Bruce Springsteen is a legendary American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Springsteen, to date, has recorded 15 albums, received numerous awards including 15 Grammies and was inducted into the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame. His style of heartland and folk rock features pop hooks, poetic and political lyrics and messages centered around his home-town New Jersey.
In 2007, Bruce Springsteen released his fifteenth album entitled 'Magic'. After impressive record sales and album reviews, Springteen began his world tour with the world famous E-Street Band. The tour is currently in its North American leg and is scheduled to stay there until the end of April, when Springsteen will take his unique musical stylings overseas.
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Bruce Springsteen's eloquence in expressing ordinary, everyday problems has earned him
numerous awards, including Grammy Awards and an Oscar, along with a huge
fan base. His most famous albums, Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A.,
epitomize his penchant for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily
life.
Bruce Springsteen has gradually become identified with progressive politics.
His hit single "Born in the U.S.A." was so popular that Ronald Reagan and
Walter Mondale both attempted to co-opt it during the 1984 presidential
campaign, misinterpreting it as a plainly nationalistic song rather than
one about the negative after-effects of the Vietnam War. Bruce Springsteen is
also noted for his support of various relief and rebuilding efforts in
New Jersey and elsewhere, and for his response to the September 11, 2001
attacks on which his album The Rising reflects.
His recordings have tended to alternate between commercially
accessible rock albums and somber folk-oriented works. Much of
Bruce Springsteen's iconic status in America as well as his popularity stems
from his concerts, marathon shows in which he and the E Street Band
energetically perform intense ballads, rousing anthems, and party rock
and roll songs.
Bruce Springsteen has long had the nickname "The Boss", a term which he was
initially reported to dislike but now seems to have come to terms with -
he sometimes jokingly refers to himself as such on stage.
He is often regarded as a musical heir to Elvis Presley, Woody Guthrie
and Bob
Dylan.