One of America's best-known and most celebrated musical storytellers, Bruce Springsteen's career has spanned six decades.
Wherever he and the E Street Band play, you can guarantee dedicated fans will pack the house out for timeless anthems from 'Dancing in the Dark' to 'Born to Run'.
A new Disney+ documentary movie debuts on streaming today (October 25), going behind the scenes of those live shows (some of which have topped the four-hour mark).
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Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is directed by The Boss' long-time collaborator Thom Zimny, and features behind-the-scenes footage from rehearsals, interviews with the band, candid backstage moments and, of course, highlights from those 2023/24 world tour shows.
The first reviews for Road Diary are already in following its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, with The Guardian saluting "a satisfying hybrid of concert film, archival documentary and sociological study".
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Meanwhile, IndieWire notes that "while this Road Diary might have a bit more polish and gloss, it's more than worth the read and the ride".
Here's how you can tune in.
How to watch Bruce Springsteen documentary Road Diary in the UK
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is available to watch exclusively on Disney+ in the UK.
Prices for some of the Disney+ membership plans recently went up for new customers (existing customers will pay the new prices from their first bill on or after Thursday, November 21).
Here's the new pricing:
• Disney+ Standard with Ads costs £4.99/month. This ad-supported plan doesn't allow downloading, but members can stream on up to two devices at once. They can enjoy video in up to 1080p Full HD quality, with audio in 5.1 and stereo.
Standard with Ads customers can add one extra member outside their household to their account for an additional £3.99/month.
• Disney+ Standard now costs £8.99/month or £89.90/year. This plan lets you stream on up to two devices at once and you can download content on up to 10 devices. Video and audio quality matches Disney+ Standard with Ads (1080p Full HD, 5.1 and stereo).
Disney+ Standard customers can also add an extra member to their plan for an additional £4.99/month.
• Disney+ Premium now costs £12.99/month or £129.90/year. This plan allows streaming on up to four devices at once, with the option to download content on up to 10 devices. Video quality goes up to 4K UHD and HDR, with audio in standards up to Dolby Atmos levels.
Pros
- Huge selection of family-friendly movies
- Cheaper if you buy an annual subscription
- Up to 4K streaming with Dolby Atmos
Cons
- Original content isn't as good as elsewhere
- Some Disney films are missing
While there isn't a free trial available for Disney+ services in the UK, there are some ways in which you can save on the cost of a subscription, mostly through partnerships or offers with other organisations.
As for what you get for your money? Well, Disney+ has a vast range of content – including family movies, critically acclaimed TV series, plus original MCU shows like Agatha All Along or Star Wars series such as The Mandalorian.
Music fans searching for something to watch after Road Diary are well served, too. Highlights include the recent Bon Jovi retrospective Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, plus documentaries about some of the planet's biggest popstars such as Ed Sheeran, Sir Paul McCartney and Olivia Rodrigo.
There's also Camden, a four-part series from Senna and Amy director Asif Kapadia which features Dua Lipa, Coldplay's Chris Martin, Nile Rodgers and more musical icons.
Fans of The Beatles can not only watch Peter Jackson's acclaimed docu-series The Beatles: Get Back, but they can now also enjoy a fully-restored, remastered version of Let It Be – the first time it's been made widely available in over 50 years.
What's more, Disney+ also hosts live concert movies from arena and stadium-filling superstars including Taylor Swift, Elton John, Lang Lang, Billie Eilish and BTS.
How to watch Bruce Springsteen documentary Road Diary in the US
Road Diary streams from today on Hulu in the US. Its subscription prices also went up recently as follows:
• Hulu – $9.99/month or $99.99/year: An entry-level, ad-supported plan. A free trial of this particular plan is available for "new and eligible returning Hulu subscribers", and eligible college students can pay $1.99/month (more information is available here).
• Hulu (No Ads) – $18.99/month: Subscribers to this plan can stream "most of" the content on Hulu "without the ad breaks", excluding "a few shows that play with ads before and after the video".
Further information on Hulu's bundle plans is available here.
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