Bruce Springsteen

Yes, it’s finally official! Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band will be performing at the halftime show of Superbowl XLIII in Tampa on February 1st.

The announcement came during halftime of last night’s Eagles/Bears game at Soldier Field in Chicago. There was a small montage of footage from Springsteen’s run at Giants Stadium this past July.

All that’s left now is the wondering and guessing of what Bruce will choose to play on the world’s biggest stage. I’d say it’s a pretty safe bet that “Born to Run” will be played somewhere in the set. However, the others will be much less predictable as there are a plethora of songs he can choose from. Likely candidates include “Badlands”, “Born in the U.S.A.”, “Dancing in the Dark”, “Glory Days”, “Hungry Heart”, and even “Radio Nowhere.” Having said this, I would not be entirely surprised to see him go with “Thunder Road” or even “Out in the Street” (although I feel the latter is not as likely, I still would not be surprised per say).

Also, let’s not forget that we will likely see the E Street Band embark on a tour directly following the appearance. All sources suggest that the tour will go right up until the time when Max Weinberg will make big jump to “The Tonight Show” with Conan O’Brien. Conan’s big debut is scheduled for June 1st, 2009 with his last date in the 12:30 slot coming around the end of December.

Now that we have an idea of what Bruce will be doing next year, how about his plans for the rest of 2008? Well, we do know that the E Street Band has no more dates scheduled for the current year. However, we might see Bruce pop up here and there with the annual “Light of Day” benefit concert scheduled for November 1st at the Paramount Theater in Asbury Park. Also, nobody has said anything about Holiday Shows yet right? Who is to say that we won’t be rocking Convention Hall in December?

Let’s see what happens!

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