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Bruce & The Seeger Sessions Band will play the Ahoy in Rotterdam on October 13th. Tickets will go onsale Saturday July 8th at 10am.

So far, these are the shows that have been confirmed/announced:

12.10.2006 Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany (more info, and tickets now on sale at: Getgo.de & Eventim.de)
13.10. 2006 Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands (more info: Mojo Concerts)

6.11.2006 Kolnarena, Köln, Germany (tickets: Koln Tickets) (on sale July 7th)
7.11.2006 Sportpaleis, Antwerpen, Belgium (More info. On sale Friday July 7th at 9am)

17.11.2006 The Point, Dublin, Ireland (tickets: Ticketmaster) (on sale July 5th 9am)
18.11.2006 The Point, Dublin, Ireland (tickets: Ticketmaster) (on sale July 5th 9am)
21.11.2006 Odissey, Belfast, Ireland (tickets: Ticketmaster) (on sale July 5th 9am)

The following concerts in Italy are pending an official confirmation in short:

1.10.2006 Bolonia, Italia
2.10.2006 Torino, Italia
4.10.2006 Udine, Italia
5.10.2006 Arena, Verona, Italia
7.10.2006 Perugia, Italia
8.10.2006 Caserta, Italia
10.10.2006 Roma, Italia

More dates for the Fall tour have been revealed today:

12.10.2006 Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany (check details at Getgo.de and Eventim.de – Tickets are NOW onsale!)

7.11. 2006 Sportpaleis, Antwerpen, Belgium (On sale Friday July 7th at 9 am)

As Bruce announced in the Spring at shows in Italy and Spain, The Seeger Sessions Band is coming to Europe for a second leg of shows in the Fall. And the first dates, in Ireland, have been announced today. Bruce will perform at these venues on these dates:

17 & 18 November 2006 – The Point, Dublin, Ireland
21 November 2006 – The Odyssey, Belfast, Northern Ireland

The info comes from Ticketmaster in Ireland.
Tickets for these shows go on sale Wed. July 5th at 9am.

A show in Koln, Germany, scheduled for Nov.6th, is now on the Koln Tickets website.
Furthermore, italian and spanish newspapers are talking about other possible shows in cities such as Pistoia, Verona (Oct. 5th), Zaragoza, Sevilla or Granada, though nothing has been officially confirmed (see copies of those newspapers below, plus a great view of the Verona Arena).

Two wonderful shows put to an end the US tour. Bruce himself announced these were the last shows in the U.S., leaving little hope for a second leg. Both concerts featured «American Land» opening the show. On saturday Bruce played «Maria’s Bed» by request (and sounded pretty much as good as the studio version), and had a special guest for «My Oklahoma Home»: banjo player Mark Clifford. Mark plays on the album We Shall Overcome, but decided not to go on tour.

The second night featured a longer set (two hours and 45 minutes) which included «Long Black Veil», «Long Time Comin'», «Devils & Dust» and an unexpected, wonderful version of «Man in the Flying Trapeze» to close the show and the U.S. tour. (the song can now be seen on AOL Music, along with «Johnny 99» from the NY concert, and «When The Saints Go Marching In» from saturday’s gig in Holmdel).

Check out the full set lists at our Concerts page.

Springsteen’s return to the great Madison Square Garden brought an unexpected surprise: an unreleased song titled «American Land», opening the show. It’s still unknown whether this is a cover or a new Springsteen tune. The lyrics are certainly different to the Pete Seeger song «He lies in the American Land».

New York got also a solo acoustic version of «Bring Them Home» which received a huge ovation. It was followed by a powerful version of «My City of Ruins».