Yahoo! Music — AP - Way before Prince, Paul McCartney or the Rolling Stones ever stepped onto a Super Bowl stage, there was Shirlee Bertolini. In her donkey costume. more info

All About Jazz — Anybody who thinks it's tough playing the halftime show at the Super Bowl with 150 million people watching should try serenading Barack Obama with the majestic granite visage of Abraham Lincoln staring over your shoulder. Bruce Springsteen did. "I... more info

Yahoo! Music — AP - Way before Prince, Paul McCartney or the Rolling Stones ever stepped onto a Super Bowl stage, there was Shirlee Bertolini. In her donkey costume. more info

Rolling Stone — Anticipation is rising in Tampa. The tension is becoming palpable. Speculation runs rampant, and everyone has an opinion, a theory or a prediction about what will happen on Sunday night. Yeah, we’re talking about Bruce Springsteen’s halftime set ... more info

Topix — When Bruce Springsteen and his venerable E Street Band were announced as the halftime spectacle for Super Bowl XLIII, die-hard fans of the Blue-Collar Bard kvetched and razzed. more info

BBC News - UK — Rock star Bruce Springsteen says it was a "mistake" to release an album exclusively with US retail giant Wal-Mart. more info

Topix — The Boss is owning up to a mistake. In an interview with Sunday's New York Times , Bruce Springsteen says he shouldn't have made a deal with Wal-Mart . This month, the store started exclusively selling a ... more info

NME — Bruce Springsteen has admitted that making a deal with Wal-Mart to exclusively release his band's greatest-hits CD was a mistake. more info

Yahoo! Music — AP - The Boss is owning up to a mistake. more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Halleran/Getty Images Rock Daily had Las Vegas panicked when we revealed the winning answer to all those Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Halftime Show bets, forcing most gambling sites to shut down all Bruce-related betting. We have the full sto... more info