'Land of Hope and Dreams' on the web

Here's a great piece about the Bruce Springsteen biog 'Land of Hope and Dreams' by Greg Lewis and Moira Sharkey.

It features a great link to the Boss singing 'American Land' too!

Check out this, too. It's the authors' tribute to Clarence Clemons from the Irish Independent.

R2 praises Springsteen book

David Burke of the music magazine R2 is the latest rock writer to review 'Land of Hope and Dreams'.
He calls the book "hugely enjoyable" and "lavishly illustrated".
Thanks David!

We've been neglecting the blog in favour of our Facebook page - 1,000 friends and countin'!


To update you. The book is doing really well. We've had some unbelievable reviews.

The Irish World said 'Land of Hope and Dreams' is "a fantastic souvenir of a quarter of a century of incredible concerts".

It added, "this is a story that will touch anyone who's ever admired the E Street kid".

Turn it up! Turn it up! Turn it up!

Over the last year we have put together the story of all of Bruce's shows in Ireland since Slane in 1985.

We have also been receiving stories and photos from fans describing those special moments of each show - and even telling us about meetings with Bruce and the band/s.


We are going to add one chapter after the two Working On A Dream shows in Dublin in July.





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Land of Hope and Dreams

Ever wondered what it was like in the early days of the E Street Band?

Well, the ‘Land of Hope and Dreams’ Springsteen convention last weekend gave fans a real glimpse at the birth of a legend.
Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez was in on E Street at the very beginning, hooking up with Danny Federici before the Phantom had even met Bruce.

Together, while searching for a guitar player who wrote original songs, they discovered Springsteen.

And the rest, with a few curves and some ups and downs along the way, is history.
Vini has recorded the songs that Bruce wrote for their band, Steel Mill, and the reformed band took the stage twice at the convention in Schiedam, near Rotterdam.


Steel Mill manager Carl ‘Tinker’ West was also there and joined Vini in a Q&A session which shed light on the teenage Springsteen and the recording of Greetings From Asbury Park and The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle.



A highlight of a special weekend was the all-star jam which Vini led on Sunday night. He was joined by many of the artists who had played hard all weekend, including Italy’s Graziano Romani and England’s Mark Wright.



“This is just like the Upstage!” Vini said, referring to the Asbury Park club which was at the centre of the town’s wild music scene at the end of the 1960s.

Mooney Goes Wild and Innocent

Just a quick date.
'Springsteen In Ireland' is due on RTE Radio One this week.
I'm not sure which day but anytime from Monday, August 25.
Aonghus McAnally carried out the interview for the Mooney Goes Wild afternoon show.
The interview was arranged by huge Springsteen fan Brian Lally who is a producer on the show. It features a clip of Bruce talking about performing in Ireland and an interview with Peter Aiken of Aiken Promotions.
Thanks to Aonghus and Brian!

"A letter come rolling in..."

Many thanks to the Evening Herald in Dublin for being the latest to support our appeal.

We've had a huge amount of support but we are keeping the appeal for stories going for a couple more months as we write the rest of the book.

Contact us anytime springsteeninireland@googlemail.com