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November of 2009

 

Rate Breaking news: The Wild and The River to be performed at MSG

Original at Point Blank external link    Tue, Nov 3

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) After weeks of mystery, it's been announced: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will perform two complete albums at the upcoming Madison Square Garden shows. And the albums are:Sat. Nov. 7th: The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street ShuffleSunday Nov. 8th: The RiverBig news indeed tha...

Rate Springsteen tocará The River y The Wild al completo en Nueva York

Original at Point Blank external link    Tue, Nov 3

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) Tras semanas de misterio por fin se han anunciado los discos que Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band tocarán al completo en los conciertos de Nueva York este fin de semana. Serán estos:Sábado 7 de noviembre: The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street ShuffleDomingo 8 de noviembre: The Ri...

Rate October 29 & 30: Hall of Fame concerts

Original at Point Blank external link    Thu, Oct 29

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) Madison Square Garden was the home for the two Rock'n'roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary concerts celebrated this week. Bruce Springsteen was scheduled to play the first night, Oct.29th. And it was a wonderful 6-hour show, with some of the greatest pop and rock stars on stage performing tha...

Rate Bruce Springsteen cancel Kansas City show due to death in family

Original at Point Blank external link    Mon, Oct 26    14 related articles

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Oct. 26, 2009) - Due to a death in Bruce's immediate family, tonight's show at Sprint Center has been unavoidably cancelled. All tickets will be refunded at the point of purchase. Bruce and The E Street Band deeply appreciate the understanding of our Kansas City audience and...

Rate Wrecking Ball

Original at Point Blank external link    Fri, Oct 23    4 related articles

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By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) The new song Springsteen debuted at Giants Stadium on September 30th has been officially released thru iTunes. The singles includes both the audio recording and a video recording (from the Giants Stadium concerts). The video was editd by Chris Hilson and Thom Zimny, and it's different fr...

Rate The private show at the Stone Pony

Original at Point Blank external link    Sat, Oct 17

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) Bruce Springsteen, accompanied by Bobby Bandiera and his band, Patti Scialfa, Southside Johnny and horns, offered his yearly school benefit show, this time for his son's college, at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, last Saturday, Oct. 17th.The song selection ewas nearly identical to that...

September of 2009

 

Rate Bruce sings with Elvis

Original at Point Blank external link    Fri, Sep 25

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) Bruce Springsteen was the guest on Elvis Costello's "Spectacle" last Friday. The taping took place at the legendary Apollo Theatre in New York and lasted nearly four hours. The show (abbreviated to 1 hour) will be broadcast at a later date on the Sundance channel.Costello interviewed Spri...

Rate Tonight: full BTR album in Chicago

Original at Point Blank external link    Sat, Sep 19

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) Bruce Springsteen will deliver an unusual show tonight in Chicago: as announced weeks ago, Bruce and the E Street Band will perform (among other songs) the full Born to Run album. It is yet unknown why he choose to play the album in full at only two shows on this tour (Chicago and Nashville) bu...

Rate Springsteen will join Elvis Costello on 'Spectacle'

Original at Point Blank external link    Fri, Sep 18

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) Elvis Costello has got his own TV program, named "Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...", in the Sundance channel. The taping for its second season is starting this next week, and it's been officially confirmed that Bruce will be on the program's guests, being interviewed by Elvis, and possibl...

August of 2009

 

Rate Sept. 16: Satisfaction in Greenville

Original at Point Blank external link    Sun, Aug 30

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) Tremendous show in Greenville last night. Springsteen and the band delivered a fantastic concert (with Jay on drums once again), where they played the first ever live E Street Band performance of the classic Rolling Stones tune "Satisfaction" (previously performed only at a private re...

Rate Sept.12th: Tampa

Original at Point Blank external link    Mon, Aug 17

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) Back to Florida to begin the last leg of the current tour. With a hoarse voice (which Springsteen apologized for: "Sorry about my voice. Too much time off!") during the first part of the show, the performance was very good, with a varied set list that included some old gems ("Point Blank", "Ra...

Rate Magic in the Night

Original at Point Blank external link    Tue, Aug 4    4 related articles

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By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) Published in the UK on June 25th, by Souvenir Press, Magic in the Night - The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen, by Rob Kirkpatrick, is a complete discussion of Springsteen's career from Greetings from Asbury Park to 2009's Working on a Dream. In this book Kirkpatrick describes how Spri...

Year 2009

 

Rate Bruce's 1975 house on sale

Original at Point Blank external link    Thu, Jul 23

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) The house at 7-1/2 West End Court in Red Bank, New Jersey, where Bruce Springsteen lived between 1974 and 1975 is now on sale. You can get a piece of real history for only $299,000. This is the house where Springsteen wrote the songs for his classic album Born to Run, a house that is featured on th...

Rate August 19th: Hartford

Original at Point Blank external link    Sun, Jun 14

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) After a brief pause, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band resumed yesterday their Working on a Dream tour in Hartford. In a nice amphitheatre, with a small standing area in the front and with lots of heat, the show started with Nils, Charlie and Roy performing an instrumental "Sherry Dar...

Rate Springsteen finalizes 2009 tour dates

Original at Point Blank external link    Tue, Jun 2

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) Bruce Springsteen has added today 3 more shows to the 2009 tour itinerary. The band will play in Des Moines, Baltimore and Buffalo, and according to the official press release Springsteen and The E Street Band "finalize remaining 2009 tour dates".These are the new shows announced today:2...

Rate Springsteen auctions guitar, jacket and bike at benefit concert

Original at Point Blank external link    Mon, Nov 3

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) Bruce Springsteen sang 3 songs yesterday ("The Promised Land", "Thunder Road" and "The Rising") at the 2nd "Stand Up For Heroes" benefit show organized by the Bob Woodruff Fund to help injured Iraq War Veterans. After his acoustic set, Bruce auctioned his acoustic guitar, his leather ja...

Rate Springsteen and Joel sing for Obama

Original at Point Blank external link    Mon, Oct 13

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) Bruce Springsteen performed last night at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom to support Barack Obama's campaign. Backed by Billy Joel's band, Bruce sang some of his own songs, plus various duets with Joel, and one with India Arie and John Legend. First onstage were India and John, and Bruce j...

Rate Bruce: Let's take America back!

Original at Point Blank external link    Mon, Oct 6

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) Bruce Springsteen is back again in support of change. He performed this past weekend in Philadelphia PA, Columbus OH and Ypsilante MI, doing a 45 minute acoustic set each day. All the shows have featured acoustic versions of "Thunder Road", "The Promised Land" and "No Surrender", among ot...

Rate Bruce Springsteen to play at SuperBowl

Original at Point Blank external link    Thu, Sep 18

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) It is now official: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will perform at the Super Bowl's halftime on February 1st 2009 on NBC Sports at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. The Super Bowl halftime show is annually the most-watched musical performance. More than 148 million viewers in the...

Rate It was 30 years ago today...

Original at Point Blank external link    Sun, Sep 7

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) that Bruce Springsteen began a series of shows at the small Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey, during the fabulous Darkness on the Edge of Town tour. and this is what happened: Thunder Road (Passaic, NJ 19-9-1978) Kitty's Back - Part 1 (Passaic, NJ 19-9-1978) Kitty's Back - Part 2 (Pas...

Rate Springsteen writes a new song for "The Wrestler"

Original at Point Blank external link    Wed, Aug 27

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) First it was "Streets of Philadelphia", later it was "Lift Me Up", "Dead Man Walking" and "Missing", and now it's just been revealed that Bruce has written a brand new song for Darren Aronofsky's new movie "The Wrestler". The song has the same title and closes the film while the credits roll...

Rate Milwaukee

Original at Point Blank external link    Sat, Aug 23

By pointblank(noreply@blogger.com) Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band said goodbye to the road with a very long 3 and a half hour concert yesterday at Harleyfest in Milwaukee. The show needed 10 encores to end and was the longest set played since the beginning of the Magic Tour. "Gypsy Biker" opened the set, which featured c...

Rate Sirius Radio extends its 'E Street Radio' channel

Original at Point Blank external link    Mon, Mar 3

By pointblank SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced today that it will continue E Street Radio, its exclusive commercial-free channel dedicated to the music of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, through the end of May. To celebrate the channel's ...

Year 2007

 

Rate New Bruce Springsteen video

Original at Point Blank external link    Thu, Dec 20

By pointblank Last Friday there was a video-shoot for Bruce Springsteen. He was in Asbury Park and Ocean Grove, New Jersey, with a video-crew, filming scenes for a video for the song "Girls in their Summer Clothes". Regarding the 2008 tour, a new concert has been added: Bruce will play the Bradley Center i...

Rate Madrid & Bilbao: E Street Power

Original at Point Blank external link    Thu, Dec 20

By pointblank Bruce Springsteen arrived in Madrid last Sunday and offered a good, solid show, in his first Magic tour show in Europe. The show included tremendous work from Nils Lofgren on "Tunnel of Love", plus a very well received "Thunder Road". Patti was absent in the first European show (also in Bilb...

Rate Danny Federici

Original at Point Blank external link    Thu, Dec 20

By pointblank Shore Fire media has issued today the following statement about Danny Federici: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 21, 2007 STATEMENT Danny Federici, an original member of the E Street Band, is taking a leave of absence from the current Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tour to pursue...

Rate Backstreets.com talks to Garry Tallent

Original at Point Blank external link    Thu, Dec 20

By pointblank Check out Backstreets.com for an interesting interview with Garry Tallent. Plus, on the official Bruce Springsteen website you can now see videos from Bilbao (Last to Die), Arnhem (Darlington County) and Mannheim (She's The One).

Rate Arnhem show postponed!

Original at Point Blank external link    Thu, Dec 20

By pointblank Official statement: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET CONCERT POSTPONED TILL TOMORROW Tonight's concert of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street band in the Gelredome in Arnhem will be postponed till tomorrow, Saturday, December 1st. Bruce Springsteen won't be able to perform toni...

Rate UK 2008 shows announced

Original at Point Blank external link    Thu, Dec 20

By pointblank BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND 2008 SHOWS ANNOUNCEMENT Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced their first series of tour dates for 2008. The band will return to the UK for outdoor shows in May and June. In London Bruce will be the first artist to play at the Emirates Sta...

Rate Köln

Original at Point Blank external link    Thu, Dec 20

By pointblank In the beautiful Kölnarena, Bruce Springsteen has given another one of his "wrecking machine" performances, with a few changes from the previous shows. "The River" and "Because the Night" (with amazing guitar work from Nils Lofgren) stay in the set list, and "The Ties That Bind", "I'll W...

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