Jul 11 2007
Springsteen New Album This Fall
Looks Like the Rumours are true and the boss is coming
Found this on Backstreets.com
We will be updating news as we hear it
Adding to the chatter about an impending Springsteen album is today’s report from Fox News’ Roger Friedman: “Bruce Springsteen to Release New E Street Band Album in Fall.” We should point out that, despite the headline, there has been no official announcement, and this has yet to be confirmed as a sure thing. That said, Friedman’s tentative scenario has a definite ring of truth, consistent with what we’ve been hearing from other sources. Friedman writes:
…The Boss, as we still call him, is apparently planning a new album for release in late fall. Some sources insist that this will be an E Street Band album, and not another side project like the “Seeger Sessions” or a solo collection of introspective songs….
Sources tell me that tracks have been recorded with the group, and that the hope among Bruce insiders is that he will choose their project over several others he may have cooking.
“You never know,” one observer said, “but it’s looking better and better.”
Sony insiders definitely confirmed in the last few days that Springsteen is scheduled to release new music before the end of the year….
Thing is, it’s still too early to say what’s going to happen, which is why we do our best to separate rumor from fact before making any solid assertions here on Backstreets.com. For instance, let’s say we had suggested in June that Springsteen and a particular house-rocking, nerve-shocking, earth-quaking, history-making band would be starting a tour in Europe in October; and then as of July, we began hearing that the plan had changed: that we were now looking at a barnstorming tour of the U.S. instead (a la the beginning of the Rising tour) in Otcober and November, before heading to Europe for a few dates in December? When plans are still in flux, better for us to avoid such talk altogether.
Or in terms of this new record: Fox reports that “tracks have been recorded,” which is true. But if one were to clarify and posit that an album isn’t done yet, that Springsteen will really be getting down to business in the studio later this month, after a quick trip to Europe next week for Patti Scialfa to do some advance European press for her new album, would that suck some of the exciting certainty out of Fox’s headline? And who wants to spoil that fun, especially if it’s likely true even if nowhere near set in stone? Friedman mentions a “late fall” release… what if we’d heard early October? Say, October 2? Is that “late fall”? Do these jibe? Is it too early to say? Surely it is. So we’ll keep our mouths shut, keep our ears to the ground, and keep reaching for the stars.
