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Hours after announcing dates for a North American Summer stadium, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band took the stage at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Ten songs into the set, Springsteen broke out “If I Was the Priest” for the first time in over 50 years. Check out a stellar fan-shot video of the moment right here.
“I wrote this song,” Springsteen said. “I was 22. Fifty years ago.
Hours after announcing dates for a North American Summer stadium, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band took the stage at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Ten songs into the set, Springsteen broke out “If I Was the Priest” for the first time in over 50 years. Check out a stellar fan-shot video of the moment right here.
“I wrote this song,” Springsteen said. “I was 22. Fifty years ago.
- 2/15/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Columbia Records will release Bruce Springsteen’s The Promise: The Making of Darkness On The Edge of Town documentary, a look at the origins, production and legacy of The Boss’s seminal 1978 album, on Blu-ray and DVD on May 3.
Directed by Thom Zimny, The Promise: The Making of Darkness On The Edge of Town combines never-before-seen footage of Springsteen and the E Street Band shot between 1976 and 1978—including home rehearsals and studio sessions—with new interviews with Springsteen, E Street Band members, manager Jon Landau, former manager Mike Appel, and others closely involved in the making of the record.
The Boss poses for a soon-to-be-legendary album cover.
The film was first issued to the home market as part of the 2010 CD/ DVD box set The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story.
Bonus features on the The Promise begin with “Songs From the Promise,” a five-song concert event filmed in Asbury Park,...
Directed by Thom Zimny, The Promise: The Making of Darkness On The Edge of Town combines never-before-seen footage of Springsteen and the E Street Band shot between 1976 and 1978—including home rehearsals and studio sessions—with new interviews with Springsteen, E Street Band members, manager Jon Landau, former manager Mike Appel, and others closely involved in the making of the record.
The Boss poses for a soon-to-be-legendary album cover.
The film was first issued to the home market as part of the 2010 CD/ DVD box set The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story.
Bonus features on the The Promise begin with “Songs From the Promise,” a five-song concert event filmed in Asbury Park,...
- 4/12/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Singer told London audience that two-years of recording sessions almost drove his band crazy
They call him the Boss, and apparently for good reason. Bruce Springsteen tonight told an audience in London that he almost drove his group, the E Street Band, "crazy" with his exacting demands during the two-year recording process for their 1978 album Darkness on the Edge of Town.
Despite coming the success of the enormous 1975 hit Born to Run, Springsteen described being racked with uncertainty during the sessions, which marked the first time the band had recorded together for more than a year following a legal dispute between the singer and his former manager, Mike Appel.
"I was so full of doubt that the only way I knew to get somewhere was to struggle away for hours and hours," he said. "Each one of us has a story inside, and that story doesn't let you go. I...
They call him the Boss, and apparently for good reason. Bruce Springsteen tonight told an audience in London that he almost drove his group, the E Street Band, "crazy" with his exacting demands during the two-year recording process for their 1978 album Darkness on the Edge of Town.
Despite coming the success of the enormous 1975 hit Born to Run, Springsteen described being racked with uncertainty during the sessions, which marked the first time the band had recorded together for more than a year following a legal dispute between the singer and his former manager, Mike Appel.
"I was so full of doubt that the only way I knew to get somewhere was to struggle away for hours and hours," he said. "Each one of us has a story inside, and that story doesn't let you go. I...
- 10/29/2010
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
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