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...might be the only person millions of people voluntarily call "The Boss." With his raspy vocals, blue collar ballads and ageless sex appeal, Bruce Springsteen has been a rock and roll hero for almost forty years. With a string of classic albums and perenially sold-out concerts (his 2008 world tour grossed $204 million) to many he's the biggest American rock sensation since Elvis. Springsteen's latest tour, "Working on a Dream", begins in San Jose, Calif. on April 1st. (See the All-TIME list of top 100 albums...
...thing: money. Linking up with an exclusive retailer is not a new idea, but it has proven to be quite a profitable one of late, at least for well-established musicians. The Eagles and AC/DC released their most recent original albums exclusively through Wal-Mart, and in January, Bruce Springsteen gave the chain an exclusive greatest-hits set. Each benefited from massive in-store promotion and stop-the-cart placement - AC/DC's Black Ice sold 1.92 million copies to rank as the fifth best-selling album of 2008. Paul McCartney also saw some of the best sales of his solo...
...Ticketmaster wants to gobble concert promoter Live Nation to further extend its reach. (Live Nation, which puts on more than 16,000 live shows annually, also recently launched its own ticketing service.) Word of a Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger has angered fans and performers alike, including Bruce Springsteen. Ticketmaster was already on The Boss's bad side after it recently directed fans to its secondary sales apparatus, which charges more, while regular tickets were still available. (The company publicly apologized.) An open letter on Springsteen's web site expressed his outrage: "The one thing that would make the current ticket...
...Springsteen, Bruce • acknowledgement by that deal giving exclusivity on greatest hits CD to labor-unfriendly Wal-Mart was, well, idiotic • crotch-first slide into camera of during Super Bowl performance...
...young unpredictable rockers with the tried-and-true—wrinkles and all. From Paul McCartney to the Stones, Prince to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, geezers have been belting out 20-, 30-, even 40-year-old tunes to eager football fans. This year’s headliner, Bruce Springsteen, while clearly past his prime, doesn’t have to rely just on old, familiar hits; he is still producing quality new material. His latest album, “Working on a Dream,” may not be his finest, but The Boss has proven, yet again, that...