Bruce Springsteen & Eddie Vedder Duet At Wrigley Field: Watch

by Jessica Letkemann  |   September 08, 2012 11:25 EDT

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band welcomed both Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello to the mic during a three and half hour show at Chicago's Wrigley Field Friday (September 7). Chicago-native Vedder joined the Boss about an hour into the epic set for a duet on "Atlantic City," becoming a trending topic on Twitter.

Before the night was over, Springsteen and co. had not only roared through 28 songs from throughout his four-decade career (1973's "Spriit In The Night," 2012's "We Are Alive"), he'd also brought out Morello, who appears on Springsteen's 2012 album "Wrecking Ball," for "Death To My Hometown," "Jack of All Trades" and "Ghost of Tom Joad." The evening's five-song encore came to a crescendo with both Vedder and Morello joining the Boss and the band for "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" and a cover of "Twist and Shout."

Vedder has previously shared the stage with Springsteen only a handful of times, including a 2002 Chicago Springsteen show, a pair of 2004 concerts in New Jersey and Washington DC related to the Vote For Change tour. In 2009, he performed for Springsteen at the Kennedy Center Honors Springsteen gala. This Wrigley Springsteen show caps a week Vedder began in Philadelphia sharing a stage with Jay-Z during Pearl Jam's set at the Made In America festival Sunday while Springsteen headlined a tireless two-nighter across town at Citizen's Bank Park. Morello has previously guested with the Boss as recently as earlier this year.

Springsteen's "Wrecking Ball" world tour, which has already swung through the U.S. and Europe and which has been hitting the three-hour-plus mark regularly, returns to Chicago's Wrigley Field tonight (September 8) for the second show of a two-night stand.

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Van Halen 'Bit Off More Than We Could Chew' with Tour, says Eddie

by Aaron Couch, THR  |   June 13, 2012 5:05 EDT

After Van Halen abruptly decided to postpone more than 30 dates on its North American tour, fans speculated that the infighting that had historically plagued the band was back. The band insisted it was simply a case of being overbooked. Now Eddie Van Halen has offered his take.

"We bit off more than we could chew," the guitarist told USA Today. "This record took a lot out of us. And we went on tour earlier than we wanted to so we could play Madison Square Garden [in March, before a renovation], and that threw the schedule out of whack."

Source: Van Halen's Scrapped Tour Dates Due To 'Fatigue,' Not In-Fighting

Van Halen, whose 21-year-old son Wolfgang is playing bass for his second tour with the band, said many of the canceled shows were in cities they had already played.

"So in November, we'll hit Japan, and in the new year, we'll possibly do something special, but I can't talk about it."

In the interview, the iconic guitarist also revealed that playing live still makes him so nervous that he vomits.

"Really. I did it just before the show last night," Van Halen said. "Then I don't eat, so by the time I get offstage, I'm cooked."

The band's latest album, "A Different Kind of Truth," is its first with singer David Lee Roth since 1984. Released in February, it debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 187,000 units sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The band has sold 57 million albums in the U.S. during its career.

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