August 7, 2026 The nugs.net "First Friday" Live Archives series resumes today with another great show from Bruce Springsteen's 2005 Devils & Dust Solo/Acoustic Tour: Buffalo, NY 2005, performed and recorded professionally on July 18, 2005. The show marked itself as something special from the very beginning, when Springsteen opened with a one-night-only acoustic-guitar/harmonica-backed solo version of "Prove It All Night." As archivist Erik Flannigan writes in his liner-notes

photo by Mark Krajnak July 29, 2026 Bruce Springsteen speaking at the official dedication/ribbon-cutting event for The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music on June 6, 2026: "On my personal note, I gotta thank my beautiful wife of thirty-five years... I love you, baby... Without her, so much of this simply would not exist. Her love, her talent, her patience, her support... are essential to everything I do and that I have done. She is my heart, my soul. She has struggled

July 28, 2026 Last Friday, Bruce Springsteen and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick were honored as the first recipients of The American Civil Liberties Union's (ACLU's) new Ralph Ellison Award for Defenders of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the Arts, Business, Science, and Sports. In officially announcing the award, which is presented biennially, ACLU executive director Anthony D. Romero (pictured below presenting Springsteen with his award) said, "Bruce Springstee

July 16, 2026 "Come on, rise up!" exhorts Bruce Springsteen in "My City of Ruins," originally written for his adopted and beloved hometown of Asbury Park, NJ. The seaside resort town has been strongly tied to Springsteen's music, persona, and recording career since even before an Asbury Park postcard served as the visual centerpiece of his first album-cover. When Springsteen played his famous 2024 show on the Asbury Park beach (documented for posterity here and here,) "My Cit