http://www.ba.no/puls/article5892418.ecesays stevie:
- That we do two shows in Bergen NOK again, is not so strange. I love the city and Norway. So I feel Bruce does, says Steven Van Zandt to BA.
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61-year-old from New Jersey comes back to Koengen with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 23 and 24 July. In 2009, the gang also did two shows at the same place. Something that is rare for superstars.
- I was in Melbourne a week in the winter of 2009 to finalize the album Cocktail Slippers. So for me it was wonderful to see Bergen in the summer too. The city was as beautiful both seasons, praise Van Zandt on the phone from New York.
- EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL, NEW MUSIC
On Friday, the new single from Bruce Springsteen, "We Take Care of Our Own", was released. It should be on the new album "Wrecking Ball", which is published 6 March.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Bruce Springsteen in Bergen 2009 - Day 1
- This is actually not officially an E Street Band album, but Bruce solo. Everyone in the band are still on different tracks. I was in and out of the studio. The songs are amazing, and the album is a kind of summary of what Bruce and we have done over the last ten years.
- Now the new tour, which leads you to Bergen?
- We have just started to practice together. Since Clarence Clemons tragic death last year, it becomes very emotional. Before the last tour, Danny Federici died. It was noticeable. Everything changes. But we just have to adapt and move on with the music.
- Do you get a new sax player?
- Definitely. The saxophone has such a central role in many of the old songs. But nothing is decided yet, said Van Zandt.
DO NOT KNOW IF THEY going to Utøya
There has been much talk in the Norwegian media that Bruce Springsteen and the band will attend a minnemarkering for tragedy on Utøya 22 July. The day off between concerts in Oslo and Bergen in the summer.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Bruce Springsteen Seen in Bergen in 2009 - Day 2
- We do not yet know whether this becomes a reality. We have, as I said just come back together, so this will be discussed internally.
Although he has another big project on time for the summer, the debut feature film of "The Sopranos" creator David Chase. The title was clear yesterday, "Not Fade Away." It's about a young rock band in New Jersey in the 1960s and is thus a very personal film for both Chase and Van Zandt.
- I write new music and try to find songs that will be used. Both hosts and produces. This is a movie made from the heart, said male.