Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform during the Grammy Awards ceremony on Feb. 12, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences said Thursday morning. Mr. Springsteen, who is not nominated this year but has a new album, “Wrecking Ball,” slated for release in March, joins a lineup of performers that includes Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Rihanna, Foo Fighters, Katy Perry and Paul McCartney. In mid-2012, Mr. Springsteen and the E Street Band will begin their first tour since 2009 including a number of dates in the New York area.

In March, Mr. Springsteen and his band will also perform at the Apollo Theater in Harlem at a special concert to be broadcast on SiriusXM, that radio network announced this week. The concert on March 9 will mark the first time Mr. Springsteen has played that hall and is intended to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the satellite radio network. It will be broadcast live on channel 20, which is devoted to Mr. Springsteen’s music.

Bruce Springsteen rocked the already-rocked house in Asbury Park last night at the 2012 Light of Day concert at the Paramount Theatre.

Bruce's two-hour set, backed by Joe Gruschecky and the Houserockers, opened with a solo acoustic "Incident on 57th Street" and then blasted through an entire set's worth of rockers, ending after 2:00 a.m. with an acoustic "Thunder Road." 

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Bruce Springsteen in High Fidelity (Nick Hornby, Stephen Frears)

"One of the reasons I wanted to write 'High Fidelity' was that I wanted to write from the point of view of a narrator who didn't have any of the hindsight that I was able to have in 'Fever Pitch'. There seems to be more drama in somebody who is trying to make up his mind all the time and failing." — Nick Hornby

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Clarence Clemons dies at 69; saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band

"The Virginia native, who put his stamp on such Springsteen classics as 'Born to Run' and 'Rosalita,' was known both for his full-throttle tenor sax work and his larger-than-life onstage persona as 'the Big Man.' (...)"

"Clarence lived a wonderful life. He carried within him a love of people that made them love him. He created a wondrous and extended family," Springsteen said in a statement Saturday.

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E Street Band sax man Clarence Clemons 'improving' after massive stroke in Florida.

"E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons (wiki) continues to battle the after-effects of a massive stroke he suffered over the weekend at his home in Florida, but associates on Monday said they are more hopeful about his prospects for a recovery than they had been initially."

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rollingstone.com : Rolling Stone Readers Pick the 10 Best Albums of the Eighties

U2, Prince, Bruce Springsteen and more named to the list

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