Associated Press reports that Bruce and his Seeger Sessions band has been added to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. His performance is scheduled to take place on April 30. According to USA Today this will be the only major appearance in North America before Bruce and the band heads to Europe where, according to another source, England, Spain and Italy and maybe other countries will be included in the tour itinerary. The whole tour has been said to last for only 8-10 weeks, but now it's reported that it may very well be expanded beyond that. Read more

   

Today Shorefire Media issued a press release announcing the release of We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions. The album will be released on April 25 and will be followed by a short tour that will include Europe. The band will be made up primarily of musicians who recorded the album. Read all the details in the press release. Read more

   

According to the Spanish fan site Point Blank the guy who edited the Hammersmith DVD, Thom Zinny, is now working on restoring the show from Phoenix July 8, 1978, for future release. Future release could mean either later this year or to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Darkness album in 2008. Footage from the Phoenix show was already used for the "Rosalita" video that can be found on Video Anthology 1978-2000, and at least four other songs are circulating among traders, "Born to Run", "The Promised Land", "Prove It All Night" and "Badlands". Let's hope the whole thing exists and that there's some truth to this information. Read more

   

In case you forgot, today is the day when the CD version of the Hammersmith show will hit shelves, at least in the US. In Europe it's been available since yesterday or in some cases since the weekend. The release doesn't include any bonus material compared to the DVD version on the Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition, so some fans may want to skip it. Read more

   

Information about the Pete Seeger album and tour is taking shape. According to a reliable source the tour is so far scheduled to last 8-10 weeks starting in April, and for now it will only include North America, but that could be subject to change. The album will consist of 12-14 songs that have all been written or made famous by Pete Seeger. Other tracks written by Bruce have been recorded, but they will be saved for later if anything. Read all the information here. Read more

   

Bruce did some preliminary rehearsals on Saturday in Asbury Park for a possible tour later in the spring. He was at the Paramount Theatre trying out different drummers and even some horns. Even though it's still way too early to draw any conclusions, if Bruce decides to use horns this may be a bit more than a small folk combo that most people are expecting (dreading?). Read more

   

According to Rolling Stone Bruce will be putting the final touches on his album of Pete Seeger songs that we mentioned here a few weeks ago. The album will allegedly be released in May and will be followed by a tour backed by the band that has helped record the album, which most likely means a small combo including Soozie Tyrell, Patti Scialfa and other New Jersey musicians. Read the entire Rolling Stone article. Read more

   

He doesn't reveal anything about the future of the E Street Band, but he does talk about the old days with Springsteen. Little Steven is about to reappear on the television screen as Silvio Dante in the new season of The Sopranos starting in March, and in that connection he has spoken to CNN about his career as a musician, DJ and actor. You can read it here. Read more

   

Kanye West won the Brit award for best International male, beating off competition from Beck, Jack Johnson, John Legend and last but definately not least Bruce Springsteen. Read more

   

Despite earning five nominations with his album Devils & Dust, Bruce Springsteen left Los Angeles with only one Grammy Award for Best solo rock performance. Also at the awards ceremony Springsteen performed his song Devils & Dust. The song was quickly finshed with a message from the Boss saying, "Bring 'em Home," obviously refering to the troops overseas in Iraq. See all the winners. Read more