Unreleased Springsteen on iTunes

The official Bruce Springsteen website has announced that some unreleased Springsteen recordings (from the 1986 Bridge School Benefit) are now onsale at iTunes. Here's the official announcement:

Beginning today, iTunes will be selling a second installment of the Bridge School Concert LP -- commemorating the 20 year anniversiary of the benefit series.

The album is packed with legendary performances, including the often-bootlegged but previously unreleased Springsteen favorites-- Born In The USA and Helpless (w/ Bridge Benefit founder Neil Young).

This release will only be available on iTunes, and a portion of proceeds will be donated to the Bridge School, an educational program dedicated to ensuring that children with severe speech and physical impairments achieve full participation in their communities through the use of augmentative and alternative means of communication.

Joe Grushecky, live in Spain 2007

JOE GRUSHECKY
& THE HOUSEROCKERS
SPANISH TOUR 2007

Wed. 21 Febr.2007: Moby Dick club, MADRID
22.00 h.

Thurs. 22 Febr. 2007: Bilborock, BILBAO
21.00 h.

Fri. 23 Febr. 2007: Privat, MATARÓ (Barcelona)
(20 km. north of Barcelona)
22.30 h.

Sat. 24 Febr. 2007: La Verbena, SANT JOAN DE VILATORRADA
(Manresa, Barcelona)
(40 km. northwest of Barcelona)
21.30 h.

Tix onsale now at: www.ticktackticket.com

Concert in St. Joan (Febr.24) tix onsale at the door.

Springsteen and Bon Jovi played at Red Bank benefit show

(photo courtesy of ron ring / See photo gallery)

And it was a blast. Bruce Springsteen rocked the house last night at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, when he joined the Bobby Bandiera Band for a rousing set that included "Darlington County", "Seaside Bar Song", "Spirit in the Night" and more. All with a full band which included up to 8 horn players (incl. La Bamba, Mark Pender, Joey Stann and others).

Check out full set list.

To give you an idea, here's some words from Stan Goldstein's report of the event:

"It's nights like this when I so much appreciate that I live at the Jersey Shore. When you can see one of the biggest rock stars in the world, Bruce Springsteen, play an incredible 35-minute set to a theater-sized crowd of 1,400 people, it's just an incredible experience. And this followed an appearance by another of the world's top rock stars, Jon Bon Jovi. A 3 hour and 45-minute show ended on such a high that everyone leaving the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, N.J., probably didn't even have to get into their cars to get home, they were floating from a spectacular Bruce Springsteen finale".

Bruce gets double Grammy nomination

For the 49th Grammy Awards (which will be held at the Staples Center in L.A. on February 11th 2007) Bruce Springsteen has been nominated in two categories:

Best Traditional Folk Album, for "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions"
Best Long Form Music Video, for "Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to run"

The ceremony will be aired live on CBS.

Bruce joins Light of Day concert in New Jersey

Joe Grushecky, Jorge Otero, Johnny Grushecky & Bruce Springsteen

Though he missed the 2005 shows, this year Bruce Springsteen contributed to the Light of Day shows with two guest appearances on saturday night (Dec. 2nd), at the second of three LOD shows at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ. First he joined Philly rockers Marah for a couple of songs, and minutes later he joined Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers for about an hour which ended with everyone onstage singing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".

Check full set list.

See our Photo Galleries:

Gallery 1, pics. by Esteban Peña
Gallery 2, pics. by John Cavanaugh.