A story about Bruce from Neil Young’s new dream blog!
As you know, Bruce Springsteen’s 2012 Wrecking Ball Tour is quickly coming to an end. Bruce has played more than 90 shows, 100′s of songs, in over 15 countries since the beginning of the tour on March 18, 2012. For those fans lucky enough to have witnessed one (or several) of his concerts this year, you know Bruce and the E Street Band are firing on all cylinders – it’s miraculous to consider the fact that this 63-year-old is probably at the height of his long concert career.
Read what journalist and blogger Peter Chianca had to say about Bruce and the tour:
The themes of this tour — loss, living with ghosts, bringing new faces into the fold, moving on while honoring the past, a refusal to go gentle into that good night — have made it one of the most moving and satisfying Springsteen tours ever. The depth and breadth of the material, the willingness to dive head first into uncharted waters and Springsteen’s amazing, seemingly indefatigable drive, energy and devotion to the audience never cease to amaze. By the end of the eight-song encore, with Springsteen feigning (?) exhaustion and his perennial sideman Steven Van Zandt prowling over him with a wet sponge to revive him for two more songs, band and crowd were one – a huge, sweaty, smiling mass of rock ’n’ roll redemption.
Peter Chianca Blogness on the Edge of Town
To help relive and capture the amazing memories of this year’s tour, we are offering a superb selection of six live concert photos from various cities on the tour schedule.
The images were taken by super-fan Dan Reiner and are beautiful, high-quality 8” x 10” colour photographs. Anyone who purchases a copy of the limited edition book The Light in Darkness will receive an original photograph* as a special bonus. We have only printed 5 of each image so they will probably not last very long.
Click here to order your copy of The Light in Darkness, and claim one of these collectible photos now: The Light in Darkness
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Mister I ain’t a boy, no I’m a man - “The Promised Land”
The Bruce Springsteen who wrote and recorded Born To Run was a ghost by the time his fourth album, Darkness on the Edge of Town, was recorded and released in 1978. The wide-eyed virtue previously found on tracks such as “Night”, “Born To Run” and “Thunder Road” was long gone. In its place was no longer a boy but a man who had seen the true darkness life and adulthood had to offer. While despair played a part on Born To Run, its dreamy imagery and roaring accompanying music were streamlined on Darkness. After Born To Run, Springsteen was thrown into the limelight in a way that he wasn’t comfortable with and ultimately, he no longer saw eye to eye with his manager Mike Appel. What followed was an ugly lawsuit where Springsteen learned the callous realities of the music business and Appel managed to keep Springsteen out of the studio during this time. It wasn’t until the summer of 1977 when Springsteen and the E Street Band were able to record again.
In support of the Marathon of Hope – The Terry Fox Run, September 16, Lawrence Kirsch, publisher of “For You, Original Stories and Photographs by Bruce Springsteen’s Legendary Fans” and “The Light in Darkness,” is holding a raffle with a chance to win a brand new signed copy of “For You,” which has been sold out since December 2008. This years raffle is dedicated to the memory of Danny Federici and Clarence Clemons. Good Luck!
CLICK HERE TO ENTER: FOR YOU
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New Tattoo. Some of you may remember my Born to Run Outline on my calf. This is my newest as of two days ago. This is the back of my left arm.
my bruce springsteen tattoo! done by james eastwood at insight studios, chicago.
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I went to see Bruce for the first time ever last night with my mum and dad and sister, my mum and dad have seen him 9 times now, and I can honestly say it was the best night of my life I’m getting a tattoo of his lyric ‘when it comes to luck, you make your own’ and I get choked up everytime I talk about it! I’m in love with a 62 year old!
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