Bruce Springsteen News

Billboard.com berichtet, dass Bruce Springsteen in den kommenden Monaten eine Anniversary-Box von „Darkness on the Edge of Town“ veröffentlichen wird.

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Bruce Springsteen Prepping ‚Darkness‘ Reissue
The „Darkness“ package „would involve remastering that record, doing the kind of super-creative reconstruction and documentary of how it all came about and finding usable live footage from that point in time,“ Springsteen manager Jon Landau tells Billboard.
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Wann das Album erscheinen wird, wurde nicht mitgeteilt.

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• Darkness on the Edge of Town (stonepony.de)

Bruce Springsteens Filmsong „The Wrestler“ wurde nicht für den Oscar nominiert.

Die Jury veröffentlichte vor wenigen Minuten eine Liste mit den Nominierten und gab bekannt, dass nur drei Songs in die engere Auswahl kamen:

Die Nominierten in der Kategorie „Original Song“

• Down to Earth – aus dem Film „Wall-E“
  Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Lyric by Peter Gabriel
• Jai Ho – aus dem Film „Slumdog Millionaire“
  Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
• O Saya – aus dem Film „Slumdog Millionaire“
  Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Die Los Angeles Times schreibt in diesem Zusammenhang:

Bruce Springsteen won at the Academy Awards in 1993 for the song „Streets of Philadelphia“ from the film „Philadelphia.“ And he was nominated two years later for the title song of „Dead Man Walking“.
So how did he not make it into the final race this year? The Oscars‘ Rule Sixteen sets out the criteria for winnowing the list of eligible songs down to the final nominees. There was no need for the executive committee of the music branch to recommend that there be only three nominees as the number of songs far exceeded the threshold of 25 that might have triggered such action … ganzen Artikel lesen

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• Oscar.com – offizielle Homepage
• „The Wrestler“ – Bruce Springsteen gewinnt Golden Globe
• „The Wrestler“ – Bruce Springsteen gewinnt Critics Choice Award

Bruce Springsteen ziert die Februar Ausgabe des Rolling Stone Magazines.

Bruce Brings It All Back home
With Working on a Dream — his third great album this decade — a Golden Globe and the Super Bowl halftime show, Bruce Springsteen is hitting another career peak. He invited us into his New Jersey studio to talk about his new music, the first song he ever recorded and life with the E Street band …

Ausserdem wurde das neue Bruce Springsteen Album „Working on a Dream“ überschwänglich bewertet und mit 5 von 5 Sternen ausgezeichnet.

Mehr dazu auf der Homepage des Magazins: http://www.rollingstone.com/issue1071

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Die englische Zeitung „The Observer“ hat ein Interview mit Bruce Springsteen geführt. Der „Boss“ spricht unter anderem über sein neues Album „Working on a Dream“.  Zudem hat man die Möglichkeit, den Song „Life Itself“ kostenlos downzuloaden.

Auszüge kann man hier nachlesen.

Ausserdem wird die BBC am kommenden Samstag das Interview in voller Länge senden. Mehr Infos findet man auf der Homepage BBC 2 Radio.

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• The Observer – Bruce Springsteen Interview
• BBC 2 Online – Radiostation

Der amerikanische Radiosender NPR bietet ab 19. Januar 2009 das neue Bruce Springsteen Album „Working on a Dream“ per Livestream an.

Springsteen’s new album to stream on NPR
Fans anxious to get their ears on Bruce Springsteen’s new album will have a chance to hear it eight days before it hits stores.
Springsteen’s newest album „Working on a Dream“ will be streaming on National Public Radio, according to a spokesperson for NPR. The album will be available beginning at midnight on Monday, Jan. 19. It will be available free on the site until the day the album is released — Tuesday, Jan. 27.
The album is Springsteen’s second album in 16 months, a follow-up to his 2007 critically acclaimed release „Magic.“
The stream is part of one of NPR’s newer ventures entitled „Exclusive First Listen.“ The organization has previously provided early looks at albums by Neil Young and Bob Dylan. NPR will have more detailed information about the free stream this Monday at the company’s Web site, npr.org/music.
Fans anxious to get their ears on Bruce Springsteen’s new album will have a chance to hear it eight days before it hits stores.
Springsteen’s newest album „Working on a Dream“ will be streaming on National Public Radio, according to a spokesperson for NPR. The album will be available beginning at midnight on Monday, Jan. 19. It will be available free on the site until the day the album is released — Tuesday, Jan. 27.
The album is Springsteen’s second album in 16 months, a follow-up to his 2007 critically acclaimed release „Magic.“
The stream is part of one of NPR’s newer ventures entitled „Exclusive First Listen.“ The organization has previously provided early looks at albums by Neil Young and Bob Dylan. NPR will have more detailed information about the free stream this Monday at the company’s Web site, npr.org/music.
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