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Official press release from Shorefire Media:

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES SET FOR BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WITH THE SEEGER SESSIONS BAND
CONCERTS WILL BE AN ALL NEW EVENING OF GOSPEL, FOLK AND BLUES

Bruce Springsteen has announced European concert dates in conjunction with the release of ‘We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions.’ These concerts will feature music from the new CD. There are ten shows, commencing May 5 in Dublin, Ireland, and extending through May 21 in Stockholm, Sweden. These shows follow the performing debut of Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 30. Each night, an all new evening of gospel, folk, and blues will be presented by Springsteen with his 17-member Seeger Sessions Band.

In addition to Springsteen on Vocals, Guitar and Harmonica, the European tour dates for the Seeger Sessions Band will comprise the following lineup: Sam Bardfeld (Violin), Art Baron (Tuba), Frank Bruno (Guitar), Jeremy Chatzky (Upright Bass), Larry Eagle (Drums), Clark Gayton (Trombone), Charles Giordano (Accordion, Keyboards), Curtis King (Vocals), Greg Liszt (Banjo), Lisa Lowell (Vocals), Eddie Manion (Sax), Cindy Mizell (Vocals), Curt Ramm (Trumpet), Marty Rifkin (Pedal Steel Guitar), Patti Scialfa (Vocals), Mark Thompson (Vocals) and Soozie Tyrell (Violin).

‘We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions’ will be released by Columbia Records as a DualDisc or CD/DVD in some territories on April 25 (April 24 in Europe), with the full album on one side of the disc and DVD content on the other side. In addition, the DualDisc (or CD/DVD) package will contain two bonus tracks and a special booklet including a note from Springsteen. The album features the musician’s personal interpretations of thirteen traditional songs, all of them associated with the legendary guiding light of American folk music, Pete Seeger.

U.S. tour dates will be announced soon.

Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band – Tour Dates

April 30	New Orleans, LA	Jazz & Heritage Festival
European Tour
May 5	Dublin, Ireland	The Point
May 7	Manchester, UK	The Manchester Evening News Arena
May 8	London, UK	Hammersmith Apollo Theatre
May 10	Paris, France	Palais Bercy
May 12	Milan, Italy	Forum Arena
May 14	Barcelona, Spain	Badalona Arena
May 16	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
May 17	Frankfurt, Germany	Festhalle
May 20	Oslo, Norway	Spektrum Arena
May 21	Stockholm, Sweden	Hovet Arena

Note: The date in Spain has been changed to May 14. Yesterday’s official information had a wrong date for this show., The official Bruce Springsteen website later corrected it.

Watch now a video for the song «John Henry», from Bruce Springsteen’s new album «We Shall Overcome – The Seeger Sessions», at Amazon.com, as recorded at Bruce’s home studio. Click here to watch it.

The Paris concert will be held at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy on May 10th (contrary to rumours of a May 11th date). The date seems to be official now as it has been published in various ticket company websites, including Francebillet and FNAC. Ticket prices will rank between 42 and 86 euros. Check out the ticket sale websites:

Francebillet

FNAC France

Sam Moore is recording a new album, to be released by Rhino Records. The album, titled Overnight Sensational, will be released on May 16th and will be produced by Randy Jackson. Randy recorded with Springsteen back in 1990/1992 and plays on the albums Human Touch and Lucky Town.

In a recent interview with the newspaper Austin Chronicle Sam Moore reveals Springsteen has recorded with him for his upcoming new album: «We go way back. But when we hung with him at the Grammys, we don’t want to bother him about being on my record. Then, right after the show, his management told my wife, «You know he’s going to do your record?» We were high-fiving anyone we could find. Then he comes in to cut the record and at the end of the song he does this preaching thing like C.L. Franklin. He does a squall at the end that’ll blow your mind. Here’s the thing: If it sells as well as it sounds, guess what?»

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