• Seven Songs That Sound Totally Different Live

    Unless you have the misfortune of seeing an artist lip-synch along to a backing track, the live version of a song is always going to sound at least a little bit different from the version you’re used to hearing. While most artists try their best to recreate the studio version, others view live performance as an opportunity to re-imagine (or correct) the song’s studio version. Here are seven songs that sound very different when performed in concert.

  • Which March Madness Festival Headliner's 'Team' Will Win?

    Jason Aldean wasn't satisfied just playing professional baseball stadiums during 2014. Now he, as well as even bigger names Bruce Springsteen and Tim McGraw, will take part in the NCAA's March Madness Music Festival at Reunion Park in Dallas, which will take place April 4 through 6. Aldean will play at the "AT&T Block Party" on April 4, McGraw will take the "Coke Zero Countdown Concert" on April 5, and Springsteen and the E Street Band will play April 6 as part of the "Capital One Jam Fest."

  • Bruce Springsteen Releasing Four New Songs for Record Store Day EP

    A pair of Bruce Springsteen-based releases in the coming months should have fans of The Boss excited. The Blu-Ray of last year's MusiCares Person of The Year Concert will be released on March (25), and a collection of four new tracks will become available on Record Store Day (April 19).

  • More Details Coming for Bruce Springsteen's Concert Bootleg Download Series

    Springsteen and crew will be rolling out the download concept when he sets out on an upcoming tour across South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Concertgoers will be able to purchase the concert in mp3 format for $9.99, or in FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) for $14.99. According to statements from The Boss, downloads should be ready within 48 hours of concert's end.

  • Bruce Springsteen and Kidz Bop Give 'Frozen' Soundtrack Competition

    Ah...the smell of new things is in the air. No, we're not talking about Spring. Sorry. It will stay cold for a while but at least we'll have new music to listen to in the meantime! Four of the albums in this week's Billboard Top 10 are new releases, including a new no. 1.

  • Bruce Springsteen 'Surprises' Fans at Annual Light of Day Benefit Concert

    Attendees at the Light of Day benefit concert in Asbury Park, NJ didn't mind forking over up to $250-it was for charity after all-but that didn't mean they didn't have something unannounced to hope for on the lineup. Bruce Springsteen had made appearances at nine of the Light of Day shows, an annual event held to raise money for Parkinson's research.

  • CBS Streams 'High Hopes' as 'The Good Wife' Tie-In

    Just in case you missed the first chance to listen to Bruce Springsteen's upcoming album before it was officially released, your second chance is now happening. CBS began featuring a stream of High Hopes on Sunday night as part of Springsteen's tie-in to television show The Good Wife.

  • Bruce Springsteen's 'High Hopes' Released on Amazon Early

    It looks like Beyoncé's surprise album release stunt has already started to inspire other big names in the music industry to surprise their fans. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band released its High Hopes LP suddenly Saturday on Amazon.com, despite the previously announced release date of January 14.

  • Back of The Billboards: 'Drive All Night' by Glen Hansard

    Society always celebrates the records that top the Billboard 200 album chart. Back of The Billboards is a Music Times weekly segment that looks at the opposite end: the new record that finished closest to the back of the Billboard 200 for the previous week. We hope to give a fighting chance to the bands you haven't heard of.

  • Bruce Springsteen Tour: The Boss Sings Traditional Songs in Argentina and Chile [VIDEO]

    Bruce Springsteen is bringing some local flavor to his shows with the E Street Band in South America. The Boss was playing in Argentina, 25 years after his last visit to the country, and he was exhausted at the end of the show. So he told his fans to check out his website later for a taped performance of "Solo le pido a Dios" by Argentine folk musician León Gieco.

  • Bruce Springsteen Announces More Australian Tour Dates for 2014

    Americans often take for granted how often we get great music tours passing through. Fans in other parts of the world only get the chance to see their favorite bands once every couple of years, if that. So Bruce Springsteen fans down under should consider themselves blessed that the The Boss and the E Street Band are making a second trip to Australia, less than a year after the group's previous foray. Springsteen says that continent's earned them however.
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