Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band has announced 25 new U.S. concert dates to the 2009 “Working on a Dream” tour – which has seen the rock icon sell more than 1.5 million concert tickets so far.
Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band plan to stay on the road a little longer with 25 more dates added for U.S. tour. © Solarpix / PR Photos
Springsteen’s European tour was a big success and was given great reviews from music critics. Springsteen and the rest of the E Street Band played to 135,000 fans (his largest audience in over 20 years) at the Glastonbury Festival where he was the headliner. Footage of live songs has been posted at http://brucespringsteen.net , and includes a performance of "The River" taken from Glastonbury.
Fans can also check out a video of "London Calling" - opening the set at London's Hard Rock Calling Festival June 28th: http://www.brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html A special European edition of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's 'Greatest Hits' (Columbia Records) has been a smash, rocketing to #3 on the pan-European chart as well as #1 in Sweden, #2 in Ireland, #3 in Denmark, #3 in Norway, #3 in the UK, #4 in Holland, #5 in Finland, and #6 in Spain. In a recent cover story, Q Magazine called a Springsteen concert "the greatest show on earth." 'Working on a Dream' (Columbia Records) debuted at #1 in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and New Zealand and received exemplary reviews in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, People, and elsewhere.
Tour dates include: August 19 Hartford, CT Comcast Theater August 22 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center August 23 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center August 25 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center September 10 Nashville, TN Sommett Center September 12 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre September 13 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center September 16 Greenville, SC Bi-Lo Center September 20 Chicago, IL United Center September 30 East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium October 2 East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium October 3 East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium October 8 East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium October 9 East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium October 13 Philadelphia, PA Spectrum October 14 Philadelphia, PA Spectrum October 25 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center October 26 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center November 2 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center November 3 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena November 7 New York, NY Madison Square Garden November 8 New York, NY Madison Square Garden November 10 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena November 13 Auburn Hills, MI Palace At Auburn Hills November 15 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
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