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"If you&amp;#039;re a fan of Bruce Springsteen, you may have seen our glowing review of Springsteen &amp;amp; I, a new documentary about the guitar-slinging stadium rocker. The film is as much about his audience as it is about him, encompassing crowd-sourced footage submitted by fans online.  &amp;gt; Bruce Springsteen live at Wembley Stadium - review To mark its cinema release, Digital Spy gives you ten facts you may not know about The Boss. 1. Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey. Growing up, his father Douglas Springsteen was largely unemployed, leaving his mother Adele Ann to be the family&amp;#039;s main source of income with her job as a legal secretary. 2. When he was 19, Springsteen managed to avoid serving in Vietnam by failing his physical examination. He told Rolling Stone in 1984: &amp;quot;I had a brain concussion from a motorcycle accident when I was 17. Plus, I did the basic &amp;#039;60s rag, you know: fillin&amp;#039; out the forms all crazy, not takin&amp;#039; the tests. When I got on the bus to go take my physical, I thought one thing: &amp;#039;I ain&amp;#039;t goin&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; 3. Springsteen&amp;#039;s live sets are often exceptionally long. One gig in Milan last year stretched over a whopping three hours and 40 minutes.  4. He initially struggled to gain much mainstream recognition. His first album, 1973&amp;#039;s Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ, sold only 25,000 copies in its release year despite achieving widespread critical acclaim. His third album, 1975&amp;#039;s Born to Run, was a lot more commercially successful, and to date has sold over 6 million copies in the US alone. 5. Despite the ostensibly rock &amp;#039;n&amp;#039; roll lifestyle, Bruce was raised as, and reportedly still is, a Roman Catholic. 6. Earlier this year, Springsteen made an unlikely collaboration with Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys on their &amp;#039;Rose Tattoo: For Boston Charity&amp;#039; EP, released to raise money for those affected by the Boston Marathon bombings. He provided guest vocals on the EP&amp;#039;s title track.      7. E Street Radio, named after Springsteen&amp;#039;s longtime backing band, is a satellite radio station dedicated to The Boss&amp;#039;s music, playing no other artists ever since its launch in 2005. 8. The same year, Starbucks rejected a possible co-branding deal for the album Devils &amp;amp; Dust, citing its sexually explicit lyrics as well as Springsteen&amp;#039;s anti-corporate politics. 9. His sixth album Nebraska consists entirely of home demo recordings, made using a four-track cassette recorder. Springsteen and the E Street Band tried recording the album in a studio but felt that the rawness of the home tapes was lacking, and so decided to release the demo versions instead. 10. Springsteen is a staunch supporter of LGBT rights. Last year he starred in an ad campaign for gay marriage by The Four 2012, urging &amp;quot;those who support equal treatment for our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters to let their voices be heard now&amp;quot;. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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