In 2011, Bruce Springsteen started recording the album Western Stars, only to sideline the project for an E-Street Band tour. Recording sessions eventually continued over the years, the album was completed in 2018 and the belated release this year was met with glowing reviews. But Western Stars wasn’t backed by a tour, the first time the musician skipped the road on an album since his 1982 folk acoustic landmark, Nebraska.

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When Bruce Springsteen released “Western Stars” his nineteenth studio album, this past June, most fans were expecting a tour to follow soon after promptly. And yet, no visit came. In fact, no live shows whatsoever are expected, a rarity for Springsteen, an artist who has come to value the live experience and to take any new songs he has out on the road. Even stranger is the fact that “Western Stars” has turned out to be one of the most critically acclaimed albums of the year, a primal statement filled with lush orchestral arrangements, impressive vocals and some of the most melodically beautiful songs you will hear all year.

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