Renowned singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen has opened up about the physical challenges he faced due to peptic ulcer disease.
The 74-year-old artist shared with SiriusXM’s E Street Radio host Jim Rotolo his feelings about returning to the stage with the E Street Band after focusing on his health, as reported by ‘People’ magazine.
Springsteen, known for hits like ‘Born in the U.S.A.’, announced his ongoing treatment and the postponement of the remainder of his 2023 tour dates in late September.
Reflecting on his performance at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Springsteen expressed his excitement, stating, “Phoenix is a great town for us, and the crowd was off the Richter, off the Richter scale.” He praised the band’s energy and noted feeling great during the show.
Despite delivering a 29-song set, Springsteen admitted to experiencing intense diaphragm pain that had prevented him from singing for months.
“Once I started singing, you know, you can rehearse singing, but your voice isn’t the same in rehearsal. You don’t have that edge of adrenaline that really pushes it into a better place and the thing when I had the stomach problem, one of the big problems was I couldn’t sing,” he explained.
“You sing with your diaphragm. You know, my diaphragm was hurting so badly that when I went to make the effort to sing, it was killing me, you know? So, I literally couldn’t sing at all and that lasted for two or three months along with just a myriad of other painful problems,” he added.
