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Founded in 2007, Blogness on the Edge of Town is one of the premier online sources for news, commentary and conversation about Bruce Springsteen.

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Fox host calls Springsteen a pinko, somehow still likes 'Born in the USA'

Fox News host Lisa Kennedy Montgomery was none too pleased when someone decided to use "Glory Days" on her show "Outnumbered."

Pete Chianca

Apr 19, 20221 min read

See the Sweet Sixteen of Springsteen song covers — including your pick for No. 1

It's the Sweet Sixteen of Springsteen song covers: the 16 best interpretations of The Boss's work by other artists, as chosen by you.

Pete Chianca

Mar 29, 20223 min read

Here are your 68 favorite covers of Bruce Springsteen songs! Now it's time to narrow them down.

There were more than enough choices to assemble our list of the 68 covers most popular with Blogness readers.

Pete Chianca

Mar 22, 20222 min read

Happy 10th Birthday 'Wrecking Ball'! Here's why it's one of Springsteen's greatest albums

To mark its 10th anniversary, I explain why any conversation of Springsteen's best albums has to include "Wrecking Ball."

Pete Chianca

Mar 6, 20226 min read

Never Have I Ever: Bruce Springsteen Edition!

If you think about it, there are worse ways to prove your Springsteen bonafides — give yourself 1 point for each thing you haven't done.

Pete Chianca

Jan 16, 20221 min read

Here's the top Springsteen story of 2021, according to Blogness readers

Blogness on the Edge of Town readers ranked these as the top, most significant Bruce Springsteen stories of 2021.

Pete Chianca

Jan 1, 20224 min read

What's your pick for biggest Bruce Springsteen story of 2021?

What was the top Bruce Springsteen story of 2021? That’s where you come in.

Pete Chianca

Dec 22, 20212 min read

The Bruce Springsteen pre-tour video (and news) bonanza

Bruce Springsteen is everywhere! Check out the flood of recent Bruce videos and news that (hopefully) are prefacing a tour announcement.

Pete Chianca

Nov 15, 20213 min read

BOOKS: Stevie's memoir is a must-read; plus, another Bruce book that's worth your time

Here's our review of Stevie Van Zandt's "Unrequited Infatuations," and also of another Bruce book worth your while, "Shades of Springsteen."

Pete Chianca

Nov 11, 20216 min read

Bruce Springsteen tour rumors are here! This is what fans say they want from the shows

With a Springsteen tour at least in the planning stages, we asked Blogness readers what they want to see when he takes the stage in 2022.

Pete Chianca

Oct 30, 202111 min read

Merry Brucemas: It's the Bruce Springsteen Birthday Roundup — including No Nukes!

Leave it to Bruce Springsteen to give a gift to us on his 72nd birthday -- the details of his previously announced No Nukes film.

Pete Chianca

Sep 23, 20212 min read

It's Bruce Springsteen tour rumor time -- but what kind of tour?

The much-heralded 2022 tour for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band must be in the works! But what will it entail? You tell us.

Pete Chianca

Sep 16, 20212 min read

'Featuring Bruce Springsteen': Ranking Bruce's top 10 guest appearances

With a spate of recent appearances on other artists' tracks, we’ve ranked what we consider the top 10 Bruce Springsteen guest shots.

Pete Chianca

Aug 23, 20215 min read

I was there! Recalling the Boston classic behind the latest official Springsteen release

Fenway Park, Aug. 15, 2012, was one of those second-night sets that drives people who only went to the first night crazy.

Pete Chianca

Aug 6, 20213 min read

Jessica Springsteen is in the Olympics tomorrow! Is it healthy for Bruce fans to care this much?

Should we really be this invested Jessica Springsteen's equestrian exploits just because of the Bruce connection, or is that stalker-ish?

Pete Chianca

Aug 2, 20212 min read

Waves vs. Sways is just one Springsteen lyric battle. What about these??

“Waves” vs. “sways” is just one of the heated Springsteen lyric battles waged by fans. No, seriously.

Pete Chianca

Jul 20, 20213 min read

Celebrate the Fourth of July with a Bruce Springsteen patriotic playlist

On the 4th of July, celebrate a country with a long walk home ahead of it with this Bruce Springsteen playlist.

Pete Chianca

Jul 4, 20212 min read

No big shoe from Springsteen at Central Park concert (but there's plenty of other Bruce news)

Bruce Springsteen's involvement in the concert will be more limited than headlining status. But there's much else going on.

Pete Chianca

Jul 3, 20213 min read

Here's what's different in the new 'Springsteen on Broadway'

Less than a month after announcing it, Bruce Springsteen was back for the return of "Springsteen on Broadway" last night.

Pete Chianca

Jun 27, 20213 min read

A remembrance revisited: Our tribute to Clarence Clemons from a decade ago

This was written 10 years ago, and I still can't say I've gotten over it. R.I.P., Big Man.

Pete Chianca

Jun 18, 20213 min read

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