March 16 will see the release of a Sony compilation called The All Time Greatest Movie Songs. Included on this will be Bruce's "Secret Garden", which was featured in the movie Jerry Maguire. The song will appear alongside songs by Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Michael Jackson and other favorites of Bruce fans. Read more

   

The indications we had that the European tour would be announced today have so far not amounted to anything. Various sources have informed us that ticket outlets did not have any Springsteen tickets for sale today, so the wait continues. Sorry for the inconvenience, but it's better with too many alerts than too few. Read more

   

A spokesperson from FOX-TV has denied that Bruce will make an appearance on Simpsons which we reported about a few months ago. Read more

   

SonicNet reports that there will be a bonus songs on the "Best of Tracks" compilations released in a few months in the shape of "The Fever". From other sources we are hearing that there will be at least two bonus songs, but which others is not yet known. At least not to us. Read more

   

Not only may the tour be announced on Monday. An employee at a German ticket outlet today told a fan that the computer said tickets for five concerts in Germany would go on sale on that same day. And we're talking about this next Monday, February 8, so time to pull out the long underwear and warm socks. While we're at the tour talk, we are hearing talk of two shows in London on May 22nd and 23rd. We can't say anything about the reliability of this info. Read more

   

Bruce will contribute a song to the soundtrack album of the Vietnam War documentary "Vietnam Long Time Coming". The song is the previously released "Shut Out the Light". The album will be released on February 9, and the documentary will air on April 17 on NBC where you can also hear the song. Read more

   

We have a source telling us that Bruce will play in Copenhagen, and what's even better, it will be indoors. You can believe it or not. This is all we know. Actually, we don't even know it. It's just something we've heard. Read more

   

For what it's worth, Bruce will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame seems to be mostly for country musicians, but Bruce has still been found worthy of the honor, which is given to artists who have been "deemed outstanding and significant by their peers". Along with the Hall of Fame membership follows Manny Award. Read more

   

The Monday issue of Washington Times featured a short interview with Max Weinberg. The bad news: he thinks the reunion tour will be a one-time affair. The good news: he thinks the shows will be lengthy. Read the whole thing here. Read more

   

According to Badlands the above-mentioned single CD of songs from Tracks will be released on April 12, probably just in time for the beginning of the European tour. If you're wondering about what happened to the "Sad Eyes" single, well, we don't know, but we were told in a CD store that they expected it in stock this week. But don't put too much faith in that. What do CD store employees know? Read more