Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band In Concert

Bruce is known for playing shows that run up to an uninterrupted 250 minutes in length. (Photo: GettyImages)

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band In Concert

Springsteen in Dutch means jumping stone. (Photo: GettyImages)

US singer Bruce Springsteen and The E St

Bruce has noted that it was his Catholic upbringing, not his political ideology, that most influenced his music. (Photo: GettyImages)

US singer Bruce Springsteen and The E St

After seeing Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show at age 7, Springsteen was inspired to take up guitar. (Photo: GettyImages)

US singer Bruce Springsteen and The E St

The Boss was called to serve in Vietnam but failed his physical examination when he was 18 due to a concussion from a recent motorcycle accident. (Photo: GettyImages)

US Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Ba

Bruce rebelled against the publicity he was gaining in the Fall of 1975 right after the release of Born To Run, and having his appearance on the covers of both Time and Newsweek in the same week, by tearing down promotional posters before a concert in London. (Photo: GettyImages)

US singer Bruce Springsteen and The E St

Springsteen turned down several million dollars offered by the Chrysler Corporation to use the song “Born in the U.S.A.” in a car commercial. (Photo: GettyImages)

Hard Rock Calling 2012 Day 2

In 2000, a man named Jeff Burgar registered the domain brucespringsteen.com. Springsteen filed a lawsuit against him, and eventually lost. (Photo: GettyImages)

Hard Rock Calling 2012 Day 2

In 2007, Bruce announced his support for Barack Obama’s Presidential Campaign. Springsteen's song "The Rising" was the first song played over the loudspeakers after Obama's victory speech in Grant Park. (Photo: GettyImages)

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band In Concert - Philadelphia, PA

His first guitar was given to him at age 13 by his mother. It cost only $18. At sixteen she took out a loan to buy his second guitar, a $60 Kent guitar. (Photo: GettyImages)