Mark Knopfler’s charity single “Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)” features 60 rock stars in support of Teen Cancer America and England’s Teenage Cancer Trust. It is one of the most overpowering lineups of major stars ever assembled for one cause with members of The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Dire Straits, The Who, Pink Floyd, Queen, Black Sabbath, Rush, Guns N’Roses, Eagles and many more.

On the precipice of another international tour, Bruce Springsteen went on SiriusXM’s E Street Radio and had the following to say with host Jim Rotolo…

The Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band tour started up again at the Footprint Center in Phoenix Arizona on March 19. It was the first show since last September when the announcement came of his ulcer. The band will be in San Francisco tonight and Sunday before Inglewood California April 4 & 7, Connecticut April 12, Albany April 15, Syracuse April 18 and Columbus Ohio April 21 before heading abroad.

Sea Hear Now, New Jersey’s largest homegrown rock festival, is set for September 14 and 15 with shows in Asbury Park and Bradley Beach. Over 25 bands will strut their stuff like last year when Foo Fighters, The Killers, Weezer, The Beach Boys and Sheryl Crow performed. This year Noah Kahan headlines Saturday and some rock group called Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band headlines Sunday.

They came out in full force to honor Jon Bon Jovi at the Los Angeles Convention Center on February 2 as the 2024 Music Cares Person of the Year: Paul McCartney, Desmond Child, Rita Wilson, Nile Rodgers, Nancy Pelosi, Larkin Poe, Wolfgang Van Halen, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen and others.

On Bruce Springsteen’s Instagram account, he wrote the following upon the passing of his 98-year old mom.

Jessica Springsteen took home the Silver Medal in Team Jumping for the United States Equestrian Team (USET) in the last Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo. This year’s events will take place in Paris at the Gardens of the Palace of Versailles. The United States Equestrian Team hosted a sold-out benefit at Five Rings Farm in Wellington Florida last Friday, January 19, to “raise critical funds to support the U.S. equestrian teams that are headed for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, France,” according to a USET press release.

The subtle and haunting groove of Bruce Springsteen’s “Addicted to Romance” was one of the six songs nominated for a 2024 Golden Globe award in the category of “Best Original Song Motion Picture.”

The latest in Springsteen’s series of shows being packaged for CD consumption continues with the release of ‘Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford N.J. July 15 1999.’ It was a joyous night. A reunion of America’s greatest band.

Los Angeles Singer-Songwriter Cole Gallagher has recorded a cover version of perhaps Springsteen’s least known song. It’s on his new ‘The Confluence’ EP. The song, “Sugarland,” was recorded by the E Street Band in ’83. It had a shot to be included on ‘84’s ‘Born In The USA’ but didn’t make the cut.

It happened November 30 when Darlene Love performed her annual “Love For The Holidays” show at Town Hall in New York City. Out came Bruce with a special mission: to present the legendary singer with a platinum album for sales in excess of one million copies for the 1963 pioneering ‘A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector’ which introduced her “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).”

Bruce Springsteen has been nominated for a Grammy Award for the 51st time. (He’s won 20.) His album ‘Only The Strong Survive’ will compete as “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album” against ‘Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions)’ by Various Artists, ‘Holidays Around The World’ by Pentatonix, ‘Bewitched’ by Lauley, ‘Pieces Of Treasure’ by Rickie Lee Jones and ‘To Steve With Love: Liz Calloway Celebrates Sondheim.’

The Bob Woodruff Foundation’s annual “Stand Up For Heroes” benefit usually features Bruce Springsteen but this year, he was to be in Canada with the E Street crew until an ulcer forced him off the road. Yet there he was, on November 6, at David Geffen Hall within Lincoln Center in New York City, onstage solo for acoustic versions of “Dancing In The Dark,” “Working On The Highway,” “The Power Of Prayer” and “Addicted To Romance.”

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of ‘The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle,’ Bruce Springsteen took to the podium at the Bruce Springsteen Archive & Center for American Music, housed within Monmouth University in West Long Branch, and looked back on the album. Read here what he said.

Monmouth University in West Long Branch announced recently it would build a building to house its Springsteen Archives. The plan for the $45 million structure—not due until 2026—is to erect a 30,000-square foot space containing a 230-seat concert room, artifact exhibits, workshops, symposia, film screenings and lectures.

View Bruce Springsteen’s rescheduled tour dates for 2024.

It’s been awhile since we’ve had anything new from Bruce Springsteen’s terrific radio show, “From My Home To Yours,” heard on satellite radio’s SiriusXM. Now that he’s off the road, though, he’s put together some tunes in his role as disc jockey that demand to be heard. This new installment will be broadcast Monday, October 9 at 10:00 a.m., be repeated, and then be available on-demand.

As Bruce Springsteen, 74, deals with his recent diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease, he has been advised by his doctors “out of an abundance of caution,” to not perform again until 2024.

Bruce Springsteen was inspired enough to record this video in support of The Lwala Community Hospital Endowment upon meeting some residents of the Kenya area. The much-needed facility opened in 2007 to provide health care and save lives for generations to come.

The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center For American Music at Monmouth University in West Long Branch will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of ‘The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle’ by holding an all-day symposium October 28.