Bruce Springsteen carries out onstage throughout the 13th yearly Stand Up for Heroes to benefit the Bob Woodruff Foundation at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on November 04, 2019 in New York City.
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Rocker Bruce Springsteen was detained on drunken-driving charges late in 2015 at a national forest in New Jersey, the U.S. Department of the Interior stated Wednesday.
News of the arrest emerged days after a Jeep industrial including “The Boss” aired throughout the Super Bowl. The automobile brand name stated later on Wednesday that it would “pause” the advertisement “until the actual facts can be established.”
Springsteen, 71, was “cooperative throughout the process” of being detained Nov. 14 at Gateway National Recreation Area at Sandy Hook, National Parks Service spokesperson Brenda Ling stated in a declaration.
Springsteen was implicated of driving while intoxicated, negligent driving and consuming alcohol in a closed location.
Springsteen’s brand-new album “Letter to You” debuted the exact same month at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. With that positioning, Springsteen ended up being the very first artist to have a brand-new leading five-charting album in each of the last 6 years.
Three days prior to the arrest appeared, the artist starred in his very first Super Bowl industrial. The Jeep advertisement included Springsteen requiring Americans to discover unity after a dissentious year.
“There’s hope on the road up ahead,” Springsteen stated in the two-minute area, which included many shots of him driving a Jeep CJ-5 throughout nation and city roadways.
In a declaration to CNBC, a Jeep Brand representative stated it would “pause our Big Game commercial until the actual facts can be established.”
“It would be inappropriate for us to comment on the details of a matter we have only read about and we cannot substantiate,” the representative stated.
The commercial’s message of “community and unity is as relevant as ever,” the representative included, “As is the message that drinking and driving can never be condoned.”
Spokespeople for Springsteen did not instantly react to CNBC’s ask for remark about his arrest.
In his 2016 autobiography “Born to Run,” Springsteen stated he prevented drugs and didn’t attempt alcohol up until he was 22, in part since of how drinking had actually impacted his dad.
In the 500-page book, Springsteen exposed that he had a long history of anxiety, a surprise to numerous.
Springsteen has actually been admired by his fans and bandmates for his healthy living practices, such as striking the fitness center and preventing alcohol and drugs, which they credit for providing him the endurance to carry out hourslong shows years into his profession.
“I mean, I’m sure he’s taken a drink or two a few times in his life, but he was never a drinker either,” guitar player Steven Van Zandt in Springsteen’s E Street Band stated in a 2012 interview with Rolling Stone.
Springsteen’s arrest was initially reported Wednesday by TMZ.
