“That’s a part of the story that suckers some young people in, you know... Dying young is good for the record company, but what’s in it for you?”: Springsteen on the pressures of fame

Bruce Springsteen on stage.

Bruce Springsteen has been reflecting on how the deaths of young artists before their time have become a “normal thing” in the music industry.

In a new interview with Daily Telegraph, conversation turned to recent events regarding Liam Payne, who died last month after falling from a Buenos Aires hotel room. Although the investigation into the ex-One Direction singer’s death has yet to conclude, a partial autopsy revealed traces of drugs were body in his bloodstream, as well as in his room.