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As Rolling Stone first predicted in December 2008, Phish will headline two nights at this year’s Bonnaroo Music Festival, with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band also topping the bill. While the two marquee acts don’t really come as a surprise following months of rumors and speculation, the talent underneath the headliners is sure to drop some jaws: The Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, Snoop Dogg, David Byrne, Al Green, TV on the Radio and many more will be on hand at the Manchester, Tennessee festival on June 11-14th. Tickets go on sale February 7th, and are being… Read more »

On Sunday, dozens of the world’s best-known entertainers gathered on the site where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream Speech” 45 years ago to offer an exuberant welcome to President-elect Barack Obama. U2 provided one of several emotional highs of the day, performing their tribute to King, “Pride (In the Name of Love),” during which Bono declared, “On Tuesday that dream comes to pass!” Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Beyoncé and Garth Brooks were among the A-list performers who helped set the joyful, optimistic tone at the concert, officially called “We Are One: The Obama Inaugural… Read more »

Bruce Springsteen has unveiled a second new song from his next album, “Working on a Dream,” jointly through Amazon.com and MySpace Music. Fans can download “My Lucky Day” from the two services exclusively for a week, starting Monday (December 1). The sites are also hosting the live-in-the-studio video for the song, with Amazon.com featuring an extra two minutes of behind-the-scenes clips. The title track from the new album, due January 27 from Columbia, is an iTunes exclusive for the time being. The artist and his E Street Band will return to the live stage February 1 as part of the… Read more »

In what is being billed as the first time they’ve ever played at the same concert, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel have signed on for a benefit for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on October 16 at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom. Other performers have yet to be announced. Tickets range from $500 to $10,000. Springsteen, who endorsed Obama this spring, recently finished a tour with the E Street Band in support of his 2007 album, “Magic.” On Sunday, it was confirmed that the group will play during the Super Bowl halftime show February 1 in Tampa, Florida. Joel, meanwhile, begins… Read more »

Bruce Springsteen was back in familiar territory with a rehearsal show Monday night in the city that has become known worldwide through his songs. The show at the oceanfront Convention Hall was the first of two benefit rehearsals for Springsteen and the E Street Band, who are about to embark on their first tour together in four years. They will also play Tuesday night, and a third rehearsal concert has been added for Friday at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford. Springsteen and the band opened up with “Radio Nowhere,” a song from their new album. “We’re going to run… Read more »

New York – The title track and first single from Bruce Springsteen ‘s upcoming album, “Devils & Dust,” will premiere beginning 12:01 a.m. Monday (March 28) via AOL Music’s First Listen initiative. The next day, it will be available for download exclusively from Apple’s iTunes Music Store for a week. “Devils & Dust” is due April 26 via Columbia as a DualDisc with the audio tracks on one side and various bonus content on the DVD side. A deluxe edition featuring expanded packaging also will be available, as well as a double-vinyl version. On the heels of a playback session… Read more »

New York – Bruce Springsteen is returning the favor to Bono. U2’s talkative frontman, who gave memorable stream-of-consciousness speeches inducting Bob Marley and Springsteen into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, will be saluted by Springsteen when the Boss inducts U2 next month. Springsteen’s no slouch in the induction speech department: He slyly noted last year how inductee Jackson Browne ‘s audience always seemed to be filled with women. Justin Timberlake will board the “Love Train” to pay tribute to the O’Jays in next month’s ceremony. B.B. King and Eric Clapton will team to induct bluesman Buddy Guy, Rod… Read more »

Trenton, N.J. – With Santa Claus coming to town, Bruce Springsteen is hoping that holiday gifts will be purchased in the shore city where The Boss rose to fame. Springsteen is offering 10 people a pair of tickets to his Dec. 19 show at Harry’s Roadhouse, along with the opportunity to meet him. But the only way to enter the contest is to visit a shop in Asbury Park. The contest is the latest effort by Springsteen to help local businesses, said Eileen Chapman, president of the Merchants Guild of Asbury Park. “Bruce has gotten onstage and listed all the… Read more »

After Bruce Springsteen announced plans to participate in the anti-Bush concert tour, Vote for Change, a New York candidate for U.S. Senate has countered with a “Boycott the Boss” television spot. Conservative Party candidate Marilyn O’Grady appears in a 30-second televison commercial, urging her supporters to show their solidarity to Bush by not buying Springsteen’s music. “He thinks making millions with a song-and-dance routine allows him to tell you how to vote,” O’Grady says in the spot. “Here’s my vote: Boycott the Boss. If you don’t buy his politics, don’t buy his music.” (The spot makes no mention of O’Grady’s… Read more »

Animal activists People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals have pulled an advertisement poking fun at Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born in the USA’ album cover after complaints from the rocker’s management. The ad shows a large buttocks with the tagline, “Obese in the USA.” A PETA spokesman says, “The ad was intended to parody the sad shape a meat-addicted America has taken since this classic album came out.” “Mr. Springsteen’s management felt that people might think we were spoofing Bruce himself, which was never the case.”