Does it get any more Jersey than this? Last night at Coldplay‘s Music of the Spheres show at MetLife Stadium, Chris Martin and company brought up New Jersey’s favorite son, Bruce Springsteen, to cover a pair of his songs. And those songs? “Working on a Dream” and “Dancing in the Dark.” “Chris [Martin] said he […]
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will return to the road next year for the first time since 2017. The group will tour North American arenas beginning in February, with European stadium shows starting April 28 in Barcelona. A second North American leg will get underway in August. As of now, no specific cities […]
Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, directors Jim Jarmusch and Wim Wenders, Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie and The Stone Roses’ John Squire have contributed to a new version of Bob Dylan’s iconic 1965 video for “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” which was released today (May 6) in conjunction with an ongoing celebration of Dylan’s 60 years as a Columbia […]
In a year where many legendary artists sold their publishing rights, Bruce Springsteen may have topped them all. Billboard is reporting that the Boss is unloading his masters and publishing to Sony to the tune of $500 million. No, your eyes don’t deceive you. That’s $500 million. Billboard also noted that Springsteen was shopping his catalog […]
The drummer is the job in a rock band with the highest turnover rate — a cliché lampooned memorably in This is Spinal Tap. And if it takes a few albums for a group’s definitive lineup to click into place, the drummer is often the final piece of the puzzle to arrive. But it’s often […]
John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen have joined forces for the first time in their decorated careers on “Wasted Days.” The new video, directed and produced by Springsteen collaborator Thom Zimmy, was filmed in the Boss’ home state of New Jersey earlier in September. It is also the first single off Mellencamp’s upcoming record slated for […]
Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance in New York City at the 9/11 anniversary memorial ceremony. There, the Boss performed “I’ll See You in My Dreams,” a song off 2020’s Letter to You album on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. “May God bless our fallen brothers and sisters, their families, their friends and their […]
Bruce Springsteen may have been born to run, but his daughter Jessica Springsteen was born to jump. The 29-year-old made her Olympic debut in Tokyo, and on Saturday she and her teammates Laura Kraut and McLain Ward took home the silver medal in team equestrian jumping. Jessica told CNN that she called her family after the “wild” […]
The past few days have seen Tom Morello teasing new music on the way. On Wednesday morning, the Rage Against the Machine guitarist unveiled a new bit of older music — a thunderous cover of AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” with Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder Fun fact: the trio previously performed the song […]
Three of the 100 are in this picture! The Rolling Stones, in 1964, from left to right: Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Brian Jones. The problem with lists like this is they are invariably bullshit. So our prime objective was to make sure we didn’t do a bullshit list. I’m not saying we did a scientific one […]