Springsteen reveals wife Patti Scialfa is in remission from multiple myeloma, criticises Trump research cuts

In a pre-recorded video for the Pan-Mass Challenge gala on 4 August 2026, Bruce Springsteen announced his wife Patti Scialfa is in remission from multiple myeloma. She received treatment at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Springsteen criticised the Trump administration's research funding cuts, saying: 'Medical research isn't an idea, it isn't politics, it isn't a line in a budget.'