Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen(born September 23, 1949) is

Bruce Springsteen
an American singer-songwriter and leader of the E Street Band.
Nicknamed "The Boss," he is recognized for his poetic lyrics, his
Jersey Shore roots, his distinctive voice, and lengthy, energetic stage
performances.

Springsteen has recorded both rock albums and more somber folk-
oriented works. His most successful studio albums, Born to Run
(1975) and Born in the U.S.A. (1984) find pleasures in the struggles
of daily American life. He has sold more than 135 million records
worldwide and more than 64 million records in the United States,
making him one of the world's best-selling artists.[1][2] He has
earned numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy
Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, a Tony Award
(for Springsteen on Broadway) and was inducted into both the
Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in
1999. In 2009, Springsteen was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient,
in 2013 was named MusiCares person of the year, and in 2016 was At the Roskilde Festival in 2012
awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[3]
Born Bruce Frederick Joseph
Springsteen married Patti Scialfa in 1991. Their three children are Springsteen
Evan James Springsteen, Jessica Rae Springsteen, and Sam Ryan September 23, 1949
Springsteen. Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.
Residence Colts Neck, New Jersey, U.S.
Other names The Boss
Contents Occupation Singer · songwriter

Early life Spouse(s) Julianne Phillips

(m. 1985; div. 1989)
Career
Patti Scialfa (m. 1991)
1964–1972: Early years
1972–1974: Initial struggle for success Children 3
1975–1983: Breakthrough Musical career
1984–1991: Commercial and popular phenomenon
Genres Rock · heartland rock · folk
1992–1998: Artistic and commercial ups and downs
and soundtrack work rock · rock and roll
1999–2007: Return to success Instruments Vocals · Guitar · Piano ·
2008–2011: Deaths of Danny Federici and Clarence
Harmonica
Clemons
2012–2015: Wrecking Ball, High Hopes, American Years active 1964–present
Beauty and The Ties That Bind box set
Labels Columbia
2016–present: The River Tour 2016/Summer '17,
Chapter and Verse, autobiography and Broadway Associated acts E Street Band
performances
Little Steven
Musical style
Warren Zevon
Lyrical themes
Personal life
Steel Mill

Bands Tom Morello

 Discography Miami Horns
Studio albums
Live albums
The Sessions Band

Concert tours
Southside Johnny & the Asbury
Jukes
Awards and nominations
Academy Awards USA for Africa
American Music Awards
Audie Awards Website brucespringsteen.net
Brit Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Grammy Awards
Juno Awards
Grammy Hall of Fame
MTV Video Music Awards
Tony Awards
Other recognition
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

Early life
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born on September 23, 1949, at Monmouth Medical Centerin Long Branch, New Jersey.[4]
He was brought home from the hospital to Freehold Borough where he spent his childhood. He lived on South Street and attended
Freehold Borough High School. His father, Douglas Frederick "Dutch"[5] Springsteen (1924-1998), was of Dutch and Irish ancestry,
and worked as a bus driver, among other jobs, but was unemployed most of the time. Springsteen said his mother, Adele Ann (née
Zerilli), a legal secretary and of Italian ancestry, was the main breadwinner.[6] His maternal grandfather was born in Vico Equense, a
town near Naples.[7] He has two younger sisters, Virginia and Pamela. Pamela had a brief film career, but left acting to pursue still
photography full-time; she took photos for his Human Touch, Lucky Town and The Ghost of Tom Joad albums. Douglas Springsteen,
[8]
Bruce's father, suffered from mental health issuesthrough his life which worsened in his later years.

Springsteen's last name istopographic and of Dutch origin, literally translating to "jumping stone" but more generally meaning a kind
of stone used as a stepping stone in unpaved streets or between two houses.[9] The Springsteens are among the early Dutch families
who settled in the colony ofNew Netherland in the 1600s.

Raised a Catholic, Springsteen attended the St. Rose of Lima Catholic school in Freehold Borough, where he was at odds with the
nuns and rejected the strictures imposed upon him, even though some of his later music reflects a Catholic ethos and includes a few
rock-influenced, traditionalIrish-Catholic hymns.[10] In a 2012 interview, he explained that it was his Catholic upbringing rather than
political ideology that most influenced his music. He noted in the interview that his faith had given him a "very active spiritual life",
[11] [8]
although he joked that this "made it very difficult sexually." He added: "Once a Catholic, always a Catholic."

In ninth grade, Springsteen began attending the publicFreehold High School, but did not fit in there either. Former teachers have said
he was a "loner, who wanted nothing more than to play his guitar." He graduated in 1967, but felt so uncomfortable that he skipped
the ceremony.[12] He briefly attended Ocean County College, but dropped out.[10]

Career
1964–1972: Early years

Springsteen grew up hearing fellow New Jersey singer Frank Sinatra on the radio. He
became interested in being involved in music himself when, in 1956 and 1957, at the age This was different, shifted the
lay of the land. Four guys,
of seven, he saw Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show. Soon after this his mother
playing and singing, writing their
rented him a guitar from Mike Diehl's Music in Freehold for $6 a week but it failed to own material ... Rock 'n' roll
provide him with the 'instant gratification' he desired.[14] In 1964, Springsteen saw the came to my house where there
Beatles appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and, inspired, he bought his first guitar for seemed to be no way out ... and
opened up a whole world of
$18.95 at the Western Auto Appliance Store.[15][13] Thereafter he started playing for
possibilities.
audiences with a band called the Rogues at local venues such as the Elks Lodge in
—Bruce Springsteen, on the impact
Freehold. In late 1964, Springsteen's mother took out a loan to buy her 16-year-old son a
of The Beatles[13]
$60 Kent guitar, an act he subsequently memorialized in his song "The Wish". The
following year, he went to the house of Tex and Marion Vinyard, who sponsored young
bands in town. They helped him become the lead guitarist and subsequently one of the
lead singers of the Castiles. His first gig with the Castiles was possibly at a trailer park on New Jersey Route 34. The Castiles
recorded two original songs at a public recording studio in Brick Township and played a variety of venues, including Cafe Wha? in
[16][17]
Greenwich Village. Marion Vinyard said that she believed the youngSpringsteen when he promised he would make it big.

Called for conscription in the United States Army when he was 18, Springsteen failed the physical examination and did not serve in
the Vietnam War. He had suffered a concussion in a motorcycle accident when he was 17, and this together with his "crazy" behavior
at induction gave him a classification of4F, which made him unacceptable for service.[18]

In the late-1960s, Springsteen performed briefly in apower trio known as Earth, playing in clubs in New Jersey, with one major show
at the Hotel Diplomat in New York City. Earth consisted of John Graham on bass, and Mike Burke on drums. Bob Alfano was later
added on organ, then was replaced for two gigs byFrank 'Flash' Craig.[16]

From 1969 through early 1971, Springsteen performed with Steel Mill (originally
called Child), which included Danny Federici, Vini Lopez, Vinnie Roslin and later
Steve Van Zandt and Robbin Thompson. During this time he performed regularly at
venues on the Jersey Shore, in Richmond, Virginia,[19] Nashville, Tennessee, and a
set of gigs in California,[16] quickly gathering a cult following. San Francisco
Examiner music critic Philip Elwood gave Springsteen credibility in his glowing
assessment of Steel Mill: "I have never been so overwhelmed by totally unknown
talent." Elwood went on to praise their "cohesive musicality" and, in particular,
singled out Springsteen as "a most impressive composer".
Ordinary life in New Jersey beach
Other acts followed over the next two years, as Springsteen sought to shape a unique towns such as Asbury Park is the
background to Springsteen's early
and genuine musical and lyrical style: Dr. Zoom & the Sonic Boom (early- to mid-
lyrics
1971), the Sundance Blues Band (mid-1971), and the Bruce Springsteen Band (mid-
1971 to mid-1972). With the addition of pianist David Sancious, the core of what
would later become the E Street Band was formed, with occasional temporary additions such as horn sections, the Zoomettes (a
group of female backing vocalists for Dr. Zoom) and Southside Johnny Lyon on harmonica. Musical genres explored included blues,
R&B, jazz, church music, early rock 'n' roll, and soul, with major influences being Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Leon
Russell and Van Morrison.[16]

Springsteen acquired the nickname "The Boss" during this period, when his bands played club gigs and he took on the task of
collecting the band's nightly pay and distributing it amongst his bandmates.[20] The nickname also reportedly sprang from games of
Monopoly that Springsteen would play with other Jersey Shore musicians.[21] Springsteen is not fond of this nickname, due to his
dislike of bosses,[20] but seems to have tacitly accepted it. Previously he had the nickname "Doctor".
[22][23]
His prolific songwriting ability (with "more words in some individual songs than other artists had in whole albums", as his future
record label would describe it in early publicity campaigns) brought his skills to the attention of several people who were about to
change his life: New managers Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos, who in turn brought him to the attention of Columbia Records talent
scout John Hammond. Hammond auditioned Springsteen in May 1972.

Even after Springsteen gained international acclaim, his New Jersey roots showed through in his music, and he often praised "the
great state of New Jersey" in his live shows. Drawing on his extensive local appeal, he has routinely sold out consecutive nights in
major New Jersey, Philadelphia and New York venues. He has also made many surprise appearances at The Stone Pony and other
shore nightclubs over the years.

1972–1974: Initial struggle for success

Springsteen was signed to Columbia Records in 1972 by Clive Davis, after having initially piqued the interest of John Hammond,
who had signed Bob Dylan to the same label a decade earlier. Despite the expectations of Columbia Records' executives that
Springsteen would record an acoustic album, he brought many of his New Jersey-based colleagues into the studio with him, thus
forming the E Street Band (although it would not be formally named for several months). His debut album Greetings from Asbury
[24] though sales were slow.
Park, N.J., released in January 1973, established him as a critical favorite

Because of Springsteen's lyrical poeticism and folk rock-rooted music exemplified on tracks like "Blinded by the Light"[note 1] and
"For You", as well as the Columbia and Hammond connections, critics initially compared Springsteen to Bob Dylan. "He sings with a
freshness and urgency I haven't heard since I was rocked by 'Like a Rolling Stone'" wrote Crawdaddy magazine editor Peter Knobler
in Springsteen's first interview/profile in March 1973. Photographs for that original profile were taken by Ed Gallucci.[25][26]
Crawdaddy discovered Springsteen in the rock press and was his earliest champion. Knobler profiled him in Crawdaddy three times,
in 1973, 1975 and 1978.[27] (Springsteen and the E Street Band acknowledged the magazine's support by giving a private
performance at the Crawdaddy 10th Anniversary Party in New York City in June 1976.)[28] Music critic Lester Bangs wrote in
Creem in 1975 that when Springsteen's first album was released "... many of us dismissed it: he wrote like Bob Dylan and Van
Morrison, sang like Van Morrison and Robbie Robertson, and led a band that sounded like Van Morrison's".[29] The track "Spirit in
the Night" especially showed Morrison's influence, while L
" ost in the Flood" was the first of many portraits of Vietnam veterans, and
"Growin' Up", his first take on the recurring theme of adolescence.

In September 1973, Springsteen's second album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle was released, again to critical acclaim
but no commercial success. Springsteen's songs became grander in form and scope, with the E Street Band providing a less folksy,
more R&B vibe, and the lyrics often romanticized teenage street life. "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" and "Incident on 57th
Street" would become fan favorites, and the long, rousing "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" continues to rank among Springsteen's
most beloved concert numbers.

In the May 22, 1974 issue of Boston's The Real Paper music critic Jon Landau wrote, after seeing a performance at the Harvard
Square Theater, "I saw rock and roll future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen. And on a night when I needed to feel young, he made
me feel like I was hearing music for the very first time."[30] Landau helped to finish the epic new album Born to Run and
subsequently became Springsteen's manager and producer. Given an enormous budget in a last-ditch effort at a commercially viable
record, Springsteen became bogged down in the recording process while striving for a "Wall of Sound" production. But fed by the
[31]
release of an early mix of "Born to Run" to nearly a dozen radio stations, anticipation built toward the album's release.

The album took more than 14 months to record, with six months spent on the song "Born to Run". During this time, Springsteen
battled with anger and frustration over the album, saying he heard "sounds in [his] head" that he could not explain to the others in the
studio. It was during these recording sessions that "Miami" Steve Van Zandt would stumble into the studio just in time to help
Springsteen organize the horn section on "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out". Van Zandt, who would eventually join the E Street Band, had
been a longtime friend of Springsteen, as well as a collaborator on earlier musical projects, and understood where he was coming
from, which helped him to translate some of the sounds Springsteen was hearing. Still, by the end of the grueling recording sessions
Springsteen was not satisfied, and upon first hearing the finished album, threw it into the alley and told Jon Landau he would rather
just cut it live at The Bottom Line (a place he often played).[32]
1975–1983: Breakthrough
On August 13, 1975, Springsteen and the E Street Band began a five-night, 10-show stand at New York's The Bottom Line club. This
attracted major media attention and was broadcast live on WNEW-FM. (Decades later, Rolling Stone magazine would name the stand
as one of the 50 Moments That Changed Rock and Roll.)[33] Oklahoma City rock radio station WKY, in association with Carson
Attractions, staged an experimental promotional event that resulted in a sold out house at the (6,000 seat) Civic Center Music Hall.
With the release of Born to Run on August 25, 1975, Springsteen finally found success. The album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard
200, and while reception at US top 40 radio outlets for the album's two singles was not overwhelming ("Born to Run" reached a
modest No. 23 on the Billboard charts, and "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" peaked at No. 83), almost every track on the album received
album-oriented rock airplay, especially "Born to Run", "Thunder Road", "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out," and "Jungleland", all of which
remain perennial favorites on manyclassic rock stations.

Springsteen appeared on the covers of both Time and Newsweek in the same week, on October 27 of that year. So great did the wave
of publicity become that he eventually rebelled against it during his first venture overseas, tearing down promotional posters before a
concert appearance in London.

A legal battle with former manager Mike Appel kept Springsteen out of the studio
for nearly a year, during which time he kept the E Street Band together through
extensive touring across the U.S. Despite the optimistic fervor with which he often
performed, Springsteen's new songs sounded more somber than much of his
previous work. Reaching settlement with Appel in 1977, Springsteen returned to the
studio, and the subsequent sessions produced Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978).
Musically, this album was a turning point in Springsteen's career
. Gone were the raw,
rapid-fire lyrics, outsized characters, and long, multi-part musical compositions of
the first three albums; the songs were leaner and more carefully drawn and began to
reflect Springsteen's growing intellectual and political awareness. The cross-country
1978 tour to promote the album would become legendary for the intensity and length
of its shows.[34]

By the late 1970s, Springsteen had earned a reputation in the pop world as a
songwriter whose material could provide hits for other bands. Manfred Mann's Earth
Band had achieved a US No. 1 pop hit with a heavily rearranged version of
Greetings' "Blinded by the Light" in early 1977.Patti Smith reached No. 13 with her Springsteen and the E Street Band,
take on Springsteen's unreleased "Because the Night" (with revised lyrics by Smith) 1977
in 1978, while The Pointer Sisters hit No. 2 in 1979 with Springsteen's also
unreleased "Fire". Although not a critical success, long time friendSouthside Johnny
recorded Springsteen's "The Fever" in early 1976 and "Talk to Me" in 1978. The two of them along with Steve Van Zandt
collaborated to produce "Trapped Again" in 1978.

In September 1979, Springsteen and the E Street Band joined the Musicians United for Safe Energy anti-nuclear power collective at
Madison Square Garden for two nights, playing an abbreviated set while premiering two songs from his upcoming album. The
subsequent No Nukes live album, as well as the following summer's No Nukes documentary film, represented the first official
recordings and footage of Springsteen's fabled live act, as well as Springsteen's first tentative dip into political involvement.

Springsteen continued to focus on working-class life with the 20-song double album The River in 1980, which included an
intentionally paradoxical range of material from good-time party rockers to emotionally intense ballads, and finally yielded his first
hit Top Ten single as a performer, "Hungry Heart". Like the previous two albums, musical styles on The River were derived largely
from rock 'n' roll music of the 50s and 60s, but with a more explicit pop-rock sound than earlier albums. This is apparent in the
adoption of Eighties pop-rock hallmarks like the reverberating-tenor drums, very basic percussion/guitar and repetitive lyrics
apparent in many of the tracks. The title song pointed to Springsteen's intellectual direction, while a couple of the lesser-known tracks
presaged his musical direction. The album sold well, becoming his first No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and a long tour in
1980 and 1981 followed, which included Springsteen's first extended tour of Europe and ending with a series of multi-night arena
stands in major cities in the U.S.

The River was followed in 1982 by the stark solo acoustic Nebraska. Recording sessions had been held to expand on a demo tape
Springsteen had made at his home on a simple, low-tech four-track tape deck. However, during the recording process Springsteen and
producer Jon Landau realized the songs worked better as solo acoustic numbers than full band renditions and the original demo tape
was released as the album. Although the recordings of the E Street Band were shelved, other songs from these sessions would later be
released, including "Born in the U.S.A" and "Glory Days". According to the Marsh biographies, Springsteen was depressed when he
wrote this material, and the result is a brutal depiction of American life. While Nebraska did not sell as well as Springsteen's three
previous albums, it garnered widespread critical praise (including being named "Album of the Year" by Rolling Stone magazine's
critics) and influenced later works by other major artists, including U2's album The Joshua Tree. Springsteen did not tour in
conjunction with Nebraska's release.

1984–1991: Commercial and popular phenomenon

Springsteen is probably best known for his album Born in the U.S.A. (1984), which sold 15 million copies in the U.S., 30 million
worldwide, and became one of the best-selling albums of all time with seven singles hitting the Top 10. The title track was a bitter
commentary on the treatment of Vietnam veterans, some of whom were Springsteen's friends. The lyrics in the verses were entirely
unambiguous when listened to, but the anthemic music and the title of the song made it hard for many, from politicians to the
common person, to get the lyrics—except those in the chorus, which could be read many ways.[35] The song made a huge political
[36]
impact, as he was advocating for the rights of the common working-class man.

The song was widely misinterpreted as jingoistic, and in connection with the 1984 presidential campaign became the subject of
considerable folklore. In 1984, conservative columnist George Will attended a Springsteen concert and then wrote a column praising
Springsteen's work ethic. Six days after the column was printed, in a campaign rally in Hammonton, New Jersey, Reagan said,
"America's future rests in a thousand dreams inside your hearts. It rests in the message of hope in the songs of a man so many young
Americans admire—New Jersey's own, Bruce Springsteen." Two nights later, at a concert in Pittsburgh, Springsteen told the crowd,
"Well, the president was mentioning my name in his speech the other day and I kind of got to wondering what his favorite album of
mine must've been, you know? I don't think it was the Nebraska album. I don't think he's been listening to this one." He then began
[37]
playing "Johnny 99", with its allusions to closing factories and criminals.

Springsteen also turned down several million dollars offered by the Chrysler Corporation to use "Born in the U.S.A." in a car
commercial. In later years, to eliminate the bombast and make the song's original meaning more explicitly clear, Springsteen
performed the song accompanied only by acoustic guitar, thus returning to how the song was originally conceived. The original
acoustic version of the song, recorded in 1982 during theNebraska sessions, appeared on the 1998 archival releaseTracks.

"Dancing in the Dark" was the biggest of seven hit singles from Born in the U.S.A., peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard music charts.
The video for the song showed a young Courteney Cox dancing on stage with Springsteen, which helped start the actress's career.
The song "Cover Me" was written by Springsteen for Donna Summer, but his record company persuaded him to keep it for the new
album. A big fan of Summer's work, Springsteen wrote another song for her, "Protection". Videos for the album were directed by
Brian De Palma and John Sayles. Springsteen played on the "We Are the World" song and album in 1985. His live single "Trapped"
from that album received moderate airplay on US Top 40 stations as well as reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks
chart.[38]

During the Born in the U.S.A. Tour, Springsteen met actress Julianne Phillips, whom he would marry in 1985. He also that year took
part in the recording of the USA For Africa charity song "We Are The World"; however he declined to play at Live Aid. He later
stated that he "simply did not realise how big the whole thing was going to be". He has since expressed regret at turning down Bob
Geldof's invitation, stating that he could have played a couple of acoustic songs had there been no slot available for a full band
performance.
The Born in the U.S.A. period represented the height of Springsteen's visibility in
popular culture and the broadest audience he would ever reach (aided by the release
of Arthur Baker's dance mixes of three of the singles). From June 15 to August 10,
1985, all seven of his albums appeared on the UK Albums Chart: the first time an
.[39]
artist had charted their entire back catalogue simultaneously

Live/1975–85, a five-record box set (also on three cassettes or three CDs), was
released near the end of 1986 and became the first box set to debut at No. 1 on the
U.S. album charts. It is one of the most commercially successful live albums of all
time, ultimately selling 13 million units in the U.S. Live/1975–85 summed up
Springsteen's career to that point and displayed some of the elements that made his
shows so powerful to his fans: the switching from mournful dirges to party rockers
and back; the communal sense of purpose between artist and audience; the long, Springsteen at Félix Houphouët-
intense spoken passages before songs, including those describing Springsteen's Boigny International Airportin Ivory
difficult relationship with his father; and the instrumental prowess of the E Street Coast during Amnesty International's
Band, such as in the long coda to "Racing in the Street". Despite its popularity, some 1988 Human Rights Now! Tour
fans and critics felt the album's song selection could have been better. Springsteen
concerts are the subjects of frequentbootleg recording and trading among fans.

During the 1980s, several Springsteen fanzines were launched, including Backstreets magazine, which started in Seattle and
continues today as a glossy publication, now in communication with Springsteen's management and ficial
of website.

After this commercial peak, Springsteen released the much more sedate and contemplative Tunnel of Love album (1987), a mature
reflection on the many faces of love found, lost and squandered, which only selectively used the E Street Band. It presaged the
breakup of his marriage to Julianne Phillips and described some of his unhappiness in the relationship. Reflecting the challenges of
love in "Brilliant Disguise", Springsteen sang:

So tell me who I see when I look in your eyes/Is that you, baby
, or just a brilliant disguise?

The subsequent Tunnel of Love Express Tour shook up fans with changes to the stage layout, favorites dropped from the set list, and
horn-based arrangements. During the European leg in 1988, Springsteen's relationship with backup singer Patti Scialfa became
[40]
public. Phillips and Springsteen filed for divorce in 1988.

On July 19, 1988, Springsteen held a concert in East Germany that attracted 300,000 spectators. Journalist Erik Kirschbaum has
called the concert "the most important rock concert ever, anywhere", in his 2013 book Rocking the Wall. Bruce Springsteen: The
Berlin Concert That Changed the World. It had been conceived by the Socialist Unity Party's youth wing in an attempt to placate the
youth of East Germany, who were hungry for more freedom and the popular music of the West. However, it is Kirschbaum's opinion
that the success of the concert catalyzed opposition to the regime in the DDR, and helped contribute to the fall of the Berlin Wall the
following year.[41]

Later in 1988, Springsteen headlined the worldwide Human Rights Now! tour for Amnesty International. In late 1989 he dissolved
the E Street Band, and he and Scialfa relocated to California, marrying in 1991.

1992–1998: Artistic and commercial ups and downs and soundtrack work
In 1992, after risking fan accusations of "going Hollywood" by moving to Los Angeles and working with session musicians,
Springsteen released two albums at once. Human Touch and Lucky Town were even more introspective than any of his previous work
and displayed a newly revealed confidence. As opposed to his first two albums, which dreamed of happiness, and his next four,
which showed him growing to fear it, at points during theLucky Town album, Springsteen actually claims happiness for himself.
 An electric band appearance on the acoustic MTV Unplugged television program (later
released as In Concert/MTV Plugged) was poorly received and further cemented fan
dissatisfaction. Springsteen seemed to realize this a few years hence when he spoke
humorously of his late father during his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech:

I've gotta thank him because—what would I conceivably have written about
without him? I mean, you can imagine that if everything had gone great
between us, we would have had disaster. I would have written just happy
songs—and I tried it in the early '90s and it didn't work; the public didn't like
it.[42]

A multiple Grammy Award winner, Springsteen also won an Academy Award in 1994 for his
song "Streets of Philadelphia", which appeared on the soundtrack to the film Philadelphia.
Springsteen performing on The video for the song shows Springsteen's actual vocal performance, recorded using a hidden
the Tunnel of Love Express microphone, to a prerecorded instrumental track. This technique was developed on the
Tour at the Radrennbahn "Brilliant Disguise" video.
Weißensee in East Berlin on
July 19, 1988 In 1995, after temporarily re-organizing the E Street Band for a few new songs recorded for
his first Greatest Hits album (a recording session that was chronicled in the documentary
Blood Brothers), and also one show at Tramps in New York City,[43] he released his second
folk album, The Ghost of Tom Joad, inspired by John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and by Journey to Nowhere: The Saga of the
New Underclass, a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning authorDale Maharidge and photographer Michael Williamson. This was generally
less well-received than the similar Nebraska, due to the minimal melody, twangy vocals, and political nature of most of the songs,
although some praised it for giving voice to immigrants and others who rarely have one in American culture. The lengthy
, worldwide,
small-venue solo acoustic Ghost of Tom Joad Tour that followed successfully presented many of his older songs in drastically
reshaped acoustic form, although Springsteen had to explicitly remind his audiences to be quiet and not to clap during the
performances.

In April 1996, Springsteen gave an interview to LGBT magazine The Advocate writer Judy Wieder, in which he spoke of the
importance of fighting for gay marriage. "You get your license, you do all the social rituals. It's part of your place in society, and in
some way part of society's acceptance of you."[44]

Following the tour, Springsteen moved back to New Jersey with his family.[45] In 1998, he released the sprawling, four-disc box set
of outtakes, Tracks. Later, he would acknowledge that the 1990s were a "lost period" for him: "I didn't do a lot of work. Some people
would say I didn't do my best work."[46]

1999–2007: Return to success

Springsteen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 by Bono (the lead singer of U2), a favor he returned in
2005.[47]

In 1999, Springsteen and the E Street Band reunited and began their extensive Reunion Tour, lasting over a year. Highlights included
a record sold-out, 15-show run at Continental Airlines Arenain East Rutherford, New Jersey and a ten-night, sold-out engagement at
New York City's Madison Square Garden, which ended the tour. The final two shows were recorded for HBO, with corresponding
DVD and album releases as Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Live in New York City. A new song, "American Skin (41
Shots)", about the police shooting ofAmadou Diallo, which was played at these shows proved controversial.

In 2002, Springsteen released his first studio effort with the full band in 18 years, The Rising, produced by Brendan O'Brien. The
album, mostly a reflection on the September 11 attacks, was a critical and popular success. (Many of the songs were influenced by
phone conversations Springsteen had with family members of victims of the attacks who in their obituaries had mentioned how his
music touched their lives.) The title track gained airplay in several radio formats, and the record became Springsteen's best-selling
album of new material in 15 years. Kicked off by an early-morning Asbury Park
appearance on The Today Show, The Rising Tour commenced, barnstorming through
a series of single-night arena stands in the U.S. and Europe to promote the album in
2002, then returning for large-scale, multiple-night stadium shows in 2003. While
Springsteen had maintained a loyal hardcore fan base everywhere (and particularly
in Europe), his general popularity had dipped over the years in some southern and
midwestern regions of the U.S. because of his vocal endorsement of leftist, liberal
politics. But it was still strong in Europe and along the U.S. coasts, and he played an
unprecedented 10 nights in Giants Stadium in New Jersey, a ticket-selling feat to The scene outside theGiants
Stadium parking lot for banner-
which no other musical act has come close.[48] During these shows Springsteen
marked, record-setting, 10-night
thanked those fans who were attending multiple shows and those who were coming
stand of The Rising Tour during July
from long distances or another country; the advent of robust Springsteen-oriented 2003.
online communities had made such practices more common. The Rising Tour
concluded with three nights in Shea Stadium, highlighted by renewed controversy
over "American Skin" and a guest appearance by Bob Dylan.

During the early 2000s, Springsteen became a visible advocate for the revitalization of Asbury Park, and played an annual series of
winter holiday concerts there to benefit various local businesses, organizations, and causes. These shows were explicitly intended for
the devoted fans, including numbers such as the E Street Shuffle outtake "Thundercrack", a rollicking group-participation song that
would mystify casual Springsteen fans. He also frequently rehearses for tours in Asbury Park; some of his most devoted followers
even stand outside the building to hear what fragments they can of the upcoming shows. The song "My City of Ruins" was originally
written about Asbury Park, in honor of the attempts to revitalize the city. Looking for an appropriate song for the America: A Tribute
to Heroes telethon broadcast, he selected "My City of Ruins", which was immediately recognized as an emotional highlight of the
broadcast, with its gospel themes and its heartfelt exhortations to "Rise up!" The song became associated with post-9/11 New York,
and he chose it to closeThe Rising album and as an encore on the subsequent tour
.

At the Grammy Awards of 2003, Springsteen performed The Clash's "London Calling" along with Elvis Costello, Dave Grohl, and E
Street Band member Steven Van Zandt and No Doubt's bassist, Tony Kanal, in tribute to Joe Strummer; Springsteen and the Clash
had once been considered multiple-album-dueling rivals at the time of the double
The River and the triple Sandinista!.

In 2004, Springsteen and the E Street Band participated in the Vote for Change tour, along with John Mellencamp, John Fogerty, the
Dixie Chicks, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Bright Eyes, the Dave Matthews Band, Jackson Browne, and other musicians. All concerts were to
be held in swing states, to benefit the progressive political organization group America Coming Together and to encourage people to
register and vote. A finale was held in Washington, D.C., bringing many of the artists together. Several days later, Springsteen held
one more such concert in New Jersey, when polls showed that state surprisingly close. While in past years Springsteen had played
benefits for causes in which he believed —against nuclear energy, for Vietnam veterans, Amnesty International, and the Christic
Institute—he had always refrained from explicitly endorsing candidates for political office (indeed he had rejected the efforts of
Walter Mondale to attract an endorsement during the 1984 Reagan "Born in the U.S.A." flap). This new stance led to criticism and
praise from the expected partisan sources. Springsteen's "No Surrender" became the main campaign theme song for John Kerry's
unsuccessful presidential campaign; in the last days of the campaign, he performed acoustic versions of the song and some of his
other old songs at Kerry rallies.

Devils & Dust was released on April 26, 2005, and was recorded without the E Street Band. It is a low-key, mostly acoustic album, in
the same vein as Nebraska and The Ghost of Tom Joad although with a little more instrumentation. Some of the material was written
almost 10 years earlier during, or shortly after, the Ghost of Tom Joad Tour, with a few having been performed then but not
released.[49] The title track concerns an ordinary soldier's feelings and fears during the Iraq War. Starbucks rejected a co-branding
deal for the album, due in part to some sexually explicit content but also because of Springsteen's anti-corporate politics. The album
entered the album charts at No. 1 in 10 countries (United States, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Germany, the
Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Ireland). Springsteen began the solo Devils & Dust Tour at the same time as the album's
release, playing both small and large venues. Attendance was disappointing in a few regions, and everywhere (other than in Europe)
tickets were easier to get than in the past. Unlike his mid-1990s solo tour, he performed on piano, electric piano, pump organ,
 autoharp, ukulele, banjo, electric guitar, and stomping board, as well as acoustic
guitar and harmonica, adding variety to the solo sound. (Offstage synthesizer, guitar,
and percussion were also used for some songs.)

In November 2005, Sirius Satellite Radio started a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week radio

station called E Street Radio. This channel played commercial-free Bruce
Springsteen music, including rare tracks, interviews, and daily concerts of Bruce
Springsteen & the E Street Band recorded throughout their career
.

In April 2006, Springsteen released

An acoustic guitar number during the
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger
solo Devils & Dust Tour performance
at the Festhalle Frankfurt, June 15, Sessions, an American roots music
2005. project focused around a big folk
sound treatment of 15 songs
popularized by the radical musical
activism of Pete Seeger. It was recorded with a large ensemble of musicians
including only Patti Scialfa, Soozie Tyrell, and The Miami Horns from past efforts.
In contrast to previous albums, this was recorded in only three one-day sessions, and
Springsteen and The Sessions Band
frequently one can hear Springsteen calling out key changes live as the band
performing on their tour at the Fila
explores its way through the tracks. A tour began the same month, with the 18- Forum, Milan, Italy on May 12, 2006.
strong ensemble of musicians dubbed The Seeger Sessions Band (and later
shortened to The Sessions Band). Seeger Sessions material was emphasized, as well
as a handful of (usually drastically rearranged) Springsteen numbers. The tour proved very popular in Europe, selling out everywhere
and receiving some excellent reviews,[50] but newspapers reported that a number of U.S. shows suffered from sparse
attendance.[51][52][53] By the end of 2006, the Seeger Sessions tour toured Europe twice and toured America for only a short span.
Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band: Live in Dublin, containing selections from three nights of November 2006 shows at the
Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, was released the following June.

Springsteen's next album, titledMagic, was released on October 2, 2007. Recorded with the E Street Band, it had 10 new Springsteen
songs plus "Long Walk Home", performed once with the Sessions band, and a hidden track (the first included on a Springsteen studio
release), "Terry's Song", a tribute to Springsteen's long-time assistant Terry Magovern, who died on July 30, 2007.[54] Magic debuted
at No. 1 in Ireland and the UK. Greatest Hits reentered the Irish charts at No. 57, and Live in Dublin almost cracked the top 20 in
Norway again. Sirius Satellite Radio also restarted E Street Radio on September 27, 2007, in anticipation of Magic.[55] Radio
conglomerate Clear Channel Communicationswas alleged to have sent an edict to its classic rock stations to not play any songs from
the new album, while continuing to play older Springsteen material. However, Clear Channel Adult Alternative (or "AAA") station
[56]
KBCO did play tracks from the album, undermining the allegations of a corporate blackout.

The Springsteen and E Street Band Magic Tour began at the Hartford Civic Center with the album's release and continued through
North America and Europe.

It was announced on November 21, 2007, that Springsteen's longtime friend and founding E Street Band member, Danny Federici,
would be taking a leave of absence from the Magic Tour to pursue treatment for melanoma. Charles Giordano filled in as Federici's
replacement.

2008–2011: Deaths of Danny Federici and Clarence Clemons

Federici returned to the stage on March 20, 2008, when he appeared for portions of a Springsteen and E Street Band performance at
Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Less than one month later, on April 17, 2008, Federici died at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center in New York City, having suffered for three years from melanoma.[57][58]
On January 11, 2009, Springsteen won the
Springsteen at a rally for the presidential candidateBarack Obama
Golden Globe Award for Best Song for "The
Wrestler", from the Darren Aronofsky film by
the same name.[59] After receiving a heartfelt
letter from lead actor Mickey Rourke,
Springsteen supplied the song for the film for
free.[60]

Springsteen performed at the halftime show at

Super Bowl XLIII on February 1, 2009,[61]
agreeing to do it after many previous offers.[62]
A few days before the game, Springsteen gave a
rare press conference at which he promised a
"twelve-minute party."[63][64] His 12-minute 45-
second set, with the E Street Band and the
Miami Horns, included abbreviated renditions
of "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"", "Born to Run",
"Working on a Dream", and "Glory Days", the
latter complete with football references in place Cleveland, Ohio, on November 2, 2008
of the original baseball-themed lyrics. The set of
appearances and promotional activities led
[65]
Springsteen to say, "This has probably been the busiest month of my life."

Springsteen supported Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, announcing his

endorsement in April 2008[66] and going on to appear at several Obama rallies as
well as performing several solo acoustic performances in support of Obama's
campaign throughout 2008,[67] culminating with a November 2 rally at which he
debuted the song "Working on a Dream" in a duet with Scialfa.[68] At an Ohio rally,
Springsteen discussed the importance of "truth, transparency and integrity in
government, the right of every American to have a job, a living wage, to be educated
Super Bowl XLIII halftime show
in a decent school, and a life filled with the dignity of work, the promise and the
sanctity of home ..."[69]

Following Obama's electoral victory on November 4, Springsteen's song "The Rising" was the first song played over the
loudspeakers after Obama's victory speech in Chicago's Grant Park. Springsteen was the musical opener for the Obama Inaugural
Celebration on January 18, 2009, which was attended by over 400,000 people.[70] He performed "The Rising" with an all-female
choir. Later he performed Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" with Pete Seeger.

Springsteen's Working on a Dream album, dedicated to the memory of Danny Federici, was released in late January 2009[63] and the
supporting Working on a Dream Tour ran from April 2009 until November 2009. The tour presented few songs from the new album,
with set lists dominated instead by classics and selections reflecting the ongoing late-2000s recession.[71] Springsteen also played
songs requested by audience members holding up signs, a practice begun during the final stages of the Magic Tour.[71] Drummer
Max Weinberg was replaced for some shows by his 18-year-old son Jay Weinberg, so that the former could serve his role as
bandleader on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.[71] During this tour, Springsteen and the band made their first real foray in the
world of music festivals, headlining nights at the Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands, Festival des Vieilles Charrues in France, the
Bonnaroo Music Festival in the United States and the Glastonbury Festival[72] and Hard Rock Calling in the UK.[73] Several shows
on the tour presented Born to Run, Darkness on the Edge of Town, or Born in the U.S.A. in its entirety.[74] The band performed five
final shows at Giants Stadium, opening with a new song highlighting the historic stadium, and Springsteen's Jersey roots, named
"Wrecking Ball".[75] A DVD from the Working on a Dream Tour entitled London Calling: Live in Hyde Parkwas released in 2010.
Springsteen was among the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, an annual
award to figures from the world of arts for their contribution to American culture, on
December 6, 2009.[76] President Obama gave a speech in which he talked about how
Springsteen had incorporated the life of regular Americans in his expansive palette
of songs and how his concerts were beyond typical rock-and-roll concerts, how,
apart from being high-energy concerts, they were "communions". He ended the
remark "while I am the president, he is the Boss". Tributes were paid by several
well-known celebrities including Jon Stewart (who described Springsteen's
"unprecedented combination of lyrical eloquence, musical mastery and sheer
Fireworks go off at the conclusion of
unbridled, unadulterated joy"). A musical tribute included John Mellencamp, Ben
the "E! Street! Band!" exhortation
Harper, Jennifer Nettles, Melissa Etheridge, Eddie Vedder, and Sting. during the final shows atGiants
Stadium.
Springsteen was among a host of musicians who voiced extensive criticism
regarding the merging of Ticketmaster with Live Nation, saying "the one thing that
would make the current ticket situation even worse for the fan than it is now would be Ticketmaster and Live Nation coming up with
[77]
a single system, thereby returning us to a near monopoly situation in music ticketing."

The 2000s ended with Springsteen named one of eight Artists of the Decade by Rolling Stone magazine[78] and with Springsteen's
tours ranking him fourth among artists in total concert grosses for the decade.[79] His 2010 tour included venues in the UK and
Ireland.

In September 2010, a documentary about the making of Springsteen's 1978 album Darkness on the Edge of Town premiered at the
Toronto International Film Festival. The film, The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town, was included in a box set
reissue of the album, entitled The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story, released in November 2010. Also airing on
HBO, the documentary explored Springsteen's making of the album and his role in the production and development of the tracks.

Clarence Clemons, the E Street Band's saxophonist and founding member, died on June 18, 2011, of complications from a stroke.
"Clarence lived a wonderful life", Springsteen said. "He carried within him a love of people that made them love him. He created a
wondrous and extended family. He loved the saxophone, loved our fans and gave everything he had every night he stepped on
stage."[80]

2012–2015: Wrecking Ball, High Hopes, American Beauty and The Ties That Bind box
set
Springsteen's 17th studio album,Wrecking Ball, was released on March 6, 2012. The
album consists of eleven tracks plus two bonus tracks. Three songs previously only
available as live versions—"Wrecking Ball", "Land of Hope and Dreams", and
"American Land"—appear on the album.[81] Wrecking Ball became Springsteen's
tenth No. 1 album in the United States, tying him with Elvis Presley for third most
No. 1 albums of all-time. Only The Beatles (19) and Jay Z (12) have more No. 1
albums.[82]

Springsteen performing with
drummer Max Weinberg behind him,
on the Magic Tour stop at Veterans
Memorial Arena, Jacksonville,
Florida, August 15, 2008.
Following the release of the album, Springsteen and the E Street Band announced
plans for the Wrecking Ball Tour, which began on March 18, 2012. As tickets for the
first U.S. dates went on sale, many fans were unable to obtain tickets, much like for
the 2009 Working on a Dream Tour, allegedly due to ticket scalpers. Shows sold out
within minutes and many tickets appeared, at much higher prices, on resale websites
such as StubHub less than an hour after the onsale time. Ticketmaster said web
traffic was 2.5 times the highest level of the past year during the online sales and
suggested that scalpers played a big role. On July 31, 2012, in Helsinki, Finland, Springsteen performed his longest concert ever at 4
hours and 6 minutes and 33 songs. Not included in this total time is a thirty-minute, five-song, solo acoustical set he did about two
hours before the show.[83]

Springsteen was honored with the 2013 MusiCares Person of the Year award in recognition of his creative accomplishments as well
as his charitable work and philanthropic activities. A ceremony was held on February 8, 2013, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles,
two days before the Grammy Awards.[84]

Despite saying he would sit out the 2012 presidential election, Springsteen campaigned for President Barack Obama's re-election in
Ohio, Iowa, Virginia, Pittsburgh, and Wisconsin. At the rallies, he briefly spoke to the audience and performed a short acoustic set
that included a newly written song titled "Forward".[85][86][87] Obama also used "We Take Care of Our Own" as one of his top
[88]
campaign songs. Use of the song helped boost sales of the song by 409%.

On October 29, 2012, the New Jersey area was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. Two days later, Springsteen dedicated his performance
at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York, to those affected by the storm and those helping to recover. Springsteen and the E
Street Band performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" at a one-hour televised telethon called Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together on
November 2, 2012, which aired on NBC and at the same time on many other channels. Springsteen also joined Billy Joel, Steven
Tyler, and Jimmy Fallon for a performance of "Under the Boardwalk". All money was donated to the American Red Cross.[89]
Springsteen and the E Street Band, along with many top names in the music industry, performed at Madison Square Garden on
December 12, 2012, for12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief.

At year's end, the Wrecking Ball Tour was named Top Draw for having the top attendance out of any tour by the Billboard Touring
Awards. The tour finished second to Roger Waters, who had the top-grossing tour of 2012.[90] Springsteen finished second only to
Madonna as the top money maker of 2012 with $33.44 million.[91] The Wrecking Ball album, along with the single "We Take Care of
Our Own", was nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for "We Take Care of
Our Own" and Best Rock Album.[92][93] Rolling Stone named Wrecking Ball the number one album of 2012 on their Top 50 albums
of 2012 list.[94]

In March 2013, and for the first time since re-uniting with Springsteen in 1999, Steven Van Zandt was forced to miss the Australian
leg of the band's tour due to acting commitments on his television show Lilyhammer. He was replaced by guitarist Tom Morello for
the leg.[95]

In late July 2013, the documentary Springsteen & I, directed by Baillie Walsh and produced by Ridley Scott, was released
[96]
simultaneously via a worldwide cinema broadcast in over 50 countries and in over 2000 movie theaters.

The Wrecking Ball Tour, which came to an end in September 2013, was one of Springsteen's most successful. A week after it ended,
[97]
Springsteen announced a2014 tour that would include dates in Australia and New Zealand.

Springsteen, along with friend and mentor Pete Seeger, as well as Herbie Hancock, Sally Field and Robert De Niro, was among a
total of 198 class of 2013 inductees into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The induction ceremony was held at the
Academy's headquarters inCambridge, Massachusettsin October 2013.

In October 2013, Springsteen posted a letter on his website thanking fans of all ages for their support throughout the Wrecking Ball
World Tour. A highlight video of the tour was also released showing a new studio recording of the Suicide song, "Dream Baby
Dream".[98]

Springsteen released his eighteenth studio album, High Hopes, on January 14, 2014. The first single and video were of a newly
recorded version of the song "High Hopes", which Springsteen had previously recorded in 1995. The album was the first by
Springsteen in which all songs are either cover songs, newly recorded outtakes from previous records, or newly recorded versions of
songs previously released. The 2014 E Street Band touring lineup, along with deceased E Street Band members Clarence Clemons
and Danny Federici, appears on the album along with guitarist oTm Morello.[99]
It was announced on January 15, 2014 that Springsteen would start making professional recordings of all of his live shows available
following each performance on his upcoming tour via download to a special USB wristband.[100] In addition to the wristbands,
shows will also be offered through Springsteen's website until June 30, 2014.[101] Springsteen along with the E Street Band and
guitarist Tom Morello, kicked off the High Hopes Tour on January 26, 2014. The tour was considered to be a continuation of the
Wrecking Ball Tour.

High Hopes became Springsteen's eleventh No. 1 album in the US.[102] It was his tenth No. 1 in the UK, tying him for fifth all-time
The Rolling Stones and U2.[103] On April 4, 2014, HBO aired Bruce Springsteen's High Hopes a 30-minute documentary on the
recording of High Hopes.[104] Rolling Stone named High Hopes the second best album of the year (behind only U2's Songs of
Innocence) on their Top 50 Albums of 2014 list.[105]

Announced as inductees in December 2013, Springsteen inducted past and present members of the E Street Band into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame on April 10, 2014, with each member giving a speech and Springsteen and the band performing a three-song set of
"The E Street Shuffle", "The River" and "Kitty's Back".[106]

American Beauty, a limited edition four-song EP on 12-inch vinyl released exclusively for Record Store Day on April 18, 2014
contains four unreleased songs from theHigh Hopes sessions.[107] A music video for the title track was also released. After 34 shows
and 182 songs performed, the High Hopes Tour came to an end on May 18, 2014. Springsteen released a short film for the song
[108]
"Hunter of Invisible Game" on July 9, 2014 through his website. It marked Springsteen's directorial debut.

On November 17, 2014, Springsteen released The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973-1984, an 8-disc remastered version of his first seven
[109]
studio albums, some of which had been remastered for the first time.

Springsteen made his acting debut in the final episode of Season 3 of Van Zandt's show Lilyhammer, which was named "Loose
Ends", after a Springsteen song on his album Tracks. He played Giuseppe Tagliano, the brother of Van Zandt's character, Frank
Tagliano aka "Giovanni "Johnny" Henrikssen". Giuseppe is an undertaker and owner of a funeral parlor who occasionally works as a
hitman for a mafia family with which Frank is associated.

In November 2014, Springsteen announced that he would be opening the Bruce Springsteen Archives and will release live concerts
from throughout his career including many shows which fans consider to be among his most essential performances and that were
only previously available through bootlegs.Each show has been completely restored, remixed and remastered for the highest possible
sound quality and are available for purchase through digital download or CD at live.brucespringsteen.net,where fans can also buy all
of Springsteen's live recordings from theHigh Hopes Tour.[110]

On August 6, 2015, Springsteen performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Born to Run" on the final episode of The Daily Show
with Jon Stewart, as Stewart's final 'Moment of Zen'. On October 16, to celebrate the 35th anniversary of The River, Springsteen
announced The Ties That Bind: The River Collection box set. Released on December 4, it contains four CDs (including many
previously unreleased songs) and three DVDs (or Blu-ray) along with a 148-page coffee table book. In November 2015, "American
Skin (41 Shots)" was performed withJohn Legend at Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America.

Springsteen made his first appearance on Saturday Night Live since 2002 on December 19, 2015, performing "Meet Me in the City",
"The Ties That Bind", and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town".[111] On December 4, 2015, he announced details for the upcoming The
River Tour 2016 which would begin the following year. Springsteen also discussed plans for a new solo album however plans were
put on hold to tour with the E Street Band in support of The Ties That Bind: The River Collection. Springsteen said "the project I've
been working on is more of a solo project. It wasn't a project I was going to probably take the band out on. So I said, 'Gee, that's
going to push the band playing again until a ways in the future. It'll be nice to get some playing in so you don't wind up being two or
three years between E Street tours."[112]

2016–present: The River Tour 2016/Summer '17, Chapter and Verse, autobiography
and Broadway performances
The River Tour 2016 began in January 2016 in support of The Ties That Bind: The River Collection box set. All first-leg shows in
North America included an in-sequence performance of the entire The River album along with other songs from Springsteen's
catalog, and all dates were recorded and made available for purchase.[113] More dates were eventually announced expanding the
original three-month tour into a seven-month tour with shows in Europe in May 2016 and another North American leg starting in
August 2016 and ending the following month. As of July 2016, The River 2016 Tour has been the highest grossing worldwide tour
with 1.1 million tickets sold and over $135 million in box of
fice revenue, according toBillboard Boxscore's mid-year report.

In July 2016, Springsteen's manager, Jon Landau, discussed Springsteen's upcoming solo album, which is expected for release in
2017, saying "All I can say is that there is a solo record – and when I say solo record, I'm not talking about an acoustic record. It is, in
fact, a very expansive record, a very rich record. It's one of Bruce's very creative efforts. Stay tuned, and we'll see exactly how that
.[114]
shapes up next year." Landau also said it was tooearly to know a release day or plans for a supporting tour

On September 23, 2016, Chapter and Verse, a compilation from throughout Springsteen's career dating back to 1966, was released.
Five of the album's eighteen tracks had not been previously released; they include Springsteen's earliest recording from 1966, songs
from his tenure in early 1970s bands such as the Castiles, Steel Mill and The Bruce Springsteen Band, along with a track from each
studio album of his career.[115] On September 27, 2016, Simon & Schuster published his 500-page autobiography, Born to Run. The
book rose quickly to the top of the NY Times Best Sellers List.[116] Springsteen announced he would promote his autobiography with
[117]
a seventeen date book tour from September to December 2016.

Springsteen began the final leg of The River 2016 Tour on August 23, 2016, at
MetLife Stadium in New Jersey where he performed for 3 hours and 52 minutes
making it at the time the longest show he had ever performed in the United
States.[118] The record was broken two nights later at MetLife Stadium when
Springsteen performed a 3-hour 59-minute show, later topped by his performance of
August 30, 2016, at 4 hours and 1 minute which then stood as his longest show in
the United States. That record again was topped on September 7, 2016, at Citizens
Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Springsteen performed for 4 hours
and 4 minutes, which now stands as his longest show in the United States and
Springsteen receiving the
second-longest ever next to a 2012 show in Helsinki which lasted two minutes
Presidential Medal of Freedom at the
longer.[119][120] The tour ended in September 2016; however,dates from January 22, White House from President Barack
2017 to February 25, 2017 were added using the same promotional image from The Obama
River Tour 2016 although the tour was now renamed the Summer '17 tour.[121] The
River 2016 Tour was the top-grossing worldwide tour of 2016; it pulled in
$268.3 million globally and was the highest-grossing tour since 2014 for any artist topping Taylor Swift's 2015 tour which grossed
$250.1 million.[122]

Springsteen supported Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign by performing an acoustic set of "Thunder Road", "Long Walk
Home" and "Dancing in the Dark" at a rally in Philadelphia on November 7, 2016. On November 22, 2016, Springsteen was
presented—along with twenty other recipients—the Presidential Medal of Freedom award by Barack Obama.[123] The award is the
highest honor for a civilian to receive and is "presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the
security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors."[124]
On January 12, 2017, Springsteen along with Patti Scialfa performed a special 15-song acoustic set for President Barack Obama and
Michelle Obama at the White House's East Room two days before the president gave his farewell address to the nation.[125][126] Ten
days later, during his show in Perth, Australia, Springsteen made a statement celebrating the post-inauguration Women's March
against the incoming administration in cities worldwide:

We're a long way from home, and our hearts and spirits are with the hundreds of thousands of women and men that
marched yesterday in every city in America, and in Melbourne ... "[They] rallied against hate and division and in
support of tolerance, inclusion, reproductive rights, civil rights, racial justice, LGBTQ rights, the environment, wage
equality, gender equality, healthcare, and immigrant rights. We stand with you. We are the new American
resistance."[127][128][129]
Springsteen on Broadway, an eight-week run at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway in New York City in fall 2017, was announced
in June 2017[130] and in addition to his music, includes Springsteen reading excerpts from his 2016 autobiography Born to Run and
.[131] Originally scheduled to run from October 12 through November 26,
performing other spoken reminiscences written for the show
[132][133][134]
the show was extended three times, the last performance now scheduled for December 15, 2018.

With rumors swirling that Springsteen's solo shows on Broadway could continue well past their current June 2018 end date, on
January 18, 2018, Nils Lofgren was asked on Twitter if the E Street Band will ever tour with Bruce again. Lofgren responded saying
"I sure hope so" however Gary Tallent responded saying that it was "looking unlikely though" fueling rumors of the end of the E
Street Band.[135][136] The following day, Tallent responded to his original comment saying "just to be clear, I know as much as you. I
like Nils' answer better".[137] On February 2, 2018, Max Weinberg commented on the future of the E Street Band performing with
Springsteen saying "Don't worry, we ain't done yet. The E Street Band will be back out on the road."[138]

For Springsteen's production of Springsteen on Broadway, he was honored with a special award at 2018 Tony Awards.[139] Later in
2018, a Netflix special premiered on December 15, 2018 and a soundtrack album of Springsteen on Broadway was released on
[140]
December 14, 2018, and reached the top 10 of 5 countries including the UK.

On December 2, 2018, Springsteen announced that new music was on the way but the E Street Band would not be touring in 2019.
[141]
He is taking a break after his Broadway run and various recording projects.

Musical style
Springsteen draws on many musical influences from the reservoir of traditional
American popular music, folk, blues and country. From the beginning, rock and roll
has been a dominant influence and Springsteen's musical and lyrical evocations, as
well as public tributes, of artists such as Dylan, Presley, The Animals, Roy Orbison,
Gary "U.S." Bonds, and many others helped to rekindle interest in their music.
Springsteen's other preferred musical style is American folk, evident on his debut
album, Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey, and more strongly on Nebraska
and The Ghost of Tom Joad. Springsteen songs such as "This Hard Land"
Springsteen (second from right) was
demonstrate the lyrical and musical influence ofWoody Guthrie.
among the five recipients of the 2009
Elements of Latin American music, jazz, soul, and funk influences can be heard on Kennedy Center Honors
Springsteen's second album, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle; the song
"New York City Serenade" is even reminiscent of the music of George Gershwin.
Prominent in these two records is the pianist David Sancious, who left the band shortly into the recording of Springsteen's third
album, Born To Run (which also emphasized the piano, played byRoy Bittan).

Subsequently, Springsteen focused more on the rock elements of his music. He initially compressed the sound and developed
Darkness on the Edge of Town just as straightforward as concise musical idiom, for the simple riffs, rock guitar solos and clearly
recognizable song structures are dominant. His music has been categorized as heartland rock, a style typified by Springsteen, John
Fogerty, Tom Petty, Bob Seger, and John Mellencamp. This music has a lyrical reference to the U.S. everyday and the music is kept
rather simple and straightforward. This development culminated with Springsteen's hit album Born in the U.S.A., the title song of
which has a constantly repeating, fanfare-like keyboard riff and a pounding drum beat. These sounds fit with Springsteen's voice: it
cries to the listener the unsentimental story of a disenchanted angry figure. Even songs that can be argued to be album tracks proved
to be singles that enjoyed some chart success, such as "My Hometown" and "I'm on Fire", in which the drum line is formed from
subtle hi-hat and rim-clicks-shock (shock at the edge of the snare drum) accompanied by synthesizer and Springsteen's soft guitar
line. The album, along with some previous records such as "Cadillac Ranch" showed clear rockabilly influences as is evident from
his guitar solos, in-fills and vocal styles on these. Another clear influence of early rock n roll on Springsteen's music is evident on the
song "Light of Day".
In recent years, Springsteen has changed his music further. There are more folk elements up to the gospel to be heard. His last solo
album, Devils and Dust, drew rave reviews not only for Springsteen's complex songwriting, but also for his expressive and sensitive
singing.

On the album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions Springsteen performed folk classics with a folk band, rather than his usual E
Street Band. On his ensuing tour he also interpreted some of his own rock songs in a folk style.

On his 2012 album, Wrecking Ball, Springsteen incorporated a variety of styles, including folk, gospel, and even hip-hop, with a rap
in the song "Rocky Ground". His studio work with producer Ron Aniello, Wrecking Ball and High Hopes, has also become more
experimental, featuring loops and computerized sounds.

Lyrical themes
Often described as cinematic in their scope, Springsteen's
lyrics frequently explore highly personal themes such as I spent most of my life as a musician measuring the
distance between the American Dream and American
individual commitment, dissatisfaction and dismay with life
reality.
in a context of everyday situations.[143]
—Bruce Springsteen[142][note 2]
It has been recognized that there was a shift in his lyrical
approach starting with the album Darkness on the Edge of
[144][145]
Town, in which he focused on the emotional struggles of working class life.

Personal life
In the early 1980s, Springsteen met Patti Scialfa at The Stone Pony, a bar in New
Jersey where local musicians regularly perform. On that particular evening she was
performing alongside one of Springsteen's pals, Bobby Bandiera, with whom she
had written "At Least We Got Shoes" for Southside Johnny. Springsteen liked her
voice and after the performance, introduced himself to her. Soon after that, they
[146]
started spending time together and became friends.

Early in 1984, Springsteen asked Scialfa to join the E Street Band for the upcoming
Born in the U.S.A. Tour. According to the book Bruce Springsteen on Tour 1969–
2005 by Dave Marsh, it looked like Springsteen and Scialfa were on the brink of The Springsteen family greets the
becoming a couple through the first leg of the tour. But before that could happen, Obama family on-stage at a rally in
Cleveland, Ohio on November 2,
Barry Bell introduced actress/model Julianne Phillips (b.1960) to Springsteen; they
2008.
were married on May 13, 1985, held shortly after midnight at Our Lady of the Lake
Catholic Church in Lake Oswego, a suburb south of Portland, Oregon.[147][148][149]
Opposites in background, the two had an 11-year age difference, and his traveling took its toll on their relationship. His next album,
Tunnel of Love, was released in the autumn of 1987 and many of its songs described his unhappiness in the relationship with Phillips.

The Tunnel of Love Express Tour began in late February 1988, and Springsteen convinced Scialfa to join the tour again. She
expressed reluctance at first, since she wanted to start recording her first solo album, but after Springsteen told her that the tour would
[150] Phillips and Springsteen separated in the spring of 1988, but it wasn't made
be short, she agreed to postpone her own solo record.
known to the press. Springsteen and Scialfa fell in love with each other during the Tunnel of Love Express Tour and started living
together soon after his separation from Phillips. Citing irreconcilable differences, Julianne filed for divorce in Los Angeles on
August 30, 1988;[151] a settlement was reached in December and it was finalized onMarch 1, 1989.[152][153]

Springsteen received press criticism for the hastiness in which he and Scialfa took up their relationship. In a 1995 interview with The
Advocate, Springsteen told Judy Wieder about the negative publicity the couple subsequently received. "It's a strange society that
assumes it has the right to tell people whom they should love and whom they shouldn't. But the truth is, I basically ignored the entire
thing as much as I could. I said, 'Well, all I know is, this feels real, and maybe I have got a mess going here in some fashion, but that's
life.'" He also told Wieder that, "I went through a divorce, and it was really difficult and painful and I was very frightened about
getting married again. So part of me said, 'Hey, what does it matter?' But it does matter. It's very different than just living together.
First of all, stepping up publicly—which is what you do: You get your license, you do all the social rituals—is a part of your place in
[44]
society and in some way part of society's acceptance of you ... Patti and I both found that it did mean something."

Springsteen and Scialfa lived in New Jersey, before moving to Los Angeles, where they decided to start a family.[154] On July 25,
1990, Scialfa gave birth to the couple's first child, Evan James Springsteen.[154][155] On June 8, 1991, Springsteen and Scialfa
married at their Los Angeles home in a very private ceremony, only attended by family and close friends.[154][155] Their second
child, Jessica Rae Springsteen, was born on December 30, 1991;[154][155] and their third child, Samuel Ryan Springsteen, was born
on January 5, 1994.[155][156]

When the children reached school-age in the 1990s, Springsteen and Scialfa moved back to New Jersey specifically to raise a family
in a non-paparazzi environment. The grounds of his New Jersey home include a large swimming pool. The family owns and lives on
a horse farm in Colts Neck and a home in Rumson; they also own homes in Los Angeles andWellington, Florida.

Elder son Evan graduated from Boston College; he writes and performs his own songs and won the 2012 Singer/Songwriter
Competition held during the Boston College's Arts Festival.[157] Their daughter Jessica is a nationally ranked champion
equestrian,[158] and graduated from Duke University. She made her show-jumping debut with the Team USA in August 2014.[159]
Their younger son, Sam, is a firefighter.[160]

It has been reported that the press conference regarding the 2009 Super Bowl XLIII half-time show was Springsteen's first press
conference in more than 25 years.[161] However, he has appeared in a few radio interviews, most notably on NPR and BBC.[162] 60
Minutes aired one of his last extensive interviews on TV[163] before his tour to support his album, Magic. Springsteen has talked
about his mental health struggles.[164]

Springsteen is an activist for LGBT rights and has spoken out many times as a strong supporter of gay marriage. In 2009, he posted
the following statement on his website: "I've long believed in and have always spoken out for the rights of same sex couples and fully
agree with Governor Corzine when he writes that 'The marriage-equality issue should be recognized for what it truly is—a civil rights
issue that must be approved to assure that every citizen is treated equally under the law.'"[165] In 2012, he lent his support to an ad
campaign for gay marriage called "The Four 2012". Springsteen noted in the ad, "I couldn't agree more with that statement and urge
those who support equal treatment for our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters to let their voices be heard now."[166] In April 2016,
Springsteen cancelled a show in Greensboro, North Carolina days before it was to take place to protest the state's newly passed
Public
Facilities Privacy & Security Act, also referred to as the "bathroom law", which dictates which restrooms transgender people are
permitted to use and prevents LGBT citizens from suing over human rights violations in the workplace. Springsteen released an
official statement on his website. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) celebrated Springsteen's statement and he has received much
. [167]
praise and gratitude from the LGBT community

Springsteen was out riding his motorcycle on November 11, 2016 when it broke down and he was stranded alongside the road. A
group of men from the Freehold American Legion in New Jersey were returning from a Veterans Day event on their motorcycles
when they spotted Springsteen and stopped to help. Springsteen hitched a ride on the back of one of the men's motorcycles to a
nearby restaurant where the group grabbed a round of drinks, for which Springsteen picked up the tab, while waiting for his ride.[168]

While rejecting religion in his earlier years, Bruce stated in his autobiography Born To Run, he has "a personal relationship with
Jesus. I believe in his power to save, love ... but not to damn". In terms of Catholic faith, he has stated that he "came to ruefully and
bemusedly understand that once you're a Catholic you're always a Catholic" and "I don't participate in my religion but I know
[169]
somewhere ... deep inside ... I'm still on the team."

In an interview in 2017 withTom Hanks, Springsteen admitted to having been atax evader early in his career.[170]

Bands
Springsteen has been a member of, or has been backed by, several bands during his
career, most notably the E Street Band. Earlier bands include the Rogues, the
Castiles, Earth, Child, Steel Mill, the Sundance Blues Band, Dr Zoom and the Sonic
Boom, and the Bruce Springsteen Band.[171] In October 1972 he formed a new band
for the recording of his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., which
became known as The E Street Band, although the name was not used until
September 1974.[172][173] Suki Lahav who was born on a kibbutz in Israel played
Springsteen playing at theStadium
violin with the E Street band as an unofficial member during live shows in the
of Light, Sunderland, UK, in 2012
1970s.[174]

The E Street Band performed on all of Springsteen's recorded works from his debut
until 1982's Nebraska, a solo album on which Springsteen himself played all the instruments. The full band returned for the next
album Born in the USA, but from 1988 to 1999, albums were recorded with session musicians. The E Street Band briefly reunited in
1995 for new contributions to the Greatest Hits compilation, and on a more permanent basis from 1999, since which time they have
recorded more albums and performed a number of high-profile tours. The 2005 album Devils & Dust was largely a solo recording,
with some contribution from session musicians and the 2006 folk rock We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions album was recorded
and toured with another band, known as The Sessions Band.

Discography

Studio albums
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.(1973)
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle(1973)
Born to Run (1975)
Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
The River (1980)
Nebraska (1982)
Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
Tunnel of Love (1987)
Human Touch (1992)
Lucky Town (1992)
The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
The Rising (2002)
Devils & Dust (2005)
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions(2006)
Magic (2007)
Working on a Dream (2009)
Wrecking Ball (2012)
High Hopes (2014)

Live albums
Live 1975–85 (1986)
In Concert/MTV Plugged(1993)
Live in New York City (2001)
Hammersmith Odeon London '75(2006)
Live in Dublin (2007)
Springsteen on Broadway(2018)

Concert tours
Headlining tours

Born to Run tours (1974–1977)

Darkness Tour (1978–1979)
The River Tour (1980–1981)
Born in the U.S.A. Tour (1984–1985)
Tunnel of Love Express Tour (1988)
Bruce Springsteen 1992–1993 World Tour (1992–1993)
Ghost of Tom Joad Tour (1995–1997)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion oTur (1999–2000)
The Rising Tour (2002–2003)
Devils & Dust Tour (2005)
Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band oTur (2006)
Magic Tour (2007–2008)
Working on a Dream Tour (2009)
Wrecking Ball World Tour (2012–2013)
High Hopes Tour (2014)
The River Tour 2016 (2016–2017)
Springsteen on Broadway(2017–2018)
Co-headlining tours

Human Rights Now! (1988)

Vote for Change (2004)

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result

1994 "Streets of Philadelphia" Academy Award for Best Original Song Won
1996 "Dead Man Walkin'" Academy Award for Best Original Song Nominated

American Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result

1985 Himself Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Nominated
1985 Dancing in the Dark Favorite Pop/Rock Song Won
1985 Himself Favorite Pop/Rock Male Video Artist Nominated
1986 Himself Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Won
1986 Born in the U.S.A. Favorite Pop/Rock Album Won
1986 Himself Favorite Pop/Rock Male Video Artist Won
2016 The River Tour 2016 Tour of the Year Nominated

Audie Awards
 Year Nominee / work Award Result
2018 Born to Run Best Autobiography/Memoir Won

Brit Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result

1985 Himself International Artist Nominated
1986 Himself International Solo Artist Won
1987 Himself International Solo Artist Nominated
2003 Himself International Male Solo Artist Nominated
2006 Himself International Male Solo Artist Nominated
2008 Himself International Male Solo Artist Nominated
2010 Himself International Male Solo Artist Nominated
2011 Himself International Male Solo Artist Nominated
2013 Himself International Male Solo Artist Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result

1994 Streets of Philadelphia Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Won
2009 The Wrestler Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Won

Grammy Awards
Springsteen has won 20 Grammy Awards out of 50 nominations.
Year Work Award Result
"Devil with the Blue Dress"/ "Good Golly
1981
Miss Molly" / "Jenny Take a Ride" Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
Nominated
1982 The River
Record of the Year
"Dancing in the Dark"
1985 Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male Won
Born in the U.S.A. Album of the Year
Nominated
1986 "Born in the U.S.A." Record of the Year
"Tunnel of Love" Best Rock Vocal Solo Performance Won
"Brilliant Disguise" Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
1988
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
"Paradise By The "C""
(Orchestra, Group or Soloist) Nominated
"Human Touch" Best Rock Song
1993
Human Touch[175] Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male

Best Rock Song

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
"Streets of Philadelphia" (from the film Song of the Year Won
1995
Philadelphia)
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion
Picture or for Television
Record of the Year
"Dead Man Walkin'" Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Nominated
1997 Blood Brothers Best Music Video, Long Form
The Ghost of Tom Joad Best Contemporary Folk Album Won
1998 "Thunder Road" Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
Best Rock Song
2000 "The Promise" Nominated
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
Album of the Year
The Rising
Best Rock Album Won
2003 Song of the Year Nominated
"The Rising" Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
Best Rock Song
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group Won
2004 "Disorder in The House"(with Warren Zevon)
with Vocal
2005 "Code of Silence" Best Rock Vocal Solo Performance
Best Contemporary Folk Album
Devils & Dust
Best Long Form Music Video
Nominated
2006 Song of the Year
"Devils & Dust" Best Rock Song
Best Rock Vocal Solo Performance
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions Best Traditional Folk Album
Won
2007 "Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to
Best Long Form Music Video
Run"
 2008 Magic Best Rock Album Nominated
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
"Radio Nowhere"
Best Rock Song
Won
"Once Upon a Time in the West" Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Best Rock Song
2009 "Girls in Their Summer Clothes"
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Best Song Written for a Motion Picture,
"The Wrestler" (from the film 'The Wrestler')
Television or Other Visual Media Nominated
2010 "Sea of Heartbreak" (with Rosanne Cash) Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Best Rock Song
"Working on a Dream"
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance Won
Best Rock Performance
"We Take Care of Our Own"
2013 Best Rock Song Nominated
Wrecking Ball Best Rock Album

2018 Born to Run Best Spoken Word Album[176] Nominated

Note: "We Are the World" (which featured Bruce Springsteen as a vocalist) also won Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Music Video, Short Form,
and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with V
ocal in 1986. Song of the Year is credited to the songwriters and not the performer, The song was written
by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.[177] Record of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group were presented to the producer in 1986, the
song was produced byQuincy Jones.[178][179] Best Music Video, Short Form is presented to the director and producer, Tom Trbovich directed the video while
Quincy Jones served as producer.[180]

Juno Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result

1985 Born in the USA International Album of the Year Won
1993 Himself International Entertainer of the Year Nominated

Grammy Hall of Fame

Year Nominee / work Award Result

2003 Born to Run Grammy Hall of Fame Won
2012 Born in the U.S.A. Grammy Hall of Fame Won

MTV Video Music Awards

 Year Nominee / work Award Result
1985 I'm on Fire Best Male Video Won
1985 Dancing in the Dark Best Stage Performance Won
1985 Dancing in the Dark Best Overall Performance Nominated
1985 We Are the World Video of the Year Nominated
1985 We Are the World Best Group Video Won
1985 We Are the World Best Overall Performance Nominated
1985 We Are the World Viewer's Choice Won
1986 Glory Days Best Male Video Nominated
1986 Glory Days Best Overall Performance Nominated
1987 Born to Run Best Stage Performance Nominated
1987 War Best Stage Performance Nominated
1988 Tunnel of Love Video of the Year Nominated
1988 Tunnel of Love Best Male Video Nominated
1988 Tunnel of Love Best Art Direction Nominated
1988 Tunnel of Love Best Editing Nominated
1988 Tunnel of Love Viewer's Choice Nominated
1992 Human Touch Best Male Video Nominated
1994 Streets of Philadelphia Best Male Video Nominated
1994 Streets of Philadelphia Best Video from a Film Won
1997 Secret Garden Best Video from a Film Nominated

Tony Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result

2018 Himself Special Tony Award Won

Other recognition
Polar Music Prize in 1997[181]
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1999[182]
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, 1999[183]
Inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame, 2007[184]
"Born to Run" named "The unofficial youth anthem of NewJersey" by the New Jersey state legislature;[185]
something Springsteen always found to be ironic, considering that the song "is about leaving New Jersey"
The minor planet 23990, discovered September 4, 1999, by I. P
. Griffin at Auckland, New Zealand, was named in his
honor.[186]
Ranked No. 23 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All iTme[187]
ear 2008 list[188]
Made Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of the Y
Won Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song with "The Wrestler" in 2009[189]
2009 Kennedy Center Honorsrecipient
[190]
Forbes magazine ranked him 6th in The Celebrity 100 in 2009
Named 2013 MusiCares Person of the Year[191]
 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedomrecipient[123]
Springsteen was the guest onBBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs on December 18, 2016, talking about his
childhood, family, mental health and his musical influences and development[162]

See also
Bruce Springsteen portal

List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart
List of best-selling music artists
List of highest-grossing concert tours
Music of New Jersey

Notes
1. "Blinded by the Light" would later be a hit forManfred Mann and reach No. 1, the only time Springsteen had a No. 1
single as a songwriter.
2. This quote is an excerpt from Springsteen's speech from the stage at a rally for presidential candidate Barack
Obama on November 2, 2008

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Days of Hope and Dreams: An Intimate Portrait of Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Springsteen: "Talking". Omnibus Press, 2004.ISBN 1-84449-403-9.
For You: Original Stories and Photographs byBruce Springsteen's Legendary Fans. LKC Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-
9784156-0-0.
Bruce Springsteen on Tour: 1968–2005. by Dave Marsh Bloomsbury USA, 2006.ISBN 978-1-59691-282-3.
The Gospel according to Bruce Springsteen: Rock and Redemption from Asbury Park to Magic
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Symynkywicz. Westminster John Knox Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-664-23169-9.
Magic in the Night: The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteenby Rob Kirkpatrick. St. Martin's Griffin, 2009. ISBN 0-
312-53380-2.
Land of Hope and Dreams: Celebrating 25 Y
ears of Bruce Springsteen In Irelandby Greg Lewis and Moira Sharkey.
Magic Rat Books. ISBN 978-0-9562722-0-1
The Light in Darkness. A history of the Darkness on The Edge of T
own album and tour. Lawrence Kirsch
Communications. 2009ISBN 978-0-9784156-1-7
Springsteen on Springsteen: Interviews, Speeches, and Encountersedited by Jeff Burger. Chicago Review Press,
2013. ISBN 978-1-61374-434-5
Bruce by Peter Ames Carlin. Touchstone, 2012. ISBN 978-1439191828
Springsteen: Saint In The City: 1949-1974by Craig Statham. Soundcheck Books, 2013.ISBN 978-0957144231.

External links
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Bruce Springsteen Archives
Bruce Springsteen on IMDb

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