Bruce Springsteen arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol

Bruce Springsteen has a court date.

The 71-year-old rock legend was arrested last November for driving under the influence of alcohol, although it is now that the news has been known since in the coming weeks he will have to go before the judge.

According to the American portal

TMZ

, the singer from

Born in the USA

He was arrested on November 14 at the Gateway National Recreation Area in Sandy Hook, NJ, for reckless driving in an area that was closed at the time and while intoxicated.

The authorities have confirmed that, after his arrest, El Boss's attitude was collaborative at all times.

"Springsteen cooperated throughout the process," said a spokesman for the National Park Service in a statement echoed by the media.

This is the first time that Bruce Springsteen has been arrested on these charges.

It is expected that in the coming weeks he will appear in court to answer for the crimes he is accused of, although for the moment the date of the trial has not transpired.

The news of the rocker's arrest comes days after he starred in his first television ad during the Super Bowl, in which Springsteen appears driving a Jeep calling for the unity of Americans, imploring them to move forward together towards the " middle ”political.

“Fear has never been the best of who we are, and as for freedom, it is not the property of a lucky few, it belongs to all of us.

Whoever it is, wherever it comes from, is what connects us and we need that connection.

We need that medium ", narrates the singer in the

spot

.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen)

Furthermore, his arrest in November came just three weeks after the release of his album

Letter to You

, which propelled the singer to become the first artist with a Top 5 album in six different decades.

The new album has been highly praised by critics and music experts thank the world icon for his return to music with the E Street Band that brings the Bruce Springsteen of the past back to the present day.

In a recent interview with

AARP

magazine

, Sprinsgteen himself spoke of how he has now become aware of the fulfilling musical life he has always had.

“The other day I heard something of mine from 1975 on a record, and I said, 'That was about seven or eight lifetimes ago.

It was a full and complete life in itself.

And I lived it, and it was great, and now I'm living another one, "he said.