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For You: it’s now or never

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This great book is almost sold-out so this might be the last chance to get a copy. Less than 150 books remain! To ensure delivery in time for Christmas giving:
-Europe and the rest of the World: Orders must be received no later than midnight October 13.
-North America: Orders must be received no later than midnight November 27.

Order now from the author’s website.

For You is packed full of recollections from the legendary fans of Bruce Springsteen and his famed E Street Band, as well as most of the other bands with which he has worked. Read tales about Bruce in Steel Mill right up to the latest Bruce and the Sessions Band in the Live from Dublin concert at The Point, Ireland in 2006.

This marvelous collection of fan tales, testimonials and memories also features many photographs of other musicians and personalities who made music with Bruce over the years: The E Street Band, Southside Johnny, Bono/U2, Sting, Jon Bon Jovi, Patti Smith, Robert Gordon, Gary U.S. Bonds, Joe Grushecky, Ronnie Spector, John Fogerty, Neil Young, Michael Stipe, Jackson Browne, and many more. This compilation of never-before-published fan memories is, quite simply, fan-tastic.

This unusual storybook comes with lots of original photos – almost 500 in total. But it is far more than just a Bruce Springsteen picture book or a photo album. It can also be considered to be a sort of a biography – as told through a collection of first-person short stories.

Springsteen to play «Change Rocks» concert to support Obama

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Bruce Springsteen, along with Billy Joel and other artists, will perform at the upcoming «Change Rocks» concert, to benefit the Obama Victory Fund. The show will be held at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom and tickets can be ordered online now, starting at $500 for a balcony seat. Buy tickets here.

Update: According to Philly.com, Bruce Springsteen will be in Philadelphia this Saturday, performing acoustically to assist voter registration and volunteer efforts. Read more on Philly.com.

Update Oct.2: Bruce will also be performing at the Ohio State University campus, in Columbus, OH, this Sunday Oct.5th at 4.30pm. Tickets can be picked up at all central Ohio Obama offices.
And Monday October 6th Bruce will be playing at the Oeastrike Stadium, Easter Michigan University, in Ypsilanti, MI.

Bruce Springsteen to play at SuperBowl

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It is now official: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will perform at the Super Bowl’s halftime on February 1st 2009 on NBC Sports at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL.

The Super Bowl halftime show is annually the most-watched musical performance. More than 148 million viewers in the U.S. watched last year’s show. The Super Bowl and halftime show will be broadcast worldwide in more than 230 countries and territories.

Nils Lofgren’s surgery

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E Street Band’s guitar player extraordinaire Nils Lofgren has announced in his official website that he will have surgery done in New York next Thursday Sept.30th. to replace his hips. These are Nils’ words, as published in his site:

«Due to a long, beautiful life on the road (40 years) that’s included back flips with guitars, dive rolls, leaping off drum risers and trying to break stage floors with pounding legs due to the amazing energy I gratefully continue to get from you, the audience, in addition to thousands of hours playing aggressive basketball, (my favorite sport to play) on mostly cement, city courts, I have finally destroyed both of my hips and they are both bone on bone with no cartilage left. Thus , I am headed to NYC with my fabulous wife Amy to have bi-lateral hip relacement this Tuesday, Sept. 30th (both hips completely replaced). (…) God willing, it will all go well and I’ll recover completely. I hope to be back home in AZ. to continue rehabbing by late October and start more guitar lessons and writing. If all goes well, I hope I can start doing my acoustic show touring by early Spring.».

The fact that he expects full recovery and be able to tour «early Spring» could indicate the rumoured E Street Band tour in early 2009 might be that, just a rumour.

Meanwhile, Nils has recently released a brand new album. Under the title «Loner – Nils Sings Neil» he has recorded 15 Neil Young-penned tunes. Nils was part of Neil’s band in the 70’s and participated in some of Neil’s best albums, including the classic «Tonight’s the Night».

The great Southside Johnny also has a brand-new cover album. He covers Tom Waits, and even has Waits participating in the album, singing a duet with Johnny. «Grapefruit Moon – The Songs of Tom Waits» includes 12 songs written by Waits and performed here by Southside with the powerful La Bamba’s Big Band.

Happy 58th Birthday

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Bruce Frederick Springsteen turns today 59 years old. He was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, on September 23rd 1949.

In the picture, Bruce receives a very special birthday cake from his crew, at the Sept. 21st 1978 concert in Passaic, NJ. The cake had a special «surprise» inside.