Bruce Springsteen

Tom Wopat

Radio Hits One: Bruce Springsteen And Mick Jagger Stop Making Pop Hits, Start Inspiring Them

It's been a busy year for Bruce Springsteen. In March, he released Wrecking Ball, his seventeenth studio album and tenth release to top the Billboard 200, and after packing in arenas across America throughout the spring, he took the E Street Band to Europe. His name is also in a top-40 entry on the ... More >>

Q&A: Questlove On Artistic Freedom, "Shuffle Culture," And Spreading The Springsteen Gospel

In a recent tweet responding to a follower's assertion that he was a celebrity, the drummer and head Root Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson demurred, claiming he was merely "a personality." The follower had a point, though; according to a website devoted to Quest's blogs about meeting famous people, for in ... More >>

Live: Bruce Springsteen Takes Care Of His Own At The Izod Center

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Izod Center Tuesday, April 3 Better than: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in any of the 49 other states. At 11:06 p.m., seated in the press box at the Izod Center, it's hard not to like Bruce Springsteen. His last three songs have been, in order, "Ou ... More >>

This Week In The Voice: Madonna Takes MDNA, Feedtime Returns, And Your Guide To The Spring

In this week's Voice: I am generally underwhelmed by MDNA, the new album by Madonna; Brad Cohan talks to the resurgent Aussie pub-rock act feedtime; and Seth Colter Walls previews this spring's best music offerings, including Vijay Iyer, Bruce Springsteen, the Ende Tymes Festival, and Mary Halvorson ... More >>

GLORY DAYS

Bruce Springsteen shows whether 
he's still got it

A View From The Bench: Bruce Springsteen's Legacy On Wrecking Ball And Jimmy Fallon

You don't expect a legacy artist to still be able to surprise you, to put out music 40 years later that is genuinely interesting and expansive and making a good honest attempt at being relevant. Not in the "Mick Jagger getting his young minions to curate the hottest young live music acts for the Sto ... More >>

Bruce Springsteen's New Single, And Four Other Songs That Might Show Up On Pazz & Jop 2012

Last night at midnight—just like the old days!—the new single from Bruce Springsteen, "We Take Care Of Our Own," premiered on the radio—just like the, oh, you know. The song, taken from Springsteen's forthcoming Wrecking Ball (out March 6), is a slow-build, string-spangled anthem t ... More >>

Cold Winds: Incubus' Morning View And The Knotty Aftermath Of September 11

​Once the towers had fallen, simultaneously facing both the body count and the scarred city skyline was enough to realign anybody's perspectives. I was supposedly on track as a college sophomore in Virginia, but it was tough for me to justify continuing on as a student; every day for months, I ... More >>

Lady Gaga Drags The Boss To The Club On 'Hair'

​Is all you need for a "Bruce Springsteen-like song" these days a Clarence Clemons sax solo, some chimingly anthemic piano lines, and a big old "Be My Baby" drumbeat on the pre-outro breakdown? Lady Gaga sure hopes so; she's claiming that her latest Born This Way teaser track, "Hair," is direc ... More >>

Dropkick Murphys

The Broken Promises of Bruce Springsteen

His remastered Darkness on the Edge of Town doesn't exactly show a light touch

This Week's Voice: Kanye West, Jay-Z, Bruce Springsteen, Big L, and More

​In this week's Village Voice, Sean Fennessey plumbs the gorgeous nightmares of Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Zach Baron decodes Jay-Z's Decoded, Michael Robbins sorts through a goofy Bruce Springsteen reissue project, and Phillip Mlynar remembers slain Harlem rapper Big L.

THIS AMERICAN LIFE

Take a good listen to the U.S.

Real Estate+Kurt Vile

The Longest Day of the Year is Almost Over

​Has today absolutely sucked? Did it start as a complete wash sometime before you got your coffee? Or was it during your commute, right before work? Or a little after your boss yelled at you for the first of what will inevitably be many times this week? Well, that's because it's The Longest Da ... More >>

Was Bruce Springsteen "Born To Run Around"?

​They don't call Bruce Springsteen "the Boss" for nothing. The rocker has long been the beacon for everyman-style integrity, radiating honesty and fierce pride as he fights to protect the American dream. But now it seems like he steals the everyman's wife!

"Wrapped Up Like a Douche" And Other Wrong Lyrics

via GMV Records​Way back in the '70s, there was a rock hit by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, whatever that was, and every time I heard it, I was convinced the lead vocalist was singing, "Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche..." But it was "revved up like a deuce"! The only douche was me ... More >>

Springsteen Won't Play Christie's Inaugural; Supports Gay Marriage Instead

​Incoming Republican Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie asked Jersey bard Bruce Springsteen to play at his January 19 inauguration. The Boss declined. Christie's people say "he doesn't want to get involved in state politics" and wished Christie "every success." The Governor-Elect will in ... More >>

Good Morning, Joe Strummer's Passionate Written Endorsement of Bruce Springsteen

​That right there is a letter Joe Strummer wrote in response to a query sent to him by the documentary producer Mark Hagen, who wanted his opinion on Springsteen for a documentary that would ultimately air as 1998's Bruce Springsteen: A Secret History. Humming and ready to take us on a golden ... More >>

David Brooks Explains His Deep Personal Connection with Bruce Springsteen

​Thanksgiving, as we have learned to our sorrow, begins the Christmas season of uplifting stories. Today's gush is from Times columnist David Brooks, who tells how, as a young pedant in 1975, he "began a part of my second education" by seeing a Bruce Springsteen show. This, he explains, was an ... More >>

Rock Hall Show at MSG Includes A Couple of Jersey Guys

The Rock and Roll Hame of Fame 25th Anniversary events kicked off last night at Madison Square Garden with key Jersey representation, including sets by Paul Simon of Newark and Bruce Springsteen of Long Branch. Here's Simon and former collaborator Art Garfunkel really milking "Sounds of Silence." ... More >>

Bruce! Sam! Billy! Bonnie! Live From The Ludicrously Star-Studded MSG Rock Hall Extravaganza

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Celebration Madison Square Garden Thursday, October 29 The first half of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's two-night benefit concert and 25th-anniversary celebration lasted six hours, ended at 1:30 a.m. and featuring star-studded sets by curators Bruce S ... More >>

'25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Benefit Concert'

Good Morning, Bruce Springsteen's "Wrecking Ball"

​That right there is the larger than life Giants Stadium projection of the lyrics to Bruce Springsteen's newest jam, "Wrecking Ball," unveiled especially for his ongoing stand of shows at the Meadowlands. Our live correspondent found this display "menacing." But you should really think about t ... More >>

Live: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Bring Darkness On The Edge Of Town To Giants Stadium

Harry Shuldman​Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Giants Stadium Friday, October 2 There's something extra nostalgic about seeing Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Giants Stadium, a crumbling edifice scheduled for demolition next year. Springsteen is in the middle of a five-nigh ... More >>

Bruce Springsteen Joins the Gaslight Anthem for "The '59 Sound" at Glastonbury

Concertgoers at Saturday's Glastonbury Festival got an epic New Jersey surprise when the Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon announced, three songs into a nine song set, "I think I can hear the sound of my hometown." Cue fellow Jersey boy Bruce Springsteen, who joined the band for a ridiculously convin ... More >>

From the Voice Archives: Robert Christgau on the Mass Culture Spectacle of Michael Jackson in 1984

In honor of Michael Jackson, we're raiding our archives. Here's Robert Christgau's titanic 1984 piece on arena rock, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and the complicated place where all three meet. Working the Crowd By Robert Christgau August 21,1984 If you'd told me five years ago that I'd will ... More >>

News Roundup: Brendan Flowers, Live Nation, Neutral Milk Hotel, Chris Brown/Rihanna

--The Killers' Brendan Flowers likely got to live out a childhood fantasy Saturday when he joined Bruce Springsteen for a duet of "Thunder Road" at the opening night of the Neatherlands Pinkpop Festival. Nowadays, it's a right of passage for Springsteen-influenced acts to join their idol onstage. Th ... More >>

Springsteen Affair Claim Continues to Generate Cute Headlines

Over the past five weeks, the New York Post has done us the favor of assiduously reporting on Ann Kelly, 44, who was allegedly HAVING AN "AFFAIR" WITH THE BOSS, that is, Bruce Springsteen. They noted that at an April 10 show Springsteen's wife, Patty Scaifa, was KISSING UP TO THE BOSS, that is, STA ... More >>

Week in Review: The Really Angry and Mean Outtakes

photo of Lady Sovereign by Rebecca Smeyne In the week we mourned Lux Interior, we also noted William Burrough's birthday, and the anniversary of Sid Vicious's death. Did you hear Bruce Springsteen played the Super Bowl? And rammed his pelvis directly into the national mood? Sports were a weird c ... More >>

Super Bowl Springsteen Addendum: Walker Percy's "Fan Letter--of Sorts"

The Utne Reader unearths a fan letter from the novelist Walker Percy, agonized Catholic and literary giant, to Bruce Springsteen, somewhat-lapsed Catholic and the best we have to offer: Feb 23, 1989 Dear Mr. Springsteen-- This is a fan letter--of sorts. I've always been an admirer of yours, for ... More >>

Solidarity Forever! Springsteen Says Wal-Mart Deal a "Mistake"

During Bruce Springsteen's upcoming Super Bowl halftime performance, the New York Times' Harvey Araton suggests, it would be great if the working-class hero went "rogue" and "rails against -- oh, I don't know -- offensive Wall Street bonuses, $18.4 billion worth." If he's really feeling proletarian, ... More >>

Out There In The Dark: Rightbloggers Go Hollywood!

As we get closer to the actual transition, rightbloggers are shifting gears. They're losing interest in the remaining pre-inaugural Obama business. We probably won't see anything like the Hillary Clinton Constitutional crisis again. Leon Panetta's CIA appointment drew some criticism on the grounds ... More >>

Tourist Crap: Rock Hall of Fame Annex to NYC

The Treading

The Boss evokes those glory days but doesn't exactly push things forward

The Killers: Not Enough Like Def Leppard

Cotton Candy on the Edge of Town

On the uneasily triumphant Hold Steady, once nearly dead, now born to run

Radicals of the Moment

Public enemies tricoastal, and that doesn't even count the Balkan guys

Born Right Here

Stories of you and me and anyone in Springsteenland

Teens Age

Former adolescents jostle bodies with their '90s powerpop

Books

Letters

Adult Imagery

The Boss, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford, slowing down to preach at us and pornographize

Lift Every Voice

Used Cars

Reason to Believe

Dog Food for Justice

A Tribute to Art and a Tribute From the Heart

Tear the Roof off Jungleland

The Ghost of Bruce Springsteen