Guardian Music — Wrecking Ball, the Boss's 17th studio album, will be his first since the death of E Street Band saxophonist Clarence ClemonsBruce Springsteen's manager has revealed new details of the singer's forthcoming album, Wrecking Ball, promising an "experimen... more info

ContactMusic — Rock legend Bruce Springsteen has enlisted the help of Rage Against The Machine star Tom Morello for his upcoming 17th studio album The Boss is currently working on the follow-up to his 2010 album The Promise and is developing a series of new texture... more info

Gigwise — Entitled 'Wrecking Ball'... more info

Chorus.fm — *Edit*: The opening track "We Take Care of Our Own" can be heard in the replies. According to the British iTunes website (http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/wrecking-ball-special-edition/id495024374), the name of *Bruce Springsteen (http://www.abs... more info

411 Mania — His angriest yet... more info

Perez Hilton — We're sad that Clarence Clemons won't be around for this one, but we know he'd be happy to hear that Bruce is still going strong! Last we heard about Bruce Springsteen's plans for 2012, he had confirmed an E Street Band tour, which starts up in Europ... more info

ContactMusic — Bruce Springsteen wowed music fans in Asbury Park New Jersey on Saturday night 14Jan12 when he stepped up onstage unannounced to perform at a Paramount Theater benefit concert Tickets for the Light of Day Parkinsons charity show sold out when rumours... more info

411 Mania — The Boss is pissed... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jonah Matranga released Voices + Dedication, an album made up entirely of cover songs, on January 1. He covers tracks by the reunited Mazzy Star, the slightly less recently reunited Hum, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Elliot Smith,... more info

Guardian Music — As this column ends, I thought it appropriate to talk about rock's profound sense of beginning – its power and possibility, its surging promiseThis column began five years ago, born, in a roundabout way, out of a friendship with my editor, Michael.... more info