a 13-year-old Springsteen felt inspired to take up music, and his mother bought him his first guitar. Springsteen began to play publicly at trailer parks and local venues like Elks Lodges. In his early 20s he performed in a string of bands, including the Beatles-influenced Castiles, the h...
For a half-century, the artistry of Bruce Springsteen has galvanized millions beyond the state lines of his native New Jersey - but there's something about home that makes his work really special. Fans can and will debate which of his many, many live concerts have been the best - there'...
Regret, restlessness and the draw of chasing dreams run throughout Springsteen's double-album opus. Picking up whereDarkness on the Edge of Townleft off,The River's characters are more beaten down by life but no less eager to cash in for something bigger and better. The sprawl is literary...
Bruce Springsteen's most successful albums Born in the U.S.A. and Born To Run showcase a talent for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily American life
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Music fans hoping to be Dancing in the Dark on Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park will have to wait. Bruce Springsteen postponed his Wednesday and Friday concerts with The E Street Band at the Bank because of an illness, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer ...
The album that made Bruce Springsteen a star (magazine covers and sold-out concerts were happening all over) takes a creative leap of faith, pushing the artist's grand Spectorian concepts to their max. The bookends to each LP side ("Thunder Road," "Backstreets," "Born to Run" and "Jung...
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band add Citizen Bank Park shows to 2023 tour "The Boss" is coming to The Bank this summer! On Wednesday, Springsteen announced he will be postponing both concerts after falling sick with an undisclosed illness. The announcement came just hours be...
“magic was in the air. The energy on stage and from the crowd was beyond measure and description.”“The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts” were captured while Springsteen and the E Street Band were in the midst of recordingThe Riverand just after the conclusion of their breakout 1978 ...
Today I was thinking about the huge gap that now exists in the U.S. between the very very rich, the .01 percent, and everyone else, when I came across the beautiful rendition of “The Times They Are A-Changing” that Bruce Springsteen performed on December 7, 1997 ...
Earlier this year it emerged that the rocker donated $20,000—the equivalent of more than $58,000 in 2024 currency—to support miners in the north of England in the 1980s, who were on strike at the time. Springsteen handed two miners’ wives—Juliana Heron and Anne Suddick—the check...