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Starting on Monday February 20th, you will have a chance to hear the songs off Wrecking Ball via E Street Radio in the US and Absolute Radio in the UK. There’ll be a new song played every day from Feb.20th to March 2nd.

According to Absolute Radio this will be the schedule:

• On 20 February, we’ll be playing the track ‘Easy Money’
• On 21 February, we’ll be playing ‘Shackled and Drawn’
• On 22 February, we’ll be playing ‘Jack of All Trades’
• On 23 February, we’ll be playing ‘Death To My Hometown’
• On 24 February, we’ll be playing ‘This Depression’
• On 27 February, we’ll be playing ‘Wrecking Ball’
• On 28 February, we’ll be playing ‘You’ve Got It’
• On 29 February, we’ll be playing ‘Rocky Ground’
• On 1 March, we’ll be playing ‘Land of Hope And Dreams’
• On 2 March, we’ll be playing ‘We Are Alive’

Check Absolute Radio’s website for further details.

Bruce Springsteen was in Paris on Thursday, Febr. 16th, for a press conference presenting his new album Wrecking Ball. 160 journalists from many different countries were invited to listen to an exclusive audition of the new album, plus a Q&A with Bruce Springsteen himself, as seen on the above video distributed by Sony Music.

Here’s links to some of the best articles published about the press conference:

The Telegraph, by Neil McCormick

The Telegraph – Track by Track review

Irish Times, by Ruadhan Mac Cormaic

The Independent, by Andy Gill

The Guardian, by Fiachra Gibbons

London Evening Standard, by David Smyth

Bruce Springsteen perfomed «We Take Care of Our Own» live for the first time, with The E Street Band and a 14-piece string section, and gave a clear hint of how it addresses the 2012 tour: with lots of energy, an E Street Band in top form and a strong will to convey his message.

Bruce sang «We Take Care Of Our Own» with conviction and got everybody up from their seats, including Sir Paul McCartney. There was no horn section present (there was no need for this song), but we noticed the presence of Garry Tallent on stage in the spot of the late Clarence Clemons.

At the end of the ceremony Springsteen took the stage again to join Paul McCartney on the medley «Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End».

The Darkness box set «The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story» won a Grammy award for «Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package», whioch went to art directors Dave Bett & Michelle Holme.