Just a week after resuming his tour in Montreal and also immersed in the Democratic campaign in the United States, Bruce Springsteen has another reason to celebrate: this Friday his long-awaited documentary premieres on Disney+ and Hulu Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
For more than an hour and a half, the title directed by Thom Zimny reviews both the months prior to the start of The Boss’ tour with his inseparable band in 2023 as well as some of the most notable concerts of that first part of the tour – already There are dates announced for next summer, with San Sebastián as the only Spanish stop. And, of course, Barcelona is very present, and doubly so.
And one day before its world premiere, the documentary could be seen for the first time in Barcelona as part of the In-Edit Festival. Those who were at the screening at the Mooby Aribau multiplex cinemas say that those present applauded when the one from New Jersey spoke about Barcelona, where he started his European tour last year. And also to promote said documentary, The Boss has given an interview to Greatest Hits Radio in which he once again talks about the Catalan capital.
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“Catalans take music very seriously”
Throughout the 23-minute conversation with the British host and writer Simon Mayo, Springsteen analyzes different aspects of his current tour, which started in February 2023 in Tampa and, a priori, will end next July in Milan.
Why the documentary was born – “I saw that we had very little recorded material” -, the expansion of the veteran E Street Band with backup singers, a wind section and a percussionist, the decision to make changes to the repertoire again or the special meaning of Nightshiftversion of The Commodores that is a fixture in the setlistare some of the topics that The Boss reviews.
#brucespringsteen #disneyplus #musicdocumentary Bruce Springsteen joined Simon Mayo for an interview on Greatest Hits Radio Drivetime. The Boss spoke to Simon about his new Disney+ music documentary. Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band takes a look at how Bruce prepares for his legendary performances and live shows. During the interview, Bruce also spoke about the importance of music, upcoming live shows in the UK and what’s next for him in music. The new documentary airs on streaming platform Disney+ from Friday 25th October 2024. Join Simon and the Drive team on weekdays from 4pm on Greatest Hits Radio for the Greatest Hits of the 70s, 80s and 90s as well as content like Confessions, Foodie Thursdays, Creature Features and more! ONLINE: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greatesthitsuk Twitter: https://twitter.com/greatesthitsuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greatesthits… Web: https://planetradio. co.uk/greatest-hits/
It is past the middle of the interview when Mayo asks him directly about his relationship with Barcelona. “It is a very beautiful city,” says the announcer, and then asks directly: “What does it have?” “There is a bit of history there,” the American rocker initially says.
“Catalans take music very seriously,” Springsteen continues, and concludes by assuring that the Catalan capital “is a city with which I have had a relationship for a long time.” Specifically, since April 21, 1981, when he visited it for the first time with a concert at the old Palau d’Esports to present The River.
“That Friday night in Madrid was a great concert”
However, Barcelona is not the only city that The Boss talks about on Greatest Hits Radio. The author of Born in the USA boasts about the tour and reviews “the great audience” that they also had in Dublin’s Croke Park or in their two recitals at Wembley last July. “The best we have done there,” he explains about London, to which he adds: “They asked me to come back this year and I told them that I wouldn’t be able to repeat it.”
Springsteen also proudly remembers what he experienced last September 15 in his beloved Asbury Park, within the Sea.Hear.Now festival, “with a concert on the beach that is among the five best we have ever done.” And he also does not forget the other Spanish city that he visited last June and that marked his return to the stage after four concerts suspended due to aphonia: “That Friday night in Madrid was a great concert.”
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The Boss does not hide either and recognizes that music consumption is constantly changing and, as Simon Mayo says, “now music is free and concerts are expensive.” The one from New Jersey agrees, although he points out that “some seats for our people are affordable.” However, he also recognizes that “there will always be expensive tickets and it is something that I do not see changing in the future.”
The Greatest Hits Radio interview concludes with Bruce Springsteen talking about the future. “In this third part of the tour, something we have never done before, there will also be changes in the repertoire,” he says, and ends with the promise of new music: “There are new songs that may come out at some point this year.” .