Bruce Springsteen

Eric Burdon to Play The Coach House Friday Night

This Friday night, Eric Burdon, one of the last standing icons from the golden age of rock, will be hitting the stage at The Coach House, one of only a handful of shows the singer has planned in 2013. Over the past few years, Burdon has experienced a revival of sorts. At last year's South-by-Southw ... More >>

Mike Ness of Social Distortion Speaks About The Band's Future

Ahead of the band's multi-city House of Blues tour, we had the chance to chat with Mike Ness of Social Distortion about an array of topics. Most of what we discussed made this week's print feature, which you can read here. Here are some of the questions that didn't make the story and if you read bel ... More >>

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Honda Center - December 4, 2012

Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band Honda Center December 4, 2012 Better than...literally anything else you could have been doing When you've had a career as long and as illustrious as Bruce Springsteen, it's hard to top what you've already accomplished, especially on his current tour. At 6 ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in OC This Week

Tuesday, Dec. 4Bruce Springsteen Honda Center Some rock 'n' roll shows simply fill a Tuesday night with enough noise to free the audience from the minutiae of the work week. The band sings a couple songs and flashes some strobe lights--whoopity doo. Then there are concerts that are spiritual, st ... More >>

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

Honda Center

When Is Shutting Down a Concert Worth the Hassle?

See Also: *TV on the Radio, Grouplove and Best Coast to Play the U.S. Open of Surfing *Jane's Addiction and the Flaming Lips to Headline Doheny Days *Adele and Gotye Top Mid-Year Album and Single Sales. Yikes!For those of you who haven't heard, Saturday night's Bruce Springsteen show at the Hard R ... More >>

Top Five Radio Pop Jams Featuring Vocal Duo Flo & Eddie

Vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman formed the Turtles in 1965. After a successful cover of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe," the group went on to have several hits including "Happy Together," "Elenore" and "You Showed Me." Amid contractual disputes the group disbanded in 1970, leaving the Turtles ... More >>

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena - 4/27/12

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 4/27/2012 One-two-three-four! No signs of fatigue at night two of Bruce Springsteen's run at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena; The Boss and the E Street Band turned in a three-hour, 25-song barnburner where everyone in the ... More >>

Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball; Do We Expect Too Little From Our Pop Stars?

​The United States is finally showing signs of recovering from the malaise that's plagued it for the past four (or so) years, and yet I haven't heard a significant voice in music dedicate a body of work to the alarming social inequities. It seems like people would rather listen to mindless pop mus ... More >>

G. Love & Special Sauce

Anaheim House of Blues

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Add Another LA Date

​Sweet! Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band added another show to their LA stop. Now they're also performing on Friday, April 27 at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. The tour supports Springsteen's 17th studio album, Wrecking Ball, out on March 6, and tickets go on sale at all Ticketmast ... More >>

Bruce Springsteen Announces SoCal Date; Eight Potential Guests To Join Him Onstage

​Though there have been rumblings for some time, Bruce Springsteen and what's left of the E Street Band will be returning to Southern California for the first time since 2009's Working on A Dream tour. Springsteen will be playing at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on April 26 with tickets to go on-sa ... More >>

Food Network Commemorates 9/11 with Half-Assed See-Through Graphic

​Every media outlet had their own way of commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Some, like the news stations devoted all their coverage to it; others, like those airing NFL games, did it through specials or the use of ribbons by on-air hosts. Others made logical mentions when necessary--on Si ... More >>

'High Fidelity' Is Only at a Low-Grade Fever

The Hunger Artists version won't make any Top 5 listbut it won't make a 5 Worst list, either

Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band Suffers a Massive Stroke

​Clarence Clemons, saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, suffered a stroke late last night at his home in Florida, according to multiple sources, including ShowBiz411, who broke the news. Several sources report that he's seriously ill, and ShoBiz411 says members of the E Street Band w ... More >>

Five Songs We'd Love To See On Glee (and Storylines to Go With Them)

​ Last week, Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters entered into a minor public spat with Glee overlord Ryan Murphy when he announced that none of his music would ever appear on the FOX-TV hit. Grohl is not the first rock star to issue a No Glee statement to the press-- Coldplay and Guns n' Roses did th ... More >>

Record Stores Hold Nationwide Vinyl Sale on Black Friday; Here's a Handy List of Local Participants

John Gilhooley/OC WeeklyFingerprints Record Store​A few weeks ago, the people behind Record Store Day announced their plan to host "Back to Black Friday," where indie music stores will be carrying exclusive and limited vinyle and CD releases by Metallica, U2, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and the Heartbre ... More >>

A Gimmick From Record Stores and Slayer on Black Friday? No Way!

​Thanksgiving, Schanksgiving. As a music geek who lives to shop, Black Friday gimmicks are near and dear to my heart.This year has a bunch of Black Friday gimmicks that sound pretty interesting.

Christmas Video Classics: 'Christmas in Hollis,' Run-D.M.C.

Run D.M.C. dropped this chestnut back in 1987 on the must-own A Very Special Christmas, which also features choice tracks by U2, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna and others. Two decades later, "Christmas in Hollis" remains the definitive hip-hop track to play during the holidays. Dig the golden-era-of-MTV ... More >>

Greatest Christmas Single Ever: Bruce Springsteen's 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town'

It's 1985 and I'm in second grade living in Hershey, Pa. Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. came out the the summer before but continues to produce hit singles like "Glory Days," "I'm Going Down," "I'm on Fire" and "My Hometown." My dad bought the vinyl LP--I still have it, plus a CD version ... More >>

'I'm Cold!' Playlist

​This cold front is killing me. Literally. I think. Being from Florida, I don't do well when the temperature dips below, say, 72. I moved into pretty much the smallest, oldest bungalow on the Balboa Peninsula of Newport Beach. The place is wonderfully funky. I love it. Or loved it. For the first ... More >>

Today in Music News: Rivers Cuomo hospitalized, Kennedy Center honors Bruce Springsteen, Morrissey tour opener, 40th anniversary of Altamont

Say it ain't so! "Weezer's Rivers Cuomo hospitalized following bus accident."Kennedy Center honors Bruce Springsteen, jazz pianist/composer Dave Brubek, opera singer Grace Bumbry--plus Robert De Niro (seen chatting with the Boss) and Mel Brooks, who probably gave the best acceptance speech. Morriss ... More >>

Because the Night

Guggenheim Gallery

The Gaslight Anthem; Murder By Death; The Loved Ones

Chain Reaction

The '59 Sound in the '09 Summer

School's out. The sun poked through the "June gloom" yesterday. And most importantly, our 2009 Summer Guide was released this morning. It's official, summer has arrived... and while our guide has an abundance of information for making this summer the best one yet, we couldn't include everything. So ... More >>

[Sound Guy] Seven Unsexy Songs About Sex

Bruce Springsteen Returns to SoCal, Releases an Album

For an older fella, Bruce Springsteen has been keeping busy lately. His new album, Working on a Dream, is out today, he won a Golden Globe a couple weeks ago for the title track of "The Wrestler" (an excellent tune which was oddly snubbed at the Oscar noms), and he's playing at the Super Bowl on Sun ... More >>

Fulfill Your Music Video Fantasies Tonight at Busywork

If you've ever dreamed of being in a music video, and who hasn't (I wish it was me being pulled on stage to dance with Bruce Springsteen in the "Dancing in the Dark" video instead of that harlot Courtney Cox, sadly I was only 1 year old at the time), then tonight is the night to go to weekly dance n ... More >>

Musical Advent Calendar: Bruce Springsteen, 'Pilgrim in the Temple of Love'

There aren't a lot of songs in the holiday canon that talk about blowjobs, but there's a reason why Bruce Springsteen is the boss. Yep, strip clubs, Santa receiving oral sex, erections, vomit--not necessarily what you'd expect from a Christmas song or Springsteen. It's from his circa '95-'97 Ghost o ... More >>

Bruce Springsteen at Honda Center: Finger-lickin' good!

(Warning: rambling diatribe ahead on Bruce Springsteen that may or may not make sense, but that's what blogs are for, no?) I’ve had moments of superfreak Springsteen fandom before. The bumper sticker on my car that proclaimed AND ON THE EIGHTH DAY GOD CREATED SPRINGSTEEN. The time I rented a car ... More >>

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

The Wolf Triumphant

Los Lobos

WEB EXCLUSIVE!Every Mothers Son

Sex, salvation and sacrifice on Springsteens Devils & Dust

Cleveland Rocked

Vote for Change and Vote Often

No, You Shut Up

Artists are Americans, too, You Jackasses

Joyful Noises

Pearl Jam, Springsteen and R.E.M. open their vaults

School of Rock

Mix master Hornbys Songbook

Letters

Jersey Devil

Southside Johnny makes Bruce Springsteen his bitch

Retrospective Fatigue

Is it still too early to say something smart about Sept. 11?

Hope They Die Before They Get Old

The rock & roll tragedies that should have been

Blues Plate Special

Club food that wont kill you!

Various Artists Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska (Sub Pop)

In Search of... Skatejam2000

Letters

One Step up, Two Steps Back

Doheny Blues and Bruuce!

He Lives!

Southside Johnnys back to spill beer on your carpet, cuss in front of your parentsand play terrific blues

Letters

Letters

No Irony, Please, We're Bruce Fans

Springsteen's new CD set has real meaning, man