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Just as we calmed down about will.i.am’s Pepsi-supported destruction of Bob Dylan’s legacy, Bruce Springsteen stormed into our living rooms to shout about dropping chicken fingers and guacamole. All was forgiven when he launched into “10th Avenue Freeze Out”, much to the delight of the audience ... read more |
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We’re less than a week away from the Super Bowl. Can you feel the excitement, the enthusiasm, the wind howling from millions of Terrible Towels menacingly flying in unison? I’m a Bears fan; so, no, no I cannot. But I’ll still watch. It is, after all, the foremost television event of the year. Hilarious commercials, Bruce Springsteen, and Kurt Warner’s aging body ... read more |
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Bruce Springsteen has a brand new song, and he may also have a new album coming as early as January 2009. On Sunday November 16, NBC will world premiere the studio version of this song during its Sunday Night Football broadcast featuring the Cowboys taking on the Redskins. The song will play during a video of NFL highlights ... read more |
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Rock star Jon Bon Jovi sings “It’s My Life,” but he may want to consider a change in those lyrics to “It’s My Song.” Bon Jovi is the latest of a long line of famous musicians this year to cry foul over the unauthorized use of his music by the presidential campaign of Republican candidate John McCain. ... read more |
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Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel are about to rock for Barack. It was announced today that the two music superstars will co-headline "Change Rocks," a concert for the campaign of democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Thursday October 16 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Obama himself will also take part in the event, as will other "special guests" still to be disclosed ... read more |
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The NFL yesterday confirmed the worst kept secret in music and football. Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band will in fact perform at next year's Super Bowl in Tampa Bay during the halftime show. The announcement was made during the Sunday Night Football game between the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles by announcer Bob Costas ... read more |
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Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band played the final show of their year-long marathon tour behind 2007’s Magic before an appreciative stadium sized crowd of bikers this past weekend. The occasion was the Harley Davidson festival, a birthday bash celebrating the classic motorcycle turning the ripe old age of 105 ... read more |
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With the Democrats’ party in Denver now one for the books, we’ll know come November whether or not there will be any encores to one of the more musical national political conventions the nation has ever witnessed. We've got the rundown on everything that went down in Denver, plus some of the better post-political concerts happening in your town this weekend ... read more |
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Veteran folk-rocker Jackson Browne has filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement against both the Republican National Committee and it’s candidate for president John McCain, according to a report published today by the Los Angeles Times. Browne says he is “incensed” by McCain’s use of his best known song “Running On Empty” ... read more |
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If this ends up working out, viewers should be in for quite a Halftime treat, as Springsteen is notorious for his wonderful live performances. I wouldn’t expect it to surpass the Beijing Opening Ceremonies, but then again, I’m not sure anything will ... read more |
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Back home after a two month run of shows in Europe, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street band took their Magic world tour to a packed house at Giants Stadium this past Monday night for the second show of a three night stand at the New Jersey football stadium ... read more |
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As a huge fan of both Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young, words simply cannot describe my excitement upon learning that Nils Lofgren’s new album The Loner - Nils Sings Neil is an all-acoustic album covering the songs of Neil Young ... read more |
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It’s raining outside. Noah’s Ark day thirty-eight level rain too, not some whimpy droplets of condensation. I’d even call it a deluge. The wind is punish-fucking my bushes, maybe even crying Mary, and the thunder and lightening are more boisterous than twenty world class drag queens ... read more |
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Despite the E.P.’s title, none of the four tracks included are live versions of songs from the Magic album itself. Instead, Springsteen has chosen to feature performances here from the tour that include a variety of special guests, drawing from both rarely played songs from his back catalog ... read more |
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It’s exactly this mass appeal that made me wonder why I even like the man. Because I realized, I can’t identify with him—with his life, his American idealism or blue-collar upbringing… So, why do I like Bruce Springsteen? I suppose it has to do with his total and utter lack of pretension, his honesty, or the raw energy of his lyrics and performance ... read more |
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