April 14, 2026 Today The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music at Monmouth University announced a multi-act, two-night concert event celebrating America’s 250th birthday. Called Music America: The Songs that Shaped Us, the concerts will take place on June 4 and 5 at the OceanFirst Bank Center on the Monmouth campus, just prior to the grand opening of the new Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music building on June 7.  This will be a major contribution to the nation

April 14, 2026 While Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour has taken off and continues rolling through fields where sunlight streams, our friend and occasional contributing photographer Gert Dewaelheyns, aka "BrucePix," has reached out to us with some additional good news. Gert is generously offering to all Letters To You readers a special free-shipping discount opportunity (by using the exclusive coupon code LETTERS2U ) on remaining cop

Minneapolis, MN, March 31, 2026 - photo by Kevin Mazur - used with permission April 13, 2026 Okay, so maybe the "incredible" (as per Bruce Springsteen on 3/31/26) singing voice of Mighty Max Weinberg - who turns 75 today - isn't as widely recognized as his percussive skills. Indeed, it is rare for Max to be given the greenlight to belt out a few choice notes at a Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band show, the most recent incident being just two weeks ago during "Hungry Hear

Chef Andre Fowles and Bruce Springsteen with copies of Fowles' recently published book My Jamaican Table: Vibrant Recipes from a Sun-Drenched Island , to which Springsteen wrote the foreword - photo via Patti Scialfa Springsteen's official Instagram page April 10, 2026 Andre Fowles' current gig as the personal chef for Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa Springsteen is just the latest in his very impressive list of culinary achievements. Fowles also is a three-time championsh