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  Bruce Springsteen Mocks London Curfew Sticklers

  July 18, 2012 – Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney learned their collective starpower wasn't stronger than London's curfew laws on Saturday, when their joint jam at London's Hard Rock Calling festival at Hyde Park was silenced by the venue's engineers ten minutes before the set's intended finish around 11 p.m, abruptly ending their rendition of "Twist and Shout." So last night in Dublin, the Boss finished the gig the way he had originally planned. " …
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  Watch Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney's Truncated 10-Minute Jam

  July 16, 2012 – Folks watching Bruce Springsteen's headlining slot at the Hard Rock Calling festival at London's Hyde Park were dealt two surprises Saturday night. …
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  Good Boss: Bruce Springsteen Is MusiCares' 2013 Person of the Year

  June 28, 2012 – As if to solidify what SPIN's Brandon Soderberg just said about Bruce Springsteen's worldwide universality, the Recording Academy's MusiCares Foundation announced this morning that the Boss will be honored as its 2013 Person of the Year. "Bruce Springsteen is a truly gifted and Renaissance artist of our time, a national treasure, and an exemplary humanitarian," said Academy president and CEO Neil Portnow of the Boss' philanthropy, whic …
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  What David Brooks Got Wrong About Tupac and Springsteen

  June 27, 2012 – Conservative columnist David Brooks is just smart enough to get by. He's armed with hubris that allows him to wander out of his house and fit whatever he sees into an already formed thesis that sounds pretty reasonable if you don't think about it too hard. Yesterday's column by Brooks, a wide-eyed, close-minded Stanley Crouch rip-off called "The Power of the Particular," is ostensibly about seeing Bruce Springsteen in Spain and France. …
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  Watch Bruce Springsteen's Tearjerking 'Wrecking Ball' Doc

  June 18, 2012 – As if the past 40 years weren't evidence enough, further proof of Bruce Springsteen's knack for emotional articulation has surfaced, this time via a new short film directed by the Boss' official archivist Thom Zimny. …
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  Bruce Springsteen's 'Rocky Ground' Video: Not a Rap Video

  May 24, 2012 – Here's something you may have missed about Bruce Springsteen's latest album, Wrecking Ball, when it came out back in early March: It has rapping on it. (See also: Is Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball a Rap Album?) "Rocky Ground," the elegaic ballad that includes gospel singer Michelle Moore's blessedly not-cringe-worthy rap verse, now has a video, but it's more Asbury Park than WorldStarHipHop.com. …
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  Watch Bruce Springsteen Cover The Band's 'The Weight'

  May 3, 2012 – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band essentially took over Newark last night on their Wrecking Ball tour. To close out the night, they whipped up a truly remarkable rendition of the Band's iconic "The Weight" in tribute to the late Levon Helm. As Consequence of Sound notes, Springsteen and Helm had united in Jersey prior to the latter's death last month, playing Asbury Park's infamous Stone Pony club in the mid-1980s. …
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  Bruce Springsteen Unveils Rousing Live 'Death' Video

  April 13, 2012 – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced a new batch of tour dates, and they've posted a rousing live video that serves as a reminder to pick up those tickets, already. Hey, there's a reason Springsteen and the E Street Band made our Best of SXSW 2012 list. …
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  Who Charted? It's Cool, One Direction's Got This

  March 21, 2012 – First! In an unsurprising upset, Brit boy band One Direction stormed the Billboard 200 albums chart with Up All Night, which sold 176,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That makes the English group the first U.K. act to open at No. 1 with their debut album. (Thanks, social media promotion!) Can we safely say that boy bands are back now? …
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  Best of SXSW 2012, Thursday: Bruce Springsteen, Kendrick Lamar, Girls

  March 16, 2012 – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Can’t blame the guy for being a little reflective of late about the entirety of pop music and his place within it. A week ago, Bruce Springsteen played his first show with the newly retooled E Street Band at Harlem’s hallowed Apollo Theater, paying tribute to the soul legends who’d graced that stage before him. …
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