Lucinda Williams shares ‘New York Comeback’ with Bruce Springsteen

On April 25, Williams will also release a new memoir titled Don’t Tell Anybody The Secrets I Told You.

‘Stories From A Rock n Roll Heart’ also features contributions from a host of artists including Angel Olsen and Margo Price.

See its full tracklist and listen to ‘New York Comeback’ below.

Last year, Angel Olsen – one of the new album’s collaborators – shared a cover of Williams‘ track ‘Greenville’ as part of the Amazon Originals series.

“There is no one like her out there,” Olsen said of the country folk singer. “It’s clear to me that her songs come from a very real place, and that’s the only kind of writing I like.”

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Discussing her 2021 stroke in an interview with Rolling Stone, Williams said: “An ambulance came and got me and we told them not to put the big siren on. We didn’t want to alarm the neighbours or anything. But they put the siren on.”

Williams spent a week in the intensive care unit where doctors discovered a blood clot on the right side of her brain, which affected the left side of her body. She was then transferred to a rehabilitation centre to begin a monthlong treatment of therapy.

“What happens is your brain gets all… the wires get all crossed and you have to retrain your brain basically, to tell your arm to do whatever it is you’re trying to do. So that’s the biggest challenge,” Williams said of the healing process.

“I do, like, walking, with the cane and they watch me and see how well I’m doing. And then I have to do hand and arm exercises. It’s really about regaining my strength and mobility, and range of motion. That’s what they work with me on.”

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Bruce Springsteen fanzine ‘Backstreets’ to close after 43 years

The dynamic pricing model allowed Ticketmaster to charge more for tickets when they first go on sale. The dynamic pricing system responds to demand and so increases or decreases prices in line with what “scalpers” – a person who re-sells a ticket for profit – would sell them for, keeping the money in-house for the seller and artist.

Publisher and editor-in-chief of Backstreets Christopher Phillips wrote about the closure in a new editorial. “After 43 years of publishing in one form or another, by fans for fans of Bruce Springsteen, it’s with mixed emotions that we announce Backstreets has reached the end of the road,” he wrote.

“We are immensely proud of the work Backstreets has done, and we are forever grateful to the worldwide community of fellow fans who have contributed to and supported our efforts all these years, but we know our time has come.

“If you read the editorial Backstreets published last summer in the aftermath of the U.S. ticket sales, you have a sense of where our heads and hearts have been: dispirited, downhearted, and, yes, disillusioned. It’s not a feeling we’re at all accustomed to while anticipating a new Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tour…

“There’s no denying that the new ticket price range has in and of itself been a determining factor in our outlook as the 2023 tour approached — certainly in terms of the experience that hardcore fans have been accustomed to for, as Springsteen noted, 49 years. Six months after the on-sales, we still faced this three-part predicament: These are concerts that we can hardly afford; that many of our readers cannot afford; and that a good portion of our readership has lost interest in as a result.”

Bruce Springsteen on stage at the Stand Up For Heroes show on November 7, 2022. CREDIT: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Bob Woodruff Foundation

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Springsteen defended the price hikes last year. When Rolling Stone asked Springsteen about the controversy in an interview about his new album of soul covers, ‘Only The Strong Survive’, The Boss said that while he usually tries to charge “a little less” than peers, this time around, he wanted to do “what everybody else is doing”.

“What I do is a very simple thing. I tell my guys, ‘Go out and see what everybody else is doing. Let’s charge a little less.’ That’s generally the directions,” Springsteen said. “They go out and set it up. For the past 49 years or however long we’ve been playing, we’ve pretty much been out there under market value. I’ve enjoyed that. It’s been great for the fans.”

He added: “This time I told them, ‘Hey, we’re 73 years old. The guys are there. I want to do what everybody else is doing, my peers.’ So that’s what happened. That’s what they did.”

He did, however, acknowledge that “ticket buying has gotten very confusing” for both fans and artists. “And the bottom line is that most of our tickets are totally affordable. They’re in that affordable range,” he continued. “We have those tickets that are going to go for that [higher] price somewhere anyway. The ticket broker or someone is going to be taking that money. I’m going, ‘Hey, why shouldn’t that money go to the guys that are going to be up there sweating three hours a night for it?’

“I know it was unpopular with some fans. But if there’s any complaints on the way out, you can have your money back.”

Ticketmaster later issued a statement addressing the controversy, saying that “Prices and formats are consistent with industry standards for top performers” [as per Variety].

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Bruce Springsteen defends ticket prices for forthcoming tour

“What I do is a very simple thing. I tell my guys, ‘Go out and see what everybody else is doing. Let’s charge a little less.’ That’s generally the directions,” Springsteen said. “They go out and set it up. For the past 49 years or however long we’ve been playing, we’ve pretty much been out there under market value. I’ve enjoyed that. It’s been great for the fans.”

He added: “This time I told them, ‘Hey, we’re 73 years old. The guys are there. I want to do what everybody else is doing, my peers.’ So that’s what happened. That’s what they did.”

He did, however, acknowledge that “ticket buying has gotten very confusing” for both fans and artists. “And the bottom line is that most of our tickets are totally affordable. They’re in that affordable range,” he continued. “We have those tickets that are going to go for that [higher] price somewhere anyway. The ticket broker or someone is going to be taking that money. I’m going, ‘Hey, why shouldn’t that money go to the guys that are going to be up there sweating three hours a night for it?’

“I know it was unpopular with some fans. But if there’s any complaints on the way out, you can have your money back.”

Bruce Springsteen (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau had previously addressed the criticism, telling The New York Times in a statement: “Regardless of the commentary about a modest number of tickets costing $1,000 (£828) or more, our true average ticket price has been in the mid-$200 (£165) range. I believe that in today’s environment, that is a fair price to see someone universally regarded as among the very greatest artists of his generation.”

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Ticketmaster also issued a statement addressing the controversy, saying that “Prices and formats are consistent with industry standards for top performers” [as per Variety].

Springsteen did a three-night residency on The Tonight Show this week to promote ‘Only The Strong Survive’, performing his covers of ‘Nightshift’ and ‘Turn Back The Hands of Time’.

 

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Bruce Springsteen ends 50-year ‘Thunder Road’ lyric debate

Appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday (November 15), Springsteen addressed the lyric in an attempt to settle the debate.

“This record is almost 50 years old,” Springsteen said while holding an original copy of the record. “I was insane about every single detail that had anything to do with music, my album, my album cover, my lyrics. I went over everything with a fine-tooth comb so everything would be perfect and completely accurate. The lyrics to ‘Thunder Road’ are in this album. The correct lyrics.”

He goes on to read the lyrics from the album which reads ‘waves’, before joking that the lyrics had been printed wrong.

“This is wrong, this is wrong. I’m telling you this is wrong – how did that happen?” he laughed. He also admitted to singing “‘sways’ for almost 50 years”.

Watch Springsteen address the opening lyric to ‘Thunder Road’ in the video below.

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As well as sitting down for a conversation with Jimmy Fallon, Springsteen also performed his version of Frank Wilson’s ‘Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)”, taken from his new album  ‘Only The Strong Survive’ which came out last Friday (November 11). The project is a compilation of soul covers and received a four-star review from NME.

“Not only does it shine a light on what inspires one of the greatest living American songwriters, it also works to preserve the greats of the past and ensures that the best music and stories continue to survive,” the review reads.

Bruce Springsteen is set to make his third and final appearance of the week on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon this evening (November 16), before returning to the show for a special Thanksgiving edition later this month.

He’s set to tour UKEurope and North America with E Street Band next year.

 

 

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Bruce Springsteen scrapped “entire record” before making ‘Only The Strong Survive’

He said (via Exclaim): “Initially, it was really hard. I was picking material and I’m going, “It’s hard to sing somebody else’s songs, and get them to sound authentic and it’s coming out of you.” So I made an entire record that I threw out, and it’ll show up in different places, and there were some good things on it but didn’t feel quite right.

“So I came across this ‘Do I Love You’, the Frank Wilson, Motown rarity, and the States, I guess, no one had heard it. And I want to try that. And so my producer, Ron Aniello, created the track and the track was really good, really strong. I said, “Well, if I can get up near Frank Wilson’s range, I’m going to take a swing at it.” And we cut that, that felt great.”

Springsteen added: “I said well, maybe I’ll orient myself towards soul music, because it’s how I grew up, and all my great mentors were soul men that came, Sam Moore and, of course, James Brown, Smokey Robinson as a writer. I mean, just so many. And the great singers, David Ruffin, Levi Stubbs, all masters. They were all my masters and I said well, let me try and sing some of this material.”

After the new album’s release, The Boss is set to feature on three consecutive episodes of The Tonight Show next week in support of his new covers album, as well as a special Thanksgiving episode later this month.

The Boss will kick off his residency on the show on Monday night (November 14), return the following evening and wrap up on Wednesday (November 16). Springsteen will play four songs from ‘Only The Strong Survive’ over the three-episode run and will also be the show’s lead guest, partaking in segments alongside host Jimmy Fallon. Springsteen will then return to the show on November 24 for its Thanksgiving edition.

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In a four-star review of ‘Only The Strong Survive’, NME said it sees Springsteen “resurrects these classics as a means of celebration, pointing back to some of the strongest songwriters and vocalists of all time with 15 huge and heartfelt tributes”.

“Not only does it shine a light on what inspires one of the greatest living American songwriters, it also works to preserve the greats of the past and ensures that the best music and stories continue to survive.”

Next year, Springsteen and the E Street Band will tour the UKEurope and North America, with The Boss reuniting with his legendary backing band for their first tour together since 2017. The tour will kick off in Tampa in February, continuing throughout the US until mid-April. The European and UK leg will kick off with a pair of concerts in Barcelona in late April, wrapping up in Italy towards the end of July.

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Listen to Bruce Springsteen’s new version of ‘Don’t Play That Song’

The black-and-white clip, which you can see below, features Springsteen performing ‘Don’t Play That Song’ while backed by a live band.

Speaking about ‘Only The Strong Survive’ upon its announcement last month, Springsteen said: “I wanted to make an album where I just sang. And what better music to work with than the great American songbook of the Sixties and Seventies?

“I’ve taken my inspiration from Levi Stubbs, David Ruffin, Jimmy Ruffin, the Iceman Jerry Butler, Diana Ross, Dobie Gray and Scott Walker, among many others. I’ve tried to do justice to them all — and to the fabulous writers of this glorious music.

“My goal is for the modern audience to experience its beauty and joy, just as I have since I first heard it. I hope you love listening to it as much as I loved making it.”

Springsteen will head out on tour in 2023 with his E Street Band, including two sold-out shows at London’s BST Hyde Park series.

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You can see his upcoming UK and European tour dates below, and find any remaining UK and Ireland tickets here.

April 2023
28 – Estadi Olímpic, Barcelona, Spain

May 2023
5 – RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland

7 – RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland
13 – La Défense Arena, Paris, France
18 – Parco Urbano G. Bassani, Ferrara, Italy
21 – Circo Massimo, Rome, Italy
25 – Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands
30 – Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

June 2023
11 – Megaland, Landgraaf, Netherlands
13 – Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland
16 – Villa Park, Birmingham

21 – Merkur Spiel Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
24 – Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden

26 – Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden
30 – Voldsløkka, Oslo, Norway

July 2023
6 – BST Hyde Park, London
8 – BST Hyde Park, London
11 – Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark

13 – Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark
15 – Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany
18 – Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna, Austria
23 – Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany
25 – Prato della Gerascia, Autodromo di Monza, Monza, Italy

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Watch Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen join Paul McCartney on stage at Glastonbury 2022

“Now, I’ve got a little surprise for you,” teased McCartney, before inviting “your hero from the west coast of America – Dave Grohl!”

After some light banter of Paul offering, “Hi Dave,” before Grohl replied, “Hi Paul. How are you?” the pair then tore into The Beatles’ ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ and Wings’ ‘Band On The Run’.

“This guy flew in especially to do this,” Macca then jovially told the crowd, revealing how Grohl overcame flight cancellations from Los Angeles. This moment also marked the first time that Grohl had appeared on stage since the death of his Foo Fighters bandmate Taylor Hawkins in March.

When the crowd thought that the surprises were over, McCartney told the crowd: “We’ve got another surprise for you”, teasing another guest “from the East Coast Of America”.

Then, to the awe of the thousands in attendance, Springsteen took to the stage to a rapturous response to perform his own ‘Glory Days’ and The Beatles’ ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’. This comes after the pair did the same in New York earlier this month.

“Are you kidding?” joked McCartney after turning to Springsteen. “Thank you for coming, man.”

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After a virtual duet with John Lennon, McCartney and band then welcomed Grohl and Springsteen back to close the set.

Paul McCartney has just brought out Dave Grohl 🤯

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Paul McCartney brings out Dave Grohl on stage at Glastonbury as a surprise, followed by Bruce Springsteen. #Glastonbury2022 #Glastonbury #PaulMcCartney #davegrohl #brucespringsteen #SonyMusic pic.twitter.com/GySUFglasV

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Paul McCartney has just brought out Dave Grohl 🤯

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Paul McCartney played:

‘Can’t Buy Me Love’
‘Junior’s Farm’
‘Letting Go’
‘Got to Get You Into My Life’
‘Come On to Me’
‘Let Me Roll It’
‘Getting Better’
‘Let ‘Em In’
‘My Valentine’
‘Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five’
‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
‘I’ve Just Seen a Face’
‘Love Me Do’
‘Dance Tonight’
‘Blackbird’
‘Here Today’
‘New’
‘Lady Madonna’
‘Fuh You’
‘Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!’
‘Something’
‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
‘You Never Give Me Your Money’
‘She Came in Through the Bathroom Window’
‘Get Back’
‘I Saw Her Standing There’ (with Dave Grohl)
‘Band on the Run’ (with Dave Grohl)
‘Glory Days’ (Bruce Springsteen cover with Bruce Springsteen)
‘I Wanna Be Your Man’ (with Bruce Springsteen)
‘Let It Be’
‘I’ve Got a Feeling’
‘Helter Skelter’
‘Golden Slumbers’
‘Carry That Weight’
‘The End’

Check back at NME here for the latest news, reviews, interviews, photos and more from Glastonbury 2022.

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Lucy Dacus covers Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dancing In The Dark’ with her dad

This cover began with Dacus lying down on the coach but by the end, she rose to her feet, earning a huge cheer from the audience.

The singer-songwriter’s dad Ben joined her on stage and played guitar. In a statement, Dacus said her dad was “the reason I’ve listened to The Boss since birth.”

You can watch the performance here:

Dacus is currently touring the US in support of her third album, ‘Home Video’, which landed last June via Matador and sported the singles ‘Thumbs’, ‘Hot & Heavy’, ‘VBS’ and ‘Brando’.

In a four-star review, NME’s Rhian Daly said the record “transports us with gawky, awkward vignettes from [Dacus’] youth” while simultaneously “mov[ing] us forward into a new chapter in her musicality”.

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‘Home Video’ was followed up last month with a new single titled ‘Kissing Lessons’. Dacus teased the song – which was made during the recording sessions for ‘Home Video’ – with a hotline spotted by eagle-eyed fans on flyers scattered around US cities.

Dacus also shared plans to release ‘Kissing Lessons’ and ‘Thumbs Again’ – a reworked version of the’‘Home Video’ single, with added electric guitar, synth, and drums to better replicate her live performance – as a seven-inch vinyl on June 3. The physical copies of the single are available for pre-order here.

Elsewhere, last November saw Dacus reunite with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker for their first performance together as Boygenius in three years.

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Eddie Vedder tells Bruce Springsteen about ‘Earthling’’s “secret tribute” to Tom Petty

He continued to explain that when he gave the track to producer Andrew Watt, he realised the chords were standard ones, like G, C and D. “I thought I was coming up with some really interesting ones that’d never been played before,” he said. “It was very simple chords and that was kind of how Tom Petty would write.”

Tom Petty performs live. CREDIT: Getty

Vedder added: “I got to be fairly close to Tom and maybe subconsciously you start writing songs or you write songs that you need to hear. We thought we should put some B3 [organ] on it and we know Benmont [Tench] from The Heartbreakers, so we called Benmont and he came down. I think it was the first time he had pulled the organ out of storage since the last show. It was very, very powerful.”

“Wow, I didn’t know that,” Springsteen responded. “It’s a beautiful sort of secret tribute there.” You can watch the whole conversation on Amazon until Sunday (February 13). After then, it will be uploaded to Vedder’s YouTube channel.

In a three-star review, NME said of ‘Earthling’: “Traversing musical styles, the record’s through-line is its allegiance to fatherhood itself; most of these tunes sound less like classic Vedder, and more like the music that raised him. The synth-driven ‘Invincible’ offers an ethereal dose of U2, ‘Long Way’ is a deliberate Tom Petty imitation (featuring Petty’s keyboardist Benmont Tench) and ‘The Dark’ could be a ‘Born in the USA’ B-side. Dismiss this as uninspired “dad rock”, or embrace it as a dad making the music he’d want to hear.”

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Meanwhile, Vedder was recently embroiled in a light feud with Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx after he dismissed the hair metal band as “vacuous” in an interview. Sixx responded on Twitter, calling Pearl Jam “one of the most boring bands in history”, before Vedder took another jab at the band during a recent solo concert.

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Ted Nugent calls out Bruce Springsteen for “supporting communists”

Speaking in a recent interview, Nugent, a controversial right-wing rocker, talked about how different he and Springsteen are in terms of ideologies and their political views.

“You couldn’t get further apart ideologically, politically, or truth logic and common sense wise than me, and Bruce Springsteen, but here I’ll show a little love for Bruce,” Nugent told That Jamieson Show.

“Number one, I’ve been able to perform on the Conan show with the E-Street band, which is one of the greatest joys in my life. I’ve always been surrounded by the best musicians, that’s a perfect example. We played ‘Jenny Take A Ride’ by Mitch Ryder, and Max and the guys performed it with unbelievable accuracy, perfection, and soulfulness.”

He continued: “So, I give them that salute for having that quality of virtuosos that deliver his music and instead of going after Bruce for being a dirtbag and supporting communists like Biden and Obama. People that ruined the quality of life, especially for minorities. How he can’t see that, I don’t know. But, I would like to be right here live on that Jameson show with my friends Jim and Don to salute Bruce Springsteen because he always supported Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels.”

He then went on to say that if he were to bump into Springsteen, he wouldn’t let Mike Tyson punch him – this in relation to a previous comment Nugent made about how he would hire boxer Mike Tyson to punch those who disagreed with his ideas – but instead just send him on his way because he respects his musical integrity.

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“If I met Bruce, I wouldn’t punch him,” Nugent explained. “I always have Mike Tyson with me, and I’d give him a hundred bucks to punch assholes, and I wouldn’t have Mike punch him. I would say, ‘Mike take a minute off, go, find another asshole to punch.’ But I’m gonna say, ‘Thank you’ to Bruce Springsteen because we share the reverence and admiration for musical integrity and enthusiasm.”

“You have to admit, Bruce’s career is based on his musical heart and soul,” he continued. “The delivery and the content of his lyrics I don’t abide by most of the time. I love the reference to the Dust Bowl in ‘Joad,’ but I would thank him for his enriching lives with powerful music. I wouldn’t go into his communist predilections. I also thank him for doing a 9/11 tribute. He’s also got some great spirit.” You can see the interview in full above.

The controversial rocker has been in the news a lot this past year. Earlier this month, he criticised Joan Jett’s inclusion on a list of the 100 greatest guitarists, while last month he blasted the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame for inducting Grandmaster Flash, Madonna and others.

In June, he backed the baseless conspiracy theory that January’s riot at the US Capitol was sparked by Antifa and Black Lives Matter activists.

In May, he claimed that systemic racism does not exist in the US. In a video posted by he and his wife Shemane, he described “systemic racism” as a “lie”.

Nugent also contracted COVID-19 in April, one week after performing maskless in Florida, and said he’s “never been so scared in all my life” as when he battled the virus.

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Bruce Springsteen harmonicas and handwritten lyrics go up for auction

The ‘For You’ lyrics are also written in pen on ruled notebook paper. It matches up almost perfectly with the final version on the album, but it does not contain the line “but you did not need my urgency” and has the word “your” instead of “my” in the line “don’t give me my money, honey”. It is estimated that it will go for $25,000 to $30,000.

The ‘Night’ manuscript is three pages and features the words just as they appear on the album. It is estimated to sell for $25,0000 to $30,000.

As for the harmonicas, the one used on ‘Thunder Road’ is a Hohner Marine Band “F” Harmonica with box, and it comes with a signed, dated and notarised letter from Mike Batlan, who worked for Springsteen as a musical instrument technician from 1973 to 1985. It is expected to draw $5,000 to $7,000.

The second harmonica is a Hohner Marine Band “E” Harmonica that was used on the song ‘Johnny 99’, taken from Springsteen’s 1982 album ‘Nebraska’. Once again coming with a box, it too is accompanied by a signed and dated letter from Batlan regarding the provenance. It is expected to draw $2,000 to $2,500.

All of the items have been in the hands of a private collector who acquired them from Batlan.

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To find out more about the auction and how to bid, visit Bonhams website here.

Elsewhere in the auction, a host of Beatles memorabilia will be up for grabs including two handwritten setlists from the early days of the band.

Bonhams’ Senior Specialist of Music for their Popular Culture department, Howard Kramer, explained the significance of both setlists in a statement to Rolling Stone.

“At this point, the Beatles were about to become a band in the truest sense,” he said of the 1960 setlist. “Pete Best had yet to join the band and the first Hamburg engagement was about two months out. Pretty soon, there was no looking back.”

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John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen team up for the first time on new song ‘Wasted Days’

“I love John a lot. He’s a great songwriter and I have become very close and had a lot of fun with him. I sang a little bit on his record.”

‘Wasted Days’ hears the pair sing about making the most of the time we have. “How many summers still remain,” Mellencamp asks at the beginning of the track. “How many days are lost in vain?” Later, Springsteen sings: “Who on earth is worth our time? Is there a heart here that I can call mine?”

The track comes with a music video that shows the pair sitting in a living room playing cards, which is contrasted with Springsteen and Mellencamp later playing on an outdoor stage under tree lights. You can watch it below.

‘Wasted Days’ features Mellencamp’s band and Springsteen on electric guitar. Violin player Miriam Sturm and accordion player Troye Kinnett also appear as featured soloists.

Meanwhile, Springsteen is set to release a concert film showing his 1979 No Nukes concerts alongside the E Street Band.

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The 1979 No Nukes concerts film will feature footage of the band’s entire setlist from the Madison Square Garden MUSE benefit concerts for the first time, including 10 never-before-released performances.

The multi-day No Nukes concerts featured a wealth of artists in support of a non-nuclear future, with Springsteen’s performance taking place while recording was underway on the album ‘The River’.

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Bruce Springsteen to release 1979 ‘No Nukes’ concert film in November

The multi-day No Nukes concerts featured a wealth of artists in support of a non-nuclear future, with Springsteen’s performance taking place while recording was underway on album ‘The River’.

Thom Zimny, a longtime collaborator with Springsteen, has edited the product from the original 16mm film with remixed audio from Bob Clearmountain.

Speaking about the release, Zimny said: “A few years ago, I started re-examining the filmed archives for Bruce and the Band’s appearances at the No Nukes concerts of 1979. I quickly realised that these were the best performances and best filming from the Band’s legendary seventies, and dedicated myself to bringing out the full potential of the footage.

“Having worked as Bruce’s principal director and editor for the last 20 years, I can say without reservation that this newly re-edited, re-mixed and restored ninety minute film is the gold standard for Bruce and the Band live during one of their greatest creative periods.”

You can check out the full setlist from the concert film below.

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‘Prove It All Night’
‘Badlands’
‘The Promised Land’
‘The River’
‘Sherry Darling’
‘Thunder Road’
‘Jungleland’
‘Rosalita Come Out Tonight’
‘Born To Run’
‘Stay’
‘Detroit Medley’
‘Quarter To Three’
‘Rave On’

The film will be released in physical formats on November 19. You can buy the concerts in various forms, ranging from two CD’s with DVD, two CD’s with Blu-Ray, or two LP formats.

You’ll be able to purchase the film digitally from November 16, and rent it digitally on various platforms on November 23.

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Bruce Springsteen’s daughter wins silver at the Olympics

Alongside teammates Laura Kraut and McLain Ward, the 29-year-old trailed closely behind Sweden who won gold. Belgium meanwhile, took bronze.

Speaking shortly after her win, Jessica said she called her parents immediately. “I Facetimed them really quickly. They were screaming; I couldn’t understand anything that they were saying”, she said.

“It was all smiles. I saw the Team USA gear they were wearing. I couldn’t work out what they were shouting, but I just know they are so excited.”

Jessica Springsteen competes at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. CREDIT: Getty

Jessica Springsteen has been riding her 12-year-old horse, Don Juan van de Donkhoeve, for around two years. She was an alternate for the London Summer Olympics in 2012 but did not participate.

Speaking ahead of the finals last week, Jessica said: “I am so excited to represent my country at this level. It is something I have always dreamt of, and I am just really looking forward to the experience.

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“Just to be selected on this team that I have looked up to throughout my career has been a huge honour for me.”

Jessica’s dad Bruce, meanwhile, is set to perform at New York’s ‘Homecoming Concert’ on August 21 alongside The Killers, Paul Simon and Patti Smith.

Earlier this year, Springsteen said he hoped to resume touring in 2022 after the coronavirus crisis prompted an enforced break. Last year did, however, see The Boss release his 20th studio album, ‘Letter To You’.

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Bruce Springsteen “respectfully declined” to lend his name to a New Jersey services

“Bruce Springsteen respectfully declined to have a service area named after him,” said New Jersey Hall Of Fame spokeswoman Natasha Alagarasan.

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The rest stops will also feature a display curated by the New Jersey Hall Of Fame, including exhibits, artefacts and a video monitor that screens vignettes on the inductees as well as posters designed by New Jersey architect Michael Grave (via NJ.com)

According to Gov. Murphy, the new project “is about putting New Jersey greatness on full display”.

Diane Scaccetti-Gutierrez, state Transportation Commissioner, said: “The service areas they visit during those travels are a fitting place to call attention to the accomplishments of their fellow New Jerseyans in the arts, entertainment, and sports.”

The list of service stations and their respective inductees is as follows:

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Montvale: James Gandolfini
Brookdale North: Larry Doby
Brookdale South: Connie Chung
Vauxhall: Whitney Houston
Cheesequake: Jon Bon Jovi
Monmouth: Judy Blume
Forked River: Celia Cruz
Atlantic: Frank Sinatra
Ocean View: Toni Morrison

Bruce Springsteen released his 20th studio album, ‘Letter To You’, last October. In a five-star review, NME wrote: “A powerful synthesis of past and present, ‘Letter To You’ shows us the strength that can be found in sorrow. The result is Springsteen’s finest album since 2002’s ‘The Rising’.”

Last week, The Boss curated a playlist of frat rock classics for the latest episode of his SiriusXM show, From My Home to Yours.

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Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Thunder Road’ lyrics to be edited after 46 years

Over the last few weeks though, a debate has begun to rage online from those who believe that Mary’s dress in fact “sways” rather than “waves”.

As part of the investigation, The New Yorker reached out to Springsteen’s longtime manager and ‘Born To Run’ co-producer Jon Landau to settle the matter.

“The word is ‘sways’” Landau said, adding that “any typos in official Bruce material will be corrected.” As Variety point out, the official ‘Thunder Road’ lyrics on Springsteen’s website have since been changed from “waves” to “sways”.

Discussing the matter further, Landau said: “That’s the way he wrote it in his original notebooks, that’s the way he sang it on ‘Born to Run’, in 1975, that’s the way he has always sung it at thousands of shows, and that’s the way he sings it right now on Broadway.”

Elsewhere, Springsteen revealed recently that he hopes to resume touring next year. While the much-loved musician is currently continuing with his solo Broadway residency at the St. James Theatre in New York, he previously confirmed that he won’t be touring in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Speaking to BBC Radio 2’s Zoe Ball this week (July 14), Springsteen said that he is now hoping to restart touring in 2022.

“We’ll be touring next year if everything goes well,” he told Ball. “The E Street Band will be back on the road – you know, depending, of course, on the virus and what’s opening up.”

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The Killers share preview of Bruce Springsteen collaboration and announce release date

“Castles in the sky sit stranded, vandalised,” frontman Brandon Flowers and Springsteen sing in the clip. “We’re drawbridges closing.” Watch the video below now.

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— The Killers (@thekillers) June 11, 2021

The visuals also reveal that ‘Dustland’ will be released next Wednesday (June 16).

The Killers revealed in April that they have “finished” work on their new album, which will form the follow-up to 2020’s acclaimed ‘Imploding The Mirage’.

In a fan Q&A on Instagram Live, Flowers said: “We’re basically in the mastering phase. It will come out this year. We were hoping for an early summer release, but the vinyl manufacturing companies are all inundated with the artists who held their albums back because of COVID […] It will be [released] this year, and it is finished.”

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Springsteen, meanwhile, is set to return to Broadway for a fresh string of performances of his Springsteen On Broadway show. All audience members will be required to show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination and fill out a health screening within 24 hours of the show.

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Bruce Springsteen to return to Broadway this summer

The shows will run on June 26, 29 and 30, July 1-3, 6-10, 13-17 and then August 17-20, 24-28 and 31. The final shows will take place September 1-4. All ticketing info and dates can be found here. Tickets go on sale this Thursday, June 10 at 5pm BST (12pm ET).

At the time of publishing, the show will become the first to open on Broadway since the coronavirus closed down performances in March 2020.

'Springsteen On Broadway' will return this summer for a limited run of performances at @Jujamcyn's St. James Theatre. Shows begin June 26 with additional performances through September 4. See all dates and ticketing info at https://t.co/qMWO7EfhiB pic.twitter.com/9eZOLdR1cI

— Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) June 7, 2021

In a statement released before his first performance on Broadway, Springsteen said he wanted the show to be “as personal and intimate as possible.” He said: “I chose Broadway for this project because it has the beautiful old theatres, which seemed like the right setting for what I have in mind.

“In fact, with one or two exceptions, the 960 seats of the Walter Kerr Theatre is probably the smallest venue I’ve played in the last 40 years.”

The musician dedicated his first performance of Springsteen On Broadway to the late Tom Petty, who died just two days before Springsteen’s Broadway show began its run.

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Recently, Springsteen seemingly confirmed that he has a new record “coming out soon”. He was speaking recently at an event where he became the eighth recipient of the Woody Guthrie Prize.

At the event, Springsteen spoke about the influence of California on his sound, at which point he revealed that the west coast state was central to his next record.

“California was an enormous influence on some of my most topical writing through my ‘90s, 2000s and even now,” Springsteen said. “We have a record coming out soon that’s set largely in the West.”

It will be his first release since 2020’s ‘Letter To You’, which followed on from 2019’s ‘Western Stars’, a nod to the music of the American West.

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Listen to Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama discuss their formative musical memories

Asked what music was catching his ear as a child in Hawaii, Obama said: “The first album I bought with my own money [was] ‘Talking Book’, Stevie Wonder. I would sit with a banged-up old turntable – a kind of plastic-y looking turntable – I got myself some earphones so my grandparents would not complain, and I would sing along to every Stevie Wonder song for hours.”

He continued to talk about listening to the radio while he was growing up and hearing songs that he would “get really attached to”. The politician also cited Marvin Gaye, Billy Paul and Joni Mitchell as his early favourites. Listen to the clip below now.

 

In a trailer for the podcast, which was shared on the day the series launched, Obama said: “On the surface, Bruce and I don’t have a lot in common. He’s a white guy from a small town in Jersey. I’m a black guy of mixed race, born in Hawaii. He’s a rock ‘n’ roll icon. I’m… not as cool.

“Over the course of a few days, all just a few miles from where he grew up, we talked,” he added. “What we discovered in these conversations is that we still share a fundamental belief in the American ideal. Not as an act of nostalgia, but as a compass.”

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When she spoke at a keynote speech at SXSW in 2016, former First Lady Michelle Obama also cited Stevie Wonder’s ‘Talking Book’ as an important record for her. “For my birthday, [my granddad] bought me ‘Talking Book’ and I played it over and over and over again, until ‘Songs In The Key Of Life’ and then I played that over and over and over again,” she said at the time.

“[Wonder’s] songs talked about unity and love and peace. His songs are impacting and push you to think about how you could affect the world. Stevie all the way.”

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Barack Obama launches ‘Renegades: Born In The USA’ podcast with Bruce Springsteen

In a trailer for the podcast, Obama noted: “On the surface, Bruce and I don’t have a lot in common. He’s a white guy from a small town in Jersey. I’m a black guy of mixed race, born in Hawaii. He’s a rock ‘n’ roll icon. I’m… not as cool.”

Last year, I sat down with my good friend Bruce @Springsteen for a long and meaningful conversation that touched on so much of what we’re all dealing with these days. I’m excited to share it with you over the next few weeks: https://t.co/sQACD08AWx pic.twitter.com/biMoxCLhAG

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 22, 2021

However, the 44th President of the United States said the pair had been on “parallel journeys, looking for a way to connect our own individual searches for meaning, truth, and community with the larger story of America”.

“Over the course of a few days, all just a few miles from where he grew up, we talked,” he added. “What we discovered in these conversations is that we still share a fundamental belief in the American ideal. Not as an act of nostalgia, but as a compass.”

In the trailer, Obama and Springsteen are seen talking about a variety of subjects, from their relationships with their fathers and masculinity, to the rock star’s beginnings in music. Watch it above now.

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The first two episodes deal with their friendship and growing up as outsiders, and their early experiences with race and racism.

Springsteen and Obama first met while the latter was on the campaign trail ahead of his 2008 election victory and became friends. In 2017, they went on a yachting holiday together, along with Oprah Winfrey and Tom Hanks.

The musician has also supported Obama’s former vice-president Joe Biden, performing at a virtual inauguration event for the current president last month.

In 2019, Obama and former First Lady Michelle signed a multi-year podcast deal with Spotify, which would see them “develop, produce and appear” on select podcasts through their Higher Ground production company.

The company has also launched its third series Tell Them, I Am, which explores “the small moments in life that define who we are”. The episodes include contributions from actors Ramy Youssef and Alia Shawkat, as well as Queer Eye’s Tan France.

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Bruce Springsteen faces charges after being arrested for drink driving

He was cited for DWI, reckless driving and consuming alcohol in a closed area. He will appear in court sometime in the coming weeks (per TMZ).

News of Springsteen’s arrest comes days after he appeared in Jeep’s Super Bowl ad – his first ever TV commercial.

After resisting corporate partnerships for most of his career, Springsteen has finally become the subject of an advert after being chased by Jeep’s head of marketing Olivier Francois for a decade.

Bruce Springsteen. CREDIT: Getty Images

The advert, which is soundtracked by an ambient score created by Springsteen and his producer Rob Aniello, tackles the theme of a need for unity, similar to that which Joe Biden preached in his inauguration speech when becoming US president last month.

Springsteen’s drink driving incident took place in the same month as the release of his latest album ‘Letter To You’.

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In a five-star review, NME‘s Leonie Cooper called the album a “powerful synthesis of past and present” and “his best work in 20 years”.

Last month, Springsteen was among the performers who took part in the Celebrating America TV special to honour Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration.

Biden was officially inaugurated as the 46th US President on January 20, with the subsequent Celebrating America programme featuring performances from the likes of Foo Fighters, Demi Lovato and John Legend.

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Bruce Springsteen stars in Jeep Super Bowl ad, his first ever commercial

“Fear has never been the best of who we are,” Springsteen says in the advert, which is created at a chapel that, in a symbolic move, claims to be in the very centre of the United States. The advert is named ‘The Middle’.

“We just have to remember the very soil we stand on is common ground. So we can get there,” the Boss added. “We can make it to the mountaintop, through the desert… and we will cross this divide.”

Watch the new advert below.

“Olivier Francois and I have been discussing ideas for the last 10 years,” Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau said of the process of creating the advert in a statement.

“When he showed us the outline for ‘The Middle’, our immediate reaction was, ‘Let’s do it.’”

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Bruce Springsteen is one of a host of artists celebrating Super Bowl weekend. A host of special performances have been announced surrounding the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday (February 7), including The Weeknd’s slot at the legendary halftime show.

Green Day also performed on Saturday night (February 6) as part of the 10th annual NFL Honors show, while Metallica will play a special Super Bowl edition of Colbert tonight (February 7).

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Bruce Springsteen says he has a “big surprise” coming in 2021

“2022 – if you want to talk about that – as far as what I know and if things go as according to what Dr. Fauci is projecting, as soon as we can, we’ll be out there,” he said. “And that might be 2022, you know, somewhere in the New Year of 2022.

“So – and I’m completely projecting because no one really knows – that’s what I think, according to all the information that’s available at this moment, will be able to happen. You know, I have some projects coming up this year that I won’t tell cos it’s going to be a secret and then a big surprise [laughs].”

 

He added: “But I do have things to keep me busy this year that I’ll be doing that should give the fans something to bide their time with.” Listen to Springsteen speak about his plans for 2021 above.

Last month, a huge box set of his 1978 album ‘Darkness On The Edge Of Town’ was announced. The special reissue will feature 24 discs including eight full shows from The E Street Band’s 1978 tour in support of the album and will be released on February 1, 2021.

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In 2020, Springsteen released his latest studio album ‘Letter To You’. In a five-star review, NME wrote: “A powerful synthesis of past and present, ‘Letter To You’ shows us the strength that can be found in sorrow. The result is Springsteen’s finest album since 2002’s ‘The Rising’.”

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Bruce Springsteen announces 24-disc ‘Darkness On The Edge Of Town’ box set

“This 24-CD set contains all five of the legendary radio broadcasts on the Darkness tour: The Roxy in L.A., The Agora in Cleveland, The Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ, Fox Theatre in Atlanta and Winterland in San Francisco.

“Rounding out the collection are the second shows in Passaic and San Francisco, plus the December 8 show in Houston, Texas. A limited number of empty boxes are also available to hold previously purchased CDs.”

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Last month, Springsteen released his new studio album ‘Letter To You’. Reviewing ‘Letter To You’, NME wrote: “A powerful synthesis of past and present, ‘Letter To You’ shows us the strength that can be found in sorrow. The result is Springsteen’s finest album since 2002’s ‘The Rising’.”

Earlier this month (December 11), Springsteen appeared on Saturday Night Live, where he performed with The E Street Band for their first public performance in four years. Due to coronavirus restrictions, however, not every member of the group was able to be present for the appearance.

 

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Elsewhere, Springsteen recently recalled the moment he heard his classic album ‘Born To Run’ for the first time. “When you first start you’re not used to hearing yourself, even two, three records in. I just couldn’t get used to the sound of my voice and very often it sounds terrible to you,” he told Jimmy Fallon.

You’re making all these choices you end up not comfortable with. I recorded that when I was a 24-year-old kid, you know?”

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Bruce Springsteen recalls his reaction to hearing ‘Born To Run’ for the first time

“No, I threw the album in the pool, that was different,” Springsteen replied. “When you first start you’re not used to hearing yourself, even two, three records in. I just couldn’t get used to the sound of my voice and very often it sounds terrible to you. You’re making all these choices you end up not comfortable with. I recorded that when I was a 24-year-old kid, you know?”

He continued to explain that Jimmy Iovine was working as the engineer on the record and brought the mastered version to Springsteen in Richmond, Virginia. After finding a record player in a local music store, the pair had their first listen in the shop.

“So I’m listening to the mastering of ‘Born To Run’, the two of us are standing in the back of the record store down south and Jimmy is trying to get me to say ‘It’s OK, we can release it’,” Springsteen explained.

“I’m there and I’m like, ‘[makes uncertain noises] Into the pool at the hotel it goes!’ At any rate, we did release it and it worked out alright.” Watch the interview above now.

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Meanwhile, the rock icon appeared on Saturday Night Live last night (December 11), where he performed with The E Street Band for their first public performance in four years. Due to coronavirus restrictions, however, not every member of the group was able to be present for the appearance.

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Bruce Springsteen releases ‘Letter To You’ documentary early on Apple TV+

The film captures Springsteen while recording his new album of the same name with the full E Street Band, and is set to feature performances of 10 songs from the album.

Letter To You is written by Bruce Springsteen, and directed by frequent collaborator Thom Zimny. The film is described as “a tribute to the E Street Band, to rock music itself and to the role it has played in Springsteen’s life”.

A press release describing the film said that “fans around the world will get a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic artist’s creative process”.

Check out the trailer for Bruce Springsteen’s Letter To You right here:

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The film’s release coincides with that of the album, which NME gave five stars.

The review said: “A powerful synthesis of past and present, ‘Letter To You’ shows us the strength that can be found in sorrow. The result is Springsteen’s finest album since 2002’s ‘The Rising’.”

Letter To You is available to watch on Apple TV+ now.

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Watch the trailer for Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Letter To You’ documentary

According to a press release for the film, “fans around the world will get a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic artist’s creative process”. You can view the trailer below.

Written by Springsteen and directed by his frequent collaborator Thom Zimny (‘Western Stars’, The Gift: The Journey Of Johnny Cash, Springsteen On Broadway), the film is described as “a tribute to the E Street Band, to rock music itself and to the role it has played in Springsteen’s life”.

It is produced by Jon Landau and Zimny and co-produced by Barbara Carr, with Springsteen serving as executive producer.

Meanwhile, Springsteen has said he has “a lot of projects” in the works for the near future, including full-length “lost albums” to release from his archives.

He said: “There’s a lot of really good music left. You just go back there. It’s not that hard. If I pull out something from 1980, or 1985, or 1970, it’s amazing how you can slip into that voice. It’s just sort of a headspace. All of those voices remain available to me, if I want to go to them.”

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Springsteen is also set to appear in the forthcoming Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2020 special, next month.

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Watch Christine & The Queens’ piano cover of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘I’m On Fire’

“I’m on fire. This is one of my favorite songs. @bastien__d has a killer studio so I went to spend a few hours there,” Chris wrote in the post’s caption. “I needed music as much as I need and miss you all.”

Watch Chris’ cover of ‘I’m On Fire’ below:

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This is one of my favorite songs. @bastien__d has a killer studio so I went to spend a few hours there. I needed music as much as I need and miss you all. ♥️

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At the weekend, Christine & The Queens shared a lengthy pair of new Instagram posts, sharing her experiences of sexism in the music industry.

The posts came in support of the #MusicToo movement in France, who describe themselves as an “anonymous collective against gender-based and sexual violence in the music industry.”

“I am not surprised to learn that, in the musical world, as in all other circles, the liberation of speech generates an upheaval that it is then difficult to master,” she wrote in the posts, which were shared in both French and English.

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“Each of us has experienced a more or less tenuous form of harassment, sexist remarks, like all our sisters who walk in offices, who come home late at night, who are from professions radically different from ours.”

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Bruce Springsteen says he has full-length “lost albums” to release from archives

While citing “a lot of projects” that are in the planning, Springsteen said: “There’s a lot of really good music left. You just go back there. It’s not that hard. If I pull out something from 1980, or 1985, or 1970, it’s amazing how you can slip into that voice. It’s just sort of a headspace. All of those voices remain available to me, if I want to go to them.”

The interview also reveals that the future projects will feature full-length pieces from the star’s archives, and that he has full-length “lost albums” which he plans to release in the future.

In the same interview, Springsteen revealed that he wrote the entirety of new album ‘Letter To You’ on a guitar that was gifted to him by a fan.

After receiving the present at one of his ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ shows, Springsteen said he “took a quick glance at it and it looked like a nice guitar, so I jumped in the car with it,” before writing the entire album on it.

Springsteen also opened up on the resurgent Black Lives Matter movement, calling it a movement of “tremendous hope” that “history is demanding”.

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“White supremacy and white privilege have gone much deeper than I thought they did,” he said.

Reviewing Springsteen’s last album, 2019’s ‘Western Stars’, NME wrote: “Majestic in its scale, but traditional in its subject matter and narratives, ‘Western Stars’ is a wonderful thing. It perfectly leads into his reunion with the E Street Band, with whom he’ll be heading into the studio to work on album 20 later this year. The Boss rambles on; on this evidence, his next journey will be some trip.”

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Bruce Springsteen says Black Lives Matter movement is one of “tremendous hope” that “history is demanding”

“I think my feeling previously to the past three or four years was that racism and white supremacy and white privilege were veins in our extremities, rather than an aorta that cuts through the very heart of the nation, which I feel it is now. So that was eye-opening, whether I was previously stupidly innocent to that or not.”

Bruce Springsteen (Picture: Danny Clinch)

He continued to say that while he didn’t see society becoming “post-racial”, he did think “a society where people really see one another as full men and women, as Americans, is possible”.

“It’s a movement of tremendous hope and it’s a tremendously diverse group of young people that are out on the street,” he added. “And it’s a movement that history is demanding right now.”

Springsteen also commented on the upcoming US election and why ‘Letter To You’ – his new album with the E Street Band – won’t feature any songs about the Trump administration. “That would be the most boring album in the world,” he said of the latter point, noting that Joe Biden wasn’t his first choice for the Democratic nominee but that he was still supporting him.

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“The power of the American idea has been abandoned,” he said. “It’s a terrible shame, and we need somebody who can bring that to life again. I think if we get Joe Biden, it’s gonna go a long way towards helping us regain our status around the world. The country as the shining light of democracy has been trashed by the administration. We abandoned friends, we befriended dictators, we denied climate science.”

‘Letter To You’ will be released on October 23 and is the first Springsteen record to feature the E Street Band since 2014’s ‘High Hopes’. The 12-track album was recorded at the star’s home in New Jersey and has an “emotional nature”, according to the star.

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