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The Boss to play Super Bowl halftime September 29th, 2008 NEW YORK - Another Super Bowl, another rock ‘n’ roll superstar at halftime. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at the 2009 Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa, Fla., the NFL and NBC announced Sunday night. Continuing a run of major talent that has lately included the Rolling Stones, U2, Paul McCartney, Prince and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the biggest television event in the nation will showcase one of its most be...
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Bruce Springsteen plays two tour premieres in Frankfurt
Original at topix.com
• Sat, Jul 4
The fans at the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt, Germany got a nice 28-song setlist at Friday's show by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
4th of July, Asbury Park (’78)Original at IckMusic
• Thu, Jul 2
By Pete A Happy Fourth of July weekend to my American bros and sisses. And now, live from the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ – 1978 – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band with the best dang 4th of July rock & roll song. Ever. RIP Phantom Dan.
Fourth of July Party!
Original at 30 Days Out
• Thu, Jul 2
By 30daysout MP3: “The Star Spangled Banner” (studio version) by the Jimi Hendrix Experience MP3: “4th Of July” (demo) by X MP3: “Chimes Of Freedom” by Bob Dylan & Joan Osborne MP3: “This Hard Land” (live) by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
“Bruce and Michael” – Summer of 1984
Original at 30 Days Out
• Sun, Jun 28
By 30daysout This was the summer I became a Springsteen nut. It all started when I was at Sound Warehouse in Humble, TX, and the Born In The USA album was playing in the store. I had heard “Born To Run” and “Hungry Heart,” but it wasn’t until I heard “Downbound Train” that I was completely sold. Most fans will th...
Bonnaroo: Bruce Springsteen on stage with Phish
Original at IckMusic
• Mon, Jun 15
By Pete They tore through “Mustang Sally”, “Bobby Jean”, and “Glory Days”. And suffice it so say, I’ll be scouring the interwebs for any and all video of this moment. Bruce was also spotted taking in Band of Horses earlier in the day as well. It just keeps coming together, doesn’t it?
Springsteen, Phish Play Together At Bonnaroo
Original at cbs4denver.com
• Mon, Jun 15
They were chanting "Bruuuuuce" at Bonnaroo all weekend, as Bruce Springsteen performed a three-hour set with the E Street Band one night and joined Phish on stage another.
Personalities: Usher, Michael Phelps and Bruce Springsteen
Original at Poughkeepsie Journal
• Mon, Jun 15
NY Bruce Springsteen astonished the Bonnaroo crowd with a passionate three-hour performance, offering sweat and rock 'n' roll to inspire, he said, in "hard times." Springsteen was the Saturday night headliner at the Tennessee music festival, ...
Lifetime passes
Original at Herald & Review
• Fri, Jun 12
Herald & Review, IL In music, my lifetime passes go to Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Pete Townshend. Each of them has written and produced music that attracted me from the very beginning. Each of them grew and had different phases. I didn't like all phases, ...
Bruce Springsteen, Izod Center, NJ, 5/23/09
Original at Examiner.com
• Tue, Jun 9
I have been fortunate to see Bruce Springsteen 75 times, mostly in various cities around California, and even flew to London to see him play. However, I had never seen him in New Jersey – his home state. I had heard about the intensity of the Jersey ...
Bruce Springsteen show review
Original at The Free Lance-Star
• Thu, May 7
Fortunately for the audience, if ever there were a master craftsman of the concert, it's Springsteen, backed by his E Street Band. It was easy at first, with the opening two tracks off 1978's “Darkness on the Edge of Town”—“Badlands” and “Adam Raised a ...
New Springsteen Greatest Hits release set for June 2
Original at 30 Days Out
• Wed, May 6
By 30daysout Blinded By The Light/Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)/Born To Run/Thunder Road/Badlands/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Hungry Heart/The River/Born In The USA/I’m On Fire/Glory Days/Dancing In The Dark/The Rising/Lonesome Day/Radio Nowhere/Long Walk Home/Because The Night (Live)/F...
Review: Springsteen plays to his strengths
Original at Philadelphia Inquirer
• Tue, Apr 28
By Dan DeLuca Bruce Springsteen may well have miscalculated earlier this year when he released Working On A Dream, one of the most hopeful and downright happy sounding albums of his career just as a cratering economy was rendering the songs of struggle ...
Podcast: Up the Hill: Bruce Cockburn @ the Orpheum Theater in FlagstaffOriginal at IckMusic
• Sun, Apr 5
By Pete There are two Bruces in the music world I am very fond of. One is Springsteen, the other is Cockburn. This weekend, the perfect storm of shows came to pass: the Weekend of Bruce. Friday night was the Boss. And on Saturday, the wife and I took off for Flagstaff on an anxiously awaited 24 hour getawa...
How To: Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler Official VideoOriginal at YouTube
• Sun, Mar 15
By rss@youtube.com (fredrikhov) Keywords: bruce springsteen the wrestler using me that lyrics hq HQ hd HD full song new high quaity music video movie vid film newest hit chords tutorial lesson guitar how to play easy learn The Boss Bruce Springsteen Wrestler Mickey Rourke Darren Aronoff Patti Scialfa Clint Eastwood Go...
How To: Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler, by www.GuitarTutee.comOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Mar 10
By rss@youtube.com (guitartutee) Author: guitartutee Keywords: Bruce Springsteen Guitar Tutorial Song Acoustic Live Lyrics Chords Tabs Cover Videoke How To Play Added: March 10, 2009
Van Zandt on Springsteen Tour, Super Bowl Rumors and How Garage Bands Can Blow Up
Original at Rolling Stone
• Tue, Mar 3
By Andy Greene Last week Steve Van Zandt called up Rolling Stone to chat up his new record label Last Cathedral, which will focus exclusively on hard rock releases. “We decided to keep Wicked Cool a garage label and keep a real consistent identity,” says Van Zandt. “Lost Cathedral is going to be more the Led...
Podcast: This Hard Land
Original at IckMusic
• Fri, Feb 20
By Pete Bruce originally recorded “This Hard Land” in 1982 during the sessions for Born in the U.S.A, but it would never see the light of day on any Springsteen studio release. However, in 1995, when Columbia was packaging Bruce’s first greatest hits release, the E Street Band returned to the studio...
Bruce Springsteen Delivers On Super Bowl XLIII Party PromiseOriginal at Rolling Stone
• Mon, Feb 2
By Robert Mancini “Is there anybody alive out there?” he shouted as he and the E Street Band dove into the rollicking “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out.” More than 70,000 who had been jeering, heckling and cajoling each other for hours were dancing, suddenly all revelers at Bruce’s party. He pushed the pedal closer t...
Podcast: The Gaslight Anthem
Original at IckMusic
• Sat, Jan 31
By Pete Visit Gaslight Anthem’s Official Site. I got a note in late September alerting me to a band from New Jersey called The Gaslight Anthem. In the note was mention of Springsteen and the Clash. So naturally, I went to eMusic and downloaded ‘The ‘59 Sound’ right away. I have to be honest, I struggled w...
Podcast: Short Takes
Original at MOG
• Fri, Jan 30
By Pop Tarts Suck Toasted I read a line on some blog (my apologies I don't recall which one at the moment) that stated something to the fact that Bruce Springsteen is the over-30 equivalent of Animal Collective. Basically they were trying to say that Bruce is everywhere these days, from rocking for Barack to headlin...
Podcast: This Week's Tour News
Original at MOG
• Fri, Jan 30
By Pop Tarts Suck Toasted Who: Bruce Springsteen More Dates Listen: Bruce Springsteen - "The Wrestler" More Dates Who: Neko Case When: April 13th 14th More Dates Thoughts: Still prefer Neko over AC! I'm just saying Dave.... More Dates More Dates When: April 30th May 2nd More Dates Who: Superdrag When: April 9th 10th
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Serenades, Sins and Salvation (Live in St. Louis 8/23/08 Review)
Original at THE SCREEN DOOR...with Anthony Kuzminski
• Thu, Jan 29
By ANTHONY KUZMINSKI(noreply@blogger.com) The evening was a jukebox full of rarities and classics where Springsteen beautifully weaved his past and present into collective whole where no one song felt out of place. I can’t say the same about every concert I’ve ever seen, but the band hit all the right notes this night. “Drive All Nigh...
Rolling Stone Accidentally Kills Off Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Betting
Original at Rolling Stone
• Thu, Jan 29
By Daniel Kreps • Bruce Springsteen: The RS Covers Photo: Mazur/WireImage We had no idea that a Super Bowl-related post on this Website would have such huge repercussions in Las Vegas: According to gambling site Gambling911, our article yesterday about the insane prop bets involving Bruce Springste...
Bruce Springsteen At The Super Bowl: Bionic Hips And Dream Playlists
Original at Idolator
• Wed, Jan 21
By Lucas Jensen Playlist A: Glory Days, My Lucky Day, Badlands, Born to Run Playlist C: The Rising, Darkness on the Edge of Town, Working on a Dream, Hungry Heart Playlist E: Born to Run, Dancing in the Dark, Radio Nowhere, The Rising Playlist G: Glory Days, Born to Run, The Rising, Working on a Dream
Bruce Springsteen-‘Tunnel of Love’ Album Review and Reflection
Original at THE SCREEN DOOR...with Anthony Kuzminski
• Fri, Jan 16
By ANTHONY KUZMINSKI(noreply@blogger.com) Bruce Springsteen-Tunnel of Love Things got even more interesting on 'Tunnel of Love’…a remarkable bunch of tunes, where our leader starts having a go at himself, and the hypocrisy of his own heart, before anyone else could. But the tabloids could never break news on Bruce Springsteen. Be...
Bruce Springsteen – ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’ Album Review and Reflection
Original at THE SCREEN DOOR...with Anthony Kuzminski
• Thu, Jan 8
By ANTHONY KUZMINSKI(noreply@blogger.com) The Bruce Springsteen who wrote and recorded Born To Run was a ghost by the time his fourth album, Darkness on the Edge of Town was recorded and released in 1978. The wide-eyed virtue previously found on tracks such as “Night”, “Born To Run” and “Thunder Road” was long gone. In its place was no l...
Podcast: Santa Boss is Coming to Town
Original at IckMusic
• Sun, Dec 7
By Pete 5. The Wish (Freehold Night, St. Rose of Lima School, Freehold, NJ - 11/8/1996) 8. Deck The Halls (Jingle Bell Night, Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ - 12/7/2001) 9. Jingle Bell Rock (3:38) Jingle Bell Night, Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ - 12/7/2001)
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Entertainment Hotline » Blog Archive » The Boss to play Super Bowl halftime
Original at The Entertainment Hotline
• Wed, Nov 12
The Boss to play Super Bowl halftime September 29th, 2008 NEW YORK - Another Super Bowl, another rock ‘n’ roll superstar at halftime. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at the 2009 Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa, Fla., the NFL and NBC announced Sunday night. Continuing a run of major talent that has lately included the Rolling Stones, U2, Paul McCartney, Prince and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the biggest television event in the nation will showcase one of its most beloved rock ‘n’ roll artists. The Super Bowl will be played Feb. 1 at Raymond James Stadium. The 2008 Super Bowl show was watched by more than 148 million viewers in the U.S., the NFL said in its release. It wasn’t always that way: For years, the game’s halftime show... [read the full post]
Springsteen Misses The Mark In Milwaukee at Harley Celebration (Review of 8/30/08 Concert)
Original at THE SCREEN DOOR...with Anthony Kuzminski
• Wed, Sep 3
By ANTHONY KUZMINSKI(noreply@blogger.com) “Tenth Avenue Freezeout”, “Born To Run”, “Glory Days” and “Rosalita” showered down on the crowd as the band gleefully tore through them with a vengeance and awakening those who were still there. Even the unknown “American Land” managed to evoke a strong reaction. The encore raised a rucku...
Podcast: Live Boss: Magic in Charleston
Original at IckMusic
• Sun, Aug 24
By Pete Bruce Springsteen August 16, 2008 North Charleston Coliseum Charleston, SC Part 2 (zip) Because the Night She’s The One Livin’ In The Future Mary’s Place Hungry Heart The Rising Last to Die Long Walk Home Badlands Encore applause
Podcast: Draft Board for 7/15/08: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, John Mellencamp, The Hold Steady
Original at Selective Service
• Tue, Jul 15
By Uncle Sam The Boss pays tribute to the late, great E Street Band organist/accordianist Danny Federici with this special digital-only release. The four tracks are live cuts from the 2008 dates of the Band’s tour behind Magic, and three of them are loaded with guest stars: Alejandro Escovedo on a cov...
Music Review: Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - Live At Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank NJ, 05/07/08 (Bootleg)
Original at Blogcritics
• Thu, May 15
By Glen Boyd Don't ask me how these things make their way to the Internet, but thank God they do. And in this case, they made it to cyberspace in both audio and video. Ah, the wonders of technology...As anyone who has seen Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band on the current world tour for the Magic album alrea...
Opinion: Lonesome Onry and Mean: Steve Earle at Verizon
Original at blogs.houstonpress.com
• Mon, Apr 28
In the wake of all the in-depth analysis on DC9 at Night about the burning question of whether Bruce Springsteen’s Dallas or Houston show was “better,” I now find myself lost in the fallout of Friday’s show by the... In the wake of all the in-depth analysis on DC9 at Night about the burning quest...
Danny Federici, E Street Band Keyboardist Dies at 58
Original at www.gabbybabble.com
• Fri, Apr 18
By gdaysunshine Friday, April 18, 2008 Danny Federici, E Street Band Keyboardist Dies at 58 photo courtesy of PR Photos/www.prphotos.com Danny Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band died Thursday, April 17, 2008. He was only 58 years old. Federici lost his three-yea...
Opinion: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Bell Centre - Montreal
Original at web.me.com
• Sun, Mar 2
Long Walk Home" (Magic) - Not sure ... wasn't memorable really. Jungleland" (Born To Run) - Sigh ... it's still hard to believe he wrote this at 23 - what an epic track ... and Clarence was the King ... this has grown to be one of my favorite Springsteen tracks. 9 Guitar Picks on 10
Podcast: The Bosscast March; Magic Returns To Hartford
Original at The Soul Shack
• Wed, Feb 27
By noreply@blogger.com (SoulBoogieAlex) 08. Hobo's Lullaby, Bruce Springsteen & Pete Seeger from Give US Your Poor 09. Long Walk Home, Bruce Springsteen & The Sessions Band from 2006-11-11 Wembley Session First Night 10. My Home Town, Bruce Springsteen from 2007-09-28 Today Show NBC
Podcast: The Bruce Springsteen Bosscast, Februari 2008; R&R Shoes
Original at The Soul Shack
• Fri, Feb 8
By SoulBoogieAlex 14. The Big Payback, Bruce Springsteen from The Essential Bruce Springsteen 15. Open All Night, Bruce Springsteen, 2005-07-06 Milan Forum 16. Stand On It, Bruce Springsteen, 2000-06-15 NY 17. Pink Cadillac, Jerry Lee Lewis (featuring Bruce Springsteen)from Last Man Standing - The Duets
Podcast: The Ten That Made Springsteen; 8. Creedence Clear Water Revival; Who'll Stop The RainOriginal at The Soul Shack
• Tue, Feb 5
By SoulBoogieAlex Over the years John Fogerty's seem to have resurfaced every time Springsteen wanted to assert himself politically. He played "Bad Moon Rising" on 18 Jun 1988 at Chateau De Vincennes, Paris, France, at the SOS Racism Concert that was broad casted on French TV, but more significantly, when...
Springsteen in Christmas spirit - BBC News
Original at news.bbc.co.uk
• Sat, Dec 15
BBC News Springsteen in Christmas spirit BBC News, UK - Rock star Bruce Springsteen serenaded the audience with Christmas classic Santa Claus is Coming To Town as he ended his first UK show of 2007. ...
Review: Springsteen, E Street Band make 'Magic' in Oakland
Original at Examiner.com
• Fri, Oct 26
Bruce Springsteen for president … perhaps the savior of 'n' roll wouldn't want the job, but if he were to take it (no question he'd be elected), America would likely be in better shape than it is now. But wouldn't it be amazing if the ...
Concert Review: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Magic Tour ...
Original at Blogcritics
• Wed, Oct 3
By Mark Saleski Radio Nowhere" hung over the crazed Hartford Civic Center crowd. A count-off lead into the crashing opening chords of "The Ties That Bind" and we were off. Off to the beginning of another album, tour, and era in the E-Street Band's...
Fanfiction: Quasi-Manip: Gotta Know How It Feels (Sam/Dean) PG
Original at Supernaturalfic
• Thu, Sep 20
By supernaturalfic@gmail.com Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or anything else about Supernatural. Just some fun and some art. Title and cut text from Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen.
Jersey Shore music veteran Terry Magovern dies
Original at Asbury Park Press
• Tue, Jul 31
Frank "Terry" Magovern, an influential presence on the Jersey Shore music scene for some 40 years, died Monday . Magovern, of Rumson, was an early fan and supporter of Bruce Springsteen and many other musicians in Asbury Park's seminal music scene. In the 1960s and '70s, Magovern managed b...
1992: Year of Music in ReviewOriginal at Blogcritics
• Tue, Jul 31
By Daryl D In late March of 1992, Bruce Springsteen, attempting to copy the success of Guns N’ Roses' Lose Your Illusion I and II, released two albums: Human Touch and Lucky Town. Both albums generally received good reviews but were largely ignored by the general public. Even though both albums debut...
Live Earth: All-star shows set to rock the planet - Newark Star Ledger
Original at NJ.com
• Sat, Jun 30
Newark Star LedgerLive Earth: All-star shows set to rock the planet Newark Star Ledger, USA - Bruce Springsteen would be an ideal surprise guest for New Jersey. But Wall says the chances aren't good. "He's not on tour right now -- I think he's ...
Music Review: Bruce Springsteen With The Sessions Band - Live In Dublin (Deluxe CD/DVD Edition)
Original at Blogcritics
• Thu, Jun 7
By Glen Boyd As big a Bruce Springsteen fan as I am -- and I've seen the man in concert 32 times -- I was not exactly crazy onboard for the Seeger Sessions project when it was first announced last year. I just figured that after a year of Springsteen doing the acoustic thing on the Devils & Dust album and t...
Music Review: Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A
Original at Blogcritics
• Thu, May 17
By Janine Macdonald The whole album is very much a pop album, and Springsteen displays some of his best pop writing style ever on this. "Dancing In The Dark," "Bobby Jean," "Glory Days," and "No Surrender" are fine examples of this. But as mentioned earlier, there is darkness behind these pop songs. "Dancing In T...
Podcast: Radio Free Boss - WBCN 1973
Original at IckMusic
• Sun, Apr 15
By Pete I came across this 1973 radio broadcast of Mr. Springsteen live in the WBCN Boston studios. Brucebase has the details… Bruce’s first-ever radio station performance and still the earliest circulating “live” material with the E Street Band. The silky-voiced female DJ is the legendary Maxa...
Concert Review: Pete Yorn at the Showbox in Seattle, WA - 02/10/07
Original at Blogcritics
• Mon, Feb 12
By Glen Boyd Concentrating on songs from all three records (the tour is billed as the "Morning Day & Night" tour and focuses on the idea of the three releases as a trilogy of sorts), Yorn himself shifted comfortably between acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, and of course vocals, backed b...
Opinion: UP FRONT
Original at NYT > Bruce Springsteen
• Sat, Jul 2
By By The Editors This week' s cover review, an assessment of a pile of new books about Bruce Springsteen, is written by A. O. Scott, a Times film critic, who says he came to Springsteen' s music fairly late. ' ' When I was in high school I thought I was way too cool and cutting edge to listen to him,' ' Scott said in a te...