Bruce Springsteen

My Father's Place, in Roslyn, New York. (Steve Rosenfeld)

August 14, 2018, 9:57 pm

How a Jewish kid from the burbs helped launch Springsteen and make music history

Three decades on, ‘Eppy’ Epstein reopens his iconic Long Island venue My Father’s Place, where some of the world’s most famous bands got their start

By Steven Davidson

Musicians Nils Lofgren (L) and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on March 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images via JTA)

April 3, 2018, 5:09 am

Bruce Springsteen’s guitarist saved by old bar mitzvah gift

Hours before sold-out solo show in Dallas, Nils Lofgren discovered his four vintage guitars had been stolen

By Gabe Friedman

In this Nov. 7, 2016, photo Bruce Springsteen performs during a Hillary Clinton campaign event at Independence Mall in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

August 9, 2017, 11:05 pm

Bruce Springsteen plans series of Broadway fall concerts

The Boss to perform eight weeks of intimate shows with just him, ‘the guitar, the piano and the words and music’

By Mark Kennedy

Jewish studies professor Azzan Yadin-Israel. (CC, BY-SA, Asherif99444/Wikimedia)

May 11, 2017, 10:43 pm

Into the Fire: A Jewish studies prof. searches for The Bible in the lyrics of The Boss

Azzan Yadin-Israel maps theological parallels in the songs of Bruce Springsteen, finding Sodom and Gomorrah, the Exodus, and much more from Testaments Old and New

By Cathryn J. Prince

Rod Stewart performing in Hamburg, Germany in October 2013. The singer will perform on June 14 in Tel Aviv (CC BY-SA Wikimedia commons)

February 1, 2017, 10:59 pm

Israel hopes for summer of rock amid talk of bookings

Rumors fly about Duran Duran and Tears for Fears along with confirmed concerts from Rod Stewart and Justin Bieber

By Jessica Steinberg

Bruce Springsteen performing during a rally in support of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 6, 2016. (AFP/KENA BETANCUR)

January 19, 2017, 8:06 pm

Springsteen gives ‘humble, quiet’ secret show for Obama

Fan magazine says some 250 White House staff attended private 15-song acoustic performance

By AFP

President-elect Donald Trump speaks, in the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

December 4, 2016, 10:38 pm

Subdued enthusiasm, protest surround Trump inauguration planning

Crowd expectations down, fewer A-list celebrities likely to attend and hotel rooms vacant ahead of national ceremony

By Nancy Benac

A picture of rocker Bruce Springsteen and biker Dan Barkalow taken November 12, 2016 after the singer got stuck on the side of a New Jersey highway when his motorcycle broke down. (Facebook screen capture)

November 14, 2016, 3:23 am

Bikers help Springsteen, stranded on roadside

Famed rocker a ‘nice guy, real down to earth,’ say motorcyclists who helped him near hometown of Freehold, New Jersey

By AP

Bruce Springsteen performs during a rally in support of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 07, 2016 (KENA BETANCUR / AFP)

November 8, 2016, 11:49 am

Springsteen and Beyonce lead stars in last Clinton push

Lady Gaga, Jon Bon Jovi, Madonna also lend their support to Democrat; Trump brings Ted Nugent, criticizes Jay-Z

By Ivan Couronne

Bruce Springsteen with Amy Kalman, Freehold, New Jersey, September 27, 2016 (Courtesy Amy Kalman)

October 6, 2016, 4:30 pm

Bruce Springsteen: I really need to play in Israel

The Boss, who has never performed in the Holy Land, tells a lifelong fan who flew from Jerusalem to meet him in New Jersey that he wants to correct the omission

By David Horovitz

Bruce Springsteen performs with The E Street Band at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris on July 11, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND GUAY)

September 24, 2016, 5:54 am

Springsteen: Trump an embarrassment to US

American rock legend says problems in the country make the ground ‘ripe for demagoguery’

By AFP

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform with the concert 'The River Tour' at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, May 14, 2016. (Manu Fernandez/AP)

September 20, 2016, 6:18 pm

The rabbi, the wedding, and Springsteen’s romantic songs on ‘The River’

As The Boss winds down his world tour celebrating the 35th anniversary of a landmark album, here’s how a rabbi’s remarks at the marriage of a friend helped prompt him to tackle the traditional love songs he’d previously avoided

By Eric Cortellessa

September 5, 2016, 8:57 am

Dan Ornstein

The working life

This Labor Day, consider what you can do to help those for whom hard work is just not enough

Mike Appel, New York, June 2016 (David Horovitz / Times of Israel)

July 19, 2016, 7:21 pm

Why Springsteen never made another album like ‘Born to Run,’ and other questions only Mike Appel can answer

The Boss largely stopped pushing music’s boundaries after his epic third album, which happened to be around the time he fell out, spectacularly, with his original manager. Coincidence?

By David Horovitz

Composite photo of musician Stevie Van Zandt and former London mayor Ken Livingstone (Kevin Winter/Getty Images via JTA/Wikimedia Commons, goodadvice.com, CC BY-SA 4.0)

May 3, 2016, 4:32 pm

On Israel, Springsteen’s guitarist outriffs Ken Livingstone

Op-ed: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Labour’s ex-London mayor would have you believe it’s all Israel’s fault. But as Steven Van Zandt insists on Twitter, it’s complicated

By David Horovitz