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...married for the first time in 1985 to actress Julianne Phillips; their marriage ended in 1989, amid rumors that Springsteen was carrying on a relationship with backup singer Patti Scialfa, whom he married in 1991. They have three children together...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN announced on his website that he and wife PATTI SCIALFA, despite rumors, are not splitting up. Celebs are using the Net to share all sorts of news, including...
...Rising also marks the return of the E Street Band. The band--seven hardworking Joes in their 50s and 60s, plus Springsteen's wife, backup singer and Jersey girl Patti Scialfa--has always been a proxy for the Springsteen audience. The E Streeters don't eat meat sandwiches out of metal lunch boxes, but it's easy to believe that they could. Their 15-year absence from Springsteen's recorded music opened a gulf between the Boss and his core fans, one that The Rising seems intent on closing...
...after a failed marriage to model-actress Julianne Phillips, Springsteen moved into a $14 million mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. (the faithful jeered), wed Scialfa in 1991 (the faithful cheered) and sang about relationships, kids and his ennui (the faithful shrugged). Then in '95 he put out an album of folk songs, The Ghost of Tom Joad. It won a Grammy for best contemporary folk album, but it felt more like a Woody Guthrie tribute than a Springsteen record. The songs were stark and compelling, but the old optimism was gone. The characters of Tom Joad lived on the fringes...
...last E Street Band tour, he did a mock monologue in a fire-and-brimstone voice about the power of music. "It was one of those things that was joking but serious at the same time," he says. Springsteen is a lapsed Catholic, but whether he is telling Scialfa that he wants her backup vocals to be "more gospel" or asking his listeners to "come on up for the rising," he understands that spiritual revival is a necessity and that it has to be a communal experience. "I think that fits in with the concept of our band...