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Bruce Springsteen sued two London criminals who were illegally distributing an album they claimed had been recorded by Springsteen.
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- Bruce Springsteen testified at London's High Court in a dispute with Masquerade Music over its attempt to release some of his early-1970s recordings in the UK. He said that when the songs were created, he was living from paycheck to paycheck and relying on financial assistance from his then co-manager Mike Appel.
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- Bruce Springsteen released his twelfth studio album, “The Rising”, on Columbia Records. It was his first studio album with the E Street Band in 18 years and later reached No. 1 in both the UK and the US.
- Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising” reached No. 1 on the US Billboard 200, giving him another chart-topping album following its UK success.
- Bruce Springsteen released the album The Rising in the United Kingdom.
- Bruce Springsteen’s wife Julianne filed for divorce after newspapers published photographs of Springsteen together with backing singer Patti Scialfa.
- Columbia Records released Bruce Springsteen's eighth studio album, "Tunnel of Love". Although members of The E Street Band performed on some of the tracks, Springsteen recorded most of the parts himself, often using drum machines and synthesizers. The album topped the charts in both the US and UK and reached the Top Ten in fourteen other countries. It became one of Springsteen's major studio releases.
- Bruce Springsteen began the fourth leg of his Born in the USA world tour with a performance at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington, D.C.
- Bruce Springsteen concluded the “Born in the USA” tour with the last of four concerts at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. This brought his highly successful “Born in the USA” tour to an end.