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...Boss, but even Springsteen cannot compete with the current contest for Commander in Chief. "I'm a mild-mannered rock musician of a certain age," he says, laughing. "My powers are limited. All I ask is for the right to have an opinion and the right to share it, same as anybody else." Of course, being a rock star, he's doing it in a big way. After 30 years of not taking a side in electoral politics, Springsteen announced in August his support for John Kerry, that he would headline the 11-state Vote for Change tour (that launched...
...legitimate question, but it presumes that the players on the Vote for Change tour--Springsteen, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Dixie Chicks, Dave Matthews Band and 11 more--are planning to become stump speakers. "You don't stand up at a rock show and lecture people unless your name is Gandhi," says R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck. "We're musicians, not politicians. We get that." MoveOn.org the liberal political-action committee that is presenting Vote for Change, has tried to get the performers on message with a series of talking points, but there's little evidence to suggest that the briefings stuck...
FORTY-FIVE MINUTES INTO THE FIRST presidential debate, Bruce Springsteen wandered into the craft services room of the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia where two dozen roadies and a few members of his E Street Band were silently gathered around a TV. "How we doin'?," he asked, pointing to the screen. There was no response. Next he tried a few inquisitive gestures. Thumbs up? Way up? Down? No one shifted his or her gaze. Finally, smiling wryly in recognition of his relative unimportance, Springsteen pulled up a chair and watched with the others...
...tour are abstract. "I don't want to come off as naive," says R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe, "but I put a lot of faith in music. It's an emotional medium. I mean, how could someone fail to be inspired to think about our country after hearing Bruce Springsteen...
...opening-night crowd was ready for its hero, and he delivered. "I had a new song I was going to sing to open the show," Springsteen says, "but on the drive down, I decided to go with something else." That something else was an acoustic version of The Star Spangled Banner that segued into an explosive Born in the U.S.A. Springsteen barely paused between songs in his set and traded verses with guest John Fogerty on Fortunate Son and Stipe on Because the Night. As always, he crammed as much American mythology as possible into his vocal cords. "That...