As it turns out, a whole lot of people want to talk about their like/dislike/whatever of casinos at those public hearings. Who knew? After a successful (and full) two-day session on April, a second date has been added at Lincoln Financial Field (it’s like a goddamn Springsteen concert) for the May hearings, now going on [...]

FRIDAY: >>> Body/Head (Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth & Bill Nace), which you can scope a sampling of above, will be playing at Space 1026 with Color is Luxury, and you heathens should be better to Kim than you were to Thurston last time he was there. >>> Strawberry Mansion and Fame House present Lap [...]

>>> Hang in there friends, it’s almost the weekend, but if you wanna hang out there, there’s this: The Bailey Hounds and Katie Frank & The Pheremones are both playing a BITBY Presents show tonight at Ortlieb’s. It’s free before 10PM and there’s cheap food and beer. It’s a good way to break up your [...]

After the nationally broadcast 12.12.12 concert, where Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Kanye West, uh … Billy Joel, and more performed at Madison Square Garden and raised tons of money for Sandy Relief, talk of the whole recovery effort has died down. But next week, before you’ve even gotten around to hanging up your 2013 calendar, [...]

The CW Philly (WPSG-TV) will broadcast 121212: The Concert for Sandy Relief this Wednesday, December 12, 7:30 p.m. The show is expected to last more than four hours. A line-up of legendary artists — Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Dave Grohl, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Chris Martin, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street [...]

We know we already mentioned to you this Writers-on-Springsteen thing happening at Kelly Writers House later this week, but there is another author appearance, possibly of greater import, happening tonight. John Jeremiah Sullivan. The man is an absolute monster on the page. He’s probably the best living American essayist in the game right now. And [...]

Even the most casual reader of the Philebs knows we have a special place in our hearts and souls for Mr. Bruce Springsteen. His music has, for years, stood for the life of the working man; his high points, and his heartbreaks. But the thing about Springsteen’s music that is often overlooked is the impact [...]

Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together, a benefit to support the American Red Cross in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, will air on NBC and its affiliate networks this Friday at 8PM. The show will air live from Rockefeller Center and feature Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, and Billy Joel (ugh) singing songs about what it’s like to [...]

>>> As we said below, join us for the first Grog of the season at the 700, where our esteemed editor will be spinning records that will melt your cold heart, and you can enjoy Grog that will melt just about everything else. >>> New Jersey’s referential-punk/Springsteen-influenced (isn’t everyone in NJ) band Titus Andronicus are [...]

There are some things even The Boss can’t fix: According to The Inquirer, the Constitution Center’s Bruce Springsteen exhibit fell short of expected revenue, and therefore the Center has to make some cuts. According to The Inky, “An austere 2013 budget has been proposed that calls for eliminating 17 staff positions, about 10 percent of [...]

While we were busy this weekend staying the hell away from Made In America by doing our own thing (namely trying one last time to get an actual tan and seeing Bruce Springsteen rock the flip-flops off of Jersey-bros at Citizens Bank Park), some people actually went and enjoyed themselves. If you were not one [...]

FRIDAY: >>> Summer. Summer, summer, summer. It’s turned you upside-down. And from us to you: We hope that you got to walk on water in a swimming pool with all your freaks in attendance. While your own Paulina Porizkova held a towel for you, and your skin refused the sun. And if you didn’t, there [...]

In 2002, our esteemed editor wrote this piece about Bruce Springsteen for Salon.com. At some point a few years later, he read it at Kelly Writer’s House, where John Myers (now with Fresh Air) recorded it, and at some point, as an audio experiment, set the reading to selected Bruce snippets. Then, he forgot about [...]

Bruce Springsteen fansite Backstreets announced dates for the stadium-leg of his world tour this morning, and the boss will be taking the stage at Citizens Bank Park in September. The show will take place Sunday, September 2nd, at CBP, before the boss moves on to Wrigley Field, Nationals Park, and three dates at MetLife Stadium. [...]

Bruce Springsteen drinks a beer in Philly from elvisisking45 on Vimeo. Captured last week at the Wells Fargo Center.

Look, buddy: We know things are in a state of flux over there (dear God, they must be, you had a whole cover story last week devoted to letting Sharkey say the things McManus was too much of a pussy to say himself), but enough is enough. A few weeks back, YOU PUT WILL FERRELL [...]

Here at Philebrity, our feelings for Springsteen swing both ways. And our feelings for CA Conrad, a former interviewee and high-alert security risk at Philly Mag HQ, are closer to what you’d feel upon meeting your rabid spirit animal. This time, we side with Conrad who reamed out the Main Line rag for hating on [...]

There are three things we learned over the last two nights of nearly 3-hour Bruce Springsteen shows: 1. At 62, the dude’s more sprightly than most 22 year-olds; 2. Jake Clemons, stepping in for his late Uncle, has been absolutely killing it; 3. “Thunder Road” does it for us every single time. The video above [...]

>>>Grab locally screen-printed totes and tees from Philly’s Awesome Dudes at UArts’ typeface lecture, Revolutionary Alphabets: Bringing Photo-lettering to the 21st Century. >>>The Joy Formidable of the mysterious land of Wales are coming to Union Transfer. >>>And for those of you going to see Springsteen tonight, try not to get trampled by the magnanimous presence [...]

We need more TVs. STAT. So, before we get ahead of ourselves here, let’s make one thing clear: Xfinity Live isn’t even open yet. It opens on Friday, so the preview opening for Springsteen ticket holders saw the place in a very much “let’s throw as much shit at the wall as possible and see [...]