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For a Dancer, and the death of a friend

Checking the morning e-mail has become a ritual I enjoy. Stashed among the SPAM is usually at least one diamond in the rough, maybe a shout-out from a friend you haven't heard from in years or a silly-sick joke from...


Hall of Fame salutes The Boss

As if this year weren't enough about Bruce Springsteen, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has announced the he'll get an exhibit entitled "From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen."...


Ticketmaster to change its selling ways, thanks to Bruce

Yup, that's right. According to an Associated Press story today Ticketmaster will alter its Internet selling practices. Such changes come after much griping from Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen and his fans. Perhaps this will tame Ticketmaster's monopolizing ways? What do...


Bruce Springsteen fans cry foul after Ticketmaster snub

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey congressman is demanding an investigation after Bruce Springsteen fans were unable to buy tickets from Ticketmaster's Web site - which then promptly offered them more expensive tickets from a subsidiary. U.S. Rep....


Bonnaroo announces lineup

Bruce Springsteen continues his quest for world domination by headlining the just-announced lineup at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, June 11-14 in Manchester, Tenn. Along with Springsteen and his E-Street Band, you can find a reunited Phish (for two...


Springsteen tour announced

With a new album out (check out Mario Tarradell's review ), it was just a matter of time before Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band gave us this hoped-for news: They'll be touring North America soon in support of...


Let's talk about Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen

So red-hot Taylor Swift remains at No. 1 with Fearless, selling 90,000 copies during a slow post-holidays sales week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The 19-year-old singing and songwriting wunderkind is perhaps the most popular artist du jour next to Lil...


Top-grossing tours of 2008

Billboard Boxscore has released it's list of the biggest tours for 2008, and Bon Jovi's Lost Highway Tour came in at No. 1 with $210.6 million from 2,157,675 fans. The list: 1. Bon Jovi's Lost Highway Tour ($210.6 million) 2....


Bruce Springsteen offering free downloads of new single

NEW YORK (AP) -- Bruce Springsteen's new single can be downloaded free of charge - for one day. Springsteen is offering free downloads of "Working on a Dream" on iTunes and his official Web site. The track will have a...


Download Bruce Springsteen's Halloween song for free

RUMSON, N.J. (AP) -- Bruce Springsteen has a Halloween treat for his fans. The rocker has posted a free download of a new song, "A Night With the Jersey Devil," on his Web site. The song has a blues beat,...


Springsteen, Obama and Reaganism

Rock musicians haven't launched a big get-out-the-vote tour ala 2004's "Vote For Change." So Bruce Springsteen launched his own. The Boss concluded his three-day pro-Obama tour Monday in Michigan; two days earlier in Philly, he said "Our sacred house of...


Bruce Springsteen to perform during Super Bowl halftime

From the Associated Press: NEW YORK (AP) -- Another Super Bowl, another rock 'n' roll superstar at halftime. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at this year's Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa, Fla., the NFL and...


Dave Marsh's questionable praise for Alejandro Escovedo

Dave Marsh is one of rock's all-time best (and feistiest) critics. But at age 58, he's still got a thing or two to learn about journalistic ethics. The noted Springsteen biographer and Creem co-founder recently published a lengthy story in...


Fortuneteller from Bruce Springsteen song dies

Remember Bruce Springsteen's 1973 song, "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" from The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle? The "Madame Marie" mentioned at the end was an actual New Jersey boardwalk fortuneteller. Who knew. She passed away...


Bruce Springsteen: Houston versus Dallas shows

Dallas Springsteen fans got a guest appearance by Jon Bon Jovi on Sunday night, but Houston fans got a better deal Monday: Separate guest turns by Joe Ely and Alejandro Escovedo, who shares a manager with da Boss. In other...


Slideshow: Bruce Springsteen in Dallas

Check out a video slideshow of Bruce Springsteen's concert on Sunday with commentary from pop music critic Thor Christensen, in addition to Thor's review of the concert from Monday. Read comments about the show by fans at my other Bruce...

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