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Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Over the last decade, thanks to nods from the Arcade Fire and the Hold Steady , among others, Bruce Springsteen has earned the respect of 20-something Brooklynites, a core section of the audience at cover band Bruce in the USA's show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg Friday night. In light of the Boss' newfound hipness, Friday's show posed an interesting question: How would New York City's cool kids respond to Bruce in the USA, which bills itself [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Television Friday evening's 'Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief' telethon was organized by MTV and George Clooney with musicians including Bono , the Edge , Coldplay and Bruce Springsteen taking the stage with songs appropriate for the occasion. As previously reported , more than 100 actors and musicians signed on to the event to perform or man the phones to thank donors for what amounted to millions of dollars in [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Holy Hell At Michigan's Palace of Auburn Hills Friday night, Bruce Springsteen addressed the crowd by the wrong state. "Hello, Ohio!" the Boss said on several occasions during the first half-hour of his and the E Street Band's two-plus-hour gig. Blame Friday the 13th. Guitarist Steven Van Zandt was quick to whisper the geographical blunder to Bruce, who was visibly rattled over the gaffe, telling the crowd, "I'm all right" [...]

Filed under: News , Book Club Bruce Springsteen is reportedly at work on an autobiography that could earn the rocker $10 million. The 60-year-old rocker is said to be chipping away at a manuscript that book publishers would love to get their hands on. "It could be the biggest rock music autobiography of all time," a major publishing insider told the New York Post . "He could get $9 million to $10 million for the world rights." Through the years there have been a [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Fans headed to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 's gigs this weekend at New York City's Madison Square Garden are in for a rare treat. Springsteen has announced special programs for the shows, which will see the first time he has performed full album sequences 'The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle' and 'The River'. On Saturday, Nov. 7, Bruce will play 1973's 'The Wild' front to back followed [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Rock Hall Bruce Springsteen will perform as scheduled Thursday night at past of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary concerts. Springsteen's set at the first of two gigs at New York's Madison Square Garden was up in the air following the unexpected death of his cousin and E Street Band assistant road manager Lenny Sullivan. Fans feared that Bruce would cancel Thursday's appearance after he scrapped his Monday concert [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , R.I.P. Bruce Springsteen postponed his Monday night show at the Sprint Center in Kansas City due to a death in the rocker's immediate family. Lenny Sullivan, Bruce's cousin and the assistant road manager of the E Street Band for the last 10 years, reportedly died in his room at the city's InterContinental Hotel. While the cause of death was not immediately released, police say it was not suspicious, according to local news outlet KMBC-TV . [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Book Club Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have closed down some of their most famed venues this month, recently playing the last-ever gigs at New Jersey's Giants Stadium and Philadelphia's Spectrum before both buildings are demolished. But saxophonoist Clarence Clemons isn't ready to take the ' Wrecking Ball ' to the legendary band just yet. In an interview with the Morning Call to promote his new book, ' Big Man: Real Life & Tall [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News There were lots of rumors flying around about Friday night's Bruce Springsteen concert at Giants Stadium, the final concert at the venue. The previous night, Eric Clapton and Jon Bon Jovi were bandied about as possible guests, and there was talk of an extra hour added to the typically marathon-length set by Springsteen and the E Street Band. There were no guests, but Springsteen made sure the night was special, particularly for one couple. As he's [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Television Bruce Springsteen commemorated the final concerts at Giants Stadium on Wednesday night by unveiling a brand new tune. He surprised fans by opening with 'Wrecking Ball,' his homage to the massive New Jersey venue that he's rocked on many occasions since the E Street Band first performed there during its 'Born to Run' Tour. The band's Oct. 9 gig will be the last concert at the stadium. "Join us tonight to shut the old lady down," Springsteen [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News U2 's 360 tour landed at New Jersey's Giants Stadium with fortuitous timing. Wednesday's show, originally slotted for Friday, coincided with a special day for one of Jersey's most famous residents. After leading off the show with a quick succession of 'No Line on the Horizon' standouts and old favorites, Bono paused during 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' to send birthday wishes to the Boss. "Happy birthday Bruce Springsteen ," he said. "60 years old. 16 years [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will go on hiatus after it wraps its North American tour in Buffalo, N.Y. on Nov. 22. Before that, however, the band will shoehorn in two additional performances at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 7 and 8 as part of its final run of dates, with tickets for those shows going on sale today at noon. "We are going to take a break, I don't know how long ... a year, year [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will dedicate an upcoming Chicago gig to its legendary 1975 album 'Born to Run.' When the group's ongoing hits the United Center on September 20th, attendees can expect to hear Springsteen's eight-song masterpiece -- considered by many to be rock 'n' roll perfection -- from start to finish. Sources close to Springsteen confirmed the news after it surfaced yesterday in the Windy City 's signature daily papers, the Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune, [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Rock music was never meant to be institutionalized, but as far as institutions go, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has preserved that nonconfomrist spirit within its hallowed halls. And now, the Hall announced it will honor that tradition with a pair of anniversary concerts this October. A lineup of legendary artists will converge at what is arguably the most esteemed arena in rock history, NYC's Madison Square Garden, for a two-night celebration of the Hall's 25th birthday. Headliners on October 29 [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News In the build up to 2009's Glastonbury there were some who feared Bruce Springsteen might not understand what the famed Glastonbury vibe was about. They worried the man used to packing in stadiums from coast to coast might not connect with the notoriously eclectic Glasto crowd. On Saturday night, Bruce Springsteen proved them wrong the way he knows best; playing a raw, ragged, rousing set of rock 'n' roll. It was not only Springsteen's first Glastonbury, but [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Performing at just their second festival -- according to their leader -- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band gave Bonnaroo a three-hour lesson in rock 'n' roll as Saturday night's main stage headliner. Steamrolling through a set of anthems that included 'Thunder Road,' 'The River,' '10th Avenue Freeze-out,' 'Badlands' and 'Born to Run' while introducing the kids to hit material from his more recent albums, Springsteen proved a worthy main attraction at a festival that in recent [...]

Filed under: News , Holy Hell Bruce Springsteen has won several Grammys, an Oscar, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and earned unofficial sainthood among his millions of followers. Now the rock icon is getting yet another accolade: his own piece of federal legislature. Following the well-documented ticket fiasco of Springsteen's recent New Jersey dates, where fans were shut out or directed immediately to Ticketmaster's resale site, TicketExchange, New Jersey Rep. Bill Pascrell is introducing the BOSS ACT into Congress. While [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News At night one of his two-night stand at New Jersey's Izod Center, Bruce Springsteen reflected on the many shows he's played at the Meadowlands complex (a banner on the ceiling proclaimed it to be 56 sold-out gigs) and the demise next year of neighboring Giants Stadium, home to both the NFL's New York Giants and Jets. But Springsteen let the crowd know they have one more round of partying to go before the goodbyes. "Before they bring the wrecking ball, we're gonna bring [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Holy Hell Want a guaranteed "yes" after proposing marriage? Try asking your partner on Bruce Springsteen 's stage. That's what Dropkick Murphys ' guitarist Tim Brennan did Wednesday night in the Murphys' hometown of Boston. Brennan joined Springsteen onstage and got down on bended knee to ask his girlfriend, Diana, to marry him, according to Backstreets.com . With Nils Lofgren holding the mic, she said yes, giving 20,000 fans a sense of relief and reason to cheer. Springsteen [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Calling Southern California home to some of his "favorite musicians," Bruce Springsteen took advantage of the plethora of homegrown talent by bringing out Tom Morello and Social Distortion 's Mike Ness during his two-night stand in L.A. this week. Morello made an appearance on Night One, reprising the guitar solo he did for the title track to 'The Ghost of Tom Joad' when the E Street Band hit Anaheim, California last year. Morello also lent a helping hand [...]