the Edge of Town Just like on the album, the final song. Sort of sums it all up.
At the end Bruce brought Steve, Max, Garry, Roy and Clarence to the front of the stage for a bow. "These are the guys who made the record. And Phantom Dan Federici" A very touching moment.
17. Waitin' on a Sunny Day Bruce made a long toss of the guitar and tech Kevin Buell may have made his best catch ever. The guitar sailed far to the side on a long toss and Kevin had to actually hustle to catch it. When he did, even Bruce stopped and clapped for him. "The wind took it!" Bruce joked about his bad throw. We have seen Bruce do a lot of crazy things, tonight was pretty crazy. He actually jumped into the side seats between sections 108 and 109 (Off of Steve's side of the stage) and got into the front rows. At first the crowd was singing along and Bruce said "that's terrible!" Then he found a young girl to sing a long with him.
Raise Your Hand Instrumental (Collecting Signs) The handwritten setlist had Bruce doing the sign portion to start the encores but he changed his mind and decided to do it here. He was telling Steve to get his guitar. Bruce found one sign that read: "The Boss is in N.J." and he put it by his front microphone stand.
18. I'm Goin' Down (sign request) Bruce didn't show the sign at first and just started playing. I like this song, but some of us were hoping for something else since he's going to play it on Saturday. At one time it was a long lost song but it seems to be played a good amount now. It's always fun to hear though.
19. Be True (sign request) Always great to hear this B-side. Not played enough. One of the few times it's been played this tour. At the end of it, Bruce started to sing: "The warden threw a party in the county jail." and the next song was:
20. Jailhouse Rock (sign request, tour premiere) So cool. Bruce Springsteen singing an Elvis Presley classic. I'll have to check but I believe it's the first time the song has ever been played by Bruce and the E Street Band. He did play it at a Rainforest benefit gig at Carnegie Hall on April 12, 1995. The crowd was so into it. Nils had a nice guitar solo. Fun.
21. Thunder Road To hear 55,000 people sing along on the "Show a little faith, there's magic in the nightYou ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright" part is just magical. 22. Long Walk Home Yea! Lonesome Day was not played! Yeah!!!!! First time it's been out of the setlist for a long time. I'll have to check for exactly when. "Last to Die" was written in this spot on the setlist. Very nice to hear Long Walk Home. First time it's been played since the first Asbury Park rehearsal show on March 23. Steven sang some of it toward the end, just like he did on the Magic Tour.
23. The Rising Crowd got into the song. It started to rain just as the song was finishing up.
24. Born to Run Jay Weinberg came out to play drums. House lights turned on. Crowd goes nuts.
Encores:25. Cadillac Ranch Bruce saw a sign earlier and asked the person in the pit to hold it up. Bruce sang "Driving through the Ho-Ho-Kus night." 26. Bobby Jean Not a favorite of mine but I haven't heard it too much lately, so it even sounded good tonight.
27. American Land Bruce brought out some members of the Sessions band to play on this: Larry Eagle, Ed Manion, Curt Ramm and Art Baron. If you add Curtis King, Cindy Mizelle, Charlie Giordano and Soozie Tyrell, you had eight members of the Seeger Sessions Band onstage. Fun moment when Bruce was introducing the band. He introduced Clarence as the "Saxaphone author!" and Clarence held up a copy of his new book. Bruce then said "the biggest man on the New Jersey Turnpike!" Bruce then brought over a copy of the book to Clarence and had him autograph it for him. Bruce then took the signed book, had a big smile on his face, and put it down on the side of Max's drum.
28. Dancing in the Dark Fun as usual, Bruce did not bring anyone up to dance with him tonight.
29. Rosalita "We got one more for you. Sending this out to Patti" Steve then pointed out a sign to Bruce that read: "Eli Manning called. He wants Rosalita!" Nice to hear but "Kitty's Back" was on the hand-written setlist. Funny moment: The past two gigs have had a roaming hand-held camera in the pit. Tonight the cameraman was singing along very loudly to Rosalita. He was having a good time! Steven was splashing Bruce with a wet spongue and at one point, Bruce's guitar string broke and Kevin was right up there quickly with another guitard. Bruce handed the bad guitar to his with his right hand and grabbed the good guitar with his left. "Thank you Jersey! We love you! Look you tomorrow night" Bruce said as he left the stage. Gig over at 11:14 p.m. Clocked in at two hours and 50 minutes, much shorter than Wednesday's 3:14 but the same amount of songs were played.
Notes: A bit of steady rain started as the Rising was finished and it was raining for most of the end of the gig. No PSA tonight, not even a mention for the foodbanks either, but they were there collecting money which is always nice to look. Neither "Johnny 99" or "Seeds" in the setlist tonight. Likely one of the rare times they haven't been played this tour, I'd look it up but it's almost 3 a.m. and I'm too tired. No Patti Scialfa tonight, Bruce did say she would be there tonight, but she wasn't. I think he said we'll look her on Saturday. "Wrecking Ball" was soundchecked several times as was "Long Walk Home" and "Last to Die." Spotted in the pit: NBC News anchorman Brian Williams. Weather wasn't too bad. In the pit it was pretty warm for most of the gig, people were even saying it was a bit too warm since most had jackets etc.

Bruce Springsteen to play entire albums at N.J. shows

2009-09-30T10:55:00.000-07:00

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform an entire album from their back catalog each night of the five night run at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in October, the group announced late Monday night.
"Born to Run" and "Born in the USA" will each be performed twice, and "Darkness on the Edge of Town" will be played at the other gig.
Springsteen tested full album performances earlier in the tour: in Chicago on September 20 he did "Born to Run" from start to finish as the centerpiece of one of the group's typical marathon sets.
"Chicago convinced us that this was actually worth doing," Springsteen's manager Jon Landau said in a statement. "The audience was so supportive of the concept that it convinced us to go ahead with this at Giants Stadium."
Springsteen and company are in the midst of a fall tour that wraps November 22 in Buffalo, New York. In addition to five gigs at Giants Stadium, a "Born to Run" gig is set for November 18 in Nashville. The band will also appear at New York's Madison Square Garden as part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary concert on October 29.
After the tour, the band expects to take an extended break. "We are gonna take, I don't know how long -- a year, year and a half, two years," guitarist Steven Van Zandt said last week.
The album performance schedule for Giants Stadium:
September 30: "Born to Run"
October 2: "Darkness on the Edge of Town"
October 3: "Born in the USA"
October 8: "Born to Run"
October 9: "Born in the USA"

Springsteen's 1st Mariner show sells out in 20 minutes

2009-09-26T04:55:00.000-07:00

Bruce Springsteen fans snapped up all the tickets for The Boss' 1st Mariner Arena show in a mere 20 minutes, officials said Friday.For the record, that's about 15 minutes faster than pop star Hannah Montana, according to Frank Remesch, the arena's general manager.The approximately 14,400 tickets for Springsteen's Nov. 20 gig sold out without major hitch, Remesch said. The night before the tickets went on sale, he worried it wouldn't sell out, thereby proving Baltimore's reputation as a second tier tour stop."I was nervous and apprehensive," Remesch said. "But after the first five minutes, we were already into the upper third level. At that point, it was ear-to-ear smiles."About 150 people stood in line outside the arena's box office Friday morning, and nearly everyone in line was able to get a ticket, Remesch said."It was a actually, actually neat thing," he said. "You had a mix of citizens like you wouldn't believe, from ages to jobs. It was just phenomenal."This will be Springsteen's first performance in Baltimore proper since 1973, when he opened for Chicago at the arena, then known as the Baltimore Civic Center. Soon after Friday morning's sellout, tickets for the gig appeared on online broker StubHub for as much as $849.

Bruce Springsteen celebrates his 60th birthday and here are 60 special memories

2009-09-23T10:31:00.000-07:00

To celebrate Bruce Springsteen's 60th birthday, my fine editors at The Star-Ledger and nj.com have asked me to come up with my 60 special Springsteen memories.
Bruce was born on Sept. 23, 1949 at Monmouth Memorial Hospital (now Monmouth Medical Center) in Long Branch. He grew up in Freehold. I've been a Springsteen fan since 1975 and saw my first show in 1976, so there's a lot of memories and it was hard to cut it down to 60.

It's quite long, so maybe read it a bit at a time.
Most of these shows/events I was at in person and if I wasn't, I relived them through listening to recordings of the shows or watched the events on TV.First of all, Happy Birthday Bruce! May we all be in as good as shape as you are at 60 and thank you for the great memories and I'm sure there's plenty more to come.

"The Boss" Bruce Springsteen rocks the United Center

2009-09-18T09:51:00.000-07:00

You don't need a behind the music TV show to know why Bruce Springsteen, a singer songwriter with multiple Grammys, sells out huge arenas (like the United Center for this show) and is still rocking the music scene. Because good music never gets old, whether Springsteen (with the help of the E Street Band, of course) is leaning on the pop side, making it Americana or doing straight-up rock. Also pretty impressive was Springsteen's halftime performance at last season's Super Bowl (a coup for the NFL after Springsteen turned down requests to perform at previous Super Bowls), when he slid across the stage on his knees, crashing into a camera. He's almost 60. Rock on! 7:30 p.m. Sunday at United Center, 1901 W. Madison St. $65-$98; 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com

Bruce Springsteen plays on into overtime

2009-09-15T08:56:00.000-07:00

He's almost his own natural phenomenon, Bruce Springsteen. Thirty-six years after his first album, decades on the road, and he's still burning up the atmosphere with his candent intensity and ceaseless search for the American Dream, at the end of the street or just over the horizon.
It's not just that he can play for three hours, as he and the E Street Band did at the BankAtlantic Center on Sunday night, but that playing at such full-stream intensity looks as natural and requirement as breathing to him. He turns 60 next week, and yet he just doesn't stop.
What Springsteen's passion means by now is hard to say. The sold-out audience at the BAC was mostly middle-aged, well-fed and comfortable, a long way from the roaring, despai driven dreams of Born to Run, or the working class despair of Seeds, whose acquaintance doesn't know where he's going to sleep.
Yet, whether they're responding to sheer energy and nostalgia, or because Springsteen brings rare meaning to rock-'n'-roll release, or both, the audience roared ardently along on songs like Promised Land and when Springsteen asked ``Can you feel the consecrated fire? We're gonna build a house out of music and out of spirit and out of noise!'' On Sunday night, Springsteen carved a masterful path through longing and exuberance and rage, out to a dimly understood but powerful faith in life.

Springsteen NJ Home Is for Sale Where Boss Wrote ‘Born to Run’

2009-09-03T07:29:00.000-07:00

Sept. 2 (Bloomberg). The house in Long Branch, New Jersey, where Bruce Springsteen lived when he wrote the album “Born to Run” in 1974-1975, is on the market for $299,000.
The two bedroom, 828 square foot cottage near the beach with a front porch is listed by Susan McLaughlin, a component for Keller Williams Realty. The listing highlights the property’s place in rock history as “the best darn piece” of rock “memorabilia that $299,000 can buy.”
“It does have a lot of possibilities as a summer cottage,” McLaughlin said in a telephone interview. “It’s excellent for someone who needs a little beach place.”
Springsteen’s “Born to Run” album pushed the New Jersey native to rock stardom and was his third album.
The listing was antecedently resulted by the Asbury Park Press of New Jersey.

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band

2009-08-15T03:12:00.000-07:00

Bruce Springsteen has enjoyed a amazementing amount of aflutter cred over the years including the applause to Nebraska that Sub Pop put out in 2000 but his accomplishment during the 2008 Super Bowl halftime show affirmed that The Boss is still an arena sized cradle who can ham it up with the best of them. And, more importantly, the band continues to sound great, which isn’t surprising bearing in mind the level of talent representing E Street, including Nils Lofgren and Steven Van Zandt on guitars, Clarence Clemons on sax, and Max Weinberg on barrel. Here, Springsteen drops through in support of January’s Working On A Dream, which includes his Golden Globe winning contribution to The Wrestler soundtrack as a bonus track.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN RESCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER,PLAYING 'BORN TO RUN'

2009-08-07T00:00:00.000-07:00

Fans were no doubt thrilled to hear last month that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band would be returning to Nashville’s Sommet Center just 13 months after his last visit. Unfortunately, they’ll have to wait just a bit longer.
Springsteen’s Nashville date has been rescheduled from September 10 to Wednesday, November 18.
All tickets for the September concert will be honored on the new date. Refunds are available through point of purchase. No reason has yet been given for the postponement.
The announcement does come with a silver lining: It’s been announced that the band will perform their landmark album Born to Run in its entirety at the concert. (Listen to it after the jump, on the right.)
Run has been performed in concert once before, as part of a 2008 fundraiser in New Jersey, and last month, the band announced plans to perform it for the second time in Chicago on September 20.
Springsteen joins the likes of Van Morrison, Aerosmith, Steely Dan and Judas Priest in performing classic albums on concert tours this year. We reported on this trend in Thursday’s Tennessean.

Bruce Springsteen dates U.S. tour

2009-07-18T13:09:00.000-07:00

August 19 Hartford, CT Comcast Theater
August 22 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center
August 23 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center
August 25 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
September 10 Nashville, TN Sommett Center
September 12 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
September 13 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center
September 16 Greenville, SC Bi-Lo Center
September 20 Chicago, IL United Center
September 30 East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium

Bruce Springsteen - Live

2009-04-21T02:55:00.000-07:00

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Bruce Springsteen exhibit to rock

2009-03-14T05:53:00.000-07:00

News

March 8, 2009

from: freep.com

On Friday, reps from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum announced plans to open the exhibit "From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen" on April 1, three days before the hall holds its induction ceremonies in Cleveland. Featuring various memorabilia from Springsteen, the exhibit is expected to run through spring 2010.

"He's someone we've always wanted to do a big exhibit on," says Jim Henke, the Rock Hall's curator. "So it's one of those things that I'd bring up with his manager from time to time. Last summer they said, 'Yes, it makes sense now.' "

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Springsteen WORKING ON A DREAM SET FOR JANUARY 27 RELEASE

2009-01-22T07:46:00.000-08:00

Bruce Springsteen's new album "Working on a Dream" has been set for a January 27 release on Columbia Records. "Working on a Dream" was recorded with the E Street Band and features twelve new Springsteen compositions plus one bonus track. It is the fourth teamwork between Springsteen and Brendan O'Brien, who produced and mixed the album.

Working on a Dream" Song Titles:

1. Outlaw Pete
2. My Lucky Day
3. Working on a Dream
4. Queen of the Supermarket
5. What Love Can Do
6. This Life
7. Good Eye
8. Tomorrow Never Knows
9. Life Itself
10. Kingdom of Days
11. Surprise, Surprise
12. The Last Carnival

Springsteen also celebrated Obama Inauguration

2009-01-22T07:37:00.000-08:00

Bruce Springsteen began the 'We Are One' Obama Inaugural Celebration concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC today (January 18) as president-elect Barack Obama and his family looked on. The star-studded event officially opens the inauguration festivities leading up to Obama's inauguration as the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday (January 20).

Bruce Springsteen Biography

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Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born in September 23, 1949. His nicknamed "The Boss", is an American songwriter, singer and musician. He has recorded and toured with the E Street Band. Springsteen is extensively known for his brand of heartland rock infused with pop hooks, poetic lyrics, and Americana emotions centered on his native New Jersey.Springsteen's recordings have be liable to alternate between commercially available rock albums and somber folk-oriented works. Much of his status stems from the concerts and marathon shows in which he and the E Street Band present intense ballads, rousing anthems, and party rock and roll songs, amongst which he intersperses whimsical or deeply emotional stories.His most famous albums, Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A., typify his penchant for ruling grandeur in the struggles of daily life. He has slowly become recognized with progressive politics. He is also noted for his support of various respite and upgrading efforts in New Jersey and elsewhere, and for his response to the September 11, 2001, attacks, on which his album The Rising reflects.He has got many awards for his work, including eighteen Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award, and continues to have a strong global fan base. He has sold over 65 million albums in the U.S, and 120 million worldwide

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Born To Run - Lyrics

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In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway american dream
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway 9,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin out over the line
Baby this town rips the bones from your back
Its a death trap, its a suicide rap
We gotta get out while were young
`cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run

Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions
Just wrap your legs round these velvet rims
And strap your hands across my engines
Together we could break this trap
Well run till we drop, baby well never go back
Will you walk with me out on the wire
`cause baby Im just a scared and lonely rider
But I gotta find out how it feels
I want to know if love is wild, girl I want to know if love is real

Beyond the palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors
And the boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you wendy on the streets tonight
In an everlasting kiss

The highways jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
Everybodys out on the run tonight but theres no place left to hide
Together wendy well live with the sadness
Ill love you with all the madness in my soul
Someday girl I dont know when were gonna get to that place
Where we really want to go and well walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us baby we were born to run

Top Bruce Springsteen Songs

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I know that Springsteen is one of those rare artists whose songs impact us differently at different points in our lives, so I include a song like Thunder Road for a totally different reason at 41 than I would have when I was 18. Regardless, for me it always makes the Top 15.

1. Born To Run. Whether it's the original version, the live version from the 1985 tour, or acoustic, it's still the greatest rock song of all time, and one that will improve your mood from the moment the drums kick in.

2. Thunder Road. If it still doesn't give you goose bumps 30 years later, then you have no soul. And if you get the chance, look up the YouTube video of Bruce doing this as a duet with Melissa Etheridge. Classic.

3. Growin' Up. Because at some point in our lives, we've all "stood stone-like at midnight".

4. Rosalita. I wish I had a dollar for every time I've used the line "Some day we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny."

5. Hearts of Stone. An incredible song that Bruce originally gave to Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, he finally released his version on the Tracks CD.

6. Lost in the Flood. A post-Vietnam song from the first album that, sadly, translates well into the Iraq War-era.

7. Sherry Darling. Along with "Double Shot (of My Baby's Love)" and "Quarter to Three", the greatest frat-rock song ever.

8. Bobby Jean. Bruce's farewell to Little Steven Van Zandt in 1983. Thankfully he returned to the band for The Rising.

9. Mary's Place. Released in 2002, it's not only the best song on The Rising, but also proof that the E Street Band hadn't lost a step.

10. Brilliant Disguise. From the Tunnel of Love CD. Written during his troubled first marriage, the perfect example of someone opening a vein and just letting the lyrics pour out.

Books on Bruce Sprinsteen

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Greetings from E Street: The Story of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Chronicle Books, 2006. ISBN 0-8118-5348-9.
Days of Hope and Dreams: An Intimate Portrait of Bruce Springsteen. Billboard Books, 2003. ISBN 0-8230-8387-X.
Racing in the Street: The Bruce Springsteen Reader. Penguin, 2004. ISBN 0-14-200354-9.
Runaway American Dream: Listening to Bruce Springsteen. Da Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 0-306-81397-1.
The Ties That Bind: Bruce Springsteen A to E to Z. Visible Ink Press, 2005. ISBN 1-57859-157-0.
Bruce Springsteen: "Talking". Omnibus Press, 2004. ISBN 1-84449-403-9.
For You: Original Stories and Photographs by Bruce Springsteen's Legendary Fans. LKC Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9784156-0-0.
Bruce Springsteen on Tour: 1968-2005. by Dave Marsh Bloomsbury USA, 2006. ISBN 978-1596912823.
The Gospel according to Bruce Springsteen: Rock and Redemption from Asbury Park to Magic. by Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz. Westminster John Knox Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0664231699.
Magic in the Night: The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen by Rob Kirkpatrick. St. Martin's Griffin, 2009. ISBN 0-312-53380-2.

Bruce Springsteen Awards

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Grammy Awards
Springsteen has won 18 Grammy Awards, as follows (years shown are the year the award was given for, not the year in which the ceremony was held):
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male, 1984, "Dancing in the Dark"
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male, 1987, "Tunnel of Love"
Song of the Year, 1994, "Streets of Philadelphia"
Best Rock Song, 1994, "Streets of Philadelphia"
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo, 1994, "Streets of Philadelphia"
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television, 1994, "Streets of Philadelphia"
Best Contemporary Folk Album, 1996, The Ghost of Tom Joad
Best Rock Album, 2002, The Rising
Best Rock Song, 2002, "The Rising"
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, 2002, "The Rising"
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, 2003, "Disorder in the House" (with Warren Zevon)
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, 2004, "Code of Silence"
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, 2005, "Devils & Dust"
Best Traditional Folk Album, 2006, The Seeger Sessions: We Shall Overcome
Best Long Form Music Video, 2006, "Wings For Wheels: The Making Of Born to Run"
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, 2007, "Radio Nowhere"
Best Rock Song, 2007, "Radio Nowhere"
Best Rock Instrumental Performance, 2007, "Once Upon A Time In The West"
Only one of these awards has been one of the cross-genre "major" ones (Song, Record, or Album of the Year); he has been nominated a number of other times for the majors, but failed to win.

Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Original Song, 1993, "Streets of Philadelphia" from Philadelphia.

Emmy Awards
The Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City HBO special won two technical Emmy Awards in 2001 and was nominated in four more categories.

Other recognition
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for "Streets of Philadelphia" in 1994.
Polar Music Prize in 1997.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1999.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, 1999.
Inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame, 2007.
"Born to Run" named "The unofficial youth anthem of New Jersey" by the New Jersey state legislature; something Springsteen always found to be ironic, considering that the song "is about leaving New Jersey".
The minor planet 23990, discovered Sept. 4, 1999, by I. P. Griffin at Auckland, New Zealand, was officially named in his honor.
Ranked #23 on Rolling Stone Magazine's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Made Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People Of The Year 2008 list.
Won Critic's Choice Award for Best Song with "The Wrestler" in 2009.
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for "The Wrestler" in 2009.

Bruce Springsteen Discography

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1973: Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
1973: The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
1975: Born to Run
1978: Darkness on the Edge of Town
1980: The River
1982: Nebraska
1984: Born in the U.S.A.
1987: Tunnel of Love
1992: Human Touch
1992: Lucky Town
1995: The Ghost of Tom Joad
2002: The Rising
2005: Devils & Dust
2006: We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
2007: Magic
2009: Working on a Dream

Bruce Springsteen - E Street Band

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Bruce Springsteen - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
Garry Tallent - bass guitar, tuba
Clarence "Big Man" Clemons - saxophone, percussion, backing vocals, larger-than-life persona and Springsteen foil
Max Weinberg - drums, percussion (joined September 1974)
Roy Bittan - piano, synthesizer (joined September 1974)
Steven Van Zandt - lead guitar, backing vocals, mandolin (officially joined July 1975 after playing in previous bands; left in 1984 to go solo; rejoined in early 1995, however made appearances during the "Other Band" Tour).
Nils Lofgren - guitar, pedal steel guitar, backing vocals (replaced Steve Van Zandt in June 1984; remained in group after Van Zandt returned)
Patti Scialfa - backing and duet vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion (joined June 1984; became Springsteen's wife in 1991)
Soozie Tyrell - violin, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals (joined 2002,occasional appearances before that)
Charles Giordano - organ, accordion (Giordano, originally a Sessions Band member, joined the E Street Band on a temporary basis in late 2007 during the illness of Danny Federici. He continued playing with the E Street Band after Federici died in April 2008.)

Bruce Springsteen Gallery

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Bruce Springsteen Brief Introduction

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* Born: 23 September 1949
* Birthplace: Freehold, New Jersey
* Best Known As: Working-class singer/songwriter/guitarist

Name at birth: Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen launhced his first album in 1973, but it was his second album, The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle in 1974 that led a rock detractor to call him "the future of rock'n'roll." A year afterward Springsteen launched Born to Run to critical and popular success, and he was a bona fide rock star, nicknamed "The Boss." In the '80s he released The River to vast success, and his 1984 album, Born in the U.S.A. was on top of the charts for seven weeks. In the '90s Springsteen left his back-up band and recorded solo, but by the end of the decade was touring with them again. Known for his songs about working-class Americans and for his generous and frequent live performances, Springsteen has been one of the top rock acts for nearly three decades. His 2005 album, Devils & Dust made five Grammy nominations, winning one for best solo rock performance.