Bruce Springsteen Will Never Retire, Says Little Steven
Bruce Springsteen will never retire. Word of Steven Van Zandt, aka Little Steven. Not just anyone, but one of the Boss’s most trusted collaborators, at his side for fifty years. In an interview with the British newspaper The Telegraph, the 73-year-old guitarist of the E Street Band commented on the rumors about the alleged retirement of Bruce Springsteen, put to the test in recent years by some health problems that have also pushed him to take a break from life on the road. Denying them.
Little Steven said:
We treat every show as if it were our last, but we’ve been doing this for fifty years. And yet the audience is still there. And every year it gets younger.
Then the guitarist added:
I don’t see the end in sight, to be honest, especially in Europe, where we’re bigger than ever. I think we could play live every summer forever. I love that the Rolling Stones are still out there. Because as long as they’re around, we’re still the new kids on the block.
Springsteen’s last European tour ended abruptly on May 25, shortly before the concert scheduled in Marseille: “Due to a loss of voice and on doctor’s orders, Bruce Springsteen is unable to sing and go on stage tonight”, the surprise announcement from the Boss’s entourage. The author of “Born in the USA” was then forced to skip the live shows in Prague and the two scheduled for Milan on June 1st and 3rd (the dates will be recovered on June 30 and July 3, 2025). The tour restarted on June 12th in Madrid. The American branch of the tour will start on August 15th in Pittsburgh, USA.