According to reliable sources the Miami Horns will join Bruce on stage at some or all of the upcoming shows in New Jersey. If they will continue after that is not known. In any case, you can probably expect lots of guest appearances from various Jersey musicians during the long stand. Read more

   

The tour debut of the second show in Arnhem was "Trapped", which was last played in 1993 when "the new band" roamed. Perhaps more noteworthy was the second inclusion on the tour of "Meeting Across the River" before "Jungleland". The European tour now enters its final stage with four shows in Scandinavia starting tomorrow in Stockholm. Read more

   

This week Bruce played the last shows in Germany. Offenbach on Tuesday featured the world premiere of "Take 'Em As They Come" and Bremen on Thursday night saw the tour premiere of "I'm on Fire" with Nils Lofgren on steel guitar. Even more surprising was perhaps the soundcheck in Offenbach where the band went through a flawless version of "Something in the Night". It seems Bruce has set his mind on debuting at least one song at every show these days. Thus the Leipzig show last Sunday had two tour premieres: "Car Wash" and "Downbound Train". See all the set lists on our tour page. Read more

   

The set list was fairly standard, although Bruce did play "Loose Ends" again, but the show was among the longest on the tour so far. Apart from that Bruce was visited on stage by an aunt, and all three armed with accordions Nils, Danny and Roy played a "Tarantella" (Italian folk dance) during the band intro. The soundcheck featured "It's My Life" with Steve on lead vocal. This seems to have been a pretty weird show... Read more

   

Bruce performed no less than 25 songs in Madrid last night, including a tour premiere in the shape of the first encore, "My Hometown", which was played for the first time since the Freehold show in 1996. He also played both "Loose Ends" and "Lion's Den" for the second time on the tour. Read more

   

Bruce debuted no less than three songs at the second show in Paris, two of which were world premieres. First came "Lion's Den" in the opening sequence of the show, followed by (finally, finally) "Loose Ends" after "Tenth Avenue" and last but not least (finally, finally, finally) "Racing in the Street" shortly thereafter. "Loose Ends" and "Racing" have been rehearsed incessantly throughout the tour and been on several written set lists without being performed, so fans had started to wonder if Bruce was just teasing them. Well, the French fans got the real deal. Now we can only hope they weren't one-off performances. Read more

   

Rumors have started to circulate that Bruce will celebrate his 50th birthday on stage with the E Street Band. No word on where this show would take place, but the rumors also suggest that it will be a worldwide radio broadcast. Wishful thinking or Bruce's present to himself and his fans? Judge for yourself. Read more

   

Bruce has contributed a song to the movie Limbo, the soundtrack of which has now been released. The song is called "Lift Me Up" and is a brooding love song, sung entirely by Bruce in a falsetto voice. It sounds like it could have been inspired by the theme song to Twin Peaks. Read more

   

Danish TV2 has bought the rights to the BBC program "Bruce Springsteen - a Secret History". It is not known when the program will be broadcast, but if they are smart it will be in connection with Bruce's show in Copenhagen on June 26. Read more

   

Bruce debuted a full-band version of "Red-Headed Woman" in Dublin last night. The version was described as "sort of bluegrass". Apart from that the show featured a standard set list with "Cadillac Ranch" in the encores. Read more