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Feb 01, 2016

Photos: The Boss Brings The River To The Phone Booth

Springsteen is still The Boss, even to a casual fan.

Nov 12, 2014

Video: Highlights From ‘The Concert For Valor’

Including all the controversial moments like Springsteen’s “Fortunate Son” cover and Eminem’s multitude of f-bombs.

Jun 28, 2013

Out of Frame: 20 Feet from Stardom

The music documentary, which puts the spotlight on background singers, is as bittersweet as it is inspirational.

Sep 17, 2012

Click Click: Bruce Springsteen at Nationals Park

Bruce Springsteen put a lot of work into the marathon show at Nationals Park so that we wouldn’t have to work hard at all to enjoy it.

Apr 13, 2012

Springsteen to Play Nationals Park in Time for Late-Season Slump

Well, at least this year we’ll have something to look forward to in September at Nationals Park. Bruce Springsteen is returning to Washington for a concert at the stadium on September 14.

Apr 02, 2012

Bruce Springsteen @ Verizon Center

For Bruce Springsteen, every day is like Sunday. The 62-year-old lifer came to the Verizon center during the Lenten season with a familiar righteousness, looking to save souls and take names.

Mar 29, 2012

Bruce Springsteen Dedicates ’41 Shots’ Protest Song to Trayvon Martin During Florida Concert

In response to the killing of Trayvon Martin, Bruce Springsteen has brought back his song “American Skin (41 Shots),” written after a 2000 incident in which four NYPD officers killed an unarmed Guinean immigrant.

Jan 24, 2012

D.C. Getting the Boss Before New Jersey

Bruce Springsteen, in his first tour since the death of Clarence Clemons, is playing the Verizon Center on April 1.

May 19, 2009

Bruuuuuce @ Verizon Center: Building Up the House

Bruce Springsteen is still Working on a Theme. Actually, it’s more or less the same theme he’s been working on at least since Darkness on the Edge of Town in 1978, when the theme morphed from, essentially: This town is full of losers. Let’s you and me pull out of here to win! Into this: Chin up, You. And chin up, America! Yes, things are bad. Real bad. I know how bad they are. Mary’s…

May 13, 2009

D.C. Springsteen Concert Oversold

Bruuuuutal. TicketsNow.com, the resale company owned by Ticketmaster, oversold the upcoming Bruce Springsteen concert at the Verizon Center, WTOP’s Mark Segraves reports. The company is in the middle of contacting customers who thought they had awesome seats to the show and letting them know that their dream night with the Boss won’t come true. TicketsNow is giving refunds, and some customers are also being offered free tickets in the nosebleed section. The concert is…

 
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