Ahead of the release of Bruce Springsteen‘s new documentary film about a life in music, the musician has been reflecting on his long-spanning career.
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band follows the rock legend and his close team of musical collaborators, which premiered at the Roy Thomson Hall at Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday (September 8) with The Boss in attendance.
In a post-screening Q&A, Springsteen reaffirmed that he intends to keep performing music until “the wheels come off”, per Variety.
“If I went tomorrow, it’s OK,” he told the crowd to applause. “What a fucking ride!”
The documentary features footage from the rocker’s most recent world tour along with intimate backstage moments.
“That’s how we make the sausage,” he told the crowd as he took to the stage post-screening.
It also also sees Springsteen’s wife and E Street bandmate Patti Scialfa reveal that she was diagnosed with a form of blood cancer called multiple myeloma in 2018, resulting in her needing to take a step back from touring.
“This affects my immune system, so I have to be careful what I choose to do and where I choose to go,” she said in the film. “Every once in a while, I come to a show or two and I can sing a few songs on stage, and that’s been a treat. That’s the new normal for me right now, and I’m OK with that.”
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band arrives on Hulu and Disney+ on October 25.
Just last month, Springsteen insisted he was not planning for “farewell tour bullshit” anytime soon.
“We’ve been around for 50 fuckin’ years, and we ain’t quitting! We ain’t doing no farewell tour bullshit! Jesus Christ! No farewell tour for the E Street Band!” he said in a clip shared by Consequence.
Earlier in the summer, Springsteen’s guitarist Steven Van Zandt even teased more shows for the future, despite rumours that the music legend could soon be retiring.
NME attended the musician’s London gig last summer, writing in a five-star review that the “heartland hero remains firmly at his majestic peak”.
It added: “The Boss conjures magic and mayhem as he delivers a career-spanning set for the first of his two sold out London shows.”
Meanwhile, Jeremy Allen White recently opened up about preparations for his role as Bruce Springsteen in the upcoming biopic titled Deliver Me From Nowhere.
“I’ve had some access to him and he’s just the greatest guy,” he said of the music legend, who was “really supportive of the project”.