On April 17th came the sad news that Dan Federici, organist and keyboard player in the E Street Band, had passed away. Federici died after a three-year battle with melanoma at a hospital in New York. Springsteen and the band postponed three shows to attend to Federicis funeral, but now the band have resumed the tour.

This picture of Springsteen and Federici is taken during the show in Pittsburgh on November 14th, 2007 by photographer Guy Aceto/Backstreets.

Read more about Federici at Backstreets and at Bruce Springsteen’s official site.

On the different forums fans from all over the world are paying their respect to Federici and his contributions to the E Street sound. And maybe this will be something that is reflected in our documentary, I am not sure yet. We’ll see by the time the tour reach Europe. Two shows are scheduled at Ullevi in Gothenburg on July 4th and July 5th this summer.