Bruce Springsteen reveals a diagnosis that made him think that he would never sing again
The rock artist was forced to take a six -month music leave to recover from the disease.
Bruce Springsteen East harder than the rest . After taking a six-month interruption, the boss recovered after his diagnosis of gastro-duo ulcer disease in September 2023, which forced him to Cancel all its dates of tour in 2023 remaining With the street group E. and while Springsteen is back in good health, the "born in the United States". The singer admitted that things were affected and go for a while. At one point, he was not sure that he would never have honored the scene.
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In a new interview on Sirius XM Street Radio , Springsteen said that the disease made it impossible to suppress an air, and even less with an entire whole, due to the burning pain that grows in its diaphragm.
The diaphragm muscle in particular "maximizes the air food you have in your lungs, allowing you to control expiration, which is the act of singing", " Explain the MasterClass . In other words, an artist is more likely to sing out-of-pulc and miss out of breath with a wounded or tense diaphragm.
"My diaphragm hurt me so much that when I went to sing, it killed me, you know? So, I could literally not sing at all, you know, and it lasted two or three months, with Just a myriad of other painful problems, "said Springsteen in the radio show.
Springsteen was diagnosed with Gadin ulcer disease , "A condition in which painful wounds or ulcers develop in the mucosa of the stomach or the first part of the small intestine (the duodenum)", according to the Cleveland Clinic. In healthy people, the lining of the stomach is armed with a "thick layer of mucus", but in the presence of ulcers, it can become ignited or even wears out.
While the pain was different from everything he had ever known, Springsteen admitted that he was more concerned with the question of whether the disease was going to leave a permanent impact on his ability to sing.
"You know, you think like:" Hey, I'm going to sing again? "And you know, this is one of the things I like to do best, the most, and right now I can't do it," he said.
It was only after the doctors assured the singer "Born to Run" that he would return to his old self in no time that Springsteen had the impression that he could finally push a sigh of relief .
"[They said]" it's going to go ", he continued. "You know, I cannot do it, and it took doctors for a while to say:" Oh no. Are you doing well. "At the beginning, nobody said that, which made me nervous."
Now, with the disease behind him, Springsteen is ready to get back on the road and to serenade his fans. "In the end, I found great doctors, and they straightened me up, and I can do nothing but thank them all," he said.
The world tour of Springsteen & e Street Band 2024 is Directed in California Then and will do a few other stops in the United States before embarking on their international leg in May.