Editing Bruce Springsteen (section)

===1999–2007: ''The Rising'', ''Devils & Dust'', and other releases===
Springsteen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 by [[Bono]] (the lead singer of U2), a favor he returned in 2005.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Mar |first=Alex |date=February 25, 2005 |title=Springsteen to Induct U2 into Hall of Fame |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/springsteen-to-induct-u2-into-hall-of-fame-20050225 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403031438/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/springsteen-to-induct-u2-into-hall-of-fame-20050225 |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |access-date=March 18, 2015}}</ref>

In 1999, Springsteen and the E Street Band reunited and began their extensive [[Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour|Reunion Tour]], which lasted over a year. Highlights included a record sold-out, 15-show run at [[Continental Airlines Arena]] in [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]] and a ten-night, sold-out engagement at New York City's Madison Square Garden. A new song played at these shows, "[[American Skin (41 Shots)]]" (about the police shooting of [[Amadou Diallo]]), proved controversial.{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2020|pp=609–610}}

[[File:RisingTourGiantsStadiumLot.jpg|thumb|The scene outside [[Giants Stadium]] during Springsteen's record-setting, 10-night stand at the stadium on [[The Rising Tour]] in July 2003]]
In 2002, Springsteen released his first studio effort with the full band in 18 years, ''[[The Rising (album)|The Rising]]'', produced by [[Brendan O'Brien (music producer)|Brendan O'Brien]]. The album, mostly a reflection on the [[September 11 attacks]], was a critical and popular success. [[The Rising (Bruce Springsteen song)|The title track]] gained airplay in several radio formats, and the record became Springsteen's best-selling album of new material in 15 years. Kicked off by an early-morning Asbury Park appearance on ''[[The Today Show]]'', [[The Rising Tour]] commenced; the band barnstormed through a series of single-night arena stands in the U.S. and Europe. Springsteen played an unprecedented 10 nights at [[Giants Stadium]] in New Jersey.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |date=September 16, 2003 |title=Springsteen Is Box-Office Boss With Projected $120M Gross |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1478248/20030916/story.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305020658/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1478248/20030916/story.jhtml |archive-date=March 5, 2010 |publisher=MTV}}</ref>

''The Rising'' won the Grammy for [[Best Rock Album]] and was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] at the [[45th Annual Grammy Awards]] in 2003. In addition, "The Rising" won the Grammy for [[Best Rock Song]] and for [[Best Male Rock Vocal Performance]], and nominated for [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year.]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 4, 2019 |title=Bruce Springsteen |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/bruce-springsteen |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406060819/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/bruce-springsteen |archive-date=April 6, 2019 |access-date=March 27, 2018 |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences}}</ref> At the ceremony, Springsteen performed [[the Clash]]'s "[[London Calling (song)|London Calling]]" with [[Elvis Costello]], [[Dave Grohl]], and E Street Band member Steven Van Zandt and [[No Doubt]]'s bassist, [[Tony Kanal]], in tribute to [[Joe Strummer]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Runtagh |first1=Jordan |last2=Bienstock |first2=Richard |date=February 11, 2016 |title=15 Great Grammy Tribute Performances |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/15-great-grammy-tribute-performances-17553/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226112621/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/15-great-grammy-tribute-performances-17553/ |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref> In 2004, Springsteen and the E Street Band participated in the [[Vote for Change]] tour, with [[John Mellencamp]], [[John Fogerty]], the [[Dixie Chicks]], [[Pearl Jam]], [[R.E.M.]], [[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]], the [[Dave Matthews Band]], [[Jackson Browne]], and other musicians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/bruce-springsteen-michael-stipe-collaborate-because-the-night-and-bad-day|title="Michael, come out and sing one with me please." Watch American icons Bruce Springsteen and Michael Stipe collaborate on a cover of Patti Smith's Because The Night and perform R.E.M. deep cut Bad Day together back in 2004|first=Paul|last=Branniganpublished|date=March 5, 2025|website=louder}}</ref>

[[File:Bruce Springsteen 2005.jpg|thumb|left|An acoustic guitar number by Springsteen during the [[Devils & Dust Tour]] at the [[Festhalle Frankfurt]] in June 2005]]
The solo record ''[[Devils & Dust]]'' was released in April 2005. It is a low-key, mostly acoustic album, in the same vein as ''Nebraska'' and ''The Ghost of Tom Joad''. Some of the material was written almost 10 years earlier, during or shortly after the Ghost of Tom Joad Tour; a few of the songs had been performed at that time but unreleased.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McShane |first=Larry |date=February 16, 2005 |title=New Springsteen Album Due in April |work=ABC News |agency=Associated Press |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=505843 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050411150147/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=505843 |archive-date=April 11, 2005}}</ref> The [[Devils & Dust (song)|title track]] concerns an ordinary soldier's feelings and fears during the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Iraq War]]. The album topped the charts in ten countries. Springsteen began the solo [[Devils & Dust Tour]] at the same time as the album's release, playing both small and large venues. Attendance was disappointing in a few regions, and except in Europe tickets were easier to get than in the past.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=March 2, 2006 |title=Springsteen Does Seeger On First Covers Album |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/59518/springsteen-does-seeger-on-first-covers-album |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112054115/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/59518/springsteen-does-seeger-on-first-covers-album |archive-date=January 12, 2021 |access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Bruce Springsteen Milan 2006 05 12.jpg|thumb|Springsteen and [[the Sessions Band]] performing [[Sessions Band Tour|on their tour]] at the [[Fila Forum]] in [[Milan]], Italy in May 2006]]
In April 2006, Springsteen released ''[[We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions]]'', an American roots music project focused around a big folk sound treatment of 15 songs popularized by the radical musical activism of [[Pete Seeger]]. A [[Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band Tour|tour]] began the same month, with the 18-strong ensemble of musicians dubbed the Seeger Sessions Band (and later shortened to the Sessions Band). The tour proved very popular in Europe, selling out everywhere and receiving some excellent reviews,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Manzoor |first=Sarfraz |date=May 14, 2006 |title=A runaway American dream |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1774131,00.html |url-status=live |access-date=April 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080126112411/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0%2C%2C1774131%2C00.html |archive-date=January 26, 2008}}</ref> but newspapers reported that a number of U.S. shows suffered from sparse attendance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band – PopMatters Concert Review |url=https://popmatters.com/music/concerts/s/springsteen-bruce-060531.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525011903/http://www.popmatters.com/music/concerts/s/springsteen-bruce-060531.shtml |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |access-date=August 27, 2010 |website=PopMatters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Tianen |first=Dave |date=June 15, 2006 |title=Born to strum |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=436152 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061118060401/http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=436152 |archive-date=November 18, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-springsteen-review-story,1,5443206.story |access-date=August 27, 2010}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Springsteen's next album, ''[[Magic (Bruce Springsteen album)|Magic]]'', was released in October 2007. Recorded with the E Street Band, it had 10 new Springsteen songs plus "[[Long Walk Home]]", performed once with the Sessions band, and a hidden track (the first included on a Springsteen studio release), "[[Terry's Song]]", a tribute to Springsteen's long-time assistant Terry Magovern, who died in July 2007.<ref name="back">[http://www.backstreets.com/news.html "Terry Magovern, Rest in Peace"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208074157/http://backstreets.com/news.html |date=February 8, 2009}}, Backstreets.com, August 1, 2007. Retrieved August 28, 2007.</ref> ''Magic'' debuted at No. 1 in the U.S.,<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Katie |last=Hasty |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/springsteen-is-boss-of-album-chart-with-magic-1048343/ |title=Springsteen Is Boss Of Album Chart With 'Magic' |magazine=Billboard |date=October 10, 2007 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |archive-date=February 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224122612/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/springsteen-is-boss-of-album-chart-with-magic-1048343/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Ireland and the UK.{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2020|p=503}} Springsteen supported the album on the [[Magic Tour (Bruce Springsteen)|Magic Tour]], his first tour with the E Street Band since 2003.<ref name="sf">{{cite web|url=http://www.shorefire.com/index.php?a=pressrelease&o=1279 |title=Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band Announce First Full Scale Tour Of US & Europe Since 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928132515/http://www.shorefire.com/index.php?a=pressrelease&o=1279 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |work=[[Shore Fire Media]] |date=August 28, 2007 |access-date=August 28, 2007}}</ref> It was the final tour for longtime E Street member [[Danny Federici]], who died in 2008.{{sfn|Carlin|2012|pp=430–431}}