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Michelle Obama was the surprise guest at Bruce Springsteen’s concert. The former First Lady joined Springsteen onstage in Barcelona with a tambourine on hand, becoming his backup singer for an evening. Michelle Obama encourages you to take up this therapeutic hobbyMichelle Obama talks about losing friendships when entering the White HouseBarack and Michelle Obama’s night out with Bruce Springsteen and Steven Spielberg in SpainA post shared by Michelle Obama (@michelleobama)Michelle shared the moment on her Instagram, showing Barack Obama cheering her on.

cheat sheet.Michelle Obama hit the stage in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday night as Bruce Springsteen, on tour with the E Street Band, launched into his 1985 hit “Glory Days” — but she seemed to know few of the song’s lyrics, apart from the two words of its title.The former first lady, 59, dressed in loose purple cargo pants and a dark blazer, beamed as she rattled a tambourine and tried to keep up with the band’s coordinated dance steps. At several points, she had to be guided to the microphone by Springsteen’s wife Patti Scialfa, his regular backing vocalist.

Michelle Obama was born to sing! The former First Lady indulged the crowd Friday night at a Bruce Springsteen concert in Barcelona when she hit the stage and performed like a true pro.

Michelle Obama was born to sing! The former First Lady indulged the crowd Friday night at a Bruce Springsteen concert in Barcelona when she hit the stage and performed like a true pro.According to video circulating on social media, Michelle and actress Kate Capshaw (who is married to Steven Spielberg) joined Bruce's wife, Patti Scialfa, onstage at Olympic Stadium and performed the backup vocals to «Glory Days.» In the video, Michelle and Kate are smiling and having a blast while keeping a steady beat with hand tambourines.While the trio was on one side of the stage, Springsteen could be seen jamming out on his guitar and singing alongside Steven Van Zandt. No word on where former President Barack Obama and Spielberg were seated during their spouses' surprise performance, but no doubt they were somewhere nearby.Bruce Springsteen feat.

Bruce Springsteen to perform his song ‘Glory Days’ at a gig in Barcelona last night (April 28).The former first lady sang and played a tambourine to the ‘Born In The U.S.A’ classic alongside Springsteen’s wife and E Street Band member Patti Scialfa, and actress Kate Capshaw.As reported by Consequence, the previous night Springsteen, Scialfa, Capshaw and Capshaw’s husband, the director Steven Spielberg, dined with Barack and Michelle Obama at a restaurant in the Spanish city.Michelle Obama dancing at tonight’s Springsteen concert in Barcelona pic.twitter.com/en0G74x16d— SpringsteenPitQ (@SpringsteenPit) April 28, 2023Ojo ahí @MichelleObama dándolo todo #GloryDays @springsteen #EStreetBand https://t.co/hddx4roRkM pic.twitter.com/fOkyddnwgs— Todo Esto Existe (@todoestoexiste) April 28, 2023Michelle Obama i Kate Capshaw, dona d’Steven Spielberg, coristes de luxe al concert de @springsteen a l’Estadi Olímpic #inforac1 #Springsteenbarcelona pic.twitter.com/gKNoPUFYe3— Maria Cusó Serra (@MariaCuso) April 28, 2023Springsteen and the Obamas’ relationship goes back to 2008 when Barack first ran for US president. The rock star played several of Obama’s early campaign rallies as well as his inauguration.Springsteen also helped Barack during his 2012 re-election campaign by writing his official campaign theme song.In other news, Springsteen And The E Street Band recently announced the support acts for their BST Hyde Park shows in London.The Boss shared the three acts that will be joining his band on July 6 and 8.

Barack and Michelle Obama had a very special dinner in Barcelona. The pair had a great time with Steven Spielberg and Bruce Springsteen ahead of his concert, which is taking place on Friday, April 28, and is his first performance in Spain since 2016.The 73-year-old musician was accompanied by his wife Patti Scialfa, who seems to be good friends with the former First Lady.

Michelle and former President Barack Obama are sightseeing in Barcelona, Spain.

James Corden is reminiscing about the one that got away — from «Carpool Karaoke.»As the late-night host wraps up his eight-season run on he's opening up about the one guest he wishes he'd gotten on his wildly popular «Carpool Karaoke» segment, which has featured A-list superstars including Adele, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Elton John and Celine Dion, among others. In an interview on Wednesday's episode of SiriusXM's, Corden shared that he wishes he could have welcomed Paul Simon to ride shotgun on the show. «I adore him,» Corden gushed.

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K.J. Yossman Lana Del Rey is set to headline London’s Hyde Park music festival this summer. The “Born to Die” singer will play BST Hyde Park in central London, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary, on July 9. BST Hyde Park is a concert series that takes place over two or three weekends every summer with a variety of headliners. BST (not to be confused with K-pop band BTS) stands for British Summertime. Del Rey will be joined by special guests at the gig, who are yet to be announced. She recently returned to music with her latest album, “Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd,” which she will include in her Hyde Park set.

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band have announced the support acts for their BST Hyde Park shows in London.Announced today (April 20), The Boss shared the three acts that will be joining his band on July 6 and 8.On the first date they will be supported by The Chicks and Frank Turner and his touring band The Sleeping Souls.The Chicks will also return for the second date along with James Bay. The shows are part of Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band’s forthcoming UK tour which also includes shows at BT Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on May 30 and Villa Park in Birmingham on June 16.

The Governor is giving The Boss his own day of honors.

Michele Amabile Angermiller The inaugural American Music Honors awards show — a fundraiser for the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University — launched Saturday night without two very important presenters in attendance: Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa. Bob Santelli, the Archives’ executive director, broke the news that the Springsteens were both diagnosed with COVID-19 just hours after Springsteen took a final bow Friday night at the Prudential Center, wrapping the first part of his 2023 tour with the E Street Band. “It broke our hearts around 6 a.m. this morning when I got a call that two of the most important people who were supposed to be here, Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, unfortunately came down with COVID.”

Bruce Springsteen is set to be held in New Jersey later this year.Governor of Garden State Phil Murphy confirmed Bruce Springsteen Day will be held on September 23 at the inaugural American Music Honors, which were held at the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music last night (April 15).“Bruce Springsteen is one of the most recognisable, iconic and influential musicians – and New Jerseyans – of all time,” said Governor Murphy.“It is important that we recognise Bruce for all he has done and will continue to do, from giving us the gift of his music to lending his time to the causes close to his heart, including making the Archives and Center for American Music a repository that will inspire tomorrow’s songwriters and singers. We thank him for showing the world what it means to live our New Jersey values.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “Air” music supervisor Andrea von Foerster received a music playlist from Ben Affleck titled 1984. “It was literally my childhood,” she says of the song collection that featured classic ’80s hits including “Africa” by Toto, “Candy Girl” by New Edition and “Jump” by Van Halen. The Affleck-helmed film, set in that same year, navigates Nike’s bid to land NBA player Michael Jordan and explores his groundbreaking sponsorship deal with the company. That playlist from the director and star of the film was the springboard for the 23 needle drops and 18 score cues “Air” features. In curating the film’s needle drops, Foerster wasn’t just using music to play against what was on screen — “the music was used as a showcase to tell a story,” she says.

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3, saying it is “about the Guardians saving themselves”.The third film in the series is due out in UK cinemas on May 3, and sees Gunn returning to direct alongside star Chris Pratt.“It is a trilogy,” Gunn told Empire of the series’ overall narrative arc. “The first movie is about the mother, the second movie is about the father and the third movie is about the self.

Lucinda Williams has shared details of a new album and released its first single – listen to new Bruce Springsteen collaboration ‘New York Comeback’ below.The new single, which also features Springsteen’s wife Patti Scialfa on backing vocals, is the first preview of new LP ‘Stories From A Rock n Roll Heart’, which is due out on June 30 via Highway 20 Records/Thirty Tigers.The album comes after Williams had to re-learn to play guitar and to walk again after a severe stroke, while her house in Nashville was also damaged by a hurricane just before the start of the COVID lockdown.On April 25, Williams will also release a new memoir titled Don’t Tell Anybody The Secrets I Told You.‘Stories From A Rock n Roll Heart’ also features contributions from a host of artists including Angel Olsen and Margo Price.See its full tracklist and listen to ‘New York Comeback’ below.Last year, Angel Olsen – one of the new album’s collaborators – shared a cover of Williams‘ track ‘Greenville’ as part of the Amazon Originals series.“There is no one like her out there,” Olsen said of the country folk singer. “It’s clear to me that her songs come from a very real place, and that’s the only kind of writing I like.”Discussing her 2021 stroke in an interview with Rolling Stone, Williams said: “An ambulance came and got me and we told them not to put the big siren on.

Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin are stepping out for the day.

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich has spoken about how much longer the metal giants will keep touring for, ahead of their massive world tour in support of new album ‘72 Seasons’.Due to kick off later this month, Metallica’s upcoming world tour will see the band play two nights at every city they visit in something dubbed the “No Repeat Weekend”, which is currently scheduled to run into August 2024.In a new interview with Revolver, Lars Ulrich spoke about the possibility of the band ever retiring.“It’s not something we’ve talked a lot about, no. I think most of the energy and the resources go into trying to stay healthy, stay cohesive, stay functioning,” he said (via Blabbermouth).He went on to say as he gets older, he spends “more time” on his daily workouts. “It’s all about trying to stay healthy.

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin recently shared the super strict diet he follows and professionals have slammed it

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Over the past few weeks it’s been mortifying, amusing and ultimately inspiring to witness the almost real-time reactions of the Cure’s founder/frontman Robert Smith to the hell-on-earth that is the concert-ticket purchasing process — and roll up his sleeves and do something about it. While high prices, availability issues and a bevy of vaguely defined “service fees” could be expected for such box-office record-breakers as Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen, Smith was as surprised as anyone to see the prices on his group’s “Lost World” tour, its first for several years. While the group had managed to avoid such controversial policies as platinum packages and variable pricing, Smith was appalled to see hefty service fees added to the cost of “Verified Fan” tickets, which are intended to protect fans by keeping tickets out of the hands of scalpers, for the tour.

Can’t help himself! Matthew Koma has earned a reputation as a troll over the years, getting laughs at the expense of other celebrities.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the Season 9, episode 8 of “The Masked Singer,” which aired April 5 on Fox. We’re not gonna take it. No, we ain’t gonna take it. Dee Snider’s not gonna be on “The Masked Singer”… anymore! That’s right, the Twisted Sister frontman was the next celebrity to be revealed on Wednesday’s edition of “The Masked Singer,” as the Doll. Snider had won the previous week as Doll, but his journey ended here. For Doll, no one got it right. Panelist Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg thought it was Iggy Pop. Robin Thicke went with Gene Simmons, Nicole Scherzinger named David Lee Roth and Ken Jeong guessed Austin Butler.

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Justin Bieber sold his catalog to Hipgnosis for $200 million, the largest deal for any artist in his generation. McLaughlan most certainly received less than the $500 million Bruce Springsteen pocketed in his catalog sale to Sony, but the deal nevertheless reflects the continued appetite for music rights.The flood of sales reflects wholesale changes in the music industry that make it more difficult for performers to earn from releasing recordings amid the shift to streaming.

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.3 has arrived online – featuring the likes of Radiohead, Florence + The Machine, Bruce Springsteen, Beastie Boys and many more. Check it out below.The last in the travel of the sci-fi Marvel franchise is due for cinematic release in May – but fans can check out the latest of the movie series’ now legendary ‘mixtapes’ now.The mixtape opens with an acoustic rendition of Radiohead’s classic ‘Creep’, before rolling through other indie staples including The Flaming Lips‘ ‘Do You Realize??’, ‘This Is The Day’ by The The, and ‘Dog Days Are Over’ by Florence + The Machine – as well as classic rock cuts by the likes of Springsteen, David Bowie, 10CC, Fleetwood Mac, Glen Campbell, and Cheap Trick.Speaking to Rolling Stone, director James Gunn explained how this stripped-down version of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ sums up the vibe for the film.“It doesn’t start with ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ [like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

#GotGVol3 soundtrack is now live. Listen to the music before seeing the film in theaters on May 5.

Bruce Springsteen concerts in NYC have been stripped-down shows with the New Jersey legend performing solo and telling stories in a Broadway theater.But on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, the Boss was back in all his arena-rocking glory — with the E Street Band by his side once again.In the first of his area concerts on a 2023 trek that kicked off in February, Springsteen and his beloved backing band played together in NYC for the first time since “The River” tour in August 2016.And you could feel the excitement and anticipation in the air even before Springsteen and crew took the stage just 10 minutes after the scheduled 7:30 start time — the better to play those marathon, three-hour-plus concerts they’re famous for.Chants of “Bruuuuuce!” rippled through the arena until the band hit the stage, one by one, but they reached peak roar when Springsteen himself finally made his entrance.“New York City!” he shouted as if he was just as happy to be back home with his musical family.And as he launched into the “Born in the USA” anthem “No “Surrender,” it was clear that the ever-buff Boss was not backing down to Father Time — even at 73.Even when he went into “Ghosts” — from 2020’s “Letter to You,” which found him confronting his own mortality — Springsteen sounded as vital as ever.And you could feel some love from the other side when Clarence Clemons’ nephew Jake channeled the spirit of his late uncle on saxophone.Although Springsteen’s latest album, 2022’s “Only the Strong Survive,” is a solo affair — which he nodded to with the soulful swagger of his Commodores cover “Nightshift” — this tour is definitely all about those special E Street moments like him sharing the mic again with ace sidekick Steven Van Zandt again

Guns N’ Roses have announced the first wave of artists set to support them at their British Summer Time Festival (BST) headline show this year.The rock band comprising Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Dizzy Reed, Richard Fortus, Frank Ferrer and Melissa Reese, will top the bill on June 30. It will be their first appearance at the festival.The first act joining Guns N’ Roses for the stint will be The Pretenders.

Beninese artist and songwriter Angélique Kidjo, Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and Island Records founder Chris Blackwell have been announced as the recipients of this year’s Polar Music Prize.They will be presented with their prizes and 600,000 Swedish Kroner at a ceremony in Stockholm on 23 May, which will be livestreamed on YouTube if you fancy watching it.Bigging up this year’s winners, the prize’s MD Marie Ledin says: “Angélique Kidjo is an inspirational artist, she constantly explores and challenges and is one of the greatest singer-songwriters in international music. We are THRILLED to be recognising her talent and shining a light on her important work with the Batonga Foundation”.“Arvo Pärt is one of the most incredible composers the world has ever seen, and his beautiful music has touched audiences around the globe”, she adds.

The Boss is coming home from a long work trip.After two months of nonstop touring, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are closing the first leg of their sprawling North American trek in New York and New Jersey.The northeast homecoming will take the “Thunder Road” singer to four New York and New Jersey locales from April 1-14.First up, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group will swing into New York City’s Madison Square Garden on April 1.After that, they’ll play Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on April 3.A week later, Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt, Max Weinberg and the gang have lined up back-to-back gigs at Elmont’s UBS Arena on April 9 and April 11.Finally, the Asbury Park native will close his run of shows at Newark’s Prudential Center on April 14.And if you’re hesitant to purchase last-minute seats because you’ve heard about exorbitant ticket prices, we’re happy to report they’ve gone down a significant amount since our team last reported on Springsteen’s tour (and that was after they’d already gotten cheaper).Want to find out how much it costs to hear “Born To Run,” “Backstreets,” “Rosalita” and more live these next few weeks?Keep reading.We’ve got everything you need to know below.A complete calendar of all April New York and New Jersey shows Bruce Springsteen is playing can be found below.We’ve included tour dates, venues and the best price available now versus how much they cost in February.A complete calendar including all of Springsteen’s concerts at East Rutherford, NJ’s MetLife Stadium is available here.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

appeared in the 1984 music video for the classic Bruce Springsteen track, “Dancing in the Dark,” as the lucky young woman pulled onstage at St. Paul Civic Center to dance with The Boss.

Chris Martin revealed he only eats one meal a day, a move he learned from The Boss. "I don’t actually have dinner anymore.

Why eat barely anything when you can eat nothing at all?

Chris Martin changed his diet after a conversation with Bruce Springsteen. During an interview on the podcast, the 46-year-old Coldplay frontman revealed how the rocker inspired him to stop eating dinner.«I don't actually have dinner anymore. I stop eating at four, and I learned that from having lunch with Bruce Springsteen,» Martin said.

Thania Garcia Pussy Riot, the Russian feminist protest music and performance art group, will be accepting the 2023 Woody Guthrie Prize on May 6 in Tulsa at Cain’s Ballroom. The evening will conclude with Pussy Riot’s first-ever U.S. performance of “Riot Days,” a multi-media show that showcases the group’s music with documentary footage and political commentary. Members Maria “Masha” Alyokhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova will accept the prize on behalf of Pussy Riot, which also will be represented by founders Olga Borisova and Diana Burkot. Following the presentation by Nora Guthrie, Woody Guthrie’s daughter, the group will be interviewed by Robert Santelli, executive director of the Bruce Springsteen Archive and Center for American Music.