as we mentioned a few days ago, Joe Grushecky is releasing a new live album. Three of the songs, "Talking to the King", "Down the Road Apiece" and "Pumping Iron", have Bruce on guitar and vocal. The album will be released on October 19. Read more

   

After a break, the tour got back on track last night in Phoenix, Az. The show featured a standard set except for the addition of "Soul Man" as the third encore in a duet with Sam Moore himself. Complete setlist. Read more

   

It wasn't only Bruce who had a big party this week. Last night the first Boss Club party of the decade took place in Los Angeles, and organizer Seth tells us that it was a great night. Because of the huge success, there is already another party scheduled for October 19 at "The Gig", 7302 Melrose Avenue. The party starts at 8:30 pm and is for everyone who's in town for the Bruce shows. And on October 22, another night off for those of you going to Staples shows, there's another Boss Club party at Lush, 2020 Wilshire Blvd in Santa Monica, with live music. Sign up and get more info by contacting Seth at BossClubSM@aol.com. Read more

   

An anonymous source tells us that Bruce had a big birthday party on Monday evening at his Colts Neck farm. Among the invited were Susan Sarandon with hubby Tim Robbins, John McEnroe, and even one of the nuns from Bruce's old catholic school. Max Weinberg was the only bandmember at the party not counting Patti. The latter gave Bruce a Palomino horse, which was a fitting gift considering the party's Western theme. Thus all the music was C&W and Bruce allegedly wore a cowboy hat all day. The guests were allowed to entertain themselves by grabbing and downing shots lined on a post while on horseback. Sounds like quite a party, but all this information is unconfirmed. Now, where are the pavarazzi photos?! Read more

   

Bruce hasn't finished adding shows to the US leg of the tour. The Columbus Dispatch has announced that Bruce will do a show in Columbus, Oh., on November 17 at the Jerome Schottenstein Center. Tickets will go on sale on Oct. 16. And this may not be all: last night on WPLR FM in Hartford, Ct., concert promotor Jm Koplic announced that Bruce would play in Hartford within the first four months of 2000. He also said that more dates are expected to be added in 1999, mainly in the Mid-West and West, but didn't mention specific cities. A good guess would be that at least Seattle and Portland are among the contenders. Read more

   

The Chicago Sun Times newspaper wrote the day before yesterday that Bruce would be part of a big Millinium show on CBS-TV on New Years Eve. Other artists will include Billy Joel, the Bee Gees and Meat Loaf. Meat Loaf was quoted as saying that the show would be broadcast from different parts of the United States with Bruce Springsteen at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. Yet another piece of circumstantial evidence in the never-ending "Will-Bruce-Play-NJ-On- New-Years-Eve?" soap. Read more

   

Bruce will be in the next edition of Guiness Book of Records. When he performed at the First Union Spectrum after having played at the the First Union Center in Philadelphia it was the shortest distance between two shows on the same tour with only a couple of hundred feet between the two venues. Bruce has earlier appeared in the Book of Records when in the Eighties his Born in the USA Tour was the highest grossing tour ever. Read more

   

Bruce said goodbye to Chicago with a loose 25-song set which was bookended by "Take 'Em and They Will Come" and "Ramrod". The crowd was also treated to "Janey Don't You Lose Heart", "She's the One" and "Adam Raised a Cain". We have the setlist and a few eyewitness reports. Read more

   

A long second show in Chicago (25 songs) kicked off with "Don't Look Back" and also included "Something in the Night", "Point Blank" and a reappearance of "You Can Look", which hasn't been played in a while as far as we remember. Read David Stagl's report and check out the complete setlist. Read more

   

A rumor has been set off that the Fargo show in November is going to be televised on pay per view TV in the States. Don't believe it till you see it though. Read more