{"id":21383,"date":"2025-06-28T08:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T08:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/21383\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T08:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T08:54:10","slug":"thought-it-was-food-poisoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/21383\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Thought it was food poisoning\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A member of Bruce Springsteen\u2019s legendary E Street Band underwent emergency surgery in Europe earlier this week after mistaking appendicitis for food poisoning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Steven Van Zandt, a longtime guitarist and mandolin player in Springsteen\u2019s backing band, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stevievanzandt\/status\/1937204438776840355?s=49&amp;t=KC_Sw397ww7-75zZGw4Fuw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:shared on X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">shared on X<\/a> that he received treatment for the condition in San Sebastian, Spain during the European leg of Springsteen\u2019s current tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cGot a sharp pain in my stomach, thought it was food poisoning, turned out to be appendicitis,\u201d he wrote on Monday. \u201cGot lucky with an exceptional hospital in San Sebastian. Operation was a complete success and I\u2019m hoping to get back on stage for at least one of the shows in Milan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Only three shows remain for Springsteen\u2019s European tour: a stop tonight in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, and two dates at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy next week, which Van Zandt referenced in his post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The musician ended the post with gratitude for \u201call the good vibes\u201d from fans, stating optimistically, \u201csee you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the meantime, apparently Van Zandt is feeling well enough to stay active on social media. Yesterday he shared a comment on X regarding a new single from musician Ryan Hamilton, which will be released through Van Zandt\u2019s record label Wicked Cool Records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cGotta love that cover!\u201d Van Zandt wrote, in reference to the single\u2019s vibrant, albeit silly album art.<\/p>\n<p>More music content<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/news\/2025\/06\/legendary-rock-guitarist-gets-emergency-surgery-on-tour-thought-it-was-food-poisoning.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MassLive;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">MassLive<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A member of Bruce Springsteen\u2019s legendary E Street Band underwent emergency surgery in Europe earlier this week after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4580,185,171,19757,19756,19760,19758,128,19755,67,132,68,19759],"class_list":{"0":"post-21383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-bruce-springsteen","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-european-tour","12":"tag-food-poisoning","13":"tag-ryan-hamilton","14":"tag-san-sebastian","15":"tag-spain","16":"tag-steven-van-zandt","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-van-zandt"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114760153155211111","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}