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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Springsteen fans face a “crisis of faith”
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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
Watch:
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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 âpretty soon.â 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: