March 26, 2026 Bruce Springsteen has been busy preparing, performing, and lending public political support in this final full week before he launches his Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour   with the E Street Band in Minneapolis next Tuesday. And he's not quite finished with the week just yet... On Monday night, following several days of tour rehearsals in Ocean Grove, NJ with the E Street Band (but without the tour's special guest Tom Morello, who's been playing some final

March 12, 2026 This week Bruce Springsteen has released a beautiful studio version of the late, great Shane MacGowan's song "A Rainy Night in Soho," originally recorded and released by MacGowan's band The Pogues back in 1986. Springsteen first performed live versions of "A Rainy Night in Soho" during his 2024 concerts with the E Street Band in Ireland. The song was performed in tribute to MacGowan, who died in late 2023. Bruce's new studio version of "A Rainy Night in Soho" i

photo by Danny Clinch - used with permission March 10, 2026 Happy Women's History Month ! Tomorrow our friends Lorraine Mangione and Donna Luff , co-authors of the book Mary Climbs In: The Journeys of Bruce Springsteen's Women Fans , will present an online authors' talk about their research, focusing on the perspectives of Springsteen’s women fans from New Jersey, as well as perceptions of New Jersey and its place in Springsteen’s music among female fans from other states and

March 9, 2026 By this time next month, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour is expected to be in full swing, with three shows under its belt already. Therefore, last Friday's archival Nugs live-recording release is probably the last "First Friday" release we'll see in the series for at least a couple of months. It's fitting, then, that just as was the case with the last monthly release in the series before last year's European version o