BBC announce programming to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s first UK live performance

The BBC have unveiled plans to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Bruce Springsteen‘s first UK live performance with a sequence of programmes. Discover extra particulars under.

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The night time of programming will start on BBC Two and BBC iPlayed in Might, celebrating The Boss’s first gig within the UK, which occurred November 18 in 1975 on the Hammersmith Odeon (now the Eventim Apollo).

A brand new documentary titled When Bruce Springsteen Got here To Britain will characteristic a world unique interview with the musician, discussing the seminal gig’s again story and his relationship with the UK.

Springsteen was 26 when he gave the sold-out efficiency, and divulges within the movie that he was so upset by his personal efficiency that night time that he couldn’t watch the footage again for over 30 years.

Per a press launch, he stated: “(After the present)…I went to a celebration that was purported to rejoice my triumph, however I felt I’d been horrible and so I used to be embarrassed to even go in… I went in for a couple of minutes, couldn’t stand myself being there, went out, ran again to the resort, sat in my lonely room beneath an enormous black cloud, ate no matter I had and went to mattress….I had PTSD from the primary Hammersmith present!”

The documentary additionally options new interviews with guitarist and E Avenue Band member Stevie Van Zandt, mates and fellow songwriters Sting and Peter Gabriel in addition to Sir Michael Palin, who wrote in regards to the first Hammersmith gig in his well-known diary.

There's additionally perception from from promoter Harvey Goldsmith (who booked the Hammersmith present), Springsteen’s supervisor and producer Jon Landau and Rob Brydon, a self-confessed Springsteen superfan.

Elsewhere on the night time, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer will host a brand new episode of Bruce Springsteen on the BBC, that includes a compilation of performances from throughout TV reveals together with Previous Gray Whistle Take a look at, Prime of the Pops, and BBC 4 periods: Bruce Springsteen with the Seeger Periods Band spanning the previous six many years.

Rachel Davies, Commissioning Editor, BBC Music stated: “Bruce Springsteen isn't solely a worldwide music icon, however he’s an honorary Brit right here within the UK – he’s turn out to be one in every of our personal! We all know BBC viewers will love watching this movie, which lifts the lid on his early visits to the UK with a world unique new interview, in addition to some nice perception from these which were vastly impacted by him and his music. We’re wanting ahead to celebrating Bruce all night time on BBC Two with a brand new compilation of his most cherished hits and one in every of his all-time basic reside performances.”

In different information, Springsteen not too long ago revealed he might be releasing seven never-heard-before full data on ‘Tracks II: The Misplaced Albums’.

The gathering, which arrives on June 27, will characteristic seven previously-unheard Springsteen albums. You'll be able to pre-order them here.

Elsewhere, final month The Boss, Flea, Karen O, Michael Stipe, Johnny Depp and extra led an all-star jam with Patti Smith at her tribute live performance in New York.

Through the present, Springsteen and the night time’s home band led by Tony Shanahan, a longtime member of Smith’s band, together with Flea and Rolling Stones tour drummer Steve Jordan, additionally carried out a rendition of ‘As a result of The Night time’.

In different information, Adolescence star Stephen Graham not too long ago revealed that he was left in tears after Springsteen received in contact to reward his efficiency within the upcoming biopic Ship Me From Nowhere. The movie, which stars The Bear‘s Jeremy Allen White as a younger Springsteen, follows the heartland rocker through the making of his 1982 album ‘Nebraska’, with Graham taking part in his late father, Douglas “Dutch” Springsteen.