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On April 1st, it is best to ignore all the supposed news that you read online and which cannot be verified 100 percent. Therefore, it may be tempting to ignore a contribution on the Bruce Springsteen Instagram page. This shows a protocol leaf from Thrill Hill Recording on April 3 with the inscription “What was lost has now been found”.
But the date indicates that it is a foretaste of an announcement that should come in two days. And that doesn’t look like a lame April Fool’s joke.
It is impossible to say with certainty what you allude to. But the most likely is that it is the “Tracks 2” box set that we have been hearing from for years. In December 2024, his team indicated this in a press release in which Springsteen’s year was summarized. “The upcoming publications in 2025 will include a review of Springsteen’s legendary career as a musician, with previously unpublished material.”
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The original edition of “Tracks” from 1998 was a four-CD box with unpublished music from the first 25 years of his career. But she only scratched the surface of the content of Springste’s Treasury. And in 2022 we asked Springsteen about the rumors about “Tracks 2”.
“I have a box with five unpublished albums, which basically arose after 1988,” he said. “People have always wondered. People look at my work in the nineties and say: ‘The nineties were not a great decade for Bruce. He did this and that and was not in the E Street band …” I actually did a lot of music during this time. I actually made albums. For one reason or another, the time was not correct or whatever. I didn’t publish it. “
To say it clearly: The exact plans for “Tracks 2” may have changed in recent years. It is also possible that today’s teaser has nothing to do with “Tracks 2”. We have to wait two more days to be safe.
And what about “Nebraska”?
We know that the rest of the year will be a busy time for Springsteen. He starts an extensive stadium tour through Europe in Manchester on May 14, England. It ends on July 3 in Milan, Italy. And before the end of the year, the film “Deliver Me From Nowhere” – with Jeremy Allen from The Bear as Springsteen and Jeremy Strong from Succession as Jon Landau – is to be released. The focus is on the emergence of his 1982 album “Nebraska”.
Springsteen was spotted on the set almost every day of shooting. This means that he will probably also be involved in the doctorate. Could that mean that he gives at least one concert where he finally plays “Nebraska” completely? Will he finally publish the complete electrical “Nebrask” A sessions? Similar to this possible announcement of “Tracks 2”, we cannot say with certainty.