Springsteen’s wife falls from horse
Bruce Springsteen’s wife Patti Scialfa was reportedly unable to perform on stage with her husband last Wednesday (22 April) after falling from a horse.
Ms Scialfa is a backing singer with Springsteen’s E-Street Band and was due to join him at a show in TD Banknorth Garden, in Boston, Massachusetts.
But the singer told the crowd she was recovering from a horse fall near the couple’s New Jersey home the previous Saturday (18 April).
She is said to be bruised but not seriously injured.
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.