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Bruce Springsteen to Release New Studio Album ‘Wrecking Ball’ on March 6

European Dates and SXSW Keynote Speech Confirmed

Bruce Springsteen’s new album ‘Wrecking Ball’ has been set for March 6 release on Columbia Records. Marking his 17th studio album, ‘Wrecking Ball’ features 11 new Springsteen recordings and was produced by Ron Aniello with Bruce Springsteen and executive producer Jon Landau. A special edition of ‘Wrecking Ball’ will also be available and include two bonus tracks and exclusive artwork and photography.

‘Wrecking Ball’ Song Titles:
1. We Take Care of Our Own
2. Easy Money
3. Shackled and Drawn
4. Jack of All Trades
5. Death to My Hometown
6. This Depression
7. Wrecking Ball
8. You’ve Got It
9. Rocky Ground
10. Land of Hope and Dreams
11. We Are Alive

Said long-time manager Jon Landau, «Bruce has dug down as deep as he can to come up with this vision of modern life. The lyrics tell a story you can’t hear anywhere else and the music is his most innovative of recent years. The writing is some of the best of his career and both veteran fans and those who are new to Bruce will find much to love on ‘Wrecking Ball.'»

Bruce Springsteen will make an appearance as the keynote speaker at SXSW 2012. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be touring extensively in the US and Europe in 2012. European tour dates have been announced at www.brucespringsteen.net.

Stream «We Take Care of Our Own» and pre-order ‘Wrecking Ball’ at:
http://www.brucespringsteen.net

photo: Danny Clinch

And now it’s here… The new Bruce Springsteen album is called «Wrecking Ball» and will be released worldwide on March 5th. The cover art, song list and new single are now up at the iTunes store.

These are the 13 songs on the album:

1. We Take Care of Our Own
2. Easy Money
3. Shacked and Drown
4. Jack Of All Trades
5. Death To My Hometown
6. This Depression
7. Wrecking Ball
8. You’ve Got It
9. Rocky Ground
10. Land of Hope and Dreams
11. We Are Alive
12. Swallowed Up (Bonus Track)
13. American Land (Bonus Track)

 

A new Bruce Springsteen song will be released tomorrow, according to Amazon. The song «We Take Care Of Our Own», off his new, still unreleased album, will be available thru Amazon (where it has been announced), and possibly other online stores.

We’re still hoping to get tomorrow a full press release about the new album and tour. It’s coming.

Rolling Stone has published today an interview with Jon Landau, Bruce Springsteen’s manager. He describes the new album as «an experimental effort with a new producer» and a «rock record that combines elements of both Bruce’s classic sound and his Seeger Sessions experience, with new textures and styles».

The article also mentions Spring & Fall tours in the U.S.

Read more at Rolling Stone

On Saturday, Bruce Springsteen joined again the Light of Day benefit show. What began a decade ago as a small benefit concert to raise funds to fight Parkinson’s disease, has become a full 5-day festival with concerts in New Jersey and New York. On Thursday Steve Van Zandt attended the New York Light of Day show, Garry Tallent took the stage on Friday to play with Sonny Kenn, and on Saturday both Max Weinberg and Bruce Springsteen made their appearance on the festival’s main concert at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park (which gave rise to speculation about an impromptu performance with the E Street Band).

The first surprise, though,  arrived on Friday, when Springsteen appeared on the streets of Asbury Park, with a video crew. Apparently he was filming in Mattison Avenue some scenes for a video for a song off his upcoming album. A dozen European fans approached the artist and ended up as extras in the video.

On Saturday at the Paramount Theatre, Bruce showed up and went on stage to sing duets with Garland Jeffreys («Wild in the Streets») and Willie Nile («One Guitar»), and later on returned to the stage again with an acoustic guitar, surprising everyone with an acoustic version of «Incident on 57th Street». Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers came on next, and Bruce joined in the second song. The setlist was nearly identical to the previous year’s concert, with «Darkness on the Edge of Town», «Save my Love», «Atlantic City» or the very rockin’ and electrifying versions of «Johnny 99» and «Adam Raised a Cain», mixed with Grushecky’s own songs («Never Be Enough Time», «I’m Not Sleeping», «Pumpin ‘Iron»…), ending the set with «Light of Day» (with Max on drums), followed by «The Promised Land» and «Twist and Shout» in the encores, and closing with an acoustic «Thunder Road». For many attendees, one of his best performances ever in the Light of Day concerts.

See full set list.

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