Bruce Springsteen fan club founders say political fights, El-Sayed endorsement led to shutdown: report
A Bruce Springsteen fan club couldn't escape the badlands and shuttered over political commentary.
Key points
- "One thing we want to make absolutely clear is that Julie and I can NEVER thank Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band enough for the decades of music, memories, inspiration, and absolute JOY they have brought into our lives," Howie said on Facebook.
- Founded more than a decade ago, the "Spring-Nuts" Facebook group dedicated to The Boss noticed its 18,000 members were no longer focused on his music as they battled against "hateful" online discourse due to Springsteen's public stances and recent endorsement of Michigan's senator-elect, Abdul El-Sayed.
- "As the world grew increasingly divisive, hostile, those tensions inevitably spilled into our little corner of the E Street world," founders Julie and Howie Chaz said in a statement posted on Sunday, Nov.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "How could we be a Bruce Springsteen fan community trying to protect that harmony and camaraderie and ignore messages and statements coming directly from the very artist who brought us all together," Howie said.
Additional details
- I’ll see you there!" "Spring-Nuts" founder Howie Chaz admitted that as Springsteen became "more outspoken about his politics," the group administrators were tasked with a "difficult balancing act" of respecting "his absolute right" while maintaining an ethical online community.
- Springsteen's November endorsement of El-Sayed as "a fighter for our American Constitution" was the final straw for admins.
- PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "Bruce has been, and always will be, an enormous part of our personal story and journey.
- Sayed campaigned with Hasan Piker who openly made horrific statements that America deserved 9/11," Howie said.
- "We certainly don't believe Bruce intended for his message to make fans feel unwelcome.
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