Springsteen

We tend to treat fame as something you either have or you don’t. Some people are famous, others are not. But there are also degrees of fame. Most people who are famous are not as famous as Tom Cruise or The Rock. But then just how famous somebody is often depends on the individual’s perception. Some of us would probably say that Bruce Springsteen is a bigger star than Stephen King, except for the time that he’s not.A video is currently going viral on Twitter, and not for the first time, that shows Bruce Springsteen on…

MusiCares Person of the Year event will also feature Melissa Etheridge, Brandy Clark, Jason Isbell, and many others Bruce Springsteen, Shania Twain, Jelly Roll, and Bon Jovi will all perform at a gala event honoring Jon Bon Jovi next month. The singer will be recognized as MusiCares’ Person of the Year, an honor awarded by the Recording Academy’s nonprofit which provides aid to musicians in need, at an event in Los Angeles on Feb. 2. The other performers include Brandy Clark, Melissa Etheridge,…

Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to one of his “all-time favorite writers,” the former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, in an Instagram tribute on Friday. “The passion and deep intensity of his music and lyrics is unmatched by all but the very best in the rock & roll canon,” he wrote. “I was fortunate to spend a little time with Shane and his lovely wife Victoria the last time we were in Dublin. He was very ill, but still beautifully present in his heart and spirit. His music is timeless and eternal. I don’t know…

Actor Danny Devito has revealed that he is in a "grandpa" WhatsApp group with rocker Bruce Springsteen. "We`re in the grandpa group chat," Danny told GQ about his friendship with rocker Bruce Springsteen. He added: "We met in the `80s and we became friends. I`m a groupie. I love to go to his shows." Referring to Springsteen being hit with a peptic ulcer in October, Danny added: "I went to see him just before he got his bellyache, and I was lucky to see a great show in New Jersey at the MetLife Center. …

The Gaslight Anthem are emerging from a nearly decade-long recording hiatus on October 27 with the release of their sixth album, History Books. Bruce Springsteen joins them on the tittle track, which you can hear right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyUgfrCegOs “When Bruce Springsteen said I should write a duet for us, I think my head exploded,” Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon says in a statement. “It will never get old to me that one of the greatest songwriters in the world, and one of my hero’s…

Punk musician Frank Turner has been on a musical journey for many years and having released his ninth album last year, he’s in no way slowing down. With a loyal fan base as well as managing to accumulate new fans each show, he had the chance to open the stage today for Bruce Springsteen’s headline show. I stopped by for a chat with him about mental health, his tattoos and his new album FTHC. Hey Frank, thanks for taking the time out today to chat. How are you? I’m good, all a bit of an emotional rollercoaster today I’ll…

Worldwide sensation Bruce Springsteen joined the 2023 BST Hyde Park line up as the headline act on July 6th with support from Frank Turner and The Chicks. Bringing his style, effortless cool and endless amounts of energy, he performed an incredible set playing songs from his earlier days as well as his more recent releases.At 7pm on a sunny Thursday night at Hyde Park, the E Street Band were the first to walk onto the stage assuming their positions before they were joined by The Boss, Bruce Springsteen; both welcomed…

At Bruce Springsteen’s recent show in Edinburgh, a fan managed to hand the 73-year-old rock icon a copy of his dissertation about masculinity. Pondering the masculinity of the Boss is logical: his themes include brotherhood, father-son conflict and the trials of physical labour; his songs are populated with downtrodden blue-collar workers, suicidal firefighters, forgotten soldiers returning from various wars, and economically disempowered men driven to murder. Indeed, he’s seen as one of the quintessential writers of the…

The law of Rock ‘n’ Roll is one of diminishing returns with age. The Rolling Stones, Kiss, Bon Jovi and Aerosmith are all touring bands with singers who are not really able to hit the heights of their previous 70s and 80s glories and bands whose studio output is way past their best. Not Bruce Springsteen. At 73 years old his live shows are still a thing of legend and his last original studio album, ‘Letter To You’ contained all the hallmarks of everything Springsteen fans have come to expect from him over the past 50…

It’s only a few weeks until Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band headline American Express presents BST Hyde Park for two nights and a host of additional performers have been announced for the line-up.Springsteen will be performing on Thursday 6th and Saturday 8th July and he will be joined by The Coronas, Stone, Picture Parlour, First Time Flyers, Theo Lawrence and Attawalpa join on Thursday, with Brittney Spencer, Pa Sheehy, Sam Barber, Kingfisher, Madeline Edwards, Kezia Gill and Kelly McGrath on the Saturday.They…