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Bruce Springsteen
Springsteen fans face a “crisis of faith”
Bruce has long asked his fans to take a leap of faith: Leap of faith? More like a “crisis of faith”: We covered the insanely high Springsteen ticket prices here and here. Here is Allison Stewart at The Washington Post:...
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She got tickets once to Springsteen and she didn’t go
So Hope Dunbar wrote a song about it:...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Tony Norman slams Springsteen and Ticketmaster
Over the weekend I lamented the possibility that I might not be able to see Springsteen on his upcoming tour. Tony Norman, an opinion writer at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and a Current contributor, has my back and the backs of...
Springsteen is going on tour. I don’t think I can afford to see him
Springsteen has upcoming shows in State College, Baltimore, Newark, Brooklyn, Philadelphia. Ticketmaster is selling some seats for as high as $4,300. The worst seats in the house are going for $185.00 before fees. For the last fifteen or so years...
Springsteen plays with Coldplay at the Meadowlands
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It’s going to be an “old school E Street band lengthy tour”
Get up to speed here. Springsteen describes it as a “full-tilt rock and roll show.” Here is Springsteen on E Street Radio:...
Should I revise my interpretation of Springsteen’s “House of 1000s Guitars”?
Back in 2020, shortly after the release of Bruce Springsteen’s album Letter to You, I offered an interpretation of the song “House of 1000 Guitars.” It was a fairly popular post and I got some nice feedback from Springsteen fans....
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A nice Springsteen cover from the Man in Black:...
Springsteen: The E Street Band will return “pretty soon”
Great news for Springsteen fans. Here is Eric Hillis at Nova: Bruce Springsteen has told fans they will see the return of the E Street Band “pretty soon.” On Wednesday Springsteen phoned the E Street Radio show and spoke about...
Borough of Freehold creates a permanent Springsteen exhibit space.
Learn more here. Here is Bruce’s speech:...
Nils Lofgren is the latest to pull his music from Spotify
The E Street Band guitar player joins Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. Here is The Washington Post: A controversy over coronavirus misinformation on Spotify is heating up, with a handful of musicians this weekend joining Neil Young insaying they want their music...
Hey Bruce Springsteen, I know a little online magazine that you can help fund!
We love Bruce Springsteen at Current (or at least the Executive Editor and the Instagram coordinator do!). Here is Spin: In a year where many legendary artists sold their publishing rights, Bruce Springsteen may have topped them all. Billboard is reporting that the Boss...
Springsteen plays some classics at NYC benefit concert
Bruce played “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” “Promised Land,” “Glory Days,” and “Pink Cadillac” in a short set at the John Henry Friends Benefit. Watch: Here is a better video of “Darkness”:...
What if Bruce Springsteen did a song about public transportation?
“Baby We Can Take the 1” Learn more about this video here....
WBCN (Boston) and “The American Revolution”
Coming to a PBS station near you:...
Springsteen: “Do you want Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Ron DeSantis, and our ex-‘fearless leader’ deciding the fate of the American experiment?”
Good question. Watch: And “The River”:...
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Story-telling at its best:...