Springsteen: Obama show a "warm-up"

Bruce Springsteen has claimed that his inauguration performance for Barack Obama was a "warm-up" for this Sunday's Super Bowl.

Speaking at a news conference, the rock icon said that he wants the half-time set to be "a 12-minute party".

"It kind of was a good warm-up for this," he joked. "That takes some of the pressure off, you know."

The 59-year-old, whose 16th studio album Working On A Dream was released on Monday, admitted that he is enjoying his career renaissance with "old soldiers" the E Street Band.

He said: "Good times. You just have years where things happen, or years where it's quieter. But what's special for me right now is I really believe our band is going through sort of a golden age. We've made three of what I think are some of our best records in a row, which is really one of the reasons we're here. And the band, on the last tour, played the best it's ever played.

"We've been on the road a while. We're some old soldiers. But the band is still really burning, and I really want people to know about the record. Good year, you know? It's been great."

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