Official live recording from Bruce Springsteen's tour

Bruce Springsteen has released an official recording of the song "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live", as recorded during the rehearsal shows in Asbury Park. A truly amazing arrangement and a supber performance, no doubt one of the highlights of his current show.


Download it now:


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Read Bruce's comments about the song and the full lyrics in his website. He's written three new full verses to the song.

Bruce Springsteen to perform intimate show for BBC Radio 2

Bruce Springsteen will perform an "intimate" concert for BBC-Radio's "Sold on Song" program on tuesday May 9th. You can win a free pass to attend this exclusive performance by entering the competition at BBC's website (valid only for UK residents).

The competition closes at midnight on Saturday 29th April 2006.

The concert will be broadcast on Radio 2 on saturday May 13th at 9pm.

Fourth and last Asbury Park show

Two tour debuts for the last Asbury show: The Long Black Veil (opening the show) and The Man In the Flying Trapeze (closing it). Another brilliant performance before the band makes the official tour debut in New Orleans this next sunday.

Check out the Concerts page for full set list info.

See Bruce live from Asbury Park, right now

On ABC's website... a wonderful live video of the song "O Mary Don't You Weep" as recorded thursday morning in Asbury Park.

See the video here or click on the photo.



See more photos here.

Third Asbury Park show features 20-piece band

Last night Bruce performed with the "European" Seeger Sessions Band. That is, with Clark Gayton and Curt Ramm on horns, plus Mark 'Chocolate Genious' Thompson on vocals. However, Mark Pender and La Bamba were also there (they are part of the band formation that will tour the U.S.) so there was 20 people onstage having fun. There were a few order changes in the set list, with "Jesse James" taking the opening spot, plus the live debut of Pete Seeger's "Turn! Turn! Turn!" opening the encores.

Check out the Concerts page for full set list info.

Early in the morning... the Boss goes to work

Very early in the morning Bruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band were performing today in Asbury Park, in front of an invited audience for ABC's "Good Morning America". The program aired 2 songs live: "Jacob's Ladder" and "O Mary Don't You Weep". Attendees were more lucky: they were given a free "Seeger Sessions" T-shirt with the concert date in the back, and they heard a lot more than the two songs that aired on ABC. Check out the Concerts page for full set list info.

foto: © Kevin P. O'Keefe

More fun, more songs at second show in Asbury Park

Two set list changes at last night's show at Convention Hall: "Adam Raised a Cain" and "Devils & Dust" leave their spots to "Cadillac Ranch" and "If I Should Fall Behind", in a tight, fun show, with over two hours of music.

Today, a very early show (6.00am) in Asbury Park, as part of the performance will be aired live on ABC's "Good Morning America".

Check out the full set list at the Concerts page.

Bruce Springsteen opens tour with the Seeger Sessions Band in Asbury Park

A fabulous music review is how one could describe last night's concert. First reports indicate it was a real musical experience, with the band still experimenting and perfecting the performances. An exquisit 2-hour performance with 20 songs, including six Bruce-penned tunes in new arrangements.

Check out the full set list at the Concerts page.

Free Springsteen show in Asbury Park

Bruce Springsteen will debut music from his new CD "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" for the U.S. television audience when ABC’s “Good Morning America” broadcasts the first live TV performance by Bruce Springsteen with the Seeger Sessions Band on Tuesday morning, April 25, live from his upcoming tour rehearsals at Asbury Park, NJ's Convention Hall.
Get your FREE tickets from Ticketmaster's website on friday April 21st at 9am. The first 1500 people to enter the venue will receive a free promotional Tshirt.


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Springsteen concert tickets

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AP interview with Springsteen

The Associated Press distributed yesterday a very interesting article and interview with Springsteen, where he talks about Pete Seeger, the new album and how he faces his work these days. Read the full interview at the MSNBC website.

Bruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band

Photo by Danny Clinch, distributed by Sony Music/Columbia.

Listen now to Bruce Springsteen's new album

A week before its release date, you can now hear the songs from Bruce's new album at the Clear Channel website. Clic here and listen to the new songs.

MSN has announced that the New Orleans Jazz Festival (including Springsteen's performance) will be streamed at the MSN Music website.

Some videos from the forthcoming album 'We Shall Overcome' can also be seen now at different websites.

Here are the links:

Shenandoah and Jacob's Ladder, from Uncut's website.
John Henry, at Amazon.
Pay Me My Money Down, at AOL.

US tour dates announced today

Official press release follows:

US TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WITH THE SEEGER SESSIONS BAND
CONCERTS TO BE AN ALL NEW EVENING OF GOSPEL, FOLK AND BLUES
EUROPEAN DATES SELL OUT AT UNPRECEDENTED SPEED

A US tour has been confirmed for Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band. Following the band's initial US date in New Orleans on April 30 and a series of ten concerts in Europe, the US tour resumes with a series of 18 shows kicking off in Boston on May 27 and finishing in New Jersey on June 25. Each night, an all new evening of gospel, folk, and blues will be presented by Springsteen with the 17-member Seeger Sessions Band.

Tickets for the European tour dates have all sold out swiftly. Bruce Springsteen with the Seeger Sessions Band sold out London's Hammersmith Apollo Theatre in ten minutes, The Manchester Evening News Arena in six minutes, and Amsterdam's Heineken Music Hall in just four minutes, all unprecedented. Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany also sold out in a matter of minutes. Legendary promoter Harvey Goldsmith said, "We announced Bruce Springsteen's concerts in the UK at 9.00am on Friday 7 April. By 9.10am both shows had sold out. This is the fastest selling show ever in Manchester."

In addition to Springsteen on vocals, guitar and harmonica, the US tour dates for the Seeger Sessions Band will comprise the following lineup: Sam Bardfeld (violin), Art Baron (tuba), Frank Bruno (guitar), Jeremy Chatzky (upright bass), Larry Eagle (drums), Charles Giordano (accordion, keyboards), Curtis King (vocals), Greg Liszt (banjo), Lisa Lowell (vocals), Eddie Manion (sax), Cindy Mizelle (vocals), Mark Pender (trumpet), Marty Rifkin (pedal steel guitar), Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg (trombone), Patti Scialfa (vocals), Marc Anthony Thompson (vocals) and Soozie Tyrell (violin).

In Springsteen's note from 'We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions,' the musician describes the music on the album. He writes, "It was a carnival ride, the sound of surprise and the pure joy of playing. Street corner music, parlor music, tavern music, wilderness music, circus music, church music, gutter music, it was all there waiting in those old songs, some more than one hundred years old. It rocked, it swung, it rolled. It was a way back and forward to the informality, the freeness and the eclecticism of my earliest music and then some."

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WITH THE SEEGER SESSIONS BAND 2006 US TOUR DATES

April 30 New Orleans, LA Jazz & Heritage Festival
May 27 Boston, MA TD Bank North Garden
May 28 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
May 30 Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheatre
May 31 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Amphitheatre
June 3 Phoenix, AZ Glendale Arena
June 5 Los Angeles, CA Greek Amphitheatre
June 6 San Francisco, CA Concord Pavilion
June 10 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
June 11 St. Paul, MN Xcel Arena
June 13 Chicago, IL First MidWest Bank
June 14 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
June 16 Cleveland, OH Blossom Amphitheatre
June 17 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Center
June 20 Philadelphia, PA Camden Tweeter Waterfront Amphitheater
June 21 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 22 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
June 24 Holmdel, NJ PNC Amphitheatre
June 25 Holmdel, NJ PNC Amphitheatre

Springsteen: Tracks Volume 2 and E Street album in the future

In a very interesting article published yesterday in The New York Times Springsteen reveals details about his new album and other projects he started, including a second volume of the "Tracks" boxset, and a new album with The E Street Band. Listening to tapes for the new volume of "Tracks" Springsteen re-discovered the 1997 sessions for the Pete Seeger tribute album "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" and started working on his current new album (and the Tracks Vol.2 project was momentarily shelved). About the new E Street album he comments: "I write songs all the time. I have an E Street Band record that I have a lot of stuff written for. I'm just waiting for the right time to do it."

Check out the full article in the NY Times website.

Amsterdam tickets soldout in 3 minutes

Tickets for the concert in Amsterdam sold-out this morning in only 3 minutes. The tickets were sold in post offices all around the Netherlands, and only the first in line at every outlet got a chance to buy 2 tickets. This has been the fastest selling ticket for the upcoming tour. Some people waited in line in the street for nearly 24 hours.

It's official: Bruce Springsteen to perform 4 nights at Convention Hall

NJ promoter Concerts East has announced 4 Bruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band concerts in Asbury Park. The announcement, as published in the Concerts East website, goes as follows:

On sale Saturday April 15, at 9:00 am:

Bruce Springsteen
with the Seeger Sessions Band

Tickets for these performances will go on sale Saturday, April 15th at 9:00AM through Ticketmaster Charge By Phone only.

Ticket restrictions:

• $100 per ticket.
• Two (2) ticket limit per person.
• No double orders. Customers may only buy tickets for one show.
• Orders will be taken by phone only. Local Ticketmaster numbers are (201) 507-8900, (609) 520-8383, (212) 307-7171 and 212-307-7200 (automated).
•Tickets will not be mailed out. Tickets can be picked up the night of the show only. Two (2) forms of ID are necessary to pick up all tickets.
• No cameras / recorders / laser pointers / cell phone cameras permitted.

Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band have announced four charity rehearsal shows for April 20th (7.00pm), 24th (7.00pm), 25th (7.00pm) and 26th (5.30 pm) at Convention Hall. On sale Saturday at 9am.

$100 + applicable surcharges. On sale via Ticketmaster Charge By Phone only.

Rehearsal news

Yesterday's rehearsal at Convention Hall in Asbury Park featured some Bruce songs mixed in with some new covers of songs recorded by Ry Cooder and The Byrds.

Recent rumours on the net point to some rehearsal shows being announced and put onsale (phone only) early next week. Rumoured dates are April 20, 23, 24 and/or 25.

See detailed info about the songs being rehearsed at the Concerts page.

New look for the official Bruce Springsteen site

The official Bruce Springsteen site has a new look on its main page, with info about the new album, Bruce's liner notes, tour dates and song-by-song commentary.

For detailed info about the history of the songs that compose Bruce Springsteen's new album check out Matt Orel's brilliant new page The Songs of the Seeger Sessions.

Rehearsals for upcoming tour resume in Asbury Park

Bruce and the Seeger Sessions band resumed rehearsals yesterday in Asbury Park. They now have moved from the Paramount Theatre to Convention Hall, where increasing rumours indicate there'll be soon some public rehearsal shows.

See detailed info about the songs being rehearsed at the Concerts page.

Springsteen sells out Badalona, Spain concert

It has taken four hours to sell out the 9,600 tickets available for the concert in Badalona, Spain. The tickets have been sold by phone only with a 2-ticket limit per person. Tickets went on sale at 20.00hrs. and soldout around midnight, on tuesday, April 11th.

Bruce inducted into Freehold Hight School Hall of Fame

Bruce Springsteen was inducted last wednesday into the Freehold High School Hall of Fame. Though he didn't attend, his mother Adele was there to accept the award and read some words from Bruce.

"I'd like to thank everyone for the honor. It's especially nice coming from my hometown and my old alma mater. It's kind of funny, really. I spent my years at Freehold Regional pretty much as an outcast and at best a very mediocre student. I would probably have been voted 'Least Likely to Succeed'

My only advice to teachers and the administrators would be to keep your eyes on the ones that don't fit in. They're the ones thinking out of the box and reimagining this place we live in... our hometown. You never know where they're going.

So, thank you once again and please show my mother a good time. Without her I may not have survived Freehold Regional High School"

Thanks to Backstreets.com for the information and picture.

Tickets sell out for many shows

As quick as tickets went on sale, most shows sold out in a matter of minutes. While it took half an hour in Oslo, London and Manchester soldout in about fifteen minutes. The record being held in Dublin, which took only seven minutes to sell out. Tickets for Badalona, Amsterdam and Paris go on sale next week.

Check the Concerts page for full details.

Meanwhile Bruce Springsteen resumed rehearsals this past wednesday in Asbury Park. That day's song list is not known, but there's more details about thursday and friday's rehearsed songs. If you get spoiled and know what's being rehearsed, check the Concerts page.

Frankfurt tickets on sale now. Oslo sold-out.

You can buy now tickets for the concert in Frankfurt, thru Eventum.
Prices vary from 68,30 to 97 euros.

Tickets for Oslo went on sale today and lasted 30 minutes. Check the news from Dagbladet.

Check our Concerts page for full information about ticket sales.

Ticket information

We've gathered all relevant ticket sale information in the Concerts page. Check it out for full details on day of sale and where to buy tickets. Some shows go on sale this coming thursday!

European 2006 tour officially confirmed: 10 dates

Official press release from Shorefire Media:

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES SET FOR BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WITH THE SEEGER SESSIONS BAND
CONCERTS WILL BE AN ALL NEW EVENING OF GOSPEL, FOLK AND BLUES

Bruce Springsteen has announced European concert dates in conjunction with the release of 'We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions.' These concerts will feature music from the new CD. There are ten shows, commencing May 5 in Dublin, Ireland, and extending through May 21 in Stockholm, Sweden. These shows follow the performing debut of Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 30. Each night, an all new evening of gospel, folk, and blues will be presented by Springsteen with his 17-member Seeger Sessions Band.

In addition to Springsteen on Vocals, Guitar and Harmonica, the European tour dates for the Seeger Sessions Band will comprise the following lineup: Sam Bardfeld (Violin), Art Baron (Tuba), Frank Bruno (Guitar), Jeremy Chatzky (Upright Bass), Larry Eagle (Drums), Clark Gayton (Trombone), Charles Giordano (Accordion, Keyboards), Curtis King (Vocals), Greg Liszt (Banjo), Lisa Lowell (Vocals), Eddie Manion (Sax), Cindy Mizell (Vocals), Curt Ramm (Trumpet), Marty Rifkin (Pedal Steel Guitar), Patti Scialfa (Vocals), Mark Thompson (Vocals) and Soozie Tyrell (Violin).

'We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions' will be released by Columbia Records as a DualDisc or CD/DVD in some territories on April 25 (April 24 in Europe), with the full album on one side of the disc and DVD content on the other side. In addition, the DualDisc (or CD/DVD) package will contain two bonus tracks and a special booklet including a note from Springsteen. The album features the musician's personal interpretations of thirteen traditional songs, all of them associated with the legendary guiding light of American folk music, Pete Seeger.

U.S. tour dates will be announced soon.

Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band - Tour Dates

April 30	New Orleans, LA	Jazz & Heritage Festival
European Tour
May 5	Dublin, Ireland	The Point
May 7	Manchester, UK	The Manchester Evening News Arena
May 8	London, UK	Hammersmith Apollo Theatre
May 10	Paris, France	Palais Bercy
May 12	Milan, Italy	Forum Arena
May 14	Barcelona, Spain	Badalona Arena
May 16	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
May 17	Frankfurt, Germany	Festhalle
May 20	Oslo, Norway	Spektrum Arena
May 21	Stockholm, Sweden	Hovet Arena

Note: The date in Spain has been changed to May 14. Yesterday's official information had a wrong date for this show., The official Bruce Springsteen website later corrected it.

See the video for "John Henry"

Watch now a video for the song "John Henry", from Bruce Springsteen's new album "We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions", at Amazon.com, as recorded at Bruce's home studio. Click here to watch it.

Springsteen's concert in Paris: May 10th 2006

The Paris concert will be held at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy on May 10th (contrary to rumours of a May 11th date). The date seems to be official now as it has been published in various ticket company websites, including Francebillet and FNAC. Ticket prices will rank between 42 and 86 euros. Check out the ticket sale websites:

Francebillet

FNAC France