The art of being the boss

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S 1982 ALBUM NEBRASKA WAS AN INTIMATE ABOUT-TURN. AND AS DIRECTOR SCOTT COOPER AND STAR JEREMY ALLEN WHITE TELL US, SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE AIMS FOR THE SAME…

In autumn 2025, the stark landscapes of BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ’s Nebraska swim back into focus, as its fabled electric version emerges and a Bruce biopic explores the struggles behind the songs. On p42, director Scott Cooper reveals Springsteen’s role in shaping Deliver Me From Nowhere, but not before the Boss himself has his say. “It was an exploratory period,” he tells WARREN ZANES , “and that affected everything I was doing.”

Nebraska-era biopic DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE gets under the skin of The Boss. “He came out of it with tears in his eyes,” director SCOTT COOPER tells TOM DOYLE .

Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition

NEIL YOUNG contains multitudes. In a career spanning six decades, many different Neils have emerged – Neil the loner, Neil the activist, Neil the superstar, Neil the country singer, Neil the bandleader and Neil the rebel among them. Ahead of Young’s 80th birthday this month, STEPHEN STILLS , GRAHAM NASH , EMMYLOU HARRIS , NILS LOFGREN , PATTERSON HOOD , THURSTON MOORE , MICAH NELSON , RANDY BACHMAN and MARGO PRICE offer their highlights of a fearless, single-minded artist, one driven to spontaneous creation and rapid emotional responses. “He radically changes his mind and his direction, to the shock of everyone,” says one of his oldest compadres. “But then, he’s done this all his life.”

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