SPRINGSTEEN SHARES STORIES BEHIND THE FIVE-DISC SET WITH ‘INSIDE NEBRASKA ’82: EXPANDED EDITION’ VIDEO PIECE

‘SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE’ FEATURE FILM ARRIVES TODAY IN THEATERS EVERYWHERE

The sonic world of Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska” has been given more context and depth than ever before, with today’s arrival of the five-disc box set “Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition.” Featuring a trove of never-heard and previously-undiscovered recordings, the collection includes The E Street Band’s fabled “Electric Nebraska” sessions, solo outtakes from the era, a newly-shot performance film of “Nebraska” and a 2025 remaster of the original album. “It’s radically different from anything I’d remembered,” said Springsteen. “I think the box set is going to be a real surprise … because it surprised me. It’ll be fun for the fans to get a chance to hear it.”

Springsteen also recently discussed “Nebraska” with Jeremy Allen White — who portrays him in the just-released feature film “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” — on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ABC News with George Stephanopoulos, The Graham Norton Show and SiriusXM’s E Street Radio. He also shares insights on the box set with the new 13-minute video feature “Inside Nebraska ‘82: Expanded Edition,” which is available to watch on Springsteen’s YouTube.

“Electric Nebraska” was first previewed in early September of this year, with a trio version of “Born in the U.S.A” from late April 1982 — featuring Springsteen backed by Max Weinberg and Garry Tallent. “We threw out the keyboards and played basically as a three-piece,” Springsteen reflected. “It was kinda like punk rockabilly. We were trying to bring ‘Nebraska’ into the electric world.” Later in September, fans got a look at Springsteen’s first ever performance of “Nebraska” in its entirety. Having never toured behind the initial album, Springsteen revisited these songs more than 40 years later — offering fresh insight through the subtleties of his live performance, while remaining true to the spirit of the original recordings. Shot without an audience, and with only light accompaniment from Larry Campbell and Charlie Giordano, the Thom Zimny-directed  film is presented without narration, commentary or dialogue. “Only the voices of the characters are heard,” as Springsteen said.

In addition to “Electric Nebraska” and the “Nebraska” performance film, the set’s collection of “Nebraska Outtakes” unearths Springsteen solo rarities — including more songs from the original “Nebraska” home recordings, like “Losin’ Kind,” “Child Bride” and an early version of “Downbound Train.” Tracks from a one-off 1982 solo studio session include never-released titles “Gun In Every Home” and “On the Prowl.” “It’s like a psycho-gothic Jerry Lee Lewis tune,” Springsteen described the latter. “It was crazy.”

In conjunction with the release of “Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition,” the feature film “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” also arrives in theaters today from 20th Century Studios — chronicling the making of Springsteen’s “Nebraska.” Directed by Scott Cooper, and adapted by Cooper from Warren Zanes’ book “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” the film stars Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen and Jeremy Strong as his longtime manager and producer Jon Landau — alongside Stephen Graham, Odessa Young, Paul Walter Hauser, Gaby Hoffman, Marc Maron and David Krumholtz.