Bruce Springsteen— who has performed to 265 sold out arenas in the last year— will play his final concert on December 15.
If you didn’t have the chance to witness the 20-time Grammy Award winner live, a Netflix special of the show will be premiering the next evening, for you to enjoy on repeat!
Here’s a first look at the trailer for the film.
Based on his best selling autobiography, ‘Born to Run’, “Springsteen on Broadway” is a solo acoustic performance. The singer-songwriter goes back to basics, performing with his guitar and piano. Throughout the special, he also opens up about memories from his childhood and life on the road.
Earlier this week, the rockstar bravely discussed his lifelong battle with depression. In an interview with Esquire, he discussed two emotional breakdowns he suffered from— one when he was 32, and the other in his late 60s.
“I have come close enough to [mental illness] where I know I am not completely well myself,” he admitted. “I’ve had to deal with a lot of it over the years, and I’m on a variety of medications that keep me on an even keel; otherwise I can swing rather dramatically and … just … the wheels can come off a little bit. So we have to watch, in our family. I have to watch my kids, and I’ve been lucky there. It ran in my family going way before my dad.”
Springsteen went on to share what he has learned about himself and the world around him after wrestling with his own demons for so many years.
“All I do know is as we age, the weight of our unsorted baggage becomes heavier … much heavier,” he admitted. “With each passing year, the price of our refusal to do that sorting rises higher and higher. … Long ago, the defenses I built to withstand the stress of my childhood, to save what I had of myself, outlived their usefulness, and I’ve become an abuser of their once lifesaving powers. I relied on them wrongly to isolate myself, seal my alienation, cut me off from life, control others, and contain my emotions to a damaging degree. Now the bill collector is knocking, and his payment will be in tears.”
“Springsteen on Broadway” is coming to Netflix on December 14
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