Bruce Springsteen Denies Break-Up Rumors

According to rumors, Bruce Springsteen is breaking up and, no, not with the E Street Band, with wife Patti Scialfa. Well, Patti Scialfa is in the E Street Band, but this is more serious than that. On Thursday, The New York Post reported that Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa were breaking up and that another woman was involved, a 9/11 widow that Bruce Springsteen met at a charity event he was organizing. A source reportedly told The New York Post, about Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, "They're separated, but everyone has been sworn to secrecy." Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa have been married for fifteen years and have three children. Patti Scialfa is Bruce Springsteen's second wife, having been married to Julianne Phillips before her.

On Tuesday, Bruce Springsteen hit the net, through is official website - brucespringsteen.net - and posted the following message - "Due to the unfounded and ugly rumors that have appeared in the papers over the last few days, I felt they shouldn't pass without comment. Patti and I have been together for 18 years - the best 18 years of my life. We have built a beautiful family we love and want to protect and our commitment to one another remains as strong as the day we were married."

Despite the rumors about Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa printed in The New York Post on Thursday, the two supposedly separated partners appeared happy as could be in public on Friday. It was reported that Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa were seen, hand in hand, in Red Bank, New Jersey on Friday going antique shopping, including picking up an old guitar and mandolin and giving a brief concert for the gathered fans. Not exactly the behavior of a separated couple.

Patti Scialfa has recorded two albums of her own and worked with The E Street Band as a performer behind Bruce Springsteen before the two were married or even romantically linked (in fact, she was there when The Boss was still married to Julianne Phillips). Bruce Springsteen has been a consistent force in music for decades with his best-known work including Born to Run, Nebraska, Born in the U.S.A., Tunnel of Love, and The Rising. His most recent work, We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions was released just this April to high acclaim.

[Sources: AP, Reuters, The New York Post, BruceSpringsteen.net]