If anyone ever doubted, Bruce has been elected to be inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame. The ceremony takes place in January. The only question now remaining is who will induct him. Our guess is Jakob Dylan whose father, Bob, was inducted by Bruce. It would make things come full circle having Jakob inducting Bruce, and it would make a lot of sense since Jakob, the frontman of the Wallflowers, is clearly inspired by Springsteen. The two have performed together on a couple of occasions. Read more

   

On December 5 BBC2 in England will broadcast a brand new documentary on Bruce. It will feature a long interview conducted by Mark Hagen plus there will be exclusive footage of several Tracks songs, including a live performance of "Born in the USA" filmed recently in Asbury Park. Read more

   

No, it won't be "I Wanna Be With You" or "Where the Bands Are". It won't even be from Tracks. It will be a reissue of the "My Hometown" single from 1985 with "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" as the b-side. This makes as much sense as the 1995 release of "Hungry Heart". Please explain this to us somebody! Read more

   

Belgium and Holland jumped the gun and released Tracks today, Friday, three days before everyone else. It's not fair! Read more

   

According to Badlands Bruce took the stage with the Big Man at Club 251, West Palm Beach in Florida. They allegedly did four songs together including Bruce's "Pink Cadillac". This was the first time since 1993 Bruce joined Clarence on stage and Bruce's first public performance since March. Read more

   

In the big Billboard interview, Bruce reveals that he feels like making a rock album "Speaking from his New Jersey home base and perhaps giving a, tip of his hand to what's next for him musically, the voluble Springsteen says the upbeat nature of many of the tracks 'made me think it's fun to make some noise again'." So goes the exact quote in Billboard's big interview with Springsteen in their latest issue. For most fans this is probably welcome news. In the beginning of 1997 during his acoustic tour, Bruce spoke of his desire to make another folk-based album. The album was, according to some sources, almost finished and ready to go by the end of 1997, but it was, again according to some sources, vetoed by Sony, although it might as well have been Springsteen himself who decided against it. In any case, it may very well have been this decision, leaving Bruce at scratch, which sparked the Tracks project. In the interview in Billboard he says that an outtakes box was "something that I could do at some point when I get to that place in a new project where I'm not sure how long it's going to take and it would be nice to sort of fill the gap so the fans wouldn't be so long without hearing any music from me." Apparently that place came after the folk album was scrapped. Now with the box finished and in the stores next week, speculations can begin as to what will happen next. Bruce himself has given an indication, and put together with the constant E Street Band rumors 1999 looks very promising. Speaking of the E Street Band, Bruce has the following thing to say about a possible reunion: "Well, I don't know. It's been 10 years, and everybody's living in different places and doing different things. But I love all the guys, and we made music together that was very, very special. It was just a great, great, great time in my life playing with those guys. I know we have young fans who have never seen us, so it's always a subtext of our conversations and it's always there in the air somewhere, but at the moment we don't have any particular plans." As usual on this subject, Bruce is his diplomatic self, so judge for yourself. Read more

   

The Japanese edition of Tracks will be accompanied by a special jewel box, different from the American and European-relase edition. A great item for collectors Read more

   

According to Badlands, Bruce shot a video earlier this week at The Saint in Asbury Park. The only thing that has leaked out is that he did two takes of "Born in the USA" and one take of an unknown blues song. No reports of any band, so it was probably acoustic. Read the whole story on Badlands website. Read more

   

The Swiss fanclub Drive All Night reports today via their webpage that Bruce and Paul McCartney have teamed up for a breast cancer benefit concert to be held May 15, 1999. Read it here and judge for yourself. Read more

   

It's not the first time, but here it is again: a rumor that Bruce is going to perform at a huge outdoor concert at Central Park in New York City next summer. Take it with a grain of salt. It would be very unlike Bruce to do a thing like this. Read more