It’s no secret Bruce Springsteen is getting older – he turns 75 in September – and with a slew of concert cancellations in the past several months, it’s natural to wonder how much The Boss has left in the tank.
Springsteen addressed rumors about himself last week while playing two make-up shows in Philadelphia postponed from last summer. The rocker experienced a painful and debilitating peptic ulcer, only returning to the stage in March.
“We’ve been around 50 f—ing years. And we ain’t quitting,” he told the crowd in a video shared to social media. “We ain’t doing no farewell tour bulls—! Jesus Christ! No farewell tour for the E Street Band!”
“Hell no! Farewell to what? Thousands of people screaming your name? Yeah, I want to quit that,” he told the crowd sarcastically, which prompted fans to yell “Bruce” throughout the venue.
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Springsteen soaked in the sound of his name for a moment, before saying, “That’s it. That’s all it takes. I ain’t going anywhere!”
Since the initial postponements last summer because of the peptic ulcer that made singing so painful he couldn’t do it for months, health issues have continued to plague Springsteen.
“Hell no! Farewell to what? Thousands of people screaming your name? Yeah, I want to quit that.”
The “Born in the U.S.A” singer had to postpone all concerts within a 10-day period per doctors’ orders in May.
“Following yesterday’s postponement in Marseille due to vocal issues, further examination and consulting has led doctors to determine that Bruce should not perform for the next ten days,” a statement on his Instagram read.
Springsteen is currently on his first major tour in six years.
His next scheduled performance – Sept. 7 – will be at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
Bruce Springsteen Documentary ‘Road Diary’ To Premiere On Hulu, Disney+ In October – Update
Ahead of its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival, the Springsteen doc Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band has locked in October 25 as its premiere date across Hulu and Disney+.
A Hulu Original, Road Diary offers an intimate look at the creative process of Springsteen and company, as well as their experience out on the road for their 2023-2024 world tour. For more information on the project, helmed by Springsteen’s longtime collaborator Thom Zimny.
.Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, a new documentary chronicling Springsteen and company’s prep for their 2023-2024 World Tour, will premiere on Hulu and Disney+ in October of this year. An exact launch date is forthcoming.
Directed by Springsteen’s longtime collaborator, Thom Zimny (Western Stars), the doc offers unprecedented, behind-the-scenes access to the 2023-2024 world tour, presenting the most in-depth look ever at the creation of these live performances. It opens a new door to Springsteen’s creative process for fans around the world, sharing fly-on-the-wall footage of band rehearsals and special moments backstage, as well as testimonials from Springsteen himself. These conversations follow Springsteen closely as he develops the story he wants to tell with this tour’s setlist — interspersed with rare archival clips of The E Street Band, underscoring themes of life, loss, mortality and community. In this way, the film serves as a new chapter in an autobiographical series spanning Springsteen’s memoir Born to Run, Springsteen on Broadway, and the films Western Stars and Letter to You.
Road Diary opens with a look at the band’s earliest rehearsals in Red Bank, New Jersey and follows them through performances for tens of thousands across continents. The doc’s producers are Zimny, Jon Landau, Springsteen, Adrienne Gerard and Sean Stuart.
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band capped the first 2024 leg of their world tour in April — a cross-country U.S. run that brought surprise guests, blistering three-hour shows and setlist rarities (totaling 60 different songs through 11 performances). The band is in the midst of playing 25 shows throughout Europe this spring and summer — after last year’s European tour sold 1.6 million tickets — and will return to North America for more dates from August through late November.
