As Flowers tells it, Springsteen texted him right before COVID-19 shut down live performances, and a disbelieving Flowers had to text Springsteen’s son to “get verification that the number really is coming from his old man.” Flowers goes on to explain that “A Dustland Fairytale” was originally written in the middle of his mother’s illness with brain cancer.
Bruce Springsteen Revives ‘Dustland’ with the Killers
