Bruce to Launch Tour in - Where Else? - New Jersey
Jul 10, 2002 12:25 pm US/Eastern
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(1010WINS/AP)-NEW YORK (AP) -- One week after the July 30 release of his much-anticipated new album, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band kick off a 46-city, 46-show barnstorming tour that begins -- where else? -- in New Jersey.
The Aug. 7 date at the Continental Airlines Arena launches the first leg of the tour supporting "The Rising," Springsteen's first album with his bandmates since 1984's "Born in the USA." It ends Dec. 13 at the Pepsi Center in Albany.
The tour dates were released Wednesday.
Springsteen & Co. will play 39 dates in North America and another seven in Europe. Unlike past tours, the Boss will play just a single date in each city.
"Our approach is to bring the music out to as wide a cross-section of the country as we could," said Springsteen's manager, Jon Landau. "So we're taking this barnstorming approach -- one city, one show."
Fear not, though, Springsteen fans -- the tour will continue into next year, when Bruce and the band visit Australia and Europe before coming back to the United States for a series of multiple shows in major cities next summer.
On his 1999-2000 tour with the E Street Band, Springsteen sold out 15 dates in New Jersey and another 10 at Madison Square Garden.
One other change for this tour: To add a "looseness and excitement" to the show, there will be no seats on the floor, Landau said. U2 took the same approach on its recent tour.
Springsteen's European dates were not finalized, but the band will be playing there between Oct. 14-27.
There was no immediate word on ticket prices or when the tickets for each show will go on sale. After the New Jersey show, the tour moves to Washington's MCI Center (Aug. 10), New York's Madison Square Garden (Aug. 12), Cleveland's Gund Arena (Aug. 14) and The Palace in Auburn Hill, Mich. (Aug. 15).
Dates on the upcoming tour of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
-- Aug. 7, Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, N.J.
-- Aug. 10, MCI Arena, Washington, D.C.
-- Aug. 12, Madison Square Garden, New York.
-- Aug. 14, Gund Arena, Cleveland, Ohio.
-- Aug. 15, The Palace, Auburn Hills, Mich.
-- Aug. 18, Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas.
-- Aug. 20, The Rose Garden, Portland, Ore.
-- Aug. 21, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, Wash.
-- Aug. 24, The Forum, Los Angeles.
-- Aug. 25, America West, Phoenix.
-- Aug. 27, Compaq Center, San Jose, Calif.
-- Aug. 30, Savvis Center, St. Louis.
-- Sept. 22, Pepsi Arena, Denver.
-- Sept. 24, Kemper Arena, Kansas City.
-- Sept. 25, United Center, Chicago.
-- Sept. 27, Bradley Center, Milwaukee.
-- Sept. 29, Fargodome, Fargo, N.D.
-- Sept. 30, Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minn.
-- Oct. 4, Fleet Center, Boston.
-- Oct. 6, First National Arena, Philadelphia.
-- Oct 7, HSBC Arena, Buffalo.
-- Oct. 14-27, European shows.
-- Nov. 3, American Airlines Arena, Dallas.
-- Nov. 4, Compaq Center, Houston.
-- Nov. 6, Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas.
-- Nov. 9, Schotenstein Arena, Columbus, Ohio.
-- Nov. 10, Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis.
-- Nov. 12, U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati.
-- Nov. 14, Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.
-- Nov. 16, Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C.
-- Nov. 19, BJCC, Birmingham, Ala.
-- Nov. 21, TD Waterhouse Arena, Orlando, Fla.
-- Nov. 23, American Airlines, Miami.
-- Nov. 24, Ice Palace, Tampa.
-- Dec. 2, Phillips Arena, Atlanta.
-- Dec. 4, Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh.
-- Dec. 5, Air Canada Center, Toronto.
-- Dec. 8, Coliseum, Charlotte, N.C.
-- Dec. 9, USC Arena, Columbia, S.C.
-- Dec. 13, Pepsi Arena, Albany, N.Y. |
