Subject: Bruce Springsteen

• The Spin: Bruce Springsteen at The Sommet Center

  August 22, 2008

• Arena Rock? Sommet Center up for Arena of the Year Award

  According to a press release recieved today by the Cream, our local multi-purpose entertainment complex is up for the 2008 Pollstar Concert Industry Arena of the Year Award. This begs the question: Do we have the best most pyro ready enormodome in the nation? Being that all new generation arenas are essentially the same--corporate naming rights, executive suites, sterile aesthetics--what could possibly set an arena apart from the pack, or more importantly what would set our arena apart from th

  December 5, 2008

• Rumor: Springsteen (Greatest Living American!) & Phish (Who Gives a Phuck?) to Headline Bonnaroo

  So there've been a lot of rumors flying around the internets lately that this year's Bonnaroo headliners are going to be Bruce Springsteen and Phish. I've held off on blogging this thus far as these rumors have all been those "I know a guy who knows a guy who says..." kind of poppycock. Well now Rolling Stone magazine says they know some guys who know some guys who say that: ...reliable sources close to Phish [say] that the band will top the bill for two nights, restoring the fest to its jam

  December 17, 2008

• Bruce Springsteen, Nashville Cream two-year anniversary and more

  August 28, 2008

• Bruce Springsteen Makes Exclusive Deal with Wal-Mart; Devil Worship Next

  Expect Bruce Springsteen's working man cred to soon drop like a subprime mortgage stock. He's been officially linked with the Mephistopheles of the labor movement. That would be Wal-Mart. As you may know, Wal-Mart's crimes and misdemeanors against its employees read like multiple volumes of the Manhattan phone book. It's been caught forcing people to work off the clock. Allowing white employees to call black ones "nigger." Discriminating against women for promotions.  And generally violatin

  January 14, 2009

• Roadtrip to Atlanta: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Play Philips Arena Apr. 26

  D. Ricky Rodriguez I don't know who Philip is, but I do know that he has a pretty huge arena down in Atlanta. I saw my lord and savior Bruce Springsteen there on the 25th of April last year. On the 26th of April this year, Springsteen--the only Boss I listen to--will once again be kickin' it live down at Philips. The announcement came Tuesday via Backstreets.com and tickets go on sale Monday morning. Springsteen plays the Superbowl Halftime Show on Sunday. I'll tune in for that, meaning the num

  January 29, 2009

• Weekend Round-Up: I Can Has a Super Bowl Style! Part 1

  So this weekend Bruce Springsteen's playing a show that apparently has some sort of football event scheduled around it. This is what they tell me, anyhow. If you're like me, you use the few hours when everyone's watching the Super Bowl to do your winter looting and vandalism. If you need me, I'll be stealin' iPods and spray-painting dicks on the town water tower. Here's what's up for Friday, Jan. 30: Cavalcade of Cock (Dave Cloud's latest musical incarnation) w/The Tits, Werewolf Killers & As

  January 30, 2009

• Springsteen, Phish, Beastie Boys, NIN, Byrne, Snoop, Wilco and More to Play Bonnaroo '09

  After months of speculation, the hour of revelation is now upon us. For all our bitching about bands not playing here it's a nice consolation to have the karmic payback of the largest concert event in North America being a mere 60 miles southeast of our--non-country--culturally-starved metropolis. So buckle the fuck up, Nashville, here is your 2009 Bonnaroo lineup--after the jump, of course. We weren't told which days or stages these artists are playing on, but that is likely to be on the Bonn

  February 2, 2009

• Bonnaroo Headliner Performance Dates Announced: Jun. 13 to Be the Greatest Day in Middle-Tennessee History

  For all you Bonnaroo '09 attendees who are planning ahead but frustrated at not yet knowing the perfect time to eat those acid tabs, I have a bit of news for you. The festival has just announced the performance dates for this year's two major headliners. According to a post on the festival's official site: Phish will be performing on the Friday and Sunday of the festival weekend. The Friday show will be a special late night performance and the Sunday show will close out the weekend. Bruce Spr

  February 25, 2009

• Max Weinberg's 19-Year-Old Son to Sub in E Street Band, Possibly at Bonnaroo

  As you've most likely gathered from previous posts, I'll always jump on any opportunity to blog about the national treasure that is Bruce Springsteen. A few weeks back I wrote a post expressing my concern regarding the availability of E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg for Springsteen's June 13 appearance at Bonnaroo. Weinberg's new gig as bandleader for the "Tonight Show" begins June 2, forcing him to sit out a number of shows--mostly in Europe--on the band's summer tour. Sitting in for him

  March 20, 2009

• Meet the New Boss

  December 19, 1996

• Bruuuuuuuuce!

  October 8, 1998

• Born to Run

  Lucero’s latest spins a road-weary tale

  October 5, 2006

• All They’ve Learned About Living

  In some ways, Glossary’s fourth album was 10 years in the making

  July 13, 2006

• Our Critics Picks

  New Year's Eve

  December 29, 2005

• Obituary

  Jae Mason, 1941-2003

  October 9, 2003

• The Year in, Well, Everything

  Scene writers survey 2002’s notable moments in music, TV, books, movies and more

  December 19, 2002

• A List

  October 10, 2002

• Redemption Songs

  Bruce Springsteen’s new album plumbs spiritual questions raised in 9/11’s wake

  August 15, 2002

• Glen Velez and Handance ♦ Thursday, 11/15

  Music

  November 15, 2001

• Nation of Immigrants, City of Immigrants

  Nashvillians—some new, some not so new—reflect on how they arrived here and what they’ve found

  July 5, 2001

• Unsung

  Nashville publicist/tunesmith notches title cut on blues legend's LP

  June 8, 2000

• Hungry Heart

  Springsteen concert affirms the singer’s ethic of community, transcendence

  April 20, 2000

• Review4

  December 17, 1998

• Roads Not Taken

  December 10, 1998

• In All Sincerity

  September 3, 1998

• Ghost Writer

  January 18, 1996

• Bruce Springsteen at Bonnaroo: What to Expect

  My mama once told me that "in every dark cloud there is a silver lining," a saying that rang true as I checked the forecast for this weekend and saw that it will most likely rain throughout our Bonnaroo festivities. I am perhaps the only concert goer who is actually a little bit excited about this prospect, as it drastically improves the chances of Bruce Springsteen playing his fantastic rendition of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Who'll Stop the Rain"--a song he traditionally plays at rainy

  June 11, 2009

• Bonnaroo 2009 Schedule Announced

  A quick FYI: Bonnaroo.com has announced the official schedule and set times for this year's festival. Aside from Elvis Costello, Wilco and of Montreal playing at the same time on different stages, I think it looks pretty swell. The fact that Bruce Springsteen has been given a three-and-a-half-hour time slot makes my heart smile.

  May 7, 2009

• Weekend Round-Up: Swimsuit Style Part 2

  Here's the rest: Anvil! The Story of Anvil is screening at The Belcourt with a performance from Anvil themselves. Totally awesome...except tickets are sold out. I snoozed and lost. D: Chris Crofton and the Alcohol Stuntband CD Release feat. Take the Power Back & Bad Friend at The Basement. And there's the in-store at Grimey's at 6 p.m. Our caption contest winners have been selected, by the way. The Long Players perform Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run at Mercy Lounge. Just try and keep Gold aw

  May 23, 2009

• Maximize your Bonnaroo experience by sticking to what (and who) you know

  June 11, 2009

• Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Bonnaroo 6/13/09

  Steve Cross For more photos, check out the slideshow. Between all the drugs, lack of sleep and blisters on our feet we were taxed far beyond exhaustion by the time Bruce Springsteen's Saturday night set rolled around. Operating purely on adrenalin, we plowed ahead anyway and braved a crush to get in a What Stage pit that was downright scary. Luckily, it was all worth it, as from the count-off into a rousing version of "Badlands" that opened the set all the way through the closing run of "Rosal

  June 15, 2009

• Used MP3s, Patterson Hood & More: Inside This Week's Music Section

  Used MP3s: Consumers try hawking 'old' digital music files through new website. Freshness Date: Patterson Hood's solo album Murdering Oscar is a striking blast from the past. (Playing Thursday, 18th at Mercy Lounge.) Architecture in Columbus: Blueprint leads a pack of heavy-hitting hip-hop Buckeyes. (Playing Friday, 19th at Exit/In.) Leonard Slatkin ends his adventurous tenure with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. (7:30 p.m. June 19-20 at Schermerhorn Symphony Center.) In The Spin: Bruce Sp

  June 18, 2009

• Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Reports on Bonnaroo

  In case you haven't gotten your fill of Bonnaroo coverage in the last few weeks here is a little gem taken from an episode of the new Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien that features Triumph the Insult Comic Dog doing what he does best at the expense of 'Roo goers and performers. Unfortunately, the first of the two videos requires you to sit through a 15-second ad, but I promise it's worth the wait. Highlights include interviews with TV on the Radio and the Beastie Boys, plenty of insulted hippi

  June 22, 2009

• Bonnaroo 2009: Bruce Springsteen, Animal Collective, Nine Inch Nails and more

  June 18, 2009

• Tickets For Bruce Springsteen at Sommet Center On Sale Tomorrow

  Just under his Telecaster neck you can see Cream contributor Ashley Spurgeon. You could be this close. Yeah yeah yeah, I know, yet another Springsteen post. Since so many people have recently expressed interested in attending Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's Sept. 10 appearance at the Sommet Center, I figured it was a good time to remind you all that tickets for the show go on sale tomorrow morning (July 25) at 10 a.m. at ticketmaster.com. As I predicted a few weeks back, tickets will

  July 24, 2009

• Who's the Boss? Judging by Ticket Prices, It Ain't the Guy Who Sings 'Jungleland'

    Who holds more clout in the public arena, rock stars or political figures? If we want to keep score in the brutal terms of the marketplace--e.g., the ticket prices they command--here's how a king of rock stacks up against a former POTUS. Tickets for former President Bill Clinton's Jackson Day appearance just went on sale at noon, while tickets for Bruce Springsteen's show at Sommet Center go on sale at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Here's how they match up: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, S

  July 24, 2009

• Bruce Springsteen to Play Born to Run in Its Entirety at Sommet Center, Show Moved to Nov. 18

  D. Ricky Rodriguez​They say every dark cloud has a silver lining. My soul was temporarily crushed today when I got word that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's planned Sept. 10 appearance at the Sommet Center has been pushed back 69 days to Nov. 18. But it's not all bad. It means that A) the show now comes even later in the tour--the later the better as far as performance goes B) the show will no longer fall on the same night as the Titans' season opener and C) the band will play th

  August 6, 2009

• Bruce Springsteen Tribute Tonight, Sept. 3, at The Basement

  ​Currently we're a whole 76 days away from Bruce Springsteen's forthcoming appearance at the Sommet Center. Had the date not been moved, we'd only be seven days away. Sigh. Luckily tonight's tribute to the Boss at the Basement can serve as musical methadone while we--and I say "we" because I expect you all to go the Bruce Show--brave the agonizing two-month wait for what is sure to be the best night since Obama trounced McCain. Tonight's tribute was put together by Jacob Jones and will f

  September 3, 2009

• Bonnaroo 2009 on DVD: So You Can Remember the Good Times

  Ah, Bonnaroo. Was that really four months ago already? I remember walking in circles around Centeroo one night and seeing the same fried dough/shish kebab vendor over and over again...or was it?

  October 14, 2009

• Clarence Clemons to Retire From E Street Band?

  Looking for those six special girls out in the crowd.​ You'd think having a channel that plays nothing but Bruce Springsteen 24 hours a day, seven days a week, would be impetus enough for me to sign up for SIRIUS radio. But, alas, I am not a subscriber. If I were, I might have heard legendary E Street Band sax man Clarence Clemons on The Howard Stern Show this morning, where he talked about walking towards "the light" following a wreck on the highway, how Redd Foxx told him not to trust B

  October 21, 2009

• The Gaslight Anthem at Mercy Lounge

  October 22, 2009

• The Gaslight Anthem Tonight at Mercy Lounge

  Check out the above clip of The Gaslight anthem rockin' with the Bruce Springsteen at Glastonbury. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is the only known footage of Bruce playing a Les Paul. Springsteen plays St. Louis on Sunday (guess who's making THAT road trip) and has tonight off. Maybe he'll swing through to town to join Gaslight at the Mercy Lounge. (It's unlikely but not impossible, right? Fingers crossed.) Anyhow, the band are friends with the Boss and sound like Social D. They

  October 23, 2009

• Ian McLagan at 3rd and Lindsley

  November 5, 2009

• Headed toward an uncertain future, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band return to celebrate their glory days once again

  November 12, 2009

• Bruce Springsteen at Sommet Center TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Springsteen at Municipal Auditorium on July, 21 1978.​Bruce Springsteen and Chipotle come to town within a week of each other. Holy hell, how the gods have smiled upon Nashville as of late. While the 45-minute wait to get a goddamn burrito tells me that Chipotle is likely long for Music City, Springsteen's time in town will be finite. If you read my preview of the-only-boss-I-listen-to's show at the Sommet Center tonight in this week's print edition of the Scene, then you'll know that this

  November 18, 2009

• Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Sommet Center, 11/18/09

  Steve Cross Check out the slideshow for more photos. The Spin can now confirm definitively: Bruce Springsteen is real. We know. We touched him. Five songs into last night's monster performance at the Sommet Center (where he last appeared a mere 15 months ago), as he crowd-surfed over our heads during the organ solo to "Hungry Heart," it was clear that his determination to outdo any other performer in rock is still unwavering. Now more than 35 years into their performing career, Bruce and the E

  November 19, 2009

• Bowerbirds, Bruce Springsteen, Mountain Goats and more

  November 26, 2009

• Weekend Round-Up: Farewell Intern Style Part 1

  ​Once again, the Cream overlords have put the (soon-to-be-ex) intern in charge of the weekend round-up. It's my last day as academically mandated free office labor at the Scene office and, although I won't admit it out loud, I might just miss the constant stream of chatter about Bruce Springsteen and the days where The Muse's website would crash my browser while listing their shows. But enough of that sentimental crap, on to the shows: Christmas on the Block feat. Matt Friction and the C

  December 18, 2009

• If the Super Bowl halftime shows are getting too old or too risqué, maybe a Music Row superstar is in order

  February 11, 2010