In the spring there were rumors that Bruce would make a sound appearance on famous cartoon series The Simpsons. The appearance never materialized, but in the latest episode Clarence Clemons did what his boss couldn't do. He added his voice to a Christmas special, so if you didn't catch it, look out for reruns. Read more

   

Bruce threw one of his big Christmas parties the other night at McLoone's Rumrunner in Sea Bright. Bobby Bandiera's band served as house band, but of course Bruce couldn't let them play alone. He was on stage for an extended mix of old classics and Cristmas songs. Read more

   

According to Yahoo Daily News Bruce is rumored to appear tonight in Littleton, Colorado, to help paying tribute to the police offircers and rescue personal who responded to the massacre at Columbine High School earlier this year. We would place this rumor in the "higly unlikely" stack, but if you live nearby it might be worth checking out, if nothing else to support the good cause. Read more

   

The Asbury Park music scene will blast back to life. At least for one day in the first quarter of next year when local boy Mike "Rocket" and Who's the Boss Band will shoot a video for their tribute to Bruce called "Hey Bruce". Numerous familiar faces from the Jersey Shore music scene will make appearances, including Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez and Richard Blackwell. Mike "Rocket" is known not least for his incredible resemblance to the young Bruce Springsteen, and the two have met on a couple of occassions. Last time was this summer when Bruce commented, "You look more like me than I do". You can listen to the song "Hey Bruce" in RealAudio at the band's official website. Read more

   

While the tour is at a halt the rumors of where next year will take Bruce and the band continue. On December 3, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported that will Bruce will perform at the First Star Center in early spring. Of course, nothing is official and things can change many times before an announcement is made. Read more

   

E online thinks so. On their website they have a list of the Top 12 performers of the past 100 years. And you guessed it - the Boss was left off! If you are as outraged as we are, you can voice your displeasure! Send an E-mail to: stories@eonline.com. Let them know that the Ministry of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band can not be overlooked!! Read more

   

We're not exactly sure of the what day it happened, but it appears Bruce didn't lay low for long after the last show on his tour. At a big Christmas party at an unknown barn in New Jersey, the band Bon Jovi first hit the stage. After a while they were joined by Bruce, Southside Johnny and Patti Scialfa. The setlist consisted of old rock standards such as "Lucille", "Pretty Woman" and "It's All Over Now", but there was also room for an impromptu "Red-Headed Woman". Read more

   

Greasy Lake has had many approaches regarding problems with the chatroom. The problems concerned both unability to log in (and stay logged in) and the behavior of other users. That's why we decided to change chat provider and at the same time demand that people register in order to use the chatroom. Knowing that this may make us unpopular with some of you, we can only say that the change should be for the benefit of everybody with honest intentions. Everybody who was a member of the old chat club should have received an e-mail (if they gave up their e-mail address) explaining the new procedure. Everybody else can go here and sign up.. Read more

   

The Austin American Statesman published a short article last Thursday in which they said "an unamed source at Pace Concerts sounded confident in saying that not only would Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band be coming to Texas in April, they would be playing Austin's Erwin Center when they do." Read more

   

Thanks to everyone who's written, we can say that Bruce did indeed tell the audience at the last show in Minneapolis that there would be more US shows in the beginning of next year. Even Jon Landau has confirmed this, which must be taken as a sure sign. The tour, however, may be a weekend tour only making room for Max Weinberg and Little Steven's TV obligations. So far no cities are confirmed, but it's expected the tour will reach some of the markets not covered this year, such as the West and the South. Denver and Kansas City have been mentioned, and it would be very strange if Texas didn't get some shows too. Another rumor suggests that the US tour may be preceded by a stint to Japan, although that is far from certain. Read more