The news of singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen’s arrest in November 2020 for drunk driving has surprised the general public.
Last Wednesday, it was announced that the police had filed three charges against the artist: reckless driving, drinking alcohol in an area closed to the public and drunk driving.
Springsteen, 71, who has a serious and serious image, appeared this Sunday in an ad for a car brand in one of the commercial breaks of the Superbowl, one of the most important sporting events in the United States.
Stellantis NV, the parent company of Jeep, confirmed tonight that it was temporarily withdrawing the ad featuring Springstenn.
The New Jersey singer known as “El Jefe” joins a long list of musicians who have been hounded with a few extra doses of alcohol behind the wheel.
IMPRUDENT YOUTH
Perhaps one of the saddest cases is that of singer and artist Lindsay Lohan who was arrested twice in 2007 for drunk driving. While the first time she was arrested, she had to pay bail and her driver’s license was suspended, the second time – two months later – she was sentenced to probation.
Another young celebrity, Justin Bieber, came to believe in himself and in 2014 he was arrested in Miami for drunk in an illegal race in a yellow Lamborghini.
The Canadian singer, who had time to appear photographed in the orange prison uniform, was bailed for $ 2,500 ($ 1,800) for three charges: driving under the influence of toxic substances, alcohol and marijuana, resisting custody without violence, and driving with an expired driver’s license.
Also in Miami, five years later, in 2019, urban singer Zion, from the duet Zion & Lennox, was arrested for driving at high speed and under the influence of alcohol. After he paid bail and was released the same day, he continued his career as a reggaeton player without regret.
In the same musical chord and common hobbies, reggaeton singer Arcángel got his driver’s license suspended for one month in 2012 for drunk driving in Puerto Rico.
DRINKING IS BAD AND BAD
Vince Neil, lead vocalist for glamorous metal band Motley Crue, praised the wild side of rock culture and was in prison in 1986 for drunk driving and responsible for a car accident in California that killed drummer Nicholas “Razzle”. Dingley, drummer for Hanoi Rocks.
In 2010, the character was arrested again in Las Vegas on suspicion of drunk driving. Days before he released his latest album “Tattoos and Tequila”.
Another performer from the dark side is British Pete Doherty who is added to the drug possession arrests in 2009, accused of drunk driving, shortly after a concert in the town of Gloucester, West England.
According to the police report, the Babyshambles singer was arrested after a patrol car stopped a vehicle that was ‘running erratically’.
In another musical but also wild wave, there is Puerto Rican merengue singer Manny Manuel who collides with a police car with his Jeep Cherokee.
The two officers who were in the patrol car sustained minor injuries and had time to verify that the artist was drunk and behind the wheel.
George Michael, Bobby Brown, David Cassidy, Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys and many more share the dubious privilege of drinking alcohol while driving and living to tell the story.
The list, which can be endless among actors and other types of performers, highlights the need to understand that driving under the influence is a serious social crime for celebrities and all audiences alike.