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Online Women's History Month events recognizing & celebrating female musicians & fans on E Street March 10, 2026Happy Women's History Month! Tomorrow our friends Lorraine Mangione and Donna Luff, co-authors of the book Mary Climbs In: The Journeys of Bruce Springsteen's Women Fans, will present an...

For #WomensHistoryMonth, it's great to see our friends Lorraine Mangione & Donna Luff, as well as the Springsteen Center, offer special/free E-Street-related online programs, but how 'bout a bit more love/R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Patti & Soozie? Click below for details.
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Like last May, another Nugs archival-series release from the FIRST "Land of Hope and Dreams" tour... March 9, 2026By this time next month, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour is expected to be in full swing, with three shows under its belt already. Therefore, l...

Just like last year, in the month that the year's tour begins, we get a @nugs.net "First Friday" release of a great show from the tour on which @brucespringsteen.net fans first got to hear the song that inspired this year's tour's name. Click below for details.
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Remembering when Jesse and Bruce stood together in defense of "that Promised Land" March 5, 2026Tomorrow at least three living U.S. presidents, along with many other leaders, politicians, and dignitaries from around the world, will be in Chicago at the final public memorial service ...

Remembering when Jesse Jackson and @brucespringsteen.net stood together in defense of "that Promised Land" - Click below for our full report, including linked video.
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[📸 by Stewart Cook Photographer - used w/ permission]

The beat goes on... Happy Birthday to multi-instrumentalist and defender of democracy Jake Clemons! February 27, 2026Happy 46th birthday to the one and only Jake Clemons. While we usually see and hear much of Jake playing his late uncle's saxophone whenever he performs in the E Street Band, the phot...

Happy Birthday and many, many more to Jake Clemons, multi-instrumentalist and defender of democracy. Click below to read our birthday salute.
[📸 by Rob DeMartin - used w/ permission]
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The Nightwatchman has enlisted in the cavalry - Tom Morello to join the LOHAD American Tour February 25, 2026Let the altered-setlist speculation begin... Yesterday it was announced officially on Bruce Springsteen's social media that Tom Morello "will be performing on stage with Bruce Springs...

The Nightwatchman has joined the cavalry... Welcome back, @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social, reuniting w/ @brucespringsteen.net & the E Street Band at every stop of the Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour this spring! Click below for more info.
[📸 Pam Springsteen]
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Earlier today, we were pleased and honored to receive a special message from @livingcolour.com's @willcalhoun.bsky.social, in regards to our recent article that featured his collaboration with former E Street Band member David Sancious:

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"...do not despair — the cavalry is coming!" The Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour is a go! February 17, 2026Yes, Virginia, today the rumors have been confirmed officially. As per Bruce Springsteen's official announcement:Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will launch their Land of Hope...

Yes, Virginia, today the rumors about @brucespringsteen.net & the E Street Band's LAND OF HOPE & DREAMS AMERICAN TOUR have been confirmed officially. Click below for all of the details.
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The Springsteen Center's 2026 American Music Honorees: Here come the bands, and some raised eyebrows February 14, 2026This week's announcement of the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music's 2026 American Music Honorees marks some new directions for the annual ceremony, raising some questions - ...

"This week's announcement of the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music's 2026 American Music Honorees marks some new directions for the annual ceremony, raising some questions - and at least a few eyebrows - in the process." Our full report/reaction below:
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New - and free - music for marching, courtesy of Nils and Amy Lofgren February 7, 2026For a limited time, you can click here to download free of charge "No Kings, No Hate, No Fear," written by Nils and Amy Lofgren."I'm so glad it came out as it did... I hope it means so...

"I hope it means something to people... something simple to chant while they're marching... or at least listen to and be inspired." - @leftylofgren.bsky.social on his newly released "No Kings, No Hate, No Fear," written with @amylofgren.bsky.social
More info:
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The nugs.net "First Friday" Live Archives series returns, with a show linking Guthrie & Springsteen February 7, 2026After skipping January 2026 for reasons that were neither announced nor explained, the nugs.net "First Friday" Live Archives series returned yesterday with another great show from the ...

"On an EXTREMELY less serious note... this is also the 1st @nugs.net Live Archives series [w/] 'There Will Never Be Another for Me but You'... the FIRST publicly performed @brucespringsteen.net song [w/] the surname 'Trump' in its lyrics." 😎 Click below for more.
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E Street Band alum David Sancious' latest projects find him again making beautiful music with others February 4, 2026For David Sancious, being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a former E Street Band keyboardist has been just a part - albeit a very significant part - of his highly respect...

Check out Joe Amodei of Virgil Films and editor/publisher @shawnpoole.bsky.social's full report on David Sancious' two most recent projects, collaborating respectively w/ @willcalhoun.bsky.social of @livingcolour.com and Italian bassist Lusi il Lupo. Click below.
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From the promised land to the streets of Minneapolis: Bruce's music vs. ICE, in the winter of '26 February 1, 2026Eleven days before the release of "Streets of Minneapolis," Bruce Springsteen stood onstage during his first public appearance of the new year, at Light of Day's Winterfest 2026. He al...

Ed./pub. @shawnpoole.bsky.social's deep dive into @brucespringsteen.net's 2026 anti-ICE music/moves, including @livingcolour.com's cover/post, MLK, that "stranger in our midst" line, and the overhyped/misunderstood iTunes stats. Click below to read all about it.
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst

Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

The Phantom of the Opry: Exploring birthday-boy Danny Federici's country-music playing with Bruce January 23, 2026Today marks what would've been the 76th birthday of E Street Band keyboardist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer "Phantom" Dan Federici, taken from us far too young in 2008, due to melano...

In this year's birthday remembrance of the late, great "Phantom" Dan Federici, we dive deeply into the country-style music he made with @brucespringsteen.net. Click below to read (and listen.) Phantom Phorever!
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Happy Birthday, Vini Lopez, the mellowed "madman drummer" with a heart of gold! January 22, 2026Happy birthday, and best wishes for many more happy birthdays ahead, to E Street Band alumnus and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez, who's turned 77 today. Back in the day...

Happy 77th Birthday, Vini Lopez, and best wishes for many more happy birthdays ahead! Click below to learn more about Vini's latest music and charitable endeavors, including how YOU can support his 2026 Facebook birthday fundraiser for
Light of Day.
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Once again, Light Of Day WinterFest offered much needed energy and hope during cold, dark days... January 21, 2026With all the current distractions of life in New Jersey, USA circa 2026 - from inclement weather, to omnipresent electronic-device-addiction, to the dramatic and at times horrifying ev...

Our wrapup of the Light of Day Foundation's WinterFest 2026, w/ the always-stellar work of @lisaiannucci.bsky.social and @jerseystylephoto.bsky.social, was well worth the extra wait. Click below to dive in.
[📸 by @jerseystylephoto.bsky.social for Letters To You]
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MUCH more coverage to come from us re @brucespringsteen.net at Light of Day Foundation's WinterFest 2026 last night, but of course the most timely and relevant news from the evening is this...

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[photo by @jerseystylephoto.bsky.social - used w/ permission]

Even if you can't be in NJ this weekend, you're still just around the corner to helping Light of Day January 16, 2026Well, Light of Day WinterFest 2026 is now upon us, and the Transparent Clinch Gallery has come up with a great way for everyone to help support Light of Day this weekend, even if you c...

The Transparent Clinch Gallery came up with a super-cool @brucespringsteen.net collectible and a great way for everyone to help support the Light of Day Foundation this WinterFest 2026 weekend, even if you can't make it to NJ. Click below for all of the details.
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"Streamlined name, same mission..." - (Re-)Meet The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music January 16, 2026As of this week, the organization formerly known as The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music has shortened its name officially to The Bruce Springsteen Center for A...

(Re-)Introducing The @brucespringsteen.net Center for American Music. “The new name better captures who we are today and where we are headed..." Click below for the full story.
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Remembering Big Man's birthday, and two of his best live recordings, released a quarter-century ago January 11, 2026This year marks what would have been the 84th birthday of our beloved Clarence "Big Man" Clemons, born on this date back in 1942. (Happy Clarence Clemons Day 2026, New Jersey!) And jus...

Today we're remembering with love Clarence "Big Man" Clemons on what would've been his 84th birthday, and two of his best live recordings w/ @brucespringsteen.net & the E Street Band, released a quarter-century ago this year. Click below to read our remembrance.
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Saving what's left of Tillie and the Palace should be one of outgoing NJ Gov. Murphy's resolutions. January 5, 2026In this, his final month in office, outgoing New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy - a self-proclaimed Springsteen fan - has a relatively easy-peasy, no-brainer chance to save what's left of ...

Preservation NJ: "Palace Amusements... an enduring symbol... most famously associated with @brucespringsteen.net, who used the Tillie image throughout his career..." Click below to read how YOU can urge outgoing NJ @govmurphy.bsky.social to do the right thing.
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Ring out the old, ring in the new: Bidding a fond farewell to 2025 and welcoming in 2026, Boss-style December 31, 2025Happy New Year to one and all, Dear Readers! In 2025, we Springsteen fans certainly ended up with quite a lot to experience, enjoy (at least most of the time,) and discuss. Once again...

It's that time of the soon-to-be-over year again... Click below to read about and hear our annual Year-In-Review of all things @brucespringsteen.net, in partnership with our pal @jessejacksondfw.bsky.social's Set Lusting Bruce podcast. And Happy New Year to all!
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Merry Christmas 2025, babies! Here's hopin' you enjoy these virtual stocking-stuffers... December 25, 2025It's Christmas morning here on the East Coast of the U.S., which is probably the most appropriate time for us to wish all of our readers celebrating around the globe a Merry Christmas...

Merry Christmas 2025, babies! We've compiled some fun, interesting, and moving virtual stocking-stuffers for your yuletide enjoyment this year. Click below to read, see, and hear it all.
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The late, great Joe Ely, 1947-2025, didn't have to walk that lonesome valley by himself... December 20, 2025From Bruce Springsteen's official website/social-media statement on the passing of the great "Lord of the Highway," Joe Ely, who died earlier this week on Monday from complications of...

Remembering and celebrating the strong musical and personal bonds between @brucespringsteen.net and the late, great @therealjoeely.bsky.social, who remained lifelong friends through happy times and sad ones...
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Light of Day WinterFest 2026 is just around the corner... (all tickets/packages now available) December 7, 2025All tickets and ticket-packages are now available for the 2026 edition of the Jersey-Shore-based, multi-day Light of Day WinterFest, which will take place next month in mid-January. Th...

Click below to access detailed info on tix/packages for WinterFest 2026, which of course will benefit The Light of Day Foundation, Inc., long supported by @brucespringsteen.net and many other Jersey-Shore-based/connected artists.
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This latest Nugs/Live Archive "First Friday" drop is definitely MUCH more than "good enough" for us! December 6, 2025Yesterday's "First Friday" release from the monthly Nugs/Live Archive series is another great show from The Wrecking Ball Tour: HK Areena, Turku, FIN - May 8, 2013. It's one of the bes...

The latest @nugs.net / Live Archive "First Friday" @brucespringsteen.net release is definitely MUCH more than "good enough" for us! Click below to read (and HEAR) all about it.
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Final Reminder: Order NOW for free guaranteed Christmas/Kwanzaa delivery of "Spirit of '76" shirts! December 1, 2025Happy Cyber Monday, and Happy Last-Day-To-Order-Your-Exclusive-Letters-To-You-Frank-Caruso-"Spirit-of-'76"-Shirts-With-Free-Guaranteed-Delivery-In-Time-For-Christmas/Kwanzaa! With awes...

It's not just Cyber Monday, but also the last day for guaranteed delivery of exclusive "Spirit of '76" shirts in time for Xmas/Kwanzaa! Beautiful Frank Caruso artwork & a great quote from @brucespringsteen.net, all benefiting The Kristen Ann Carr Fund. Order NOW!
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Happy Birthday to "Jazz Cat" David Sancious! (featuring Christmastime '96 clips w/ Natalie Merchant) November 30, 2025Today we're celebrating the 72nd birthday of E Street Band founding member and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer David Sancious (pictured above at last September's Bruce Springsteen Archives ...

Something special for David Sancious' birthday today, spotlighting his work w/ @nataliemerchant.bsky.social... Click below for details. [photo by @jerseystylephoto.bsky.social for The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music; used w/ permission]
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"...that little boy..." - Ethan Zane Browne, 1973-2025 November 29, 2025This week, we at Letters To You were shocked and saddened to learn of the tragic death of Ethan Zane Browne at only 52 years of age. Ethan was the son of Jackson Browne and the late P...

"...[In] NO NUKES, there's a sweet scene of Jackson Browne carrying five-year-old Ethan backstage to meet his father's friend, @brucespringsteen.net..." Click below to read our full remembrance, with deepest condolences to all who knew and loved Ethan Browne.
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