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Bruce Springsteen Closes Giants Stadium With Covers, Crowd Surfing

Posted 10/12/09 3:37 pm EST by in Music


By Lindsay Wallace

On Thursday and Friday (October 8 and 9), the legendary Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band rocked Giants Stadium with the final concert performances at the venue (the stadium is being demolished in favor of a new building for football's Giants and Jets beginning next season).

At the start of the show on Thursday, Bruce came out to the center of the stage in front of 60,000 screaming fans, smiled and waved before grabbing his microphone and launching into "Wrecking Ball," the song written specifically for the occasion of Giants Stadium's demise. The tribute consists of lyrics like, "My home is here in these Meadowlands/ Where mosquitoes grow big as airplanes/ Through the mud and the beer, I've seen champions come and go/ So if you got the goods mister, if you got the balls/ Then step in line and bring on your wrecking ball!"

"Well, it's nice to be in my backyard and be here to shut the old lady down," Bruce said after the song was finished. "We've had a lot of great nights here, let's make this another one."

On Thursday, the band performed the entirety of the critically acclaimed 1975 album Born to Run. Read More...

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Bruce Springsteen To Rock Halftime At Super Bowl

Posted 9/29/08 11:23 am EST by in Bruce Springsteen


The cavalcade of classic rock will continue at this year's Super Bowl. Following in the footsteps of the Rolling Stones, U2, Paul McCartney, Prince and last year's featured attraction, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will rush the field at halftime during the Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida, on February 1, according to The Associated Press.

Interesting fact: while the Super Bowl halftime show was typically made up of local and college marching bands and drill teams, the NFL got wise in 1988 and began bringing the rock, with a center-field debut from ... Chubby Checker, best known for his 1960 hit "The Twist." (What, Rick Astley wasn't available?) Michael Jackson upped the ante in 1993, and of course in 2004, his sister Janet ... well, you know the story with that one ...

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'American Idol': A First-Hand Account Of The New Jersey Auditions

Posted 8/19/08 8:57 pm EST by in American Idol


Jim CantielloYesterday, MTV News' "Idol" expert Jim Cantiello announced his intention to audition for the show's eighth season. Now he's blogging the big day, starting with his arrival at Jersey's Izod Center.

8:50 a.m.: Welcome to my "Idol" audition blog. I just took my seat in the Izod Center. I've been up since 3 a.m. There's a dude teaching all bajillion of us auditioners how to sing "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" in unison. He said it was the best it's ever sounded in "Idol" audition history. I'm so pumped, even though I think he was lying!!!

8:59 a.m.: A dude with a tuxedo and a rose just came into our section. He's totally going to propose. Really, buddy? Oops, gotta go. They're having the entire stadium sing Benatar for the cameras.

9:03 a.m.: Sheesh. We just sang the chorus of "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" about 90 times. How am I supposed to audition if my voice is shot from singing oldies all morning???
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