The springsteen_db repository contains a collection of R scripts which are used to collect a large collection of data describing the career of Bruce Springsteen from the fan website Brucebase.
The scripts collect four separate datasets
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songs - describes information about songs played by or associated with Springsteen, including, in some cases, the album and lyrics.
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concerts - describes all concerts that he has played since 1973, including the name of the venue, location, and date.
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setlists - describes the songs which make up the setlists performed at each show.
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tours - describes which tour was associated with each show.
The data is stored two ways:
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The four tables are stored in a SQLite database found in
database\springsteen_data.sqlite. -
Each table is also stored in a csv file in
csv\.
Each night the website is also automatically checked to see if any new shows have been added for the current calendar year. If so, the database and corresponding spreadsheets are also updated.
Note that this data makes up that found in the spRingsteen R package which presents the data in a tidy format for easy analysis.