Today the U.S.A. is 250, Ron Kovic is 80, and this year Kovic's BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY (@akashicbooks.bsky.social) a @brucespringsteen.net fan's must-read, is 50. Today we're also honored to share Kovic's new essay "An American Anthem." Click below to read it. www.letterstoyou.net/post/an-amer...

Happy 77th Birthday, "Professor" Roy Bittan, and congrats on finally getting a steady teaching gig! Click below for the full story, including some great photography by Rob DeMartin and @jerseystylephoto.bsky.social. www.letterstoyou.net/post/happy-7...

For the upcoming 4th of July/semiquincentennial weekend, @brucespringsteen.net and The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music will be featured in an expanded @pbsnews.org special entitled BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: FINDING AMERICA IN SONG. Click below for details. www.letterstoyou.net/post/pbs-new...

Thanks, @brucespringsteen.net, and The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, from all of us on Team Waves! 😎 (Click below for the full story.) www.letterstoyou.net/post/my-1st-...

The @brucespringsteen.net Center for American Music will present a free VOICES OF PRIDE panel-discussion event on Tuesday, June 30, closing out Pride Month 2026. Click below for all of the details. www.letterstoyou.net/post/springs...

"Over here on E Street, we mourn the death of the great record man and close friend Clive Davis..." - from @brucespringsteen.net's social-media statement, issued on June 22, 2026 Click below to read Bruce's full statement: www.letterstoyou.net/post/clive-d...

At 75, birthday boy @leftylofgren.bsky.social remains the E Street Band's "Godfather Of The Guitar," and so much more... Click below to read our full tribute. 📸 by @jerseystylephoto.bsky.social (Philly, 5/30/2026) www.letterstoyou.net/post/happy-7...

Just days after the opening of a new building named after himself - the @brucespringsteen.net Center, of course - Bruce will help to open the @obamafoundation.bsky.social Presidential Center tomorrow. Click below for details, including how you can watch online. www.letterstoyou.net/post/another...

Our series on the @brucespringsteen.net Center's opening weekend ends w/ transcripts of Bruce himself, of course, speaking in-depth about the Center and his vision of it, with beautiful photos by @jerseystylephoto.bsky.social. Click below to read and see it all. www.letterstoyou.net/post/as-the-...

The @brucespringsteen.net Center for American Music is now officially OPEN to the public! Click below for our full report from @shawnpoole.bsky.social's & @jerseystylephoto.bsky.social's recent advance-tour of it, including info on how YOU can plan YOUR visit! www.letterstoyou.net/post/as-the-...

As The @brucespringsteen.net Center for American Music's doors open officially this weekend, we have a 3-part series of roundup-reports on the recent events that have led up to the big day. Here's Part 1: www.letterstoyou.net/post/as-the-...

Check out our LOHAD American Tour wrapup, w/ insights from (in order of appearance) Joyce Millman, Lisa Iannucci, Caroline Madden, Lorraine Mangione, Donna Luff, & Joe Amodei, along w/ some great photos from Rob DeMartin, Mark Krajnak, & Pam Springsteen. www.letterstoyou.net/post/one-las...

This morning, The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music is officially dedicating its new 30K-square-ft archival center and museum. Click below to read our deep-dive history of how it all began with The @brucespringsteen.net Special Collection: www.letterstoyou.net/post/forever...

Greetings From West Long Branch, NJ... as The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music gets ready for its June 13 public opening. We soon will have much more to share, with more @jerseystylephoto.bsky.social photos, too. For YOUR peek of OUR peek, however... www.letterstoyou.net/post/greetin...

More insights and photos to come from the LOHAD American Tour's final night (as well as more overall on this very special tour,) but meanwhile here's a complete transcription of @brucespringsteen.net's closing onstage remarks in Philly last night: www.letterstoyou.net/post/the-loh...

Last night, @brucespringsteen.net & the ESB (w/ special guest @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social) brought their tour to the seat of power in Washington, D.C. Springsteen also announced that he and Morello will be back in the area this Oct. Our ed./pub.'s report: www.letterstoyou.net/post/let-em-...

Editor/publisher @shawnpoole.bsky.social recently interviewed music journalist/critic/author @erinosmon.bsky.social about her new book WON'T BACK DOWN: HEARTLAND ROCK AND THE FIGHT FOR AMERICA. Click below for more about Osmon's book, and to hear the interview. www.letterstoyou.net/post/trouble...

On June 3, a free concert - co-produced by The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music w/ Seminole Tribe of Florida's Hard Rock International - will celebrate this hard land's Indigenous music. Click below for details, incl. how to get your free ticket(s.) www.letterstoyou.net/post/springs...

A riveting and beautiful late-night television moment indeed, even with the ridiculous bleeping of the "...against Miller and Noem's fucking lies" line. Viva Stephen Colbert! www.letterstoyou.net/post/on-colb...

"Then" 📸 from James Fuller, photographer/author of SPIRIT IN THE LIGHT: PHOTOGRAPHING @brucespringsteen.net 1973-75, and "now" 📸 from our great contributing photographer, @jerseystylephoto.bsky.social. What an awesome teamup! Click below to read/see everything. www.letterstoyou.net/post/one-mor...

With @brucespringsteen.net & the ESB's return to NY this week, there's no better time to check out SPIRIT IN THE LIGHT: PHOTOGRPAHING SPRINGSTEEN 1973-75 by James Fuller. FREE shipping for all U.S.-based Letters To You readers, too! Click below for the details. www.letterstoyou.net/post/bruce-s...

For Mother's Day 2026, many Mom memories from Doug Bradley, Greg Drew, and, yes, @brucespringsteen.net... Click below to read about them all. www.letterstoyou.net/post/for-mot...

Happy-birthday wishes go out today to Sister Soozie Tyrell, fiddler extraordinaire and - as an essential member of the current Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour - now freedom fighter, too... Click below to read more. [📸 by Rob DeMartin; used w/ permission] www.letterstoyou.net/post/happy-b...

Worth the wait: our deep dive into The @brucespringsteen.net Center's American Music Honors 2026 event. Text by @shawnpoole.bsky.social, with over two dozen beautiful 📸s from John Cavanaugh, Rob DeMartin, and Brian Samelson. Click below to read and see it all. www.letterstoyou.net/post/america...

Official announcement tonight from Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philly: "Due to the NBA and NHL playoff schedule, the @brucespringsteen.net & The E Street Band concert at Xfinity Mobile Arena has been rescheduled for May 30. All tickets for the previous date will remain valid for the new date."

IN DANGEROUS TIMES - www.letterstoyou.net/post/in-dang...

EXCLUSIVE - @lisaiannucci.bsky.social was there this week when The @brucespringsteen.net Center for American Music premiered for a select audience the new film that longtime film/video collaborator Thom Zimny created for visitors to the Center's new building: www.letterstoyou.net/post/exclusi...

Quoth editor/publisher @shawnpoole.bsky.social, "Last night I saw American Music Future...and American Music Past, and American Music Present. And its acronym is BSCAM (@brucespringsteen.net Center..." (Click below for more.) [📸 by John Cavanaugh - w/ permission] www.letterstoyou.net/post/last-ni...

In the May 2026 issue of NEW JERSEY MONTHLY magazine, @brucespringsteen.net talks the new Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music building and its programs. Meanwhile, we have a "Friends"-ly amendment to offer... Click below for all of the details. www.letterstoyou.net/post/bruce-t...

Announced today, The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music will produce two special "Music America..." concerts in early June, featuring @brucespringsteen.net, @leftylofgren.bsky.social, Stevie Van Zandt, and MANY others. Click below for the details. www.letterstoyou.net/post/springs...

Happy 75th Birthday, Mighty Max "The Voice(?!)" Weinberg! 😉❤️ Click below to read more. [📸 by Kevin Mazur - used w/ permission] www.letterstoyou.net/post/singin-...

Andre Fowles, @brucespringsteen.net's personal chef, was kind enough - even w/ his busy schedule - to discuss w/ us his new book MY JAMAICAN TABLE, for which Bruce wrote the foreword, and a few more tasty, exclusive tidbits. Here's the link for our full article: www.letterstoyou.net/post/in-the-...

More pro-shot @brucespringsteen.net / ESB video of Night 1 in Minneapolis today - “Streets of Minneapolis” and “Purple Rain,” filmed by Chris Hilson, edited by Thom Zimny & Sam Shapiro, recorded by John Cooper, mixed by Jon Altschiller; in partnership w/ @nugs.net: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I wrote about the Portland stop of the extraordinary and necessary #BruceSpringsteen 2026 tour. joycemillman.wordpress.com/2026/04/06/i...

NDLON Co-Executive Director Pablo Alvarado and Legal Director Chris Newman backstage with @brucespringsteen.net Grateful for this moment and for the opportunity to be featured charity tonight-lifting up the voices of immigrant workers and families. #NDLON #LandOfHopeAndDreams

In these days of evil presidentes … Genius. Fucking genius add to the set list. youtu.be/VxIiqJytZB4?...

ImmDef was honored to be the featured organization at Springsteen and the E Street Band concert. Thanks to all who helped us raise funds to help us represent people impacted by ICE’s aggressive deportation tactics. Community support keeps families together, thank you Springsteen & team!

Last night we met with thousands of people united through the Land of Hopes and Dreams tour and our mission: #NoImmigrantStandsAlone. Thank you Springsteen & the E Street Band & fans!!

Editor/publisher @shawnpoole.bsky.social digs deep on the tour's launch and ends up just having to say (okay, write) it out loud: "God bless @brucespringsteen.net & the E Street Band" Click below to read Poole's essay. www.letterstoyou.net/post/god-ble...

Among her many accomplishments, Tzruya/Zeruya “Suki” Lahav, who died this past Wednesday, was the first woman ever to record/perform with @brucespringsteen.net & the E Street Band. Click below to read our full tribute. [📸 by Phil Ceccola; used with permission] www.letterstoyou.net/post/suki-la...

No April 1st foolery from us this year, not so close on the heels of @brucespringsteen.net & the ESB's debut of their 2026 show focused on a truly criminal clown and a stolen throne. Click below for our initial post about last night, with much more to come soon. www.letterstoyou.net/post/no-apri...

Available again for pre-order now: our exclusive Frank Caruso "Spirit of '76" fundraising t-shirt, this time benefitting TWO of @brucespringsteen.net's favorite non-profits: @aclu.org and The Kristen Ann Carr Fund. Click below for more info, and to pre-order NOW! www.letterstoyou.net/post/availab...

Livestreaming audio/VIDEO alert... As of this writing, the @nugs.net phone app has @brucespringsteen.net/ESB's 3/31/26 concert scheduled as an exclusive livestream for all its streaming subscribers to hear/WATCH! Click below to read all we @ LTY currently know. www.letterstoyou.net/post/nugs-ap...

"It's turning into a beautiful day." - @brucespringsteen.net (and @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social) at Minnesota's No Kings rally Click below to read our report and watch the pro-shot video footage from yesterday's event. www.letterstoyou.net/post/it-s-tu...

People, get ready... 'cause @brucespringsteen.net & the E Street Band sure are! Click below to read, watch, and listen to our overview of just how busy Bruce & the ESB have been in this, the final full week before The Land of Hope & Dreams Tour launches next Tue. www.letterstoyou.net/post/people-...

So are you lovin' this week's latest @brucespringsteen.net release - his beautiful and moving studio version of the late, great Shane MacGowan's "A Rainy Night in Soho" - as much as we are? Click below to read all about it, incl. yesterday's released lyric-video. www.letterstoyou.net/post/whateve...

For #WomensHistoryMonth, it's great to see our friends Lorraine Mangione & Donna Luff, as well as the Springsteen Center, offer special/free E-Street-related online programs, but how 'bout a bit more love/R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Patti & Soozie? Click below for details. www.letterstoyou.net/post/online-...

Just like last year, in the month that the year's tour begins, we get a @nugs.net "First Friday" release of a great show from the tour on which @brucespringsteen.net fans first got to hear the song that inspired this year's tour's name. Click below for details. www.letterstoyou.net/post/like-la...

Remembering when Jesse Jackson and @brucespringsteen.net stood together in defense of "that Promised Land" - Click below for our full report, including linked video. www.letterstoyou.net/post/remembe... [📸 by Stewart Cook Photographer - used w/ permission]