BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TO RELEASE "LONDON CALLING" DVD

Bruce Springsteen has kept a low profile this year: he hasn't done much since performing "We Shall Overcome" at the Hope For Haiti Now telethon. What we have been hearing is that 2010 is a year off for Bruce, and the two projects that would be coming would be a live DVD from the Magic tour and the long-awaited Darkness On The Edge Of Town box set. Well, the live DVD was announced todya.  London Calling: Live In Hyde Park recorded at the Hard Rock Calling festvial on June 28 last year will be out on DVD nearly a year later, on June 22. Bruce opened the show with a cover of The Clash's "London Calling," which was possibly inspired by this fax that Joe Strummer sent when asked about his feelings about the man.  (Bruce played another British fest the same week as the one documented on this DVD: that night, he opened with Strummer's great solo song "Coma Girl"). Other covers include Jimmy Cliff 's "Trapped," The Young Rascals ' "Good Lovin'" and Eddie Floyd's "Raise Your Hand." In a way, I'm kind of bummed: I thought Bruce might have released something with his full album performances that he was doing on the end of the tour.