News Updates
NEW ARCHIVE RELEASE: Boston 2012
It's finally here. There were a few shows that fans have been asking for ever since the archive series started. One of those has finally been released today which is the second night of the Wrecking Ball tour at Boston's Fenway Park. The show opens with a rare and insanely good "Thunder Road" which features just Bruce and Roy. Then it's time for the summer hits...E Street instantly breaks out into "Hungry Heart" and goes through a summer fever part of the setlist which includes songs like: Sherry Darling, Summertime Blues and ( even a rare) Girls In Their Summer Clothes. One of the highlights of the show was the one-off performance of Eddie Floyd's "Knock on Wood" which absolutely kicked ass with the horns blaring behind Bruce. I'm shocked this was only played once on the tour with the horns. This is a fantastic release from my perspective and should be one of my favorites that I will no doubt continue to go back to over and over again. Setlist Thunder Road Hungry Heart Sherry Darling Summertime Blues Girls In Their Summer Clothes We Take Care Of Our Own Two Hearts Wrecking Ball Death To My Hometown My City Of Ruins Knock On Wood Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street? Thundercrack Frankie Prove It All Night (1978 Intro) Darkness On The Edge Of Town Working On The Highway Shackled And Drawn Waiting On A Sunny Day Backstreets Badlands Land Of Hope And Dreams ****** Who'll Stop The Rain Rocky Ground Born To Run Detroit Medley Dancing In The Dark Quarter To Three Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out American Land  |
NEW ARCHIVE RELEASE: New Jersey 1985
Sorry for the delay! Took a trip to Nashville when this was released on Friday. Back to the summer Born in the U.S.A. 1985 tour and this time we're back and rocking at the New Jersey homecoming for E Street. This show came a few nights after Bruce and the band returned home and brought their global success record Born In The U.S.A. tour to Giants Stadium. Surely, you can't get any bigger than this for a homecoming. Setlist Born In The U.S.A. Badlands Out In The Street Johnny 99 Seeds Atlantic City The River I'm Goin' Down Working On The Highway Trapped Glory Days The Promised Land My Hometown Thunder Road Cover Me Dancing In The Dark Hungry Heart Cadillac Ranch Downbound Train I'm On Fire Pink Cadillac Bobby Jean This Land Is Your Land Born To Run Two Hearts Ramrod Twist & Shout - Do You Love Me Jersey Girl Sherry Darling  |
No Nukes 1979 Concert To Be Released, Bruce Springsteen Exclusive Cut On Way
It's official. Bruce Springsteen will have an official release (likely this fall) of the classic and legendary E Street Band performances over the two night performance from the No Nukes 1979 shows. This morning Sony announced that the rest of the never before seen footage from the shows at Madison Square Garden will be released this fall. Thom Zimny, who has worked a lot with Bruce recently, is going to stitch together the two shows to make a full length Bruce Springsteen movie from the two nights. The release is said to have remixed and remastered audio and will give hardcore fans the first opportunity to see this footage of the rare E Street Band 1979 era. Sony is expected to have a full press release in September about the project where we will find out more information and pre-order options.  |
Bruce Springsteen To APPEAR At New York City Homecoming Central Park Concert
UPDATE: We have to update this news story thanks to some digging by Backstreets Magazine. According to Backstreets, Bruce Springsteen will be a GUEST and not a headliner at the Central Park concert set to take place in August. According to the Backstreets source, Bruce as of now is only expected to be a guest with Patti Smith. If you still are going to the show, have a great time! Just don't expect a major set from Bruce Springsteen.  Photo: BrooklynVegan |
NEW ARCIVE RELEASE: Berkley 1978
The Darkness tour gets another show stopping punch to the Springsteen archive series. Incredible energy in this release and the earliest Darkness show yet. Arguably the band's greatest tour so although the set isn't all that different...the band is absolutely on fire here. Plus, there is an incredible version of "The Promise" on this release with alternate lyrics. A worthy addition to the archive collection for sure. Setlist Badlands Night Spirit in the Night Darkness on the Edge of Town For You The Promised Land Prove It All Night Racing in the Street Thunder Road Jungleland Paradise by the "C" Fire Adam Raised a Cain Mona - She's the One Growin' Up Backstreets Rosalita The Promise Born to Run Because the Night Quarter to Three  |
Springsteen Calls into E Street Radio; Gives Update on Broadway Show, 2022 E Street Tour?
Bruce Springsteen called into E Street Radio this morning to give an update on what he plans to do with his upcoming Broadway run rebirth. Springsteen mentioned at the start of the interview that his manager, Jon Landau, brought this up to him and Bruce was hesitant to do this limited run as he stated, "I knew we were gonna tour with the band next year." One can only assume and figure out that he is of course talking about an E Street Band tour that could be coming as soon as 2022. I'd say the odds of that happening have to be very high (here's hoping). Bruce also mentioned that he does not plan to tweak much of this show as it is "what people are expecting." He did allude to the fact that there may be small changes here and there, but the majority of the show will remain the same. Springsteen went on to say that he also wants to "tighten" up the show and get it back to the roots of when he first took the show to Broadway. Another nugget for die-hard Springsteen fans was that Bruce said that he has a project he's been working on that is "slated for release either next year or in the fall." Most fans who have been following the rumor mill will almost certainly peg that "project" as being the next iteration of what has been dubbed "Tracks 2." At some point in the near future, it is expected that a pretty large boxset of lost albums and outtakes will be released to fans and many believe that it will (finally) be this fall after years of rumors. Springsteen elaborated that these won't be "new records, but things fans will really be interested in." Bring it on! By the sounds of it, Bruce has had enough of sitting around and not performing. We have Broadway which starts in a mere 16 days, a new project that is planned to be released in the fall/early next year, and a pretty solid sounding plan for an E Street Tour in 2022. Life's pretty good for a Springsteen fan these days.  Image: The Atlantic |
Springsteen On Broadway Returns For Limited Summer 2021 Run
The Boss is back on stage! For the first time in nearly two years, Bruce Springsteen will return to the stage. Springsteen dropped the surprise announcement that he is bringing back his Broadway performance to the St. James Theater in New York City for a limited run of 30 shows starting on June 26. The St. James Theatre holds about 1,700 seats, about doubled what the previous Walter Kerr Theater held for the original run of Broadway shows. All attendees that go to the new summer 2021 performances will have to prove that they have been vaccinated. Tickets will go on sale this Thursday, June 10, at 12:00PM ET through SeatGeek. That's right...don't go to Ticketmaster to try and get tickets. There will be no "fan verification" form to fill out. Head to SeatGeek at the time that the shows go on sale and you'll be placed in a waiting room. Once selected you'll be given an access code to use. Fans can only purchase two tickets for the entire run of shows. I think this goes without question that Bruce had the itch to go back out on the stage and perform. This serves as a nice warm up to an eventual E Street 2022 tour, no? Good luck grabbing tickets and see you on Broadway!  |
NEW ARCHIVE RELEASE: Los Angeles 1988
Another show from the Los Angeles five night stand from the 1988 Tunnel of Love tour. Fans will no doubt take the addition, but these shows do not offer great variety. We do get our first listen from the series of "Across The Borderline." Needless to say, we will take a Springsteen and E Street 30 song, 3.5 hour set any day of the week. Fans can purchase the show now at live.brucespringsteen.net. Setlist Tunnel of Love Be True Adam Raised A Cain Two Faces All That Heaven Will Allow Seeds Roulette Cover Me Brilliant Disguise Spare Parts War Born In The U.S.A. Tougher Than The Rest Ain't Got You - She's The One You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) I'm A Coward I'm On Fire One Step Up Part Man, Part Monkey Across The Borderline Dancing In The Dark Light Of Day Born To Run Hungry Heart Glory Days Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) Have Love, Will Travel Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out Sweet Soul Music Raise Your Hand  |
Bruce Springsteen Will Appear In Jeep Super Bowl Commercial
The rumors were swirling and now we know they are true. Bruce Springsteen will indeed be featured in a two minute soliloquy today during the Super Bowl. The advertisement is titled "The Middle" and features Bruce talking about reuniting America and looking forward to road up ahead. There is a beautiful score that was written by Bruce Springsteen and his producer, Ron Aniello, that has a very Western Stars type of vibe. Springsteen worked closely with his well known movie producer Thom Zimny to put this together for Jeep. It's important to note that this is Bruce Springsteen's first ever commercial with a major corporation. Check it out for yourself below or wait to catch it during the big game later this afternoon. Here is the script written out: There's a chapel in Kansas. Standing on the exact center of the lower forty-eight. It never closes. All are more than welcome. To come meet here, in the middle. It's no secret… The middle has been a hard place to get to lately. Between red and blue. Between servant and citizen. Between our freedom and our fear. Now, fear has never been the best of who we are. And as for freedom, it's not the property of just the fortunate few; it belongs to us all. Whoever you are, wherever you're from. It's what connects us. And we need that connection. We need the middle. We just have to remember the very soil we stand on is common ground. So we can get there. We can make it to the mountaintop, through the desert... and we will cross this divide. Our light has always found its way through the darkness. And there’s hope on the road… up ahead.    |
NEW ARCHIVE RELEASE: Nice 1997
We have a first for the Springsteen archive live show release! For the first time, Springsteen fans are getting their first 1997 show from the later stages of The Ghost Of Tom Joad Tour. Some good additions to add from the tour in the series including an early version of "Long Time Comin" which wouldn't be officially released until 2005's Devils and Dust. Setlist The Ghost of Tom Joad Atlantic City Straight Time Highway 29 Darkness on the Edge of Town Murder Inc Highway Patrolman It's Hard to be a Saint in the City It's the Little Things That Count Red Headed Woman Two Hearts Brothers Under the Bridge Born in the U.S.A. Dry Lightning Long Time Comin' Sinaloa Cowboys The Line Balboa Park Across the Border You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) Working on the Highway This Hard Land Growin' Up Galveston Bay The Promised Land  |
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