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Springsteen band member has melanoma
11/23/2007 11:00 PM, AP
An original member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band has melanoma and is taking a leave from the singer's "Magic" tour to undergo treatment.
Keyboardist Danny Federici is "one of the pillars of our sound," Springsteen said in a statement Wednesday.
Charles Giordano, who played with Springsteen last year on the "Seeger Sessions Tour," will fill in for the 57-year-old Federici.
Fans at Monday's show in Boston had already heard rumors of Federici's illness and chanted his name as he and other band members took their bows, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported.
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