{"id":30164,"date":"2024-08-19T15:02:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T15:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/bruce-springsteen-pays-tribute-to-backstreets-founder-charles-cross\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T15:02:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T15:02:50","slug":"bruce-springsteen-pays-tribute-to-backstreets-founder-charles-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/bruce-springsteen-pays-tribute-to-backstreets-founder-charles-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen pays tribute to &#8216;Backstreets&#8217; founder Charles Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-08-19\/Getty_BruceSpringsteen_081924.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Justin Berl\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Bruce Springsteen<\/strong> has paid tribute to journalist <strong>Charles Cross<\/strong>, founder of the Bruce fanzine <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Backstreets<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, who passed away Aug. 9 at the age of 67.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cHere on E Street, we&#8217;re saddened over the passing of Charles Cross,\u201d The Boss wrote <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C-wG4DEPN9g\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>on Instagram<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">. \u201cAs the founder of Backstreets, Charles created a wonderful magazine and positive community that gave our fans the chance to connect through their stories, ideas and shared experiences.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He added, \u201cWe&#8217;re grateful to him for bringing conversations and insights around our music to so many. He was an exceptional journalist, publisher, thinker and facilitator, and he will be missed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bruce also paid tribute to Cross during\u00a0his concert Sunday in Pittsburgh. Fan-shot footage posted to YouTube shows the rocker dedicating the track \u201cBackstreets\u201d to Cross, noting, \u201cHis great writing and his influence and his help in communicating between our band and our fans will be sorely missed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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