In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean continue their look at Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's 2024 European Tour. In this episode, Hal and Flynn are joined by Deborah Mayer and Matt Royal to discuss the two London shows that concluded the leg. For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patreon.com/NBTBPodcast This show is sponsored by DistroKid. Use this link to support the show and get 30% off your first yea...
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 24
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean continue their look at Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's 2024 European Tour. In this episode, Hal and Flynn are joined by Doug Maesk to discuss the Helsinki and Stockholm shows. For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patreon.com/NBTBPodcast This show is sponsored by DistroKid. Use this link to support the show and get 30% off your first year: http://distrokid.com/vip/n...
Aug 01, 2024•54 min•Season 5Ep. 23
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean continue their look at Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's 2024 European Tour. This episode covers the shows from Nijmegen through Helsinki with a primary focus on the Hannover show, which Hal attended and featured several big surprises, including the live premiere of Janey Needs A Shooter. For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patreon.com/NBTBPodcast This show is spons...
Jul 22, 2024•45 min•Season 5Ep. 22
In this special preview of our Patreon exclusive series, NBTB Archive Look Back, Hal and Flynn discuss the fourth release in the series, the epic New Years Eve show from Nassau Coliseum on December 31, 1980. The NBTB Archive Look Back is a monthly series discussing each Springsteen Archive that was released prior to the start of the podcast in September, 2019. This episode originally ran in April, 2024. For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patreon.com/NBTBPod...
Jul 12, 2024•24 min
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by Sal Trepat, editor of Point Blank magazine and co-host of the No Surrender podcast, to discuss the five shows that Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band performed in Spain over the past few weeks. Prior to Sal joining the show, Hal and Flynn talk about the Jesse Malin comeback concert taking place at the Beacon in December and Disciple, the new documentary about Steve Van Zandt that is currently...
Jun 28, 2024•43 min•Season 5Ep. 21
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean continue their discussion about Bruce Springsteen's marathon recording sessions for Born In The USA. They step into an alternate universe where in 1985 a second album called Murder Inc. was released from those sessions and they both give their track listings for what's on that record. Also, at the start of the show, Flynn and Hal talk about the resumption of Tour 2024 in Madrid. For more information on exclusive ...
Jun 18, 2024•53 min•Season 5Ep. 20
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by Tom Cunningham, long time host of the Jersey Shore radio show Springsteen On Sunday, which can be heard on 107.1 The Boss, to discuss a unique night in the history of the E Street Band. On June 8, 1984, four days after the release of Born In The USA, Bruce and the band took the stage at The Stone Pony for an unannounced show that served as a rehearsal for the upcoming tour. Tom attended the show and...
Jun 08, 2024•39 min•Season 5Ep. 19
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by Steven Hyden, cultural critic for Uproxx and host of the site's weekly podcast, Indiecast, for a wide ranging discussion about his new book, There Was Nothing You Could Do - Springsteen's Born In The USA and the End of the Heartland. Also, at the start of the episode, Hal and Flynn discuss the postponement of the Marseilles show due to Bruce's vocal issues and the other news from the week. For more ...
May 28, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 5Ep. 18
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the upcoming 40th anniversary release of Bruce Springsteen legendary LP, Born In The USA, which will be just the album with refreshed packaging and liner notes but not the larger box set that many fans hoped for. At the start of the episode, they also look at the first two shows of Bruce's 2024 European Tour. For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patreon.com/NBTBPodcast...
May 15, 2024•43 min•Season 5Ep. 17
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by Anthony Castrovince, columnist for MLB.com and national contributor to MLB Network, to discuss the final 2 shows on Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's opening US leg of the 2024 Tour. At the start of the episode, Flynn has some news on a 40th anniversary release for Born In The USA. For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patreon.com/NBTBPodcast Learn more ...
May 05, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 16
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by Stan Goldstein to discuss Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's show at Mohegan Sun on April 12th. Later, John Joyce joins the show to give his report on the show in Albany on April 15th. And the episode opens with Flynn's report on the Springsteen Archive's American Music Honors Gala from this past Wednesday night. For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patr...
Apr 28, 2024•47 min•Season 5Ep. 15
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by David Wild, longtime Rolling Stone writer as well as writer/producer of The Grammys and co-host of the Naked Lunch podcast, to discuss Bruce Springsteen & The E Street's second show on the 2024 tour in Los Angeles on April 7, 2024. The conversation also includes Wild's thoughts on Western Stars and Letter To You. For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patreon.c...
Apr 19, 2024•39 min•Season 5Ep. 14
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean continue their discussion about Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's 2024 Tour. This time the focus is on the two shows in San Francisco and the first show in Los Angeles. Hal gives an ecstatic recap of the events in LA on Thursday night, a show which ran for 3 hours 20 minutes and featured numerous surprises, including the return of Patti Scialfa. For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon...
Apr 07, 2024•43 min•Season 5Ep. 13
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the opening week of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s 2024 Tour, covering shows in Phoenix, Las Vegas, and San Diego. Hal was in the latter two cities and is pretty fired up, especially about his night in San Diego. Later in the episode, they also discuss Deadline’s story covering the development of the film about the making of Nebraska to be written and directed by Scott Cooper. For more inform...
Mar 29, 2024•57 min•Season 5Ep. 12
In this NBTB Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the March 2024 release from the series, recorded live at The Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ on September 21, 1978. They also discuss Bruce's appearance last week with John Mellencamp in Newark. For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patreon.com/NBTBPodcast You can buy/stream all shows in the Springsteen Archive Series via: live.brucespringsteen.net Learn more about your ad choice...
Mar 15, 2024•28 min
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the recently announced The Best Of Springsteen set that will be released on April 19. They give their thoughts on why this package is being put out now and the songs selected for it. They then make some predictions regarding the upcoming 2024 tour. Finally, they wrap up their coverage of the 2014 US Tour. For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patreon.com/NBTBPodcast Lea...
Mar 07, 2024•51 min•Season 5Ep. 11
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean continue their discussion about Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's 2014 High Hopes tour. In this edition, they discuss the Spring US leg and they are joined by special guest Kirk Minihane, host of The Kirk Minihane Show on Barstool Sports. Hal, Flynn, and Kirk focus much of the episode on the final weekend of the tour, which took place at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. For more information on exclusive NBTB...
Feb 27, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 10
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean take an in-depth look at Bruce Springsteen's 2014 High Hopes Tour. In this first part, they are joined by Jason DiBattista to discuss Bruce's first (and only) trip to South Africa and Ted Brych weighs in on the Australian leg. Part 2 will focus on the US leg. For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patreon.com/NBTBPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 9
In this NBTB Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the February 2024 release from the series, recorded live at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall in Akron, Ohio on September 25, 1996. Hal and Flynn start the show by paying tribute to Adele Springsteen, Bruce's mom, who passed away last week. They also discuss Bruce's appearance on Friday at the annual MusiCares Person Of The Year dinner in honor of Bon Jovi. You can buy/stream all shows in the Springsteen Archive Se...
Feb 07, 2024•24 min
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean talk to Cliff B., one of the earliest Springsteen tapers. Cliff first saw Bruce in 1974 and attended shows at the Bottom Line and Roxy stands in 1975, as well as the Boston Music Hall stand in 1977. Cliff also tells Hal and Flynn about taping the early shows and how a small group of men made It possible for fans to hear many amazing performances that unfortunately don’t exist in Springsteen’s own archives. For mo...
Jan 21, 2024•51 min•Season 5Ep. 8
In this NBTB Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the January 2024 release from the series, recorded live at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, GB on July 13, 2013. You can buy/stream all shows in the Springsteen Archive Series via: live.brucespringsteen.net And for more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patreon.com/NBTBPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 17, 2024•22 min
In this NBTB Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the Christmas 2023 release from the series, recorded live at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on July 15, 1999. The show was the opening night of the 15 show stand in the arena. You can buy/stream all shows in the Springsteen Archive Series via: live.brucespringsteen.net And for more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patreon.com/NBTBPodcast Learn more about your ad c...
Jan 02, 2024•24 min
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean take an in-depth look at Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's famed performances at Winterland in December, 1978. The episode starts with a discussion about the first show and how important it was to Hal and Flynn as new fans to hear the widely circulated bootleg. They are then joined by Priscilla Schroeder, who attended the second show on December 16 (and also Roxy '75!). At the end of the episode, Hal an...
Dec 26, 2023•51 min•Season 5Ep. 7
None But The Brave begins a new element of the podcast, a standalone episode to review every new release in the Springsteen Archive Series. In this edition, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the December 2023 release from the series. The show was recorded live in Philadelphia, PA on October 14, 2009 and includes a performance of Darkness On The Edge Of Town in its entirety. You can buy/stream the show via: https://live.brucespringsteen.net/live-music/0,35337/Bruce-Springsteen-mp3-fl...
Dec 13, 2023•18 min
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean take a deep dive into Bruce Springsteen's The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle on the 50th anniversary of its release. Also, Hal reports on Aoife ODonovan's tour where she is playing Nebraska from start to finish. For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patreon.com/NBTBPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 6
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by special guest Erik Flannigan, former editor of Backstreets magazine and the essayist for the Springsteen Archive Series, to discuss the two legendary benefit shows that Bruce played for the Christic Institute in November, 1990. Also, at the start of the episode, Hal and Flynn talk about Bruce's surprise guest appearance at Stand Up For Heroes last week in NYC. For more information on exclusive NBTB ...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 5
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean complete their look at Bruce Springsteen's The Rising Tour with an in-depth look at the tour's final leg in North America, which began at Giants Stadium in July and concluded with an epic 3 show stand at Shea Stadium in October. Also, they discuss the announcement of the 2024 European leg and the Springsteen Archives event for the 50th anniversary of WIESS. For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patre...
Nov 03, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 5Ep. 4
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean start the show with a wide ranging discussion on the latest Springsteen news including the rescheduled tour dates, the lack of a fall release, and the return of From My Home To Yours. In the second half of the show they return to their look at The Rising Tour, continuing with the 2003 European Stadium run. During the Rising Tour segment, they are joined by Sal Trepat, founder of Point Blank magazine, to discuss t...
Oct 18, 2023•57 min•Season 5Ep. 3
None But The Brave does a crossover episode with One Hit Thunder! NBTB co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean join Chris Fafalios and Matt Kelly to talk about their love of Bruce Springsteen's music and also discuss a song from another artist that actually sounds a lot like Springsteen, On The Dark Side from John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band. For more info and to follow "One Hit Thunder", go to https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-hit-thunder/id1493414021. And for info about None Bu...
Oct 05, 2023•56 min
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean continue their deep dive into Bruce Springsteen's tour in support of his 2002 LP, The Rising. In Part 2, they finish their look at 2002 with a discussion of the short European arena leg and the US arena dates that followed before continuing into 2003 with a look at the controversial outcome at The Grammys, the stellar Atlantic City show, and the Australian leg. Also, Jason Berkley and Bill Donohoe join in to disc...
Sep 22, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 5Ep. 2
