New release for 2024!
“Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band” offers the most in-depth look ever at the creation of the band’s live shows, including footage of rehearsals, backstage moments, archival clips and personal reflections from Springsteen himself and features unprecedented, behind-the-scenes access to their 2023-2024 world tour.
“Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band” opens a new door to Springsteen’s creative process for fans around the world, sharing fly-on-the-wall footage of band rehearsals and special moments backstage and follows Springsteen closely as he develops the story he wants to tell with his setlist. This is interspersed with rare archival clips of The E Street Band, underscoring themes of life, loss, mortality and community. In this way, it serves as an essential and never-before-seen chapter in an autobiographical series spanning Springsteen’s memoir “Born to Run” along with “Springsteen on Broadway”
The film begins with a one-of-a-kind look at the band’s preparation process, following them from their earliest rehearsals in Red Bank, New Jersey to performances for tens-of-thousands across several continents. All the while, fans get the chance to experience professionally shot footage from the 2023-2024 tour, in addition to hearing firsthand from band members about performing on stage with Springsteen and how they keep the magic of The E Street Band as potent as ever.
The film was directed by Springsteen’s longtime collaborator Thom Zimny and produced by Zimny, Jon Landau, Bruce Springsteen, Adrienne Gerard and Sean Stuart and is presented in 5.1 surround sound with fully interactive menus.
This high-definition blu-ray includes three hours of bonus material, including the 42-minute special ‘Backstage And Backstreets,’ hosted by George Stephanopoulos, 46 minutes of performances and interviews on the Howard Stern Show from October 23, 2024, Bruce's full appearance at the Harris/Walz rally in Georgia (in surround!) plus interviews, trailers and further behind the scenes footage of life on the road.