Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Perform Songs Live From Europe July Fourth Only on Sirius Satellite Radio
E Street Radio Channel Celebrates With Special Broadcast and Live Performance From the Band's Current Tour
NEW YORK, June 30, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) will broadcast exclusively from a concert performance by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band live in Goteborg, Sweden. The rare broadcast event will air exclusively on E Street Radio channel 10 on Friday, July 4th. Coverage will begin at 1 pm ET.
SIRIUS host and Bruce Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh will lead the special broadcast of a live July 4th-themed show, and will segue into the concert in Sweden to bring listeners selected live songs performed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
Springsteen and the E Street Band are currently on tour in Europe in support of their twenty-third album, Magic (Columbia Records), which debuted in October 2007 at number one on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart. The band will wrap up their 2007-08 series of concerts with twelve U.S. dates, and by the last show in Milwaukee on August 30, Springsteen and the band will have performed 100 concerts for over two million fans around the world.
"SIRIUS' E Street Radio is proud to allow the listeners of E Street Radio a special treat for this Fourth of July," said Scott Greenstein, President, Entertainment and Sports, SIRIUS. "This unforgettable event will give SIRIUS listeners across the country a rare all-access pass to hear one of music's most mesmerizing live performers."
SIRIUS recently extended the run of E Street Radio through mid-2009. This is the second time SIRIUS has extended the popular music channel's limited run. SIRIUS listeners have unprecedented access to all the music of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, including exclusive concert broadcasts, rare archival recordings as well as insider reports and breaking news. To learn more about the E Street Radio channel on SIRIUS, please visit www.sirius.com/estreetradio.
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