Few experiences in rock compare with seeing Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in New Jersey. That’s why fans from all over the globe descended on East Rutherford’s MetLife Stadium on Aug. 30, Sept. 1, and Sept. 3. Anticipation ran high because seven years ago they delivered some of the most memorable nights in history of the band at the same venue, culminating with a four-hour extravaganza that spotlighted Springsteen’s first three albums.
At that point in time, Springsteen was still grabbing signs from the audience and playing “Stump The Band.
At that point in time, Springsteen was still grabbing signs from the audience and playing “Stump The Band.
- 9/4/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
After a two-hour-plus main set that slammed home themes of mortality and impermanence and the way of all flesh, Bruce Springsteen reemerged on Madison Square Garden’s stage Saturday night, April 1, for his usual lengthy encore, and announced “something special for New York City.” He pointed over at Soozie Tyrell, who began a dead-on recreation of one of rock’s few canonical violin melodies, over piano from all-time-great arpeggio purveyor Roy Bittan. They eased the E Street Band into the 11-minute-long, 48-year-old mini-rock-opera “Jungleland,” played and sung with enough muscle...
- 4/2/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
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Decades from now, when historians and epidemiologists look back at the Covid era, they’ll probably have a hard time pinpointing the exact moment the pandemic came to an end in America and normal life resumed. Some will probably point to the day in August 2021 when the vaccination rate hit 70 percent, while others will spotlight April 2022, when airlines dropped their mask mandate, or even Joe Biden’s 60 Minutes...
Decades from now, when historians and epidemiologists look back at the Covid era, they’ll probably have a hard time pinpointing the exact moment the pandemic came to an end in America and normal life resumed. Some will probably point to the day in August 2021 when the vaccination rate hit 70 percent, while others will spotlight April 2022, when airlines dropped their mask mandate, or even Joe Biden’s 60 Minutes...
- 2/2/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Seven minutes before Bruce Springsteen is scheduled to call Rolling Stone to talk about his new R&b covers album, Only the Strong Survive, a number I’ve never seen before from Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey pops up on my cellphone. This is usually the point where a manager or publicist conferences in the interview subject, but there’s just one person on the other end of the line. “Hey,” says a gruff, familiar voice. “It’s Bruce.”
He’s wrapping up an exhausting couple of weeks in which...
He’s wrapping up an exhausting couple of weeks in which...
- 11/18/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are launching a long-awaited world tour in February 2023 with a run of U.S. arena shows. Dates and cities for those concerts have yet to be announced. Check out brucespringsteen.net for ticketing information.
“After six years, I’m looking forward to seeing our great and loyal fans next year,” Springsteen said in a statement. “And I’m looking forward to once again sharing the stage with the legendary E Street Band. See you out there, next year — and beyond.”
The musicians will...
“After six years, I’m looking forward to seeing our great and loyal fans next year,” Springsteen said in a statement. “And I’m looking forward to once again sharing the stage with the legendary E Street Band. See you out there, next year — and beyond.”
The musicians will...
- 5/24/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
When powerhouse vocalist-actor Meat Loaf eulogized composer-producer Jim Steinman last April in Rolling Stone, the singer – who died Thursday at age 74 – said of his “Bat Out of Hell” partner, “We belonged heart and soul to each other. We didn’t know each other. We were each other.”
Meat Loaf (born Marvin Lee Aday) could not have stated the obvious better, as each man’s operatic, oversized talents were only matched by their level of grand theatricality, with thundering melodicism and melodramatic lyricism at the top of the list of their skill sets.
The best Meat Loaf songs – even those without Steinman’s tower-toppling compositions – come on in an epic, adrenalized rush. Even when singing a power ballad, Meat Loaf was loud and brazenly and heartbrokenly emotive. Here are some of the most dramatic and impactful of Meal Loaf’s musical moments:
Stoney & Meatloaf, “What You See is What You Get...
Meat Loaf (born Marvin Lee Aday) could not have stated the obvious better, as each man’s operatic, oversized talents were only matched by their level of grand theatricality, with thundering melodicism and melodramatic lyricism at the top of the list of their skill sets.
The best Meat Loaf songs – even those without Steinman’s tower-toppling compositions – come on in an epic, adrenalized rush. Even when singing a power ballad, Meat Loaf was loud and brazenly and heartbrokenly emotive. Here are some of the most dramatic and impactful of Meal Loaf’s musical moments:
Stoney & Meatloaf, “What You See is What You Get...
- 1/21/2022
- by A.D. Amorosi
- Variety Film + TV
Rock and pop hitmaker Jim Steinman, who wrote and composed music for Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, and more, died Monday, April 19th. He was 73.
The office of the chief medical examiner in Connecticut confirmed Steinman’s death to Rolling Stone. A cause of death was not given.
A statement posted on Steinman’s Facebook page read, “It’s with a heavy heart that I can confirm Jim’s passing. There will be much more to say in the coming hours and days as we prepare to honor this...
The office of the chief medical examiner in Connecticut confirmed Steinman’s death to Rolling Stone. A cause of death was not given.
A statement posted on Steinman’s Facebook page read, “It’s with a heavy heart that I can confirm Jim’s passing. There will be much more to say in the coming hours and days as we prepare to honor this...
- 4/20/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Bruce Springsteen looks old. He doesn’t seem like he’s old — at 71, he appears to be in better physical shape than most of us were at 21. Judging from the vigor he shows in Letter to You, Thom Zimny’s documentary (it begins streaming on Apple TV on Oct. 23rd), you sense that he could walk onstage right now and easily knock out a four-hour live show, if live shows were still a thing. His songwriting hasn’t diminished, as this look at the recording of the album of the...
- 10/21/2020
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Beck joined forces with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin for a rendition of “Loser” during the Hammer Museum’s annual Gala in the Garden event in Los Angeles. The event honored filmmaker Jordan Peele and artist Judy Chicago, and brought Beck in to perform for the attendees.
In the performance — as captured by The Hollywood Reporter‘s Chris Gardner — Martin, a surprise performer, remains seated on the stage as Beck energetically sings his 1994 classic, encouraging the crowd of celebrities and notable guests to sing along. The pair is accompanied by a...
In the performance — as captured by The Hollywood Reporter‘s Chris Gardner — Martin, a surprise performer, remains seated on the stage as Beck energetically sings his 1994 classic, encouraging the crowd of celebrities and notable guests to sing along. The pair is accompanied by a...
- 10/14/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
In a March 6, 1973, review of Blood, Sweat & Tears at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Variety briefly praised the opening act: Bruce Springsteen was “a young man with a hot guitar from Asbury Park, N.J.” If you substitute the word “ageless” for “young” — the Boss turned 70 on Sept. 23 — the description still fits.
Springsteen’s first mention in Variety occurred when reviewer Fred Kirby caught a 65-minute set at Kenny’s Castaways in New York and accurately predicted, “Bruce Springsteen, 22, appears ready to make his impact.” Just three years later, Variety noted that the singer-songwriter “hits it big with front covers this week on both Time and Newsweek. It’s the first time in recent memory that a pop artist has been doubly front-paged.” Springsteen’s documentary “Western Stars” debuted Sept. 12 at the Toronto Film Festival, and Warner Bros. opens it wide Oct. 25.
In Variety’s Jan. 7, 1976, anniversary issue, Kirby summed...
Springsteen’s first mention in Variety occurred when reviewer Fred Kirby caught a 65-minute set at Kenny’s Castaways in New York and accurately predicted, “Bruce Springsteen, 22, appears ready to make his impact.” Just three years later, Variety noted that the singer-songwriter “hits it big with front covers this week on both Time and Newsweek. It’s the first time in recent memory that a pop artist has been doubly front-paged.” Springsteen’s documentary “Western Stars” debuted Sept. 12 at the Toronto Film Festival, and Warner Bros. opens it wide Oct. 25.
In Variety’s Jan. 7, 1976, anniversary issue, Kirby summed...
- 9/27/2019
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Bruce Springsteen has played somewhere in the ballpark of 2,600 concerts since signing to Columbia Records in 1972. Many of the ones before Born to Run came out in 1975 have been lost to history, but the vast majority since have been bootlegged and traded within fan circles. Five years ago, Springsteen’s team made the wise decision to eliminate the need for bootlegs of his current shows by offering fans the chance to download every one them in pristine sound quality.
With all of this in mind, naming his single greatest concert is a very difficult task.
With all of this in mind, naming his single greatest concert is a very difficult task.
- 9/24/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
The E Street Band keyboardist Roy Bittan turns 70 years old today. He joined up with Springsteen right before Born to Run was recorded in 1974 and has played a pivotal role in his career ever since, even staying with him on the Human Touch tour in 1992 when the rest of the group was fired. “It was a harsh situation at that particular moment,” Bittan told Rolling Stone in 2015. “I kind of always described it to myself like there was a plane crash and I was the only survivor.”
Springsteen’s loyalty...
Springsteen’s loyalty...
- 7/2/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
My new book, Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind the Songs, tells the tales behind every officially released studio recording of Bruce Springsteen’s career so far. In addition to my years of Springsteen reporting, including five interviews with the man himself, the book draws on over 60 hours of brand-new interviews with musicians, producers, and other collaborators from throughout his career (including Max Weinberg, Roy Bittan, Nils Lofgren, Soozie Tyrell, Tom Morello, David Sancious and many, many more). I’m proud to debut this exclusive excerpt here at Rolling Stone, where...
- 3/31/2019
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
My new book, Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind the Songs, tells the tales behind every officially released studio recording of Bruce Springsteen’s career so far. In addition to my years of Springsteen reporting, including five interviews with the man himself, the book draws on over 60 hours of brand-new interviews with musicians, producers, and other collaborators from throughout his career (including Max Weinberg, Roy Bittan, Nils Lofgren, Soozie Tyrell, Tom Morello, David Sancious and many, many more). I’m proud to debut this exclusive excerpt here at Rolling Stone, where...
- 3/27/2019
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
My new book, Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind the Songs, tells the tales behind every officially released studio recording of Bruce Springsteen’s career so far. In addition to my years of Springsteen reporting, including five interviews with the man himself, the book draws on over 60 hours of brand-new interviews with musicians, producers, and other collaborators from throughout his career (including Max Weinberg, Roy Bittan, Nils Lofgren, Soozie Tyrell, Tom Morello, David Sancious and many, many more). I’m proud to debut this exclusive excerpt here at Rolling Stone, where...
- 3/24/2019
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Just five days after keyboardist Danny Federici died from melanoma in April of 2008, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band played one of the most emotional shows of their long career at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. The entire band attended Federici’s funeral at Red Bank, New Jersey just day earlier and emotions were still raw when they took the stage in Florida where they were resuming the tour after postponing three shows. The concert has been a longtime favorite in Springsteen bootleg circles, but it was...
- 2/1/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Earlier this month, Stevie Nicks learned that she was going to become the first woman ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on two occasions. “My biggest hope is that I have opened the door due to the fact that there’s 22 men who have gone in twice and zero women,” she told Rolling Stone. “I think that’s really a little off balance. That’s what I’m hoping, that what’s happened here to me will give all the little rock and roll stars that...
- 12/20/2018
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
The newest chapter of Bruce Springsteen’s ongoing live download series spotlights a show he played at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California on October 18th, 1975. Born To Run had come out a little less than two months before the show and the hype around the album was reaching a crescendo. He’d appear on the cover of Time and Newsweek in the same week later that month and everyone from Carole King to Jack Nicholson, Peter Boyle, Robert de Niro, Jackson Browne, Jim Messina and Neil Diamond along came...
- 12/7/2018
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Lucinda Williams had been knocking around the music business for two decades by the time she released Car Wheels on a Gravel Road in the summer of 1998. By that point she had released four other solo albums, but she was still best known as the writer behind the Mary Chapin Carpenter hit “Passionate Kisses.” It was a time when country was going in an aggressively pop direction thanks to the enormous success of Shania Twain’s Come On Over, and Top 40 was just beginning to be consumed by the likes...
- 11/2/2018
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Lucinda Williams will mark the 20th anniversary of her Grammy-winning LP Car Wheels on a Gravel Road with a 10-city tour this fall. Launching November 2nd in Collingswood, New Jersey, the trek includes a two-night stand at the Paradise in Boston, with stops in New York, Chicago and Toronto, Ontario. Williams will perform the critically acclaimed album in its entirety, followed by a second set of songs from throughout her career.
The late Nineties recording — then shelving and re-recording — of Car Wheels on a Gravel Road is now the stuff of legend.
The late Nineties recording — then shelving and re-recording — of Car Wheels on a Gravel Road is now the stuff of legend.
- 8/20/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
I bought it for myself, but this was my Christmas present, arriving in the mail from England on Christmas Eve: a fifteen-cd set containing five epic Springsteen concerts from the legendary Darkness on the Edge of Town tour. When the Cleveland deejay who emceed the show for Wmms-fm introduced the band by saying, "Round for round, pound for pound, there ain’t no finer band around," he wasn't just rhyming, he was telling the truth.
Why, you ask, did this set come from England? Well, it's an unauthorized collection of bootlegs, but in Europe, radio recordings are public domain, so this is actually a legal release.
The word went out through the fan network I ordered it on Amazon U.K. before the release date. Perhaps Bruce doesn't get a penny out of this, but I've seen it suggested that writers' royalties would still have to be paid. Either way,...
Why, you ask, did this set come from England? Well, it's an unauthorized collection of bootlegs, but in Europe, radio recordings are public domain, so this is actually a legal release.
The word went out through the fan network I ordered it on Amazon U.K. before the release date. Perhaps Bruce doesn't get a penny out of this, but I've seen it suggested that writers' royalties would still have to be paid. Either way,...
- 1/16/2016
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Columbia
On August 25th 1975, Bruce Springsteen’s third album Born To Run was finally released. A labour of love which took 14 months, two studios and innumerable sessions to make, it was the most important release of Springsteen’s career.
His first two albums – Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle – were both critically acclaimed, but they failed to sell enough to satisfy Springsteen’s label.
It was clear that, having been introduced to them by the same man who signed Bob Dylan, Columbia expected big things from 25 year old from New Jersey, and to say Born To Run was make or break for Springsteen would be a huge understatement. The pressure was really on him and has backing band, The E Street Band.
“We were ready to be booted from the label. Bruce felt everything was on the line,” recalled keyboard player Roy Bittan.
On August 25th 1975, Bruce Springsteen’s third album Born To Run was finally released. A labour of love which took 14 months, two studios and innumerable sessions to make, it was the most important release of Springsteen’s career.
His first two albums – Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle – were both critically acclaimed, but they failed to sell enough to satisfy Springsteen’s label.
It was clear that, having been introduced to them by the same man who signed Bob Dylan, Columbia expected big things from 25 year old from New Jersey, and to say Born To Run was make or break for Springsteen would be a huge understatement. The pressure was really on him and has backing band, The E Street Band.
“We were ready to be booted from the label. Bruce felt everything was on the line,” recalled keyboard player Roy Bittan.
- 9/18/2015
- by Thomas Bagnall
- Obsessed with Film
-- Bruce Springsteen, "Wrecking Ball" (Columbia)
Nearly three decades ago, Bruce Springsteen wrote with sadness about a man showing his young son a hometown ravaged by outside economic forces, a town the family was about to leave.
He's not sad now. He's angry, mighty angry. On the new song, "Death to My Hometown," he wants to "send the robber barons straight to hell, the greedy thieves who came around and ate the flesh of everything they found, whose crimes have gone unpunished now, who walk the streets as free men now."
With economic injustice, Springsteen's powerful new disc has a subject he can sink his teeth into, and he matches it with music that has some of the same clenched fury.
The working man who "always loved the feel of sweat on my shirt" now wakes up each morning feeling imprisoned in a system stacked against him. In "Jack of All Trades,...
Nearly three decades ago, Bruce Springsteen wrote with sadness about a man showing his young son a hometown ravaged by outside economic forces, a town the family was about to leave.
He's not sad now. He's angry, mighty angry. On the new song, "Death to My Hometown," he wants to "send the robber barons straight to hell, the greedy thieves who came around and ate the flesh of everything they found, whose crimes have gone unpunished now, who walk the streets as free men now."
With economic injustice, Springsteen's powerful new disc has a subject he can sink his teeth into, and he matches it with music that has some of the same clenched fury.
The working man who "always loved the feel of sweat on my shirt" now wakes up each morning feeling imprisoned in a system stacked against him. In "Jack of All Trades,...
- 3/5/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Cameron Crowe is an intimidating interview. After all, he's the guy who was such a brilliant journalist as a kid that he was a Rolling Stone contributor before the age of 20. In other words: it's never easy to speak to someone who's better at your job than you are. Plus, there's the whole part about him writing or directing some of my very favorite films, including "Say Anything..." "Almost Famous" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." For me and for most kids of my generation, these movies defined our teenage years. So, y'know, no pressure.
As soon I got on the phone with Crowe, though, I realized what made him such a great interviewer: the man is easy to talk to. He's funny and smart, and he's obviously excited about "We Bought a Zoo," his first fiction feature in six years. The film, based on a true story, stars Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee,...
As soon I got on the phone with Crowe, though, I realized what made him such a great interviewer: the man is easy to talk to. He's funny and smart, and he's obviously excited about "We Bought a Zoo," his first fiction feature in six years. The film, based on a true story, stars Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee,...
- 8/26/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
New details have emerged on Bruce Springsteen’s appearance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” tonight, Nov. 16.As we posted last week, "Fallon" will be his only television performance to promote his new boxed set, “The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story,” out today. Springsteen will bring E Street guitarist Steve Van Zandt and keyboardist Roy Bittan with his performance with the Roots, “Late Night’s” house band. The Boss is the only guest booked for the hour, which starts at 12:35 on NBC, and is expected to play two songs.
- 11/16/2010
- Hitfix
For every classic theme song, a dozen are seemingly forgotten. Here’s our list of ten movie tunes that deserve to be rediscovered…
It seems like every studio-released movie today comes pre-packaged with a shiny soundtrack (Iron Man 2's AC/DC fest is a riff on 1986's Maximum Overdrive).
Sometimes a big hit emerges from the mix, but most often, songs used to promote the film in another venue, say iTunes, quickly disappear into the ether.
Gone, but not entirely forgotten, most, if not all, of the following songs from movies have found their way to the afterlife of YouTube.
Here are ten top tunes to seek out...
Sweet Talkin' Candy Man (Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls)
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls features the usual perks of a Russ Meyer flick (including a star turn by Dolly Read), great rapid-fire editing, and boasts a script full of quotable lines by Roger Ebert.
It seems like every studio-released movie today comes pre-packaged with a shiny soundtrack (Iron Man 2's AC/DC fest is a riff on 1986's Maximum Overdrive).
Sometimes a big hit emerges from the mix, but most often, songs used to promote the film in another venue, say iTunes, quickly disappear into the ether.
Gone, but not entirely forgotten, most, if not all, of the following songs from movies have found their way to the afterlife of YouTube.
Here are ten top tunes to seek out...
Sweet Talkin' Candy Man (Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls)
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls features the usual perks of a Russ Meyer flick (including a star turn by Dolly Read), great rapid-fire editing, and boasts a script full of quotable lines by Roger Ebert.
- 9/23/2010
- Den of Geek
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band have been confirmed for Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park Springsteen and E Street regulars Garry Tallent, Clarence Clemons, Max Weinberg, Roy Bittan, Steven Van Zandt, Nils Lofgren, Patti Scialfa, Soozie Tyrell and Charle Giodano will play the festival on Sunday, June 28. Hotly-tipped New Jersey rock act The Gaslight Anthem and multi-platinum American rock veterans Dave Matthews Band will support. "Obviously it's (more)...
- 2/10/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Bruce Springsteen joined forces with Billy Joel in a live concert to support Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Taking place at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on October 16, the gig was aimed to raise funds for the Democratic presidential candidate of November-4 U.S. general election.
The show was opened with India.Arie and John Legend singing "Ordinary People" and U2's "Pride (In the Name of Love)" during a brief acoustic set. It then continued with Joel taking the stage and picking up his guitar for "Glory Days". Springsteen, his wife Patti Scialfa, and E Street Band's keyboardist Roy Bittan joined Joel and his band for "10th Avenue Freeze-Out".
"Good evening bridge and tunnel elite," Springsteen said in the middle of the show. "I know you spent a lot of money, but like you did with the vice presidential debate: lower your expectations."
At the end of the concert,...
The show was opened with India.Arie and John Legend singing "Ordinary People" and U2's "Pride (In the Name of Love)" during a brief acoustic set. It then continued with Joel taking the stage and picking up his guitar for "Glory Days". Springsteen, his wife Patti Scialfa, and E Street Band's keyboardist Roy Bittan joined Joel and his band for "10th Avenue Freeze-Out".
"Good evening bridge and tunnel elite," Springsteen said in the middle of the show. "I know you spent a lot of money, but like you did with the vice presidential debate: lower your expectations."
At the end of the concert,...
- 10/18/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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