Bruce Springsteen will release his memoir, Born to Run, titled after his hit 1970s song and album, on September 27, 2016 in hardcover, ebook and audiobook editions.
The book — available in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and India — has been in the works since 2009 after the rocker and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl halftime show. Publishing rights have been sold in nine countries.
“Writing about yourself is a funny business,” the singer says in the book. “But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I’ve tried to do this.”
According to the book’s publisher, Simon & Schuster, the book traces how Springsteen’s early life in Freehold, N.J. amid “poetry, danger and darkness” and his personal struggles inspired him to become a musician. It will also chronicle the rise of the E Street Band.
“This is the book we’ve been hoping for,” said Simon & Schuster publisher Jonathan Karp. “Readers will see their own lives in Bruce Springsteen’s extraordinary story, just as we recognize ourselves in his songs.”
Springsteen wrote a children’s book, “Outlaw Pete,” in 2014.
