- In early January it was reported that a movie about the making of Springsteen's 1982 album, Nebraska, was in the works. Deliver Us From Nowhere will be based on the Warren Zanes book Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska, with The Bear star Jeremy Allen White cast to play The Boss. The film, directed by Scott Cooper, is currently in production.
- In the middle of his tour, Springsteen flew across country from San Diego to Brooklyn to join Zach Bryan on stage for two songs, including "Sandpiper," a collaboration between the two that appeared on Zach's album The Great American Bar Scene. Springsteen also showed up at Bryan's Philadelphia concert in August, where they performed "Sandpiper" and Bruce's "Atlantic City."
- Springsteen made a guest appearance on the HBO Max comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, in an episode in which star Larry David gives him COVID-19.
- In June, Bruce celebrated the 40th anniversary of his iconic album Born in the U.S.A., which spent seven weeks at #1 in 1984. As part of the celebration he released an anniversary edition of the album on translucent red vinyl.
- In July, Forbes magazine claimed Bruce was now a billionaire, although he later denied the report.
- He appeared on the tribute album for longtime New York City punk fixture Jesse Malin, called Silver Patron Saints, contributing the song "She Don't Love Me Now" featuring Jesse's band and E Street Band saxophonist Jake Clemons.
- Bruce wrapped the year by giving fans a peek behind the scenes at his live show with the Hulu documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. In the doc, Bruce's wife, Patti Scialfa, revealed that in 2018 she was diagnosed multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, which has made it hard for her to perform and is why she wasn't on tour with him.
Bruce's bandmate Stevie Van Zandt also had a great year. Not only were he and and his brother — playwright, actor and director Billy Van Zandt — honored with a street named after them in their hometown of Middletown, New Jersey, Stevie was featured in his very own documentary. Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York and debuted on Max in June. The film also earned a Grammy nomination for Best Music Film.
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