BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - LOFGREN GETS NEW HIPS

LOFGREN GETS NEW HIPS

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN's longtime sideman NILS LOFGREN has undergone surgery on both his hips.
The guitarist is recovering after Tuesday's (30Sep08) operation.
In a posting on his website, Lofgren states that “a long, beautiful life on the road (40 years) that’s included back flips with guitars, dive rolls, leaping off drum risers and trying to break stage floors with pounding legs... (and) thousands of hours playing aggressive basketball" made the operation necessary.
Writing before the surgery, Lofgren revealed, "Although I am understandably nervous, it is a hugely successful surgery and I have a great surgeon in a great hospital so I should come through it fine."
The rocker hopes to spend the rest of the year recovering from the surgery and rehabbing, and plans to be back on his feet for an acoustic solo tour early next year (09).