The daily gossip: Bruce Springsteen is a guitar monogamist, Ellen DeGeneres' apology was not exactly accepted, and more

Bruce Springsteen is a guitar monogamist, Ellen DeGeneres' apology was not exactly accepted, and more

Bruce Springsteen.
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1. Bruce Springsteen wrote his entire new album on a guitar given to him by a fan

Bruce Springsteen revealed to Rolling Stone that he wrote his entire new album, Letter to You, using a guitar that a fan gave him as a present. "I said, 'Geez, you know, thanks,'" the Boss said, recounting getting the instrument after one of his Springsteen on Broadway shows. "And I just took a quick glance at it and it looked like a nice guitar, so I jumped in the car with it … All the songs from the album came out of it." Presumably Springsteen hasn't broken the news yet to his beloved Fender electric guitar, which he's played for 40 years. "Unlike most rock stars who go through instruments as quickly as they do groupies, Springsteen has been a monogamist in this area," Men's Journal explains.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.