‘Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’ Releases Full Trailer
The trailer for Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band has been released.
Springsteen says in the opening of the trailer, “Since I was 16, playing live has been a deep and lasting part of who I am and how I justify my existence here on Earth. But when the world shut down, I made a promise that if we got through this, I’d throw the biggest party I could.”
The trailer is packed with performance footage, both current and archival. Members of the E Street Band sat for new interviews for this documentary, including Steven Van Zandt, who says in the trailer, “I grew up with Bruce, and he was the most introverted guy you’d ever met in your life. To go from that to like the world’s greatest entertainer, it blows my mind.”
It seems as though Road Diary serves as an act of defiance to Springsteen, who recently celebrated his 75th birthday. He says in the trailer, “It’s too late to stop now. I plan on continuing until the wheels come off and for as long as the audience will follow me. That’s my job.”
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band premieres on Hulu and Disney+ on Oct. 25. Road Diary was directed by Thom Zimny, who has been a longtime collaborator of Springsteen’s and has also directed Springsteen on Broadway and Western Stars.
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 8. Shortly after the premiere, news broke that in the film, Patti Scialfa, E Street Band member and wife of Bruce Springsteen, shares she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare type of blood cancer.
Per People, the singer/guitarist says in the documentary, “I’ve been performing with this band for 40 years. With those first performances, it felt so good to be back onstage. Touring has become a challenge for me. In 2018, well, Bruce and I were doing a play on Broadway. I was diagnosed with early stage multiple myeloma.”
Scialfa also says in Road Diary about her cancer, “This affects my immune system so I just have to be careful what I choose to do and where I choose to go. Every once in a while, I come to a show or two and I can sing a few songs onstage, and that’s been a treat. That’s the new normal for me right now, and I’m OK with that.”
