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Along wit The E Street Band and The Miami Horns, Bruce Springsteen offered a high voltage, 12-minute performance at the Super Bowl. It was a long medley that comprised fragments of «Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out», «Born to Run», «Working on a dream» and «Glory Days». A short performance, but he still found time to jump onto the piano, slip on the floor and almost crush a camera, run back and forward and play his guitar right in front of the fans in front row. A big chorus joined the band for «Working on a dream».

Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out/Born to Run:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcUFPVlqWLk]

Working on a Dream/Glory Days:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF3J4NwQxI8]

In an interview with Jon Pareles for this Sunday’s New York Times, Springsteen reckons the recent deal with Wal-Mart, to sell a new greatest hits package, «was a mistake»:

“We were in the middle of doing a lot of things, it kind of came down and, really, we didn’t vet it the way we usually do,” he said. “We just dropped the ball on it.” Instead of offering the exclusive collection to Wal-Mart, “given its labor history, it was something that if we’d thought about it a little longer, we’d have done something different.” He added, “It was a mistake. Our batting average is usually very good, but we missed that one. Fans will call you on that stuff, as it should be.”

Check out the full interview with Jon Pareles at the NY Times website.

Bruce Springsteen will do a second show in Dublin, on Sunday July 12th 2009. Tickets are now onsale at Ticketmaster.

Friday Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band had their first press conference since 1988.

Bruce, along with Garry, Max, Clarence, Nils, Steve, Patti and Roy, talked basically about music («If there’s gonna be a lot of questions about football, this is gonna be the shortest press conference you ever did, because I don’t know anything about it!», said Bruce) and confirmed there’s gonna be a 2nd leg of shows in the US after the European tour finished in Spain on August 2nd.

See interview with Rich Heisen – NFL Sports.

See the complete press conference.

January 27, 2009

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced a forthcoming world tour.

DATE CITY VENUE ON-SALE DATE
Feb 1 Tampa, FL Super Bowl XLIII
Apr 1 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose Feb 2
Apr 3 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Center Feb 2
Apr 5 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center Feb 7
Apr 7 Tulsa, OK BOK Center Feb 7
Apr 8 Houston, TX Toyota Center Feb 7
Apr 10 Denver, CO Pepsi Arena Feb 2
Apr 15 Los Angeles, CA LA Memorial Sports Arena Feb 2
Apr 21 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden Feb 2
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Apr 24 Hartford, CT XL Center Feb 2
Apr 26 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena Feb 2
Apr 28 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Spectrum Feb 2
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May 2 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Feb 6
May 4 Hempstead, NY Nassau Veterans Mem. Col. Feb 2
May 5 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena Feb 2
May 7 Toronto, ONT Air Canada Centre Feb 6
May 8 University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center Feb 2
May 11 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center Feb 2
May 12 Chicago, IL United Center Feb 2
May 14 Albany, NY Times Union Center Feb 2
May 15 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium Feb 2
May 18 Washington, DC Verizon Center Feb 2
May 19 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena Feb 2
May 21 E. Rutherford, NJ Izod Center Feb 2
May 23 E. Rutherford, NJ Izod Center Feb 2
May 30 Landgraaf, Holland Pink Pop Festival March 7
June 2 Tampere, Finland Ratinan Stadion ON SALE
June 4 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Stadium SOLD OUT
June 5 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Stadium SOLD OUT
June 7 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Stadium SOLD OUT
June 9 Bergen, Norway Koengen SOLD OUT
June 10 Bergen, Norway Koengen SOLD OUT
July 2 Munich, Germany Olympiastadion ON SALE NOW
July 3 Frankfurt, Germany Commerzbank Arena ON SALE NOW
July 5 Vienna, Austria Ernst Happel Stadion ON SALE NOW
July 8 Herning, Denmark Herning MCH ON SALE NOW
July 11 Dublin, Ireland RDS Jan 30
July 16 Carhaix, France Festival des Vielles Charrues Jan 30
July 19 Rome, Italy Stadio Olimpico ON SALE SOON
July 21 Torino, Italy Olimpico di Torino ON SALE SOON
July 23 Udine, Italy Stadio Friuli ON SALE SOON
July 26 Bilbao, Spain San Mames Stadium ON SALE SOON
July 28 Benidorm, Spain Estadio Municipal de Foietes ON SALE SOON
July 30 Sevilla, Spain La Cartuja Olympic Stadium ON SALE SOON
Aug 1 Valladolid, Spain Estadio Jose Zorrilla ON SALE SOON
Aug 2 Santiago, Spain Monte Del Gozo ON SALE SOON