Bruce Springsteen is dusting off his catalog once again, as he and the E Street Band have announced two more full-album performances this coming weekend at Madison Square...
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Bruce Springsteen canceled a performance in Kansas City after his cousin and road crew member died. The death of 36-year-old Lenny Sullivan was announced in a statement on...
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Saxophonist Clarence "The Big Man" Clemons knew his life would never be the same when he walked up to a New Jersey bar nearly 40 years ago and the door blew off its hinges...
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New Jersey's Republican candidate for governor insists he'll spend the night before his first debate at a Bruce Springsteen concert. Chris Christie tells The New York Times...
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Hold still, Bruce — this won't hurt a bit! Scholars from around the world are dissecting the Springsteen legend this weekend in New Jersey. "Glory Days: A Bruce...
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Dave Brubeck just wishes his mom could see him now: On Dec. 6, the same day the jazz composer and pianist turns 89, he'll be among the leading artists feted at the 32nd...
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band have moved their Sept. 10 performance at Nashville's Sommet Center to Nov. 18. No reason was given for the change. ...
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If Mount Rushmore featured rock 'n' rollers instead of U.S. presidents, the faces of Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen would surely be carved there. The two elder...
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Bruce Springsteen will play an extra-long set and the sun will shine at the world's biggest green field arts and music festival this year, Glastonbury Festival founder...
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After four days embedded in the Bonnaroo experience out in Manchester, Tenn., June 11-14, Billboard's correspondents picked the highlights of this year's festival...
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They were chanting "Bruuuuuce" at Bonnaroo all weekend, as Bruce Springsteen performed a three-hour set with the E Street Band one night and joined Phish on stage another. ...
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Bruce Springsteen found himself in an unusual position on Saturday: having to preach to the not necessarily converted at a music festival. Springsteen and the E Street...
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They were sure to be chanting "Bruuuuuce" at Bonnaroo Saturday night. Bruce Springsteen, one of the festivals two headliners along with Phish, was to take the main stage...
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A weekend of glory days is planned at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Ohio, which is welcoming fans to a Bruce Springsteen FanFest. The event Friday through...
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Bruce Springsteen will be closing Giants Stadium. The rocker told fans at the nearby Izod Center on Thursday that he and his "wrecking crew," the E Street Band, will be the...
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Help fight hunger and you just might end up with a rare Bruce Springsteen photo. Vintage shots of the famous rocker will be awarded to 14 lucky fans who make donations of...
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The Boss is no homewrecker. Bruce Springsteen has spoken out about being named the other man in a New Jersey man's divorce filing, denying—just as he did when the...
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Seeking something fresh and exciting to complement its upcoming induction ceremony, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has gotten its fondest wish — the...
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Organizers say Bruce Springsteen will headline Glastonbury, Britain's leading summer music festival. Glastonbury chief Michael Eavis says the 59-year-old rocker will play...
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The Fray just demoted the Boss. One week after Bruce Springsteen scored the first No. 1 debut of the year, the Denver rockers displaced him with their eponymous...
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New Jersey's attorney general says Ticketmaster should stop steering consumers to a reselling subsidiary offering more expensive concert tickets because it may violate state...
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There's a reason they call him the Boss. Bruce Springsteen just accomplished what eight weeks of challengers failed to do, namely knock out Taylor Swift from...
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Bruce Springsteen, fresh off his Super Bowl halftime performance, has been announced as a headliner at this year's Bonnaroo Arts & Music Festival, along with the recently...
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One was a 12-minute party, the other a 2-minute proclamation. Bruce Springsteen and Jennifer Hudson used the Super Bowl stage for two very different performances Sunday...
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Bruce Springsteen looked into the camera Sunday night and told the people watching at home to "put the chicken fingers down and turn the television all the way up!" Then he...
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Way before Prince, Paul McCartney or the Rolling Stones ever stepped onto a Super Bowl stage, there was Shirlee Bertolini. In her donkey costume. So much has changed since...
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The Boss is owning up to a mistake. In an interview with The New York Times, Bruce Springsteen says he shouldn't have made a deal with Wal-Mart. This month, the store...
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Anybody who thinks it's tough playing the halftime show at the Super Bowl with 150 million people watching should try serenading Barack Obama with the majestic granite...
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The Boss is taking his Dream show on the road. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced a slew of dates in support of their latest album, Working on a Dream,...
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Bruce Springsteen's Super Bowl performance will be a teaser for his upcoming world tour. It officially kicks off in San Jose, Calif., on April 1. He's...
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Bruce Springsteen, "Working On A Dream" (Columbia) For "Working On A Dream," Bruce Springsteen whistles, sings the blues, plays the glockenspiel and drops an f-bomb, as if...
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Following is a preview of noteworthy releases for the first two months of the year. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "WORKING ON A DREAM" (COLUMBIA, JAN. 27) Reinvigorated by the rich...
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HOVA's in the (white) house. Jay-Z has unveiled plans to stage a special one-off gig in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 19, the night before President-elect Barack...
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The stock market is in the tank, the plant is closing and the neighbor is losing his home ... the perfect time to go to a concert, by one measure. The concert business...
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Bruce Springsteen says he was energized to make a new album quickly after recording a song he calls a "love-in-the-time-of-Bush meditation." In notes posted on his Web site...
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The Boss' stuff is back. More than 1,100 pieces of Bruce Springsteen memorabilia have been returned to the Asbury Park Public Library in New Jersey after library officials...
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The New Jersey bar that helped launch Bruce Springsteen's career is grounded for at least a month. The Stone Pony in Asbury Park is closing temporarily for roof maintenance...
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Five days before he takes the stage at the Super Bowl, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will release a new album written and recorded during breaks in their concert...
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Bruce Springsteen wants to make sure one bank remains solvent: the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. The singer will appear in a newspaper ad for the state's largest food...
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In case Barack Obama needs an Inauguration Day soundtrack, the Boss should have him covered. Bruce Springsteen is planning to release a new studio album with the E Street...
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Trick-or-treaters won't find the light on outside Bruce Springsteen's New Jersey mansion this Halloween. Springsteen and his wife, Patti Scialfa, say they won't be having...
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Bruce Springsteen called the Bush presidency "a disaster" and said many Americans have "justifiably lost faith" in the American dream. The legendary rocker interrupted a...
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Rock stars Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel are teaming up for their first joint concert to benefit Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Obama...
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New Jersey is going to the Super Bowl. The Garden State's own Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band has been announced as the entertainment during the Super Bowl...
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Bruce Springsteen ended his world tour over the weekend, toned down but revved up. Springsteen played more than 30 songs over 3 1/2 hours Saturday night on Milwaukee's...
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is going on the road to New York — the city that spawned hip-hop and gave Bob Dylan and the Ramones their start. Mayor Michael Bloomberg...
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Twelve previously unreleased tracks, including an early version of "Ooby Dooby" and a demo of "Claudette," highlight a four-disc Roy Orbison boxed set due in stores on...
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"Glory Days" are here again for Bruce Springsteen, whose upcoming tour could make him the biggest touring artist of the year in North America. Springsteen and his E...
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There's an odd co-production credit on Nils Lofgren's new album, "The Loner -- Nils Sings Neil." It's for David Briggs, the famed Neil Young cohort who passed ...
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Sen. Frank Lautenberg's re-election campaign has dropped its request to get the operator of Giants Stadium to provide it with Bruce Springsteen tickets for a fundraiser...
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When Bruce Springsteen spoke out against the Berlin Wall at the biggest concert in East German history in 1988, no one in the crowd of 160,000 had the faintest idea that...
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Bruce Springsteen is paying tribute to a boardwalk fortuneteller he made famous in a song. Madam Marie Castello, who told fortunes on the Asbury Park Boardwalk in New...
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It doesn't take a crystal ball to see that Bruce Springsteen fans are in mourning. Boardwalk fixture and Springsteen song legend Madam Marie, the seaside clairvoyant...
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Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Pearl Jam have contributed tunes to the anti-war soundtrack for a documentary about a U.S. soldier paralyzed in Iraq. The 30-song,...
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Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Peal Jam have contributed tunes to the anti-war soundtrack for a documentary about a U.S. soldier paralyzed in Iraq. The 30-song, two-disc...
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Bruce Springsteen apparently wasn't born to run to court.
The rocker has ponied up $200,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by an Olympic equestrian to settle a...
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Bruce Springsteen will return this
summer to a familiar stomping ground, Giants Stadium in East
Rutherford, N.J., for three shows to promote his latest album,
"Magic."
The...
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Nominees announced Thursday in top categories for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards:
Record of the Year: "Irreplaceable," Beyonce; "The Pretender," Foo Fighters; "Umbrella,"...
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Keyboardist Danny Federici, an
original member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, is taking
a leave of absence from the group while undergoing treatment
for...
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An original member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band has melanoma and is taking a leave from the singer's "Magic" tour to undergo treatment.
Keyboardist Danny Federici...
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Keyboardist Danny Federici, an
original member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, is taking
a leave of absence from the group while undergoing treatment
for...
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The Boss is having another Magic moment on the charts.
In one of the slowest October sales weeks in chart history, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's Magic...
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"Is
there anybody alive out there?" Bruce Springsteen screamed at
the start of his Meadowlands show, occurring roughly a week
into his tour with the E Street Band to promote...
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Looks like the Boss' glory days aren't over just yet.
Bruce Springsteen scored his third number one album in the last five years as Magic bewitched the...
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Bruce Springsteen has racked up his
seventh U.K. No. 1 album with "Magic," extending his span of
chart-toppers to more than 22 years.
Also new were Katie Melua at No. 2,...
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A former member of the U.S. Equestrian Team is trying to knock Bruce Springsteen off his high horse.
Olympian Todd Minikus has sued the Grammy-winning rocker and wife...
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Bruce Springsteen and his wife are being sued, accused of backing out of a contract to buy a horse worth $850,000 for their teenage daughter.
Olympic equestrian Todd...
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Bruce Springsteen and the
E Street Band kicked off their latest U.S. tour on Tuesday and
rocked their way through several cuts from the newly released
"Magic," a collection...
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It isn't just any Tuesday in Connecticut. It's officially "Bruce Springsteen Day" — according to Gov. Jodi Rell.
The Boss and his E Street Band open their first tour...
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It might have been billed as a rehearsal, but Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band showed 3,000 fans he still has the magic. The show Monday at the oceanfront Convention...
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Bruce Springsteen has announced that he will play two benefit rehearsals with the E Street Band next week.
The Boss will give fans a taste of his forthcoming album, Magic,...
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The Boss is ready to work his Magic.
Bruce Springsteen will release his latest studio album via Columbia Records on Oct. 2, the label said Thursday. Magic is...
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British singer Sami Yusuf is not
exactly sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, instead writing songs
about topics as alien to rock music as the Beslan school
massacre in...
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John Hiatt slept under a park bench on his first night in Nashville in 1979. Now the city has given the singer-songwriter the star treatment.
On Sunday, Hiatt was among...
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In 1943, when the Pulitzer Prize committee established an award for America's best music, many genres were flourishing.
Jazz was in full swing with the likes of Duke...
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Rocker Patti Smith said Friday that her concern for the hundreds of men imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay compelled her to record a song about a former detainee.
"I feel...
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A new Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band album could be in the works.
The singer and the band's last release was 2001's Live In New York City album. They also...
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Rebuffed in Washington, former Vice
President Al Gore is taking his "Live Earth" rock concert to
New Jersey.
The concert to raise awareness about global warming will...
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After a 30-year career on the
fringe of Music Row, singer/songwriter John Anderson is gearing
up for an improbable third run at mainstream success.
"Easy Money" (Warner...
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Rock 'n' roll legend Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance at a tribute event held in his honour in New York last night (April 5).
Taking to the stage at Carnegie...
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Arcade Fire's "Intervention" is most
likely the only Coolest Song there will ever be that waits a
minute and a half for the drums to enter.
The Montreal-based band is...
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Simon Cowell says he's bigger than The Boss. In an interview to air Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes," the "American Idol" judge says he's worth five times more to Sony BMG than...
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Jamie Foxx is quietly enjoying one
of the most successful concert tours of the year, even if raw
numbers indicate otherwise.
The Oscar-winning actor/comedian/singer's...
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Barry Manilow became one of the world's best-selling artists by making timeless classics out of unknown songs. But these days, he's more likely to rely on other people's...
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You've heard who got into the Rock
Hall this year: R.E.M., Patti Smith, the Ronettes, Van Halen
and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. All good. All
deserving. I was...
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This year's first Coolest Song of
the Week comes from an appropriately cool place: Solna, Sweden.
The Nomads have been leading the contemporary garage rock
movement in...
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Bob Seger told a 1975 audience at
Detroit's Cobo Arena, where he taped his famed "Live Bullet"
album, that it "might just end up on a record." He'll be able
to say it again...
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CBS Corp. is reaching into its past
by reviving the CBS Records name for its latest business
proposition.
The label is starting out small, with three...
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Singer Leona Lewis, the bookies'
favorite to win popular British talent spotting show "The X
Factor," has fallen victim to "celebrity cybersquatting," with
an Internet...
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Here's the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles:
Album Of The Year
Taking the Long Way,...
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Moseying out onstage
Wednesday at Downtown Disney's House of Blues in Anaheim, Jerry Lee Lewis looked like, well, a slow-moving senior citizen. Then
he took a seat behind...
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Songwriter Marijohn
Wilkin, who co-wrote the classic ballad "Long Black Veil" and
other hits, died at her Nashville home at age 86.
Wilkin, who died on Saturday, had been...
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Songwriter Marijohn
Wilkin, who co-wrote the classic ballad "Long Black Veil" and
other hits, died at her Nashville home at age 86.
Wilkin, who died on Saturday, had been...
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It seemed like a good
sign when the full house at the Wiltern in Los Angeles sang
along to the Killers' second song of the night.
It was from the group's new album, which...
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When his "Modern Times"
debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last week, 65-year-old
Bob Dylan became the oldest artist to top the album chart.
Dylan benefited from...
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Bob Dylan reached the top of the
U.S. albums chart for the first time in 30 years, and only the
fourth time in his career, according to sales data issued on
Wednesday.
The...
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You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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Before Hurricane Katrina hit, Tanio
Hingle lived in a house in the Treme section of New Orleans
with his wife and three kids, gigging around town with the New
Birth Brass...
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New York's Hit Factory studio, which
closed in early 2005 after being home to recording sessions by
John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Madonna and U2, is being converted
into...
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His dad may have been born to run, but Evan Springsteen was born to kayak.
Well, maybe not. The 15-year-old son of rockers Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa had to be...
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Once upon a time,
Melissa Etheridge wanted to be the female Bruce Springsteen.
And for the most part she is, offering uplifting rock anthems
while intensely connecting with...
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"It's the first day of
summer, and tonight we are pagans," Greg Dulli declared before
launching into "I'm Ready," the opening song of a two-hour
hometown set on Wednesday...
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A local union says promoters picked the wrong arena for Bruce Springsteen to perform the pro-labor music of folk singer Pete Seeger.
The decision to hold the concert...
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The descendants of folk music icon
Woody Guthrie are turning a family reunion into a traveling
musical event this fall.
With Woody's son Arlo in the lead, the Guthrie...
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Branching off from his
rock'n' roll roots, Bruce Springsteen kicked off his summer
U.S. tour on Saturday with songs made famous by folk musician
and activist Pete Seeger and...
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If pop star Michelle Branch and her pal Jessica Harp had their way, their new country album "Stand Still, Look Pretty" would have registered even higher on the twang...
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Jerry Lee Lewis will inaugurate Time
Life's "Legends of American Music" with the three-disc boxed
set "Jerry Lee Lewis: A Half Century of Hits."
The June 13 release was...
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After a long wait, it's Tool time on the charts.
The
hard rock band's first album in five years, 10,000 Days, led five
newcomers into the Top 10 debuts with a huge...
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Fats Domino, who became a symbol of
survival for this year's New Orleans jazz festival, was taken
to hospital on Sunday, forcing him to cancel a headlining
appearance at the...
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The first weekend of the
37th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ended with a
slow, elegiac version of the Crescent City standard "When the
Saints Go Marching In,"...
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It's a collaboration that grew from
Hurricane Katrina, and now Elvis Costello and New Orleans
legend Allen Toussaint have cemented the relationship with
songs that won...
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Folk singer Ani DiFranco, who stopped performing for almost a year due to tendinitis in her wrists, will make her comeback Friday at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage...
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His was the voice of heartache and the lovelorn in the world of early rock'n'roll. Roy Orbison, who died in 1988 at age 52 of a heart attack, has been a member of the Rock...
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June Pointer's Grammy-winning career began, literally,
as a
fairytale. Its ending was another story.
The singer, whose
years of drug abuse prompted her
expulsion...
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The Rhythm & Blues Foundation, which halted its Pioneer Awards for soul legends three years ago as the organization battled money woes, is reviving the ceremony in June and...
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Radney Foster, "This World We Live In" (Dualtone)
Many of these 10 tunes will likely show up on CDs by singers more famous than Radney Foster, but his masterful renditions...
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INDIANAPOLIS — Growing up near Indiana University, John Mellencamp couldn't help but become a big college basketball fan. So big, in fact, that as part of the NCAA's...
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The Boss is heading to New Orleans.
A performance by Bruce Springsteen is one of 35 added to the lineup for this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, scheduled...
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Ne-Yo's so sick that he can't be denied.
The rookie R&B
crooner, whose debut single "So Sick" already topped the
Billboard Hot 100 radio, now has a number one album to...
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The Boss is coming to New Orleans. A performance by Bruce Springsteen is one of 35 added to the lineup for this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, scheduled over...
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Talk about a swell birthday present from present from the Boss.
Playing tribute to one of his musical heroes, Bruce Springsteen
has announced plans to release We Shall...
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They wear velvet jackets and drainpipe
trousers, sport trendy haircuts and spend their days at school.
But at night, these teenagers electrify packed clubs across the
French...
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Let the Good Times Roll!
Vowing to gather the biggest names in music to celebrate
New Orleans, organizers of Jazz Fest on Wednesday unveiled an
eclectic line-up with the...
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Sometimes, the members of U2 can't make it on their own--they
need help hauling all those heavy Grammys around.
The
veteran Irish rockers were the big winners Wednesday...
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U2's ballad "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" won the Grammy Award for song of the year.
Song of the year honors the songwriter, not necessarily the artist,...
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The Grammy Awards will open with a meeting of the Material Girl and the virtual world.
Madonna and the Gorillaz will perform together for the first time at the 48th Annual...
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Rolling Rock beer is ending its Rolling Rock Town Fair, a one-day music festival that drew large rock acts to western Pennsylvania since 2000. Instead, the brewer is teaming...
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Mariah Carey, Kanye West and John Legend will perform at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards.
Each has eight nominations, including album of the year for Carey ("The...
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Veteran U.S. R&B act the Pointer
Sisters have been enjoying unexpected chart action in Belgium
with a cover version of Eurythmics' 1985 hit "Sisters Are Doing
It for...
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Mick and the boys will surely get some satisfaction out of this.
The Rolling Stones raked in $162 million in concert ticket
sales in 2005, becoming the top-grossing tour...
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Powerhouse tours by the Rolling Stones, U2 and Paul McCartney helped drive concert ticket revenues in North America to a record $3.1 billion in 2005, even as the number of...
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The emancipation of Mariah
Carey from all things that
Glitter seems
complete.
The songbird soared with eight
Grammy nominations
Thursday, including an Album of the...
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It's late morning and the guys from Cross Canadian Ragweed are beat.
Cody Canada drifts into the coffee shop a few minutes late and plops down beside bandmates Grady Cross...
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Musician Link Wray, best-known
for his 1958 instrumental single "Rumble," died of unspecified
causes November 5 in Copenhagen. He was 76.
In a career that spanned six...
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As is her wont, Madonna will be stuffing plenty of stockings this
holiday season.
The Material Girl scored her third
consecutive chart-topper with Confessions on a...
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Singer-songwriter Chris Whitley,
who emerged from obscurity in 1991 with his debut album "Living
with the Law," has died of lung cancer, his label said on
Tuesday. He was...
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A collection of poems written by Minnesota college student Robert Zimmerman — later to become the "voice of a generation" as Bob Dylan — sold for $78,000 at an...
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Guitar master Link Wray, the father of the power chord in rock 'n' roll who inspired legends such as Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie and Pete Townsend, has died.
Wray, 76,...
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It looks like Bruce Springsteen will have to content himself with
fame, wealth and the enduring admiration of the masses, because that
suitable-for-framing piece of paper...
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In an elevator at the Sony Music offices, two suited men breezily assess a fledgling artist's demo.
"How did you feel?" one asks.
"I found it to be, well, rather...
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In the summer of 1975, Bruce Springsteen was nobody's Boss.
His nascent career was crumbling, just another over-hyped "new Dylan" about to get dumped by his label. Two of...
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Ten hours, 28 minutes. That was the sum of the music recorded and released by the Beatles before breaking up, a volume of work that changed lives, careers and the course of...
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A 2005 show by Swedish rock band the
Hives at Brussels' Ancienne Belgique makes up the bulk of the
upcoming live DVD "Tussles in Brussels."
Due November 15 via Interscope,...
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Felix Ivanov, a Russian d'Artagnan
with unkempt graying hair who teaches stage combat classes to
aspiring actors, compares sword-fighting to wielding a fishing
rod, a paint...
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In times of war, tragedy and turmoil, many hit songs have eloquently expressed a collective angst. But even though Hurricane Katrina has already inspired several musical...
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In his 12 years in charge of booking musical guests on Conan O'Brien's "Late Night," Jim Pitt always listed U2 and Johnny Cash as the dream artists he'd tried but never...
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In March, U2 was inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bruce Springsteen. By turns
eloquent and funny, Springsteen's induction speech concluded
with a mention of...
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ARTIST: BON JOVI
ALBUM: HAVE A NICE DAY (ISLAND)
People like Bon Jovi for its power-chord-laden songs and
Jon Bon Jovi's gravelly vocals. But the frontman has...
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The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is...
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Canadians attempting to buy Bob Dylan albums may temporarily be
left blowing in the wind.
One of the nation's largest record
chains, HMV Canada, has pulled the entire...
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CBGB's may be down, but if you ask its supporters the legendary New
York venue is certainly not out.
The landlord of the club
credited with spawning seminal punk rock...
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Bruce Springsteen wraps up his second solo acoustic tour by going back where it all began: New Jersey.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer plans shows in the Boardwalk Hall in...
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Former Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio has signed with Columbia Records, having spent his
entire career on Elektra.
Anastasio's label debut, "Shine," will be released...
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Spin magazine has built a veritable rock star Frankenstein, composed of Michael Stipe's skull, Elvis Presley's pelvis and Madonna's bellybutton.
Spin charts the 25 "most...
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The National Association
of Recording Merchandisers, the retail trade group grappling
with a depressed music business, kicks off its annual
convention Thursday at the San...
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If anyone seems born to write and sing songs, it's Holly Williams. Her grandfather is American music icon Hank Williams, her father the country outlaw Hank Williams Jr. She...
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A Penn State conference planner is organizing an academic symposium about Bruce Springsteen.
Mark Bernhard, who describes himself as a "Springsteen nut," says he expects...
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It's an odd cast of characters: an
Armenian-American thrash-rock quartet; a cartoon band that
exists mainly in cyberspace; a pair of supposed siblings (or
exes) with a...
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New York State Attorney General Eliot
Spitzer plans to announce on Monday a settlement in his probe
of the way music companies influence which songs get played on
the radio,...
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Nearly three decades after "Born to Run," with a dozen Grammys and an Oscar to show for his songwriting skills, Bruce Springsteen says he's still learning things about his...
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The man responsible for the defiant
piano lines on Bruce Springsteen's "Born In the U.S.A." is
breaking with rock anthems for a taste of smooth jazz.
Danny Federici,...
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Was Paul McCartney supposed to play at a concert benefiting victims of the Bluebird Canyon landslide? An event organizer claims the former Beatle promised to perform over...
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Apparently selling millions of records, winning multiple Grammys
and being adored by throngs of young girls is enough to give you the
blues.
At least that's the case...
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Bob Dylan must have a weak spot for coffeehouses.
The folk-rock icon, who got his start plying tunes in Greenwich Village
cafes, has become the latest artist to sign a...
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Alanis Morissette oughta know that her decision to hawk her latest
CD through Starbucks was perceived as a slap in the face to traditional
music retailers.
In response,...
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The angry American couldn't compete with the angry Armenians.
In the record store showdown between flag-waving country star
Toby Keith and power rockers System of a...
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Rock is enjoying a resurgence at the top of the album charts, thanks to some much-anticipated veteran acts. System of a Down debuted at No. 1 on latest Billboard album...
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Sony BMG, the world's second- largest
record company, is close to a deal that will grant America
Online rights to its music video catalog, potentially opening
up a new...
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Starbucks Hear Music,
the record arm of the coffee retailer, is launching two
projects with Concord Records, its partner in the wildly
successful 2004 Ray Charles album...
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The Dave Matthews Band did it again.
The jam-rock kings
beat out nerd-rock kings Weezer to land the number one spot on
Billboard's Top 200 album chart for the week...
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Nine Inch Nails have taken a bite out of the competition.
The industrial alt-rock mavens' first official studio release
in six years, With Teeth, debuted atop the pop...
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Over his 35-year career, singer-songwriter John Prine has been called a keen commentator, a wry humorist and a master storyteller. The one thing he's never been called, it's...
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This isn't the first time that
the Boss has followed an acoustic path, but "Devils & Dust"
marks the first time that route leads Bruce Springsteen to No.
1 on The Billboard...
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The Boss is paying the cost for some racy lyrics and anti-corporate
politics.
Starbucks says it will not stock Bruce Springsteen's
just-released Devils & Dust, in part...
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Bruce Springsteen might be unplugged, but he's still the Boss.
Devils & Dust, the new solo acoustic release from New
Jersey's favorite son, led the way as the first of...
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Bruce Springsteen)'s new album, "Devils & Dust," has left the competition in the dust.
Springsteen's first new album in three years debuted at the top of the album charts,...
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Monday (April 25) is the formal kickoff of Bruce Springsteen's solo acoustic tour at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, in support of his new album, Devils & Dust. It's no surprise...
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Bruce Springsteen), "Devils & Dust" (Columbia)
Bruce Springsteen takes listeners to some desolate places on "Devils & Dust": a desert battlefield, a prostitute's bedroom,...
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Bruce Springsteen prefers to let his songs do the talking. When those songs include "Thunder Road," "Nebraska" and "The Rising," it's hard to disagree with his...
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Forget stadiums and the E Street Band--Bruce Springsteen is
downscaling his act for a spring tour.
The Boss will go
it alone later this month as he kicks off his Devils...
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Bruce Springsteen will travel light on his upcoming tour. The Boss will perform by himself when he begins a series of live shows in support of his upcoming "Devils & Dust"...
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Growing sales of DVD music
videos and a sharp increase in digital downloads kept the
global music market afloat in 2004 in what the International
Federation of the...
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On Monday (March 14) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame held its twentieth annual induction ceremony. The Class Of 2005 featured...
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U2 may have found what they're looking for...immortality.
After a quarter-century of pushing musical boundaries in an everlasting
bid to lay claim to the title of...
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Jeremy Tepper was spinning tunes
from the second-floor DJ station at New York's Irving Plaza one
night in March 2004, between live performances by BR549 and the
Mavericks....
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Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, and Neil Young have signed on as inductors for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony on March 14 in New York City. According...
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Bruce Springsteen is ready to dust off some old material for a new
record.
The Boss' 19th album, Devils & Dust, will be
released Apr. 26, Columbia Records announced...
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The Doobies are mourning one of their brothers.
Keith
Knudsen, longtime drummer for jukebox-filling 1970s band the Doobie
Brothers, died Tuesday at age 56 after a...
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Clive Davis can't help but dance.
Put on a record of one of his artists and his feet
automatically start to tap, then he'll get up from behind his
desk and groove.
With...
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The studio that churned out hits from Michael Jackson , Bruce Springsteen , Stevie Wonder and many more, is closing shop.
The legendary Hit Factory will close its New York...
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The Hit Factory, one of New Yorks
largest and best-known recording facilities, will close within
a month.
The company will move its headquarters to its Miami
facility, the...
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Country powerhouse Kenny Chesney's timeout from the Nashville scene
to challenge Jimmy Buffett 's beach-party monopoly has paid off. Be As
You Are: Songs from an Old Blue...
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The brooding kid hailed as rock's next musical genius slouches next to the bar at a tiny, smoky club. No one notices.
Not even this crowd of indie music fans recognizes...
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Students at Salem College, a small liberal arts school for women in Winston-Salem, N.C., have studied the songs of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen .
Now they're delving...
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The future is temporarily on hold for Jermaine Dupri.
The
star rapper-producer had been planning to record the charity single "We
Are the Future," a 20th-anniversary...
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Music producers Quincy Jones and Jermaine Dupri announced Tuesday that the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia has prompted them to postpone the recording of "We are the...
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You only need one word to sum up
the year in pop 2004: Usher. Clearly, it was his house. The
rest of us were just overnight visitors.
It began innocently enough, right at...
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A trip to "The Red Light
District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...
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The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is...
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Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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The Rock and Roll Hall of fame has found what it's looking
for...and then some.
U2 leads the list of rock royalty
set for enshrinement next spring. Joining the Irish...
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U2, the Pretenders, Buddy Guy, Percy
Sledge, and the O'Jays will be inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame at its 20th annual induction ceremony, to be held
March 14...
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Irish rockers U2, R&B singers The O'Jays and soul balladeer Percy Sledge are among five musical legends to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the...
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Same Bonnaroo time, same Bonnaroo
place.
The fourth annual Bonnaroo Music Festival will be held June
10-12, 2005, returning to the 700-acre site in rural
Manchester,...
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The 20th anniversary of the release
of USA For Africa's charity single "We Are the World" will be
marked Feb. 1 with the DVD "We Are the World: The Story Behind
the...
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Call it the 1980s--Version 2.0.
With the 20th
anniversary of "We Are the World," the all-American, all-star charity
anthem of the charity-anthem era, looming, plans...
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The Rolling Stones recently
concluded recording sessions for a new album in Paris with
producer Don Was, who worked with them on their two previous
studio releases.
The...
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Chicago rapper Kanye West, who
survived a near-fatal car crash to score one of the biggest
hits of the year with his debut album, led an eclectic field of
commercially...
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It was No. 1 in 1984, and it's No. 1 again in 2004. The star-studded re-recording of the hit charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" hit the top of the British music...
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Since establishing himself as a solo
artist, Sting's tour's have become grand affairs featuring
large bands. That will change in April, when he launches the
Broken Music...
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Grammy-winning singer-songwriter
Alicia Keys is calling on her peers in the music industry to
raise their voices to help millions suffering from AIDS in
Africa.
"Just for...
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Bruce Springsteen has announced his participation in Flood Aid, a benefit for victims of September flooding in Pittsburgh, that will take place December 2 at the city's...
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Maybe it should have been called Lucky Town. Then again, maybe
not.
A New Jersey developer has backed off plans to name a
condominium complex in Asbury Park The Rising...
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It's good to be The Boss. Less than a month after the city broke ground on a waterfront redevelopment project, Bruce Springsteen rendered his verdict on a planned...
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Little Steven's Underground Garage
Festival, which took place Aug. 14 at New York's Randall's
Island, may be headed to the big screen.
Director Chris Columbus, whose...
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The presidential campaign trail is looking a bit like Hollywood Boulevard. Or a rock 'n' roll stage.
The Boss is stumping for Democratic Sen. John Kerry , while actor...
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Elton John is ready to apologize to Madonna after recently accusing the pop star of lip-synching. "I don't want to escalate it because I like Madonna," the 57-year-old...
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Rocker Bruce Springsteen is joining Sen. John Kerry in the final days of his bid to become the nation's boss.
Springsteen plans to play a song or two at campaign rallies...
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The Dave Matthews Band is hoping to extricate itself from a
nasty jam.
After running afoul with Chicago authorities
after the band's tour bus apparently dumped up to...
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The founders of Band Aid, the 1984 charity effort that raised millions for Ethiopian famine relief, plan a new version of the single "Do They Know It's Christmas," a British...
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Two newspaper reporters who went to see the Boss perform at a political fund-raising concert got in trouble with their own boss.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press suspended...
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John Kerry has a way of bringing people together--at least
alt-rock gods, anyway.
Surviving Nirvana members Dave
Grohl and Krist Novoselic will make their first public...
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After watching world events unfold, after hearing of too many deaths in too many places, Good Charlotte had something to say.
The pop-punk band known for twentysomething...
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R.E.M . hopes to get up close and
personal with fans by staging its most intimate North American
tour in 15 years.
The 29-city trek, which began Oct. 13 at Los Angeles'...
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The Vote for Change concert tour wraps up Monday night, and Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard is calling it a success.
Pearl Jam joined Bruce Springsteen , R.E.M ., Bonnie...
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"National Anthem," a documentary film by Al Maysles and D.A. Pennebaker on the Vote for Change concert tour, will air Monday on the Sundance Channel.
The concert tour,...
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Actress Minnie Driver launched her
debut album on Tuesday, reigniting the musical aspirations she
abandoned when she was cast in her first big movie.
The actress, now...
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After his run on the ongoing Vote
for Change tour, John Fogerty will launch his own headlining
tour Nov. 8 at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
At deadline, 11 stops were...
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Days after the official all-star
finale in Washington, D.C., Bruce Springsteen will steer the
Vote for Change tour homeward to host a concert at the
Continental Airlines...
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Tuesday (Oct. 5) marks the release
date for two soundtracks related to the Michael Moore
documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11." The DVD of the movie arrives the
same...
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Bruce Springsteen and R.E.M . frontman Michael Stipe stayed on message from the time they took the stage: Vote John Kerry on Nov. 2. The rockers joined an assortment of...
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Bruce Springsteen rocked
concert-goers while trying to rock the vote Friday night,
leading a band of top musicians in a rollicking show to help
elect Democrat John Kerry ...
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Minnie Driver knows the news of
yet another actress making an album generally starts people's
eyes rolling, and she's just fine with that.
"With all due respect, the bar...
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They may not be soccer moms or NASCAR dads, but kids with Mohawks, black leather and multiple piercings are getting their own campaign tour of swing states.
Justin Sane,...
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Punk rock bands are hitting Portland this weekend to kick off a national anti-President Bush concert tour laced with appearances in swing states.
The bands probably won't...
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Guitarist John Fogerty first
realized he was a failure about a decade ago.
Sure, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in 1993 for his work as the...
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Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal punk band "The Ramones" that influenced a generation of rockers, has died. He was 55.
Ramone, who had been fighting...
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Paul McCartney , the Red Hot Chili
Peppers, Tony Bennett , Sonic Youth, Ben Harper and the Innocent
Criminals, Los Lonely Boys and Tegan & Sara will join event
founder Neil...
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While the race for the White House
draws most of the public's political attention between now and
Election Day, operatives of both parties and private-sector
industries will...
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Match the performers with the presidential candidates they played for or otherwise supported. Hint: Some candidates here are associated with more than one performer or...
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As the Republican National Convention gets underway Monday, the
GOP wants everyone to know that Democrats aren't the only political
party with stars at the ready.
...
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Organizers of the Vote for Change
tour say they are pleased with initial ticket sales for the
politically charged trek and expect shows to sell out by Labor
Day.
The tour...
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When R.E.M . went into the studio last
year to record its 15th album, the influential rock band didn't
set out to make political statements or tributes to Sept. 11
victims,...
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This probably wasn't what Dave had in mind when he wrote "Don't
Drink the Water."
The state of Illinois has filed a
lawsuit against the Dave Matthews Band for allegedly...
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Back in the 1980s, when Bruce Hornsby couldn't flip on the radio without hearing one of his tunes, the singer-songwriter failed to impress one listener: himself.
"It was...
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A group of politically conservative country music stars launched a get-out-the-vote project Tuesday, saying everyone has a responsibility to vote in November regardless of...
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Upset with Bruce Springsteen 's effort to oust President Bush from the White House, the New York Conservative Party's candidate for the U.S. Senate is launching a "Boycott...
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In the '80s, he campaigned against
apartheid. On Saturday, Bruce Springsteen guitarist Little
Steven furthered the cause of garage rock with a festival that
featured the...
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The ability to download complete
tracks directly over cell-phone networks to mobile phones is
becoming a reality in Europe.
O2 Music, the music arm of U.K.-based...
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Add Babyface and Missy Elliot to the growing list of artists
looking to get out the vote in the months before the Nov. 2 presidential
election.
The R&B star and hip-hop...
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With military-like precision, some
of the most powerful managers and agents in the music business
have plotted a groundbreaking exercise in political activism:
the...
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The city council on Wednesday lifted a nearly 25-year ban on concert general admission seating that was imposed after 11 fans were crushed to death at a performance by the...
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The Boss is going up against the boss.
Bruce Springsteen , the U.S. rock icon known as The Boss,
will join two dozen other stars in nine "battleground" states
for a rock...
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Bruce Springsteen has finally been drafted.
After weeks of speculation as to whether or not the megastar would play
a protest concert at Giants Stadium during the...
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In an unprecedented series of concerts in nine swing states, more than 20 musical acts — including Bruce Springsteen , Pearl Jam and the Dixie Chicks — will...
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The heavy lifting is about to begin
for BMG and Sony Music.
With the European Commission 's July 19 clearance of the
proposed merger of the two music giants, approval by...
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Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready
will preview tracks from the group's upcoming double-disc
concert set "Live at Benaroya Hall" via a live, one-hour radio
broadcast...
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Are stadium tours extinct?
Once an integral and lucrative facet of the warm-weather
concert business, the stadium tour is completely absent from
this summer's...
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It only took 30 years,
but Jimmy Buffett can finally say he has reached No. 1 on the
U.S. pop albums chart.
"License to Chill," a set that includes duets with top
country...
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A popular fan magazine and Web site devoted to Bruce Springsteen soon will be based in North Carolina.
Chris Phillips, editor and publisher of Backstreets, which has...
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Two days after a tribute concert was held for Bruce Springsteen , The Boss showed up to offer an authentic taste of his music.
Springsteen joined rocker Joe Grushecky...
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About 2,000 staffers
worldwide will be let go as a result of the upcoming merger
between recording industry giants Sony Music and Bertelsmann
Music Group (BMG), sources...
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Fresh off a European festival
appearance the night before, Howlin' Pelle Almqvist is tired
and his voice is hoarse.
But the Hives' charismatic frontman wants to make one...
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On a soft summer night last year, Dave and Serge Bielanko stood with Bruce Springsteen before 55,000 raucous fans at Giants Stadium. The beaming brothers, guests of the...
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Madame Marie, a figure of rock 'n' roll mythology thanks to Bruce Springsteen , is living the boardwalk life again.
Marie Castello, who told fortunes out of a shack she...
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Guitarist Paco de Lucia was awarded the Prince of Asturias prize for arts for his contribution to the culture of flamenco music.
The award — one of Spain's highest...
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Dust Bowl troubadour Woody Guthrie is being honored with a portrait at the state Capitol.
Guthrie wrote hundreds of songs after leaving Okemah, Okla., as a teen, including...
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For about a week there it appeared
that the Bonnaroo music festival, with a gross of approximately
$14.5 million, was a lock as the top Billboard Boxscore of the
year....
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Do you remember "Hullaballo"? "Upbeat"? "Shindig"? Those classic '60s rock television shows inspired Little Steven Van Zandt 's latest project — a one-day "garage band"...
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Is the Boss born to run the GOP out of town?
That's the question being put to Bruce Springsteen by an ambitious
concert promoter who has launched an online petition to...
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"Bennifer" has been over for months, but the media's love-hate relationship with the celebrity couple continues.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have been banished from...
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Rock icon Bruce Springsteen has
used cars and the open road as metaphors for both the American
dream and the American nightmare throughout his career.
Now, more than 30...
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Hip-swiveling Elvis, womanizer Mick Jagger and "Material Girl" Madonna may be some of rock 'n'
roll's greatest musical icons but as positive role models,
they've yet to...
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Pearl Jam and The Boss at the ballet? Jerry Springer and Palm Pilots at the opera? Participants at the National Performing Arts Convention, the first of its kind,...
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From "Thunder Road" to "Racing in the Street," in pickups and pink Cadillacs, Bruce Springsteen spent the last 30 years riding shotgun with his fans down life's highways,...
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Clear Channel Communications Inc.
is under fire from smaller rivals worried that it will shut
them out of the quickly growing business of offering
live-concert CDs...
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Forget running. Apparently, Bruce
Frederick Springsteen was born to sell.
Fans looking
to get some truly rare Boss records now can, thanks to a New York
auction house...
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June Pointer Whitmore jumped to her own defense in court
Friday.
The youngest Pointer
Sister, who was ousted from the band four years aog due to
substance-abuse...
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Nearly 20 years ago, legendary producer and media mogul Quincy Jones gathered about 45 top musicians, including Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen , for the charity...
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Former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and conductor Elgar Howarth will award the 2004 Polar Music Prize to bluesman B.B. King and composer Gyoergy Ligeti, organizers...
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We're guessing this Pointer
Sister is not so excited about her run-in with the law.
June Pointer Whitmore, the youngest member of the
hit-making, Grammy-winning R&B diva...
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Nearly 20 years after recording the
ground-breaking charity album "We Are the World," producer
Quincy Jones is at it again -- assembling an all-star ensemble
concert to...
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Can you hear me now? RepeatSeat
hopes so, as it introduces cell-phone tickets to U.S.
event-goers this year.
Teaming up with fellow ticketing firm U.K.-based...
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BMG North America on Wednesday said
it reorganized its U.S. labels and operations and put Arista
Records under the RCA Music Group umbrella.
Arista had been without a head...
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Instead of fries, how about a
little Beyonce or Bruce Springsteen to go with your Big Mac?
In the latest blend of e-music with the food-and-beverage
industry, Japanese...
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They say everything old is new
again. That is certainly true for Trunk Ltd. The Santa Monica,
Calif.-based fashion company is making a name for itself by
reissuing vintage...
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An 1888 recitation of the Lord's Prayer, the original cast recording of "Oklahoma!" and the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album will be enshrined together...
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Prince was crowned as musical royalty
on Monday as he joined the late George Harrison among eight
inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Also honored at the 19th...
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The forecast called for purple rain at the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame Monday, where inductee Prince's
electrifying performance was a highlight of the ceremony that...
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In the wake of two Grammy Award wins
by the late Warren Zevon last month, Artemis Records on March
9released a limited-edition version of Zevon's final album "The
Wind"...
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Call it one generation of rock honoring another. That both men are Michigan natives and good friends is an added bonus.
On Monday night, before a black-tie crowd at...
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When people speak of music
visionaries, artists usually get most of the credit. But in
terms of those who work behind the scenes, few visionaries
stand out more than Rolling...
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Clear Channel Entertainment has
sprouted a new festival division.
Though the road is full of existing festivals -- including
the upcoming 10th edition of the Vans Warped...
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When Little Steven Van Zandt launches his search for the nation's No. 1 garage band, don't expect "American Idol II."
"More like `American Hoodlums,'" Van Zandt said with...
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If someone compiled a list of the
most commercially successful and prolific producers in
R&B/hip-hop, Timbaland's name would likely be near the top of
the list.
In less...
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Little Steven Van Zandt --
guitarist for Bruce Springsteen 's E Street band, gangster actor
on HBO's "The Sopranos" and host of the syndicated "Little
Steven Underground...
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The sun might have gone down on his album, but Kenny Chesney
sure went up on the charts.
The country crooner
reset the bar for 2004 as his new album, When the Sun Goes...
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Janet didn't show. Justin did. Beyonc won--a lot.
The
46th
Annual Grammy Awards, irrevocably shaped by last weekend's 38th
annual Super Bowl, played it safe with a...
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It was black and white, and watched all over.
In the days before color television, on the evening of Feb. 9, 1964, the Beatles appeared live in the living rooms of 78...
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The first time OutKast got a Grammy nomination for best album, in 2002, hip-hop's eclectic duo was upstaged by the old-time bluegrass of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Two...
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Sting, Dave Matthews, Vince Gill and
the Neptunes' Pharrell Williams have signed on for a Grammy
tribute to the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' first U.S.
television...
more >
Ed Sciaky, a Philadelphia disc jockey who helped bring attention to artists such as Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel , died Thursday while in New York, his employer said....
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A contingent of independent
music labels vowed on Monday to fight the proposed merger
between music giants Sony Music and Bertelsmann's BMG as a
crucial deadline for...
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Famed New York nightclub the Bottom
Line closed the doors forever at its Greenwich Village location
Thursday.
Opened nearly 30 years ago by Allan Pepper and...
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On January 23rd, 1958, Brunswick Records released "Maybe Baby" backed with "Tell Me How" by The Crickets.
In 1970, singer Judy Collins was denied permission to sing her...
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Bruce Springsteen was the boss of the concert business in 2003, raking in $115.9 million to rank second only to the Rolling Stones for the most money ever earned by a...
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Bruce Springsteen was the top
concert draw across North America in 2003 as more than 1.6
million fans paid to take in his marathon shows and musings on
the struggles of the...
more >
The story of Warren Zevon 's last album will expand when it hits DVD in March.
A VH1 special about the making of "The Wind" that aired in August will be released by...
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Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz --
the Atlanta-bred rap trio of Lil Jon, Big Sam and Lil Bo --
proclaimed themselves the "Kings of Crunk" in the title of
their BME/TVT...
more >
Bruce Springsteen led the mourners in Christmas carols, Nils Lofgren sang "Wind Beneath My Wings," and Santa Claus rode on a vintage fire truck at the funeral for...
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Germany's Bertelsmann AG
(BERT.UL) and Sony (6758.T) of Japan on Friday finalized terms
of an agreement to merge their music businesses, as the
industry confronts...
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Beyonce and Christina Aguilera will be singing for the same label under a final merger agreement announced Friday by Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news) .,...
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Singer/songwriter Pete Yorn will on
Jan. 6 unveil a double-disc concert set, "Live From New
Jersey," which sports covers of the Elvis Presley -popularized
"Suspicious...
more >
Bruce Springsteen 's small-scale show was postponed Saturday night, a day after The Boss staged the first of three holiday performances at the decrepit seaside resort where...
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They may have passed on to that
great concert hall in the sky, but artists such as Warren Zevon , George Harrison , Johnny Cash and his wife still managed
to pick up...
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Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles:
1. Record of the Year: "Crazy in...
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A Manhattan judge has ordered the eviction of the Bottom Line nightclub from the Greenwich Village space it has occupied for the past 30 years.
Civil Court Judge Donna...
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Bruce Springsteen will stage a trio
of holiday concerts next month in his adopted hometown of
Asbury Park, N.J.
The Dec. 5-7 shows at the Asbury Park Convention Hall...
more >
Jay-Z sure knows how to make
an exit.
The retiring rapper is going out on top, as his
swan song, The
Black Album, beat out five other huge new releases last week...
more >
It shapes up as a battle between
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" Dorothy and "The Way We Were"
Babs, old-time crooner Bing and The Boss, Bruce Springsteen .
The American Film...
more >
A new 2Pac compilation led the
heavy album slate that hit stores Nov. 11, but another title
likely will lead next week's Billboard 200.
Both Jay-Z's "The Black Album"...
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Musicians worried that new media ownership rules will make it harder to get airtime are taking the fight from the Capitol to their own turf, embarking on a grass-roots music...
more >
At the Tides Cafe, the decor was all Springsteen. There were framed photographs of him on the walls, a pennant embossed with his face hanging from a window sash. Album...
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Sony Music, home to such artists as
Beyonce Knowles and Bruce Springsteen , on Monday said it plans
to introduce new CD technology in Germany that prevents users
from...
more >
Music pirates beware. Two music giants have just announced plans
to form a powerful alliance in the fight to save the recording
industry.
New York-based Sony Corp...
more >
The merger of Sony Music and BMG could
bring a whole new stable of recording artists to listeners
hooked on Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news) .'s electronics, but analysts say...
more >
Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news) . announced a preliminary plan to merge their music businesses Thursday, setting the stage for a music company that would vie...
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On the two year anniversary of the September 11 attacks, many superstar performers are taking the night off in honor of the victims. Out of regard for those killed, and for...
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A September 2 release date has been set for Light Of Day: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen, a two-CD set of all-star Springsteen covers. The 37-song project features...
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While Bruce Springsteen can sell out 10 nights at Giants Stadium, he is having trouble getting a "meeting across the river" in New York City. A report in the New York Daily...
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The "Glory Days" just get better and better for Bruce Springsteen. After selling out a September 6 show at Boston's Fenway Park in short order, Springsteen added a second...
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The Boston Herald reports that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band may be booked to play two shows, September 6 and 7, at Fenway Park, the home of baseball's Red Sox....
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The photo exhibit, Springsteen -- Troubadour Of The Highway, began a 12-week run at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, this weekend. The multi-media...
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After several hearings, magistrates in the UK have decided that Bruce Springsteen's sold-out show in Manchester on May 29 will go ahead as planned.
Last month, town...
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Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Gary U.S. Bonds, and Southside Johnny will appear at "The Hope Concert" Tuesday (April 29), in Red Bank, New Jersey. Funds raised from the...
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Bruce Springsteen has issued a statement supporting the country trio the Dixie Chicks, who have suffered backlash, including radio playlist bans, after singer Natalie...
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A May 29 show by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band in Manchester, England, has been canceled by city officials. The group is slated to play at the Old Trafford...
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Bruce Springsteen opened his Australian tour in Melbourne on Thursday night (March 20) with an anti-war musical message. He started the evening with an acoustic version of...
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New Jersey-based rockers Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Bobby Bandiera, Gary U.S. Bonds, and Southside Johnny have all signed on to perform at the Hope Concert. The...
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The late Hank Ballard, a Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer who wrote "The Twist," was honored by Bruce Springsteen during his concert Tuesday (March 4) night in Jacksonville,...
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Bruce Springsteen came out against a potential war with Iraq at his 2003 tour opener in Duluth, Georgia, on Friday (February 28).
The Backstreets fanzine paraphrased...
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Bruce Springsteen is changing things up a bit in his choice of opening song this year. While all but one of the 2002 shows began with "The Rising," Springsteen kicked off...
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The hour-long Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band special airs at 9 p.m. ET/PT Friday (February 28) on CBS--the same night the group's tour resumes in Duluth, Georgia....
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Norah Jones was the big winner at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards, personally taking five awards in her first-ever Grammy appearance, including the coveted album of the year...
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The following is a list of the 45th Annual Grammy Awards winners that includes top honors for Norah Jones, Bruce Springsteen, and the Dixie Chicks.
RECORD OF THE...
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Norah Jones took home eight Grammy wins, including four of the evening's top awards, Sunday (February 23) at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards held at Madison Square Garden in...
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Bruce Springsteen will be rocking Sunday's (February 23) Grammy Awards in New York City. He'll perform "The Rising" with the E Street Band, and he and E Street Band...
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The 45th Annual Grammy Awards will take place Sunday (February 23) at Madison Square Garden in New York, and air on CBS from 8-11 p.m. ET (livep on the East Coast, tape...
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A tribute to Joe Strummer and the Clash will be one of the highlights of the upcoming Grammy Awards show. The late Clash singer-guitarist, who died in December at age 50,...
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Bruce Springsteen will play a pair of benefit shows next month for a magazine in financial trouble. Springsteen will appear February 19 and 20 at the Somerville Theater in...
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The long-rumored Bruce Springsteen TV special is now official. The hour-long Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band will air at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS on February 28, just...
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Rapper Nelly and Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child will hit the stage for a performance of their Grammy-nominated duet, "Dilemma," at this year's Grammy ceremony. The song is...
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Petula Clark's "Downtown," Ike & Tina Turner's revamped version of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary," and Bruce Springsteen's 1975 breakthrough album Born To Run...
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U2, Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Shakira, Coldplay, Moby, and Norah Jones have all received nominations at the upcoming Edison Pop Music Awards in Holland, which will take...
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Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa have committed themselves to a benefit performance on February 20. The husband-and-wife duo will appear at a fundraiser for DoubleTake...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band have booked a March 7 concert date at the 13,800-seat Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Despite having performed at both...
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Bruce Springsteen was among the leading nominees for this year's Grammy Awards, one of eight performers with five nods for the 2003 ceremony. Springsteen's 2002 album, The...
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A mix of veteran artists and newcomers led the nominees for the 45th annual Grammy Awards, announced Tuesday (January 7), with five nominations each, with Bruce Springsteen,...
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Bruce Springsteen performed at his own Christmas party on Sunday (December 22) at his favorite New Jersey haunt, the Stone Pony in Asbury Park.
The band of guitarist-singer...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band wrap up their 2002 touring on Tuesday (December 17) at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The show, in support of the 2002 album...
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Bruce Springsteen Day will be held in Rome, on Tuesday (December 10) at the Centro Studi Americani (Center for American Studies).
Scheduled events include seminars and...
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If it's the holiday season, that means it's time for Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band to start playing "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town." The group pulled out its...
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were joined onstage Monday night (December 1) in Atlanta by Brendan O'Brien, producer of The Rising.
O'Brien came out during the...
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Bruce Springsteen was joined onstage Tuesday (November 19) in Birmingham, Alabama, by Emmylou Harris for an acoustic rendition of "My Hometown."
An avowed Springsteen fan,...
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"The Boss," Bruce Springsteen, will pay tribute to "The King," Elvis Presley, in an all-star, prime-time television tribute to Presley slated to air November 28 on NBC. Cher...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band have rescheduled this weekend's tour dates, following the surgery of saxophone player Clarence Clemons. The 60-year-old Clemons...
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Bruce Springsteen was forced to postpone his Wednesday (November 6) show in Austin, Texas, after Clarence Clemons was diagnosed with a detached retina. The E Street Band...
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Bruce Springsteen was joined onstage by Don Henley on Sunday (November 3) for a version of the Bobby Fuller Four's 1965 hit "I Fought The Law."
The Henley appearance at...
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Bruce Springsteen was a semi-surprise performer at the third annual Light Of Day Concert to benefit the Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF) on Saturday (November 2) in New...
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Bruce Springsteen wraps his announced tour in support of The Rising in mid-December, but it's not over, according to guitarist Little Steven.
The longtime E Street Band...
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Bruce Springsteen's video for "Lonesome Day" has been released and will be available Wednesday (October 23) on LAUNCH (launch.yahoo.com) and is also set to air on MTV, MTV2,...
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Bruce Springsteen played "Thunder Road" on Friday (October 4) in Boston at the dedication ceremony for the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, named for an activist who was...
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"Everyday," the first single from the new Bon Jovi album, Bounce, is one of several on the set that was inspired by the events of September 11. That makes Bon Jovi the...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band are getting ready to wrap up the second leg of their tour in support of The Rising. The tour hits the FleetCenter in Boston on Friday...
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Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder joined Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band on Wednesday (September 25) in Chicago at the United Center, singing a duet of "My Hometown"...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band kicked off Thursday's (August 29) Video Music Awards (VMAs) with an outdoor performance of "The Rising." The group, which was...
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For a bunch of guys who were fired and then rehired, there are no hard feelings between the members of the E Street Band and Bruce Springsteen.
That's the word from "The...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band have announced their upcoming European itinerary in support of The Rising. The group will play seven shows there, starting October 14...
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Bruce Springsteen spends a second week atop the Billboard 200 albums chart this week with The Rising, which moved almost 239,000 copies. The Rising is Springsteen's first...
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He may be on the road, but that doesn't mean Bruce Springsteen is quelling the media blitz in support of his new album, The Rising. With an appearance on the MTV Music Video...
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When Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band visit Cincinnati, Ohio, in November, they'll make history by playing the first general admission concert there in more than 20...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band kicked off their 2002-2003 world tour in support of The Rising at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey on...
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Filter's new album, The Amalgamut, makes its debut at Number 32 on the Billboard 200 album chart, while Bruce Springsteen's The Rising captured the Number One slot on the...
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Bruce Springsteen lands atop the Billboard 200 albums chart this week with his September 11-themed album, The Rising, which moved almost 525,000 copies in its first week....
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band kick off their world tour in support of The Rising at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Wednesday...
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Bruce Springsteen's new album, The Rising, debuted at Number One on the U.K. album chart Sunday (August 4), unseating the Red Hot Chili Peppers's By The Way, which spent...
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The Bruce Springsteen media blitz continues Thursday and Friday (August 1 and 2) with a rare two-night stand on CBS's The Late Show With David Letterman. The appearances...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band returned to Convention Hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on Tuesday (July 30) evening where they'd performed that morning for The Today...
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It will be a "Boss" blitz Tuesday (July 30) as Bruce Springsteen's new album, The Rising, arrives, accompanied by perhaps the heaviest media campaign of his...
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For the second time in his career, Bruce Springsteen is on the cover of Time magazine. In the accompanying interview, titled "Reborn In The USA," it's revealed that after...
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Bruce Springsteen spread the gospel, literally, at a restaurant in Asbury Park, New Jersey this week. Springsteen performed his new song "My City of Ruins" at Sonny's...
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The limited-edition version of Bruce Springsteen's The Rising, his first album with the E Street Band since 1984's Born In The U.S.A., will be available at retail stores on...
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A new song from Bruce Springsteen's upcoming album The Rising will have its world premiere this weekend on Little Steven's syndicated radio program. The song, "Countin' On A...
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Tickets for seven of the upcoming Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band concerts this summer go on sale this weekend. Dates in East Rutherford, New Jersey; Washington, D.C.;...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band are headed out on the road again, but you'd better get your tickets fast. The group will play what's being called a "barnstorming"...
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Some playgrounds in Asbury Park, New Jersey, will be a little nicer thanks to Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen, a product of nearby Freehold, New Jersey who cut his performing...
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Bruce Springsteen fans in three cities became the first to sample tracks from his forthcoming album, The Rising, at special preview listening parties on Tuesday (July 2)....
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His new album The Rising isn't out until July 30, but Bruce Springsteen is giving some fans a chance to hear it in advance. In early July there will be 19 special listening...
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With a new album coming July 30, Bruce Springsteen has found a novel way of doing promotion. Springsteen and his E Street Band cohorts will perform for the NBC morning show...
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New Yorkers tuned in to top 40 station WPLJ on Friday morning (June 21) got a preview of the upcoming Bruce Springsteen album, The Rising, when the title track was debuted...
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The official Bruce Springsteen website (brucespringsteen.net) has posted the album cover art for The Rising, due in stores July 30.
The cover shows the title placed...
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Little Steven Van Zandt says a new tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band could come "very, very close'' to the release of Springsteen's new album, The Rising,...
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Shortly before the official announcement Monday (June 3) of the new Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band album, drummer Max Weinberg spoke freely about it in Canada. Taking...
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Bruce Springsteen has made it official--his new album will be out July 30. The Rising was done at Southern Tracks Recording in Atlanta, Georgia, with producer Brendan...
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Bruce Springsteen is the target of New Jersey political activists who hope to draft him to run for the U.S. Senate. The political group Independence For New Jersey has...
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Is a new album from Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band on the horizon? The fan website Backstreets (backstreets.com) reports that a new collection--the group's first...
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Even though Clarence Clemons publicly said Bruce Springsteen is recording a new album with the E Street Band, Little Steven refuses to reveal any details. In fact, the...
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Bruce Springsteen fans won't have to wait for his upcoming album with the E Street Band to hear his next recorded performance. "The Boss" appears on the next album by...
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Another member of the E Street Band has confirmed that the group is working on a new album. Sax player Clarence Clemons admitted that Bruce Springsteen and company has...
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There are conflicting reports as to whether Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band recently spent time in an Atlanta recording studio. A spokesperson for Southern Tracks...
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Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Little Richard, and others have teamed up for a tribute album to Johnny Cash, which is slated for release on May 28. The currently untitled...
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Things have been festive in Asbury Park, New Jersey, this week as Bruce Springsteen is in the midst of what's become an annual tradition of special holiday concerts. Two...
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As he did last year, Bruce Springsteen will play some holiday concerts in New Jersey next month, with the proceeds going to local charities. Springsteen, backed by the Max...
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Autographed guitars from Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, and Johnny Cash are just some of the items that will be up for auction during World Hunger Year's (WHY) annual...
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DVD and VHS versions of the America: A Tribute To Heroes telethon, featuring Bruce Springsteen, U2, Dave Matthews, the Dixie Chicks, Enrique Iglesias, and others, are set to...
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It's a big day for Bruce Springsteen fans as the Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live In New York City DVD and VHS come out today (November 6). The package adds an...
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*NSYNC, Bruce Springsteen, Celine Dion, and Britney Spears join traditional artists such as Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald on the upcoming...
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An album featuring musical performances from Friday night's (September 21) America: A Tribute To Heroes telethon is in the works. All the artists who appeared on the...
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In one of the largest and most unique events in broadcast history, countless giants of music, including Bruce Springsteen, U2, Stevie Wonder, and Celine Dion, converged at...
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Recording artists, television personalities, and movie actors including Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro,...
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Clarence Clemons, the saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, had to deal with a bomb scare this weekend during a four-show stand at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park....
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A U.S. District Court in New Jersey has ruled that Bruce Springsteen is still "The Boss"--over his own music, at least. In Springsteen's suit against Pony Express...
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Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes were joined by Bruce Springsteen and Graham Parker on Sunday (May 27), during a dual anniversary show at the Asbury Park, New Jersey club...
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Live In New York City, the new album from Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, will debut at Number Five in next week's edition of Billboard. Nearly 115,000 copies of the...
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Bruce Springsteen has come out on top of a British court decision that will keep some of his earliest recordings off the market. London's Court Of Appeals ruled yesterday...
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Beyond the news value of Bruce Springsteen's reunion with the E Street Band, the new concert album Live In New York City is also drawing attention for its inclusion of two...
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Bruce Springsteen further cemented his image as a man of the people when he showed up at a New Jersey music store to help launch his new album. Just after midnight yesterday...
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Out Tuesday (April 3) is Live In New York City, a two-CD concert set from Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band that was recorded at the final two shows of the group's...
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(3/8/01, 10 a.m. ET) – Rock'n'roll aficionado Little Steven has announced the upcoming reunion of ? & the Mysterians at a show in New York City. Steven, in conjunction with...
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The long-rumored live album from Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's shows at New York's Madison Square Garden is now a reality. April 3 has been announced as the...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band are coming to a TV screen near you. HBO will air Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band at 9 p.m. ET/PT on April 7, marking the first...
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Bruce Springsteen used the occasion of a holiday performance in his old stomping grounds to unveil a new song. Sunday night (December 17) at the Asbury Park (New Jersey)...
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Bruce Springsteen is interrupting his nearly six-month sabbatical to help those less fortunate this holiday season. Springsteen will team up with E Street Band drummer Max...
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Bruce Springsteen was honored by a New Jersey chapter of the NAACP. "The Boss" was given the Humanitarian Community Service Award by the Middletown, New Jersey, group on...
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One of the most lauded tribute albums in recent years was the Right Stuff's One Step Up/Two Steps Back: The Songs Of Bruce Springsteen, a two-disc set released in 1997 that...
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Sub Pop Records is putting together a tribute album to Bruce Springsteen. On November 7, the Seattle label will release Badlands: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen's...
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Fans of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band are always talking about a new album from the group, and the conversation heated up when the band added more new songs to its...
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Little Steven says the death of actress Nancy Marchand has been a tough thing for the cast of The Sopranos to deal with. Steven, who wraps up a 10-show stand at New York's...
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Although he's done almost everything he could to dissuade ticket scalping, Bruce Springsteen is not having scalpers arrested outside New York's Madison Square Garden, as...
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With Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band in the midst of a 10-date run at New York's Madison Square Garden -- which wraps up a tour that began in April 1999 -- fans are...
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The controversy over Bruce Springsteens new song "American Skin" continues to have repercussions around New York City. Law enforcement officers around the city have...
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Bruce Springsteen unveiled for New Yorkers his controversial new song "American Skin" at Monday's (June 12) opening night concert of his 10-show run at Madison Square...
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Tickets for Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's 10-show run at Madison Square Garden are going for literally thousands of dollars, but it's not just the scalpers and...
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In response to "American Skin (41 Shots)," the new song performed last weekend by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (PBA) of the...
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One of rock legend Bruce Springsteen's new songs makes reference to the shooting of African immigrant Amadou Diallo by New York City police last year.
At a show last...
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For a guy who was born in New Zealand and grew up in Australia, actor Russell Crowe certainly has an affinity for New Jersey's favorite son,
Bruce Springsteen. Crowe,...
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Even though it was hardly a surprise to those in attendance,
Bruce Springsteen renewed his acquaintance with Pittsburgh singer-songwriter Joe Grushecky/The Houserockers...
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The overwhelming success of the
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band tour has led to a few more dates being added.
The group will make a return visit to California, this...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band will end their reunion tour with a total of 10 shows at New York's Madison Square Garden, and not the previously announced five, a...
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The music of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member
Bruce Springsteen will once again be directed at country music fans courtesy of
Trisha Yearwood. The country superstar...
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An Internet-spread rumor regarding the failing heath of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons
has gotten so far out of hand that Clemons had...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band announced the spring leg of the band's reunion tour today (Jan. 25). Kicking off on Feb. 28 in State College, Pa., the tour will hit...
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Santana
leads the list of classic-rock artists nominated for Grammys this year -- after all, those 10 nominations lead the list of all nominees (LAUNCH, 1/4/00) -- but...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band and the Rolling Stones were the kings of box office receipts in 1999, but exactly who won the crown depends on who you ask. Each group...
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"Welcome to the last show of the century." That's how Bruce Springsteen kicked off the final concert of the 1999 leg of his reunion tour with the E Street Band Monday night...
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You know it's the holiday season when Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band start playing "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," which is what they did at the end of their show...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band are due to wrap up the 1999 portion of their reunion tour Monday night (Nov. 29) in Minneapolis. The outing, which began last April in...
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Classic rock will play a big part on the Columbia Records soundtrack to HBO's popular mafia soap opera, The Sopranos, which is due in stores on Dec. 14. Among the album's...
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Due to a perforated eardrum suffered by band member Patti Scialfa, the Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band shows scheduled for Nov. 3 and 4 at the Target Center in...
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Last night's Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band reunion show, which also served as opening night of the new Staples Center in Los Angeles, may not go down as the glory...
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Grammy Award-winning hip-hop star Jay-Z, born Sean Carter, plans to release his fourth studio album, tentatively titled Life From The Hood, on Dec. 26. Super-producer...
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Rock legend Bruce Springsteen celebrates his 50th birthday today (Sept. 23). With a string of hit albums, sold-out tours, and solid rock 'n' roll credibility behind him,...
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Bruce Springsteen is blocking an attempt by Irish rocker Kevin Rowland--the former leader of the band Dexy's Midnight Runners (best known for their hit "Come On...
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The Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band reunion has been officially extended. Recently announced concerts in Phoenix; Oakland, Calif.; Minneapolis; Fargo, N.D.;...
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Courtesy of RockOnTV (www.rockontv.com):
CBS:
:The 17th Annual Miss Teen USA - Judges include popular recording artists Coolio and Jordan Knight; Deidre "Spinderella" Roper...
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Fans anticipated something special last night (Aug. 12) at Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's final gig in their home state at the Continental Airlines Arena, and they...
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Kicking off the first of 15 sold-out shows at New Jersey's Continental Airlines Arena, Bruce Springsteen and the reunited E Street Band pulled out all the stops Thursday...
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Backstage after Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's concert Thursday (July 15) at New Jersey's Continental Airlines Arena, Sony sponsored an American-themed party. In a...
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The North American leg of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's reunion tour doesn't start until Thursday (July 15), but the Boss apparently couldn't wait until then to...
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The Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band reunion tour hasn't even touched down on U.S. soil yet, but it's already setting records.
The Boss and company have become the...
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The suspense is over. After keeping fans guessing since late last year, the Bruce Springsteen camp has finally announced the opening date of the first U.S. Springsteen &...
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Although he was busy preparing his Tracks boxed set and getting ready for a giant summer reunion tour with the E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen found the time to write a...
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As the long-awaited Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band tour draws closer, more details are emerging.
Aside from the previously announced dates (LAUNCH, 3/4),...
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Fans of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band who happen to live in Asbury Park, N.J. must be in heaven. On March 11, Springsteen invited a group of 30-40 fans stationed...
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The initial dates of Bruce Springsteen's reunion tour with the E Street Band have finally been announced. But Bruce's U.S. fans will still have to wait to find out if and...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band drummer and Late Night With Conan O'Brien bandleader Max Weinberg will answer questions about the E Street Band reunion and his stint...
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The solo debut by Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness will have some very special guests--Bruce Springsteen and Brian Setzer, Time Bomb Recordings has confirmed after...
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The solo debut by Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness will have some very special guests--Bruce Springsteen and Brian Setzer, Time Bomb Recordings has confirmed after...
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As the crew of NBC's Late Night With Conan O'Brien prepares for life without bandleader Max Weinberg, who is temporarily leaving the show to play drums on Bruce...
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It's official: Max Weinberg is taking a temporary leave of absence from his band-leading duties on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, as widely speculated (LAUNCH,...
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These are good times for Bruce Springsteen. Only days ago, Springsteen announced he plans to reunite the E Street Band for a tour in the Summer of 1999 (myLAUNCH, 12/9)....
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Bruce Springsteen will launch a worldwide tour with the E Street Band in the Summer of 1999, his management has announced. All additional details, including which E Street...
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The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and Museum has announced its 1999 inductees, and it's a pretty heavy bunch--Billy Joel, Curtis Mayfield, Paul McCartney as a solo artist, Del...
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When news of Bruce Springsteen's boxed set Tracks first began to surface, the rumor mill was working overtime with talk that Springsteen would tour with the E Street Band...
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The highly-anticipated and much-rumored boxed set Bruce Springsteen: Tracks has been confirmed for a Nov. 10 release on Columbia Records. The news comes as Springsteen is...
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Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, and Buddy & Julie Miller will be among the country-rock stars performing at a Washington, D.C. concert to...
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The employees of Sony Music worldwide gathered in Miami last week to celebrate the company's banner year and to make sure that the Sony ship's course is set for an upcoming...
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Douglas Springsteen, who figured prominently in many songs by his son Bruce, died Sunday, May 3rd in Belmont, California. His age and the cause of death weren't...
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Memphis-based concert promoter Bob Kelley died late last week, the victim of an apparent suicide, according to Memphis police. Kelley was the founder and president of...
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Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and several other prominent New Jersey musicians are planning a show to benefit the family of a police officer gunned down in the line of...
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Other nominations announced yesterday for the 40th annual Grammy Awards:
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE:
"Butterfly" - Mariah Carey, "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" -...
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Rage Against The Machine have just recorded quite an unusual cover tune: Bruce Springsteen's "The Ghost Of Tom Joad." R.A.T.M. have been performing their unique version of...
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