Elvis in Asbury Park on Sunday?

[girl out of time]

......from http://www.backstreets.com.......

THROUGH THE WIND... THROUGH THE SNOW... THUNDERCRACK, THE HOLIDAY SHOWS ARE BACK!
12/5: Night one of the 2003 Holiday Shows, as the "Springsteen and Friends" tradition returns to the Asbury Park boardwalk after a 2002 hiatus. Emcee Danny Devito came out first with Bruce and a gospel choir to welcome the crowd. After a couple of gospel numbers, the Max Weinberg 7 took the stage once more as the house band, with guitarist Jimmy Vivino again stepping up to take lead on "Christmas Day." But this wasn't quite business as usual, with fewer Christmas songs than in years past, and more of a spotlight on the "friends." Sam Moore was a new addition this year: he and Bruce worked out a stunning quadruple-shot of duets, and Moore later returned for "My City of Ruins." Jesse Malin was also new to these shows, playing two songs from his Fine Art of Self Destruction record. As for returning guests: Little Steven brought a taste of his Underground Garage with a cover of the Ramones' Christmas classic, and stuck around for some Juke rave-ups with Southside Johnny. Garland Jeffreys, Bobby Bandiera, Nils Lofgren, Danny Federici, and two-thirds of the Redheaded Women were back-- Soozie Tyrell and Lisa Lowell were there, but Patti Scialfa was out sick. Bruce himself was onstage most of the night, from playing some serious boogie-woogie piano on "Christmas Day," to backing his new friend Jesse Malin. As for Springsteen songs, a pair from Essential was up first: "From Small Things" with Bandiera, and a horn-drenched highlight in the live premiere of "None But the Brave." "Seaside Bar Song" and "Thundercrack" made sure that those Shore roots were well-exposed. "The Wish" was a hushed solo-piano affair, with some jingle bells in the background and Vivino adding some very light guitar. "Because the Night" was actually a Nils selection, the great great Nils Lofgren taking lead while Bruce and Steve backed him on guitar. But "Mary's Place," that was Bruce, adding the Alliance Singers and the horns for a true Asbury Park-style house party, leading into "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" with all onstage to close the main set. In the encores, Bruce introduces a song as "a prayer for our troops in Iraq and their safe return," and who would have expected what followed, but it was perfect: "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding" -- which also bodes well for the rumored impending appearance of Elvis Costello at one of the remaining shows. Emcee Devito returns to read "The Night Before Christmas" (Bruce saying afterward, "that is one long motherfucker of a story!") before "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" as usual brings everyone on stage to close the night.

Next show is Sunday night 12/7, with the 12/6 show having been rescheduled to Monday night 12/8

" According to http://www.foxnews.com, look for Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and the possible return of Elvis Costello on Sunday night.

[johnfoyle]

This from a Springsteen forum

http://www.spl-messages.net/ubbthreads/ ... =&fpart=16

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Wait was What's So Funny with or without Costello?

SJ

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Wait was What's So Funny with or without Costello?

SJ


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Yup...Elvis was never in the building...

[johnfoyle]

Downloads of Elvis 'n Bruce, Dec. 01-

http://adeepershadeofsoul.blogspot.com/ ... steen.html

[ramalama]

I managed to miss the fact that the original post was from five years ago. I realized it once I read Danny Federici's name . . . may he rest in peace.

[johnfoyle]

http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayRelea ... 493&EDATE=

NEW YORK, Dec. 29 '08

SIRIUS XM Radio will air Bruce Springsteen's special holiday show performances from December 2001 on E Street Radio, the exclusive and commercial-free channel dedicated to the music of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. The performances will air on New Year's Day, January 1 at 3:00 pm ET on E Street Radio SIRIUS channel 10 and XM channel 58.



From 2000 to 20004 Bruce Springsteen played a number of holiday shows to benefit Asbury Park local area charities. The performances include various members of the "E Street family" performing a wide range of songs, including some of the band's favorite holiday tunes.

SIRIUS XM's E Street Radio will broadcast the performance from the December 7 and December 8, 2001 shows featuring Bruce and members of the E Street Band. Special guests include Max Weinberg, Southside Johnny, The Miami Horns, Bruce Hornsby, Garland Jeffreys and a special duet with Elvis Costello and Bruce of "Alison (My Aim Is True)."

The December 7, 2001 performance will air at 3:00 pm ET and the December 8, 2001 performance will air immediately after, approximately at 6:00 pm ET on E Street Radio SIRIUS channel 10 and XM channel 58.

The special performances will air following the 12:00 pm ET replay of the previous night's live airing of Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes New Year's Eve 2008/2009 performance at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey.

SIRIUS XM recently extended the run of E Street Radio through mid-2009. This is the second time SIRIUS XM has extended the popular music channel's limited run. SIRIUS XM 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.

For more information, please visit http://www.sirius.com/estreetradio or http://www.xmradio.com

[MOJO]

Here is a decent and a very recent article about the state of XM/Sirius.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/busin ... &st=Search

Stern should just set up his own domain.. with paid/free content.. delivered over the IP protocol.... Now is the time for him to switch over to this business model. U2M - The You to Me Model is happening. No middle agent (YES!!!)

Sorry, XM/Sirius, you bought and believed in a business model that never worked. Once you buy content, you will never recover. TIP: Use the SAT bandwidth for ON-DEMAND excess chaos. Figure it out, smucksl.