I'm reading "Bruce" by Peter Carlin now. What a great book. I hadn't read anything about Springsteen before, and it's a really interesting story. The book has really gotten me even more excited about the live archive series. I can't wait to hear some of these shows.

(hennemusic) Bruce Springsteen was interviewed about his upcoming tour in support of "The Ties That Bind: The River Collection", a newly-issued 7-disc box set marking the 35th anniversary of the 1980 double-album.

The package presents the original record alongside "The River: Single Album" - originally named "The Ties That Bind" - a 10-track album that Springsteen recorded in 1979 as a follow up to 1978's "Darkness On The Edge Of Town" but never released.

The 4CD/3DVD collection also includes 22 outtakes from the studio sessions alongside an hour-long documentary/interview and a legendary 1980 concert filmed at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ.

"We made the box set and there was no plan to tour," Springsteen tells SiriusXM's E Street Radio. "Then we felt, 'Maybe we should do a show just to raise the flag and have some fun and make it a little more exciting.' I said. 'Okay, maybe we'll do a show in New York.'

"Then that went quick to, 'Maybe we should do a couple of shows.' Then it turns into, 'Maybe we should do a small series of shows, basically one-nighters, with maybe a little bit around the country."

A nine-week series of North American shows promoting the release will begin January 16 in Pittsburgh, PA and wrap up with two Los Angeles dates in mid-March. The 2016 run will see Springsteen and the E Street Band perform "The River" in its entirety.

"It's going to take a little guessing out of the evening," Springsteen admits. "You're going to know what the next song is. Maybe we'll make up for some of that in the encores.

"We plan on picking out some of the best of our outtakes for the end of the show, and there will obviously be some fan favorites. I don't know myself how it will play out. It should be interesting and a lot of fun for the fans."

The River in its entirety is pretty neat though it will be tough to get a ticket. Did get my box set for under the tree the other day.

Bruce is offering a free mp3 download of his 1/19/16 Chicago show.................for 2 days only.

http://m.live.brucespringsteen.net/bsmobile.asp

Score! Thanks for the post.

+1

I preordered all of the shows. Nugs will be refunding me the cost of one show. Thank you for saving me a few dollars.

XM is broadcasting the Chicago show right now btw.

Has Bruce rescheduled the Garden show yet?

March 28

Bruce Springsteen: 41 Years on Thunder Road from Phil Whitehead on Vimeo.
"In this video, I wanted to explore how a song like Thunder Road has changed, not only in the way Springsteen performs it, but also how its meaning evolves with an older person singing," wrote the video's creator Phil Whitehead with his post. "I also wanted to look the evolution of live recordings, both professional and homemade."

https://vimeo.com/156947207

This is cool.

Wow.

That's an amazing video.

Bruce is offering a free mp3 download of "Purple Rain" from Brooklyn.

http://live.brucespringsteen.net/live-m ... yn-NY.html

Thanks Marcus! Man, Man was that fun!

Rick A.

The Boss is planning a run of book signing appearances on the east & west coasts to promote his upcoming book "Born To Run". Each copy of the book will include an 18-track cd titled "Chapter And Verse". See the link below for more info.

http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=826831

My pleasure!

Wow, if he was coming to Florida I would go. Just to shake his hand would satisfy me!

Rick A.

Here is all 314 of Bruce's songs ranked from worst to first,

http://www.vulture.com/2016/06/every-br ... anked.html

A crazy undertaking.

"Queen Of The Supermarket" should be #315.

It's that bad.

God damn, is it terrible.