Manzoor’s book chronicled the inspirational impact of Springsteen’s lyrics on him as a youth growing up in Luton.
But an early trailer will be screened later this week for an international audience at the Cannes film festival.
In a cinematic first for Bruce Springsteen, the rock star’s all-American songbook is to provide the soundtrack to a new British musical about growing up in Luton during the 1980s.
He credits Springsteen with opening up that world and said this weekend he has found watching filming “utterly surreal”.