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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN USA: Politician seeks musician Bruce Springsteen boycott Upset with Bruce Springsteen's effort to oust President Bush from the White House, the New York Conservative Party's candidate for the U.S. Senate is launching a "Boycott the Boss" television commercial 16 August 2004 USA: Bruce Springsteen's new album banned by Starbucks Because Bruce Springsteen's song ‘Reno’ describes an explicit encounter with a prostitute, the US coffee shop chain Starbucks has banned the sale of his new album 07 May 2005 NYPD reportedly stiffs Springsteen After Springsteen played a controversial song during the Oct. 1 opening night at Shea Stadium, a high-ranking NYPD police official ordered that there would be no post-concert police escort for the Boss after his next show 01 October 2003