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New York Post
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Steven Van Zandt will miss several Bruce Springsteen shows after emergency surgery
Steven Van Zandt is on the mend. The musician, 74, will miss several upcoming shows with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band after undergoing emergency surgery. 'Got a sharp pain in my stomach, thought it was food poisoning, turned out to be appendicitis,' Van Zandt wrote via Instagram on Monday. 'Got lucky with an exceptional hospital in San Sebastian. Operation was a complete success and I'm hoping to get back on stage for at least one of the shows in Milan. Thank you all for all the good vibes. See you soon – SVZ.' 6 Bruce Springsteen (L) and Steven Van Zandt of the E Street Band. UPI Friends and fans flocked to the comments section to wish the rocker a speedy recovery. One user wrote, 'Yikes! That stuff is no joke – heal up soon my friend!,' while a second chimed in, 'Get well soon, you're worth waiting for. Your health is more important!.' Rounding out the sweet notes, a third follower penned, 'Sending you wishes for a speedy recovery!!' The Post reached out to Van Zandt's rep for comment. The group is set to play again in San Sebastian on Tuesday before heading to Germany for a show on Friday. From there, Springsteen, 75, and the band will have concerts in Milan, Italy, on June 30 and July 3. 6 Steven Van Zandt attends Prime Video's 'Étoile' New York premiere. Getty Images Van Zandt has played in the E Street Band on and off since 1975. Since 1999, he has been a permanent fixture in the group. Springsteen also dealt with some health issues in 2023 after being diagnosed with peptic ulcer disease. The Grammy winner canceled various shows at the time, and revealed last year just what the prognosis meant. 'You sing with your diaphragm. You know, my diaphragm was hurting so badly that when I went to make the effort to sing, it was killing me, so I literally couldn't sing at all, you know?' he shared in March 2024 while on Sirius XM's E Street Radio. 'And that lasted for two, three months, along with just a myriad of other painful problems.' 6 Bruce Springsteen concert. Javier Etxezarreta/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Shortly after, he recovered and went back to touring. Springsteen and the E Street Band reunited in a New Jersey music room in 2023, with Van Zandt telling The Post, 'It took an extra minute because usually we don't rehearse at all.' 'We get together for two or three days just to kind of say 'hello' to each other again.' 6 Little Steven Van Zandt is joined by Bruce Springsteen live in concert during Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul Summer of Sorcery Tour 2019. Getty Images 'We have been away for six or seven years, and people didn't know what to expect from us,' he confessed. 'Everybody's getting a little older, you know. And it was up to us to go out there and say, 'Hey, we're not just getting older — we're getting better, OK? And, yes, we're closer to the end than we are to the beginning, but we're still very productive here.' That performance kicked off their world tour, which is coming to an end this summer. Speaking on their years long friendship, Van Zandt told People in June 2024, 'You just don't have that many friends for 60 years. I think the fact that it survived some ups and downs, it says something about our nature. The nature of the importance of friendship in general, which is what attracted me to being in a band rather than a solo show business person.' 6 Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt of The E Street Band during their 2024 World Tour. Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images The 'Sopranos' alum also reflected on the music he's made with Springsteen and the band over the years. 'We bought the illusion completely. We thought the Beatles were best friends, the Rolling Stones were best friends, The Who, the Kinks. We didn't know they were having fist fights,' he explained. 'We made that illusion real — and I think that's the appeal of the E Street Band to this day, communicating that friendship.' Along with a solid friendship, the band has continued to bring in the sold-out crowds. 6 Steven Van Zandt. Andy Kropa/Invision/AP '50 years later, how are we still playing to 300,000 people in one country in one week?' Van Zandt asked. 'I think we're communicating that friendship, which is real with me and him. When they see us on the same microphone, that isn't an act. Nobody's that good an actor to keep this act up for 50 years.' He added, 'I think that's something that you cannot take for granted.'
Perth Now
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Bruce Springsteen's 'interesting' visit to set of biopic
Bruce Springsteen admitted visiting the set of his upcoming biopic was 'interesting'. Jeremy Allen White portrays the legendary rocker in the new movie 'Deliver Me from Nowhere' and Bruce revealed that he enjoyed visiting the set and seeing how they recreated his grandmother's house. He told Variety's Awards Circuit Podcast: 'I was on tour during a lot of it, so they filmed a good amount of it without me there. But I was on set sometimes. It was interesting to see it played out, to see your grandmother's house again, and to go inside and get a general feeling of what it was like when you were very young. So I enjoyed all those parts of it.' The focus of the film is the time Bruce, 75, spent making his 1982 album 'Nebraska' and is adapted from Warren Zanes' book of the same name. Bruce revealed why he gave his blessing to director/writer Scott Cooper's adaptation. He said: 'They pitched the idea, and I said, 'it sounds like fun'. It's an interesting concept, because it's only a couple of years out of my life. It's '81, '82, and around the creation of that particular record while I was simultaneously recording 'Born in the USA' and also going through some personal difficulties that I've been living with my whole life. But it's fantastic.' And, Bruce previously praised Jeremy, 34, for his work on the movie. During an appearance on SiriusXM's E Street Radio, he said: 'He sings well. He sings very well. You know, and Jeremy Strong and Odessa Young, you know, it's a tremendous cast of people. They cast the film beautifully, so it's very exciting. 'It was "a little bit" weird at first' but "you get over that pretty quick. 'Jeremy is such a terrific actor that you just fall right into it. He's got an interpretation of me that I think the fans will deeply [understand] and he's just done a great job, so I've had a lot of fun. I've had a lot of fun being on the set when I can get there."
USA Today
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Jeremy Allen White becomes Springsteen in 'Deliver Me From Nowhere' footage
Jeremy Allen White becomes Springsteen in 'Deliver Me From Nowhere' footage LAS VEGAS – Bob Dylan just got the biopic treatment. Bruce Springsteen, you're up. Jeremy Allen White came to CinemaCon on Thursday to debut the first look at director Scott Cooper's "Deliver Me From Nowhere" (in theaters later this year), in which he plays The Boss at a very pivotal moment of his career leading up to his 1982 album "Nebraska." "Incredible, challenging, dream come true," White said of becoming Springsteen. "I feel really lucky. We all had Bruce's blessing." The footage that played for theater owners showed Springsteen coming to grips with fame – he's called a "rock star" when buying a new car and seems unsure about the moniker. The film finds him reconciling his success with traumatic experiences from his childhood and with his father (Stephen Graham), and dealing with his mental health. Join our Watch Party! Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox While "trying to find something real," Bruce – with tousled hair and guitar – records new songs on a four-track recorder in his bedroom. Meanwhile, Jon Landau (Jeremy Strong), Springsteen's longtime friend and manager, is trying to keep the record label off his back. "He's a repairman," Landau tells them. "He's working on repairing the hole in himself. When he's done with that, he'll repair the world." "Jon was deeply invested in Bruce as an artist but he was also invested in his friend's happiness and well-being," Strong said. "He was the Lewis to Bruce's Clark, and the journey they've been on together is beautiful and unprecedented in the history of music." Springsteen has said he liked what he saw when visiting the set and watching White play him. "Jeremy is such a terrific actor" and he can "sing well," Springsteen said in December on SiriusXM's E Street Radio. White has "an interpretation of me that I think the fans will deeply recognize, and he's just done a great job."
