WARNING: SPOILERS ahead for Road Diary.
New documentary from Hulu and Disney road diary features never-before-seen details and footage about Bruce Springsteen, also known as “The Boss.” road diary gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the rehearsal process leading up to Bruce Springsteen’s current world tour with the E Street Band. The tour began on February 1, 2023, in Tampa, Florida, and is expected to be completed on July 2, 2025. road diary features a great soundtrack full of live performances.
road diary initially premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2024. The documentary is directed by Thom Zimny, who has filmed many other Springsteen documentaries such as Bruce Spingsteen’s letter to you (2020) and Springsteen on Broadway (2018), music videos such as “Radio Nowhere” and “Western Stars”, and several live concert specials. Despite Springsteen’s age, he announced that he has no plans to stop touring with the E Street Band anytime soon.
Bruce Springsteen’s nickname “The Boss” has a few origins
Stevie Van Zandt helped legitimize the nickname “The Boss”
Bruce Springsteen was known as “The Boss” by his fans for most of his decades-long musical career. The origin of the nickname is supposedly linked to his bandmates calling him “The Boss” as a joke because he would collect the band’s money and fees and distribute them. Apparently it’s also related to his habit of playing Monopoly in Ashbury Park, New Jersey, before the E Street Band took off. Rumor has it that Stevie Van Zandt started calling him “The Boss” more often and the rest is history.
According to 2012 biography bruce by Peter Ames Carlin, Van Zandt helped legitimize the nickname “The Boss” for Bruce. “I remember people calling him that and not taking it seriously. Not until I start calling him Boss. So they took it seriously because I was also the boss. So when I started calling him boss, the vibe was, ‘If Stevie’s doing this, there’s something to it!‘”Initially, Only Springsteen’s closest friends would call him by his nickname before it gained traction with team members, press and fans around the world.
What Bruce Springsteen Said About Being Called “The Boss”
Springsteen “hates” being called by his nickname
In 2010 biography It’s not a sin to be happy to be alive by Eric Alterman, Springsteen revealed that he hated bosses, claiming: “I hate being called boss.” Despite these feelings, the nickname is quite appropriate for Springsteen, who commands every stage of his life’s performancesconducting his E Street Band and lifting the spirits of his audience. Springsteen seems to oppose the traditional notion of a boss in the workplace who he might describe as soulless. Springsteen, who Van Zandt described as the “most introverted guy ever” in road diarydoes not put himself on a pedestal, but remains “The Boss” to his passionate fans.