I was really wondering about (as Bruces`s fan-page backstreets.com doesn`t yet show up with it) but I got e-mails by germany ticket seller eventime for already pre-reservations for shows in Mannheim (2.12.) and Cologne (13.12.). for those of you interested (hi GAZZA!!!) see link below

[www.eventim.de]

Eventim did that already for the Europeen Tour 2006.
From the day after the press-conference in December 2005 on, you could reserve tickets...

RollingStonesFan Wrote:
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> Eventim did that already for the Europeen Tour
> 2006.
> From the day after the press-conference in
> December 2005 on, you could reserve tickets...


yeap....think this will be great shows again, like all springsteen shows were in the past, especially with the e-Street band..

additional information for those of you not able to read/understand german language on the eventime homepage: arenas will have the "360 degree - view"

natural-born-stonesfan Wrote:
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> I was really wondering about (as Bruces`s
> fan-page backstreets.com doesn`t yet show up with
> it) but I got e-mails by germany ticket seller
> eventime for already pre-reservations for shows in
> Mannheim (2.12.) and Cologne (13.12.). for those
> of you interested (hi GAZZA!!!) see link below
>
> [www.eventim.de]



Thanks for the info...should happen soon then I guess
Holding out for the rumoured 02 date(s) and the exciting possibility of a Belfast show due to the Point in Dublin being unavailable due to refurbishment...

Things seem to be falling into place. This list appears to be pretty much all but confirmed. Paris is apparently on sale 5th September.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E ST BAND Tentative TOUR Dates:
(Rehearsals: Sept.8 - 21, & Sept. 23 - 30)
Oct 2 Hartford
Oct 5,6 Philadelphia
Oct 9,10 Meadowlands- E. Rutherford,NJ
Oct 14 Ottawa
Oct 15 Toronto
Oct 17 Nassau Coliseum- Uniondale,NY
Oct 18 MSG, NYC
Oct 21,22 Chicago
Oct 26 Oakland
Oct 28,29 LA
Nov 2 St Paul
Nov 4 Cleveland
Nov 5 Detroit
Nov 11,12 Wash DC
Nov 14 Pittsburgh
Nov 15 Albany
Nov 18,19 Boston
Nov 25 Madrid
Nov 26 Bilbao
Nov 28 Milan
Nov 30 Arnham
Dec 2 Mannheim
Dec 4 Oslo
Dec 8 Copenhagen
Dec 10 Stockholm
Dec 12 Antwerp
Dec 13 Cologne
Dec 15 Belfast *
Dec 17 Paris
Dec 19 London


* Much pooping of pants Chez Gazza

Hi Gazza and all other Bruce fans,

Hope this is all confirmed,and by some miracle we get a ticket!

See you in Belfast or London perhaps?

Cheers,

Si.

London-bound Gazza?
Pilot Inn Xmas pre-show piss up??

Belfast gig is a Saturday night if that date is correct so get your asses over here.... Need a day or so off to go to Dublin to see Lucinda. Bruce in London may be a stretch, but we'll see......



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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-08-28 17:47 by Gazza.

It's official -

DATES ARE SET! SPRINGSTEEN REVS UP E STREET MACHINE FOR FALL
In an exclusive Backstreets interview, Springsteen talks about the tour and says Magic was "built for it."

The release of Bruce Springsteen's Magic isn't the only thing to look forward to on October 2 -- there's magic in the night, too, as an extensive E Street Band tour kicks off that evening in Hartford, CT.

The opening leg has Bruce and the band playing 16 North American cities through November 18 in Boston. Just after Thanksgiving, a European jaunt with 13 stops begins in Madrid and runs through December 19 in London. [For the full itinerary, see our Tour/Ticket info page]

Springsteen and the E Street Band played a brief series of dates in 2004, but their last full-scale outing was the tour for The Rising in 2002 and 2003. Since that time, Bruce has continued to tour extensively: as a solo artist in 2005, and with the Sessions Band last year, playing, as he put it at the time, everything that leads to rock music, but not rock music.

Reminded of that now, Springsteen says emphatically, "Yeah -- I'll be playing the rock music this time. " He laughs, adding, "In case anybody's wondering."

Speaking with Backstreets by phone as tour preparation gets underway, Springsteen makes it clear that he tapped his rock side for Magic, an album meant to be played live: "It's just built for it," he says. "I wrote with a lot of melody, and with a lot of hooks, and there's a lot of band power behind the stuff that I wrote this time out. So I'm excited to hear that come straight off the band."

The 2007 E Street Band line-up will be the same as in 2002-2003 -- including violinist Soozie Tyrell, a veteran of the Rising tour and of last year's Sessions Band. Though not mentioned in today's press release, Springsteen confirms, "Soozie will be with us."

He still raves about the Sessions Band -- "a tremendous discovery, and just such an amazing group of musicians" -- and says he looks forward to working with them again. But when he refers to "the band," it goes without saying that he means E Street.

"The band is the band, you know?" Springsteen says. "It's the only place where I really do the thing that I suppose that I'm most known for, which is... it's a peak experience."

For Springsteen, transition between styles is second nature. He's been doing it to a large degree since 1982's Nebraska, his stark solo record between the big E Street blasts of The River and Born in the U.S.A. As his sonic repertoire expands, his commitment to performance -- whatever the sound may be -- remains constant.

"For it to be really great, you've got to be 100 percent committed at that moment. So when you're in it, that's all there is," he explains. "I think that's what it takes to be really good. So I'll just lose myself in whatever form I'm working in at any given moment. And the other things seem distant: 'Oh yeah, I like to do that too, and I like to do that too...' But really, I'm very comfortable moving between all the different formats that I play in now."

In fact, it's much like -- and as easy as -- shifting gears. It's no surprise to hear Springsteen employ a car metaphor, with the E Street band as the hotrod, as he looks toward reconvening the band for tour rehearsals.

"First of all, we start playing just to feel the machine again," he says, describing what happens after they initially plug in. "You've gotta drive it a little bit before you push the envelope on it." While Springsteen recorded Magic with the E Street Band, the studio process had them laying down tracks individually; September rehearsals will bring them back together to work up the new material as a unit. "We may run through a few things we know, just to reacquaint ourselves with the sound and the power of the band. How it moves underneath you, and everything. That's sort of the first thing I do, I refit myself into that bucket seat. 'Oh yeah, okay, now I remember...' And that takes all of about 15 minutes."

After that? Well, it's early enough that he's not ready to say. "I don't really go in with any rigid ideas. I'm interested in seeing where the music is going to take us and where the band feels best.... I think the initial thing you try to do is to find a place for a lot of your new work. I'm excited about that. We played a lot of The Rising on the [2002-2003] tour because, once again, it was stuff that just played really well live. We've got that again in spades on this record.

"And then you've got to see what people respond to. I have a good idea, but it's still a conversation with your audience. And when they start listening, and talking back, then different things come to the front."

How about "The Price You Pay," from The River, which hasn't made a setlist since 1981?

"It's become a thing just because I haven't played it," Bruce laughs. "If I had played it, nobody would give much of a damn if they heard it or not! Just because it hasn't been played.... You know, my recollection is that it's been a while since we've played 'Crush on You.' And I'm not sure that one's going to be popping up in the set any time soon, either, you know?"

But it could, and that's one of the things that has had fans itching for the E Street Band to hit the road again -- the idea that anything can happen. "We leave the door very open, because over the course of a long tour, we end up playing so many songs.... obviously, we try to make the shows unique. I've got a lot of songs that I'm carrying around at this point, and it's fun to get to them as the tour goes along."

When Springsteen got the band back together in 1999, part of the joy of the reunion was the very fact that everyone was able to reunite. Sure, available, and arguably playing better than ever, but at a very basic level, alive. Many bands haven't been so lucky, a quarter-century down the road. Another eight years along, gearing up for the Magic tour, it's still the case.

"That's something that you become more grateful for as time passes," Bruce says. "You know, I just lost Terry [Magovern], my great friend of 23 years. That was a big loss. And so you're aware that things are finite. The band really did take care of one another over the years, and like I've always said, it's one of the things I'm proudest of. And I continue to be. I mean, there are a lot of ways that life can take you, and you never know what tomorrow brings. So to have that kind of stability -- and not only that, but also that the personal relationships remain so thoroughly enjoyable -- it's a great gift."

All things being finite, does it enter his mind that this could be the last time out? A "farewell tour"?

"Oh, I'll never do that, man -- you're only gonna know that when you don't see me no more."

Of course, no doubt -- but for the E Street Band as we know it?

"Hell, I don't know," Springsteen laughs. "I envision the band carrying on for many, many, many more years. There ain't gonna be any farewell tour. That's the only thing I know for sure."

-interview by Christopher Phillips


www.backstreets.com


Tour dates on [www.brucespringsteen.net]

Date - City - Venue - On Sale

10/2 Hartford, CT Hartford Civic Center 9/8
10/5 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center 9/8
10/9-10 East Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena 9/10
10/14 Ottawa, ONT Civic Centre 9/17
10/15 Toronto, ONT Air Canada Centre 9/17
10/17-18 New York, NY Madison Square Garden 9/10
10/21 Chicago, IL United Center 9/8
10/26 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena 9/15
10/28 Los Angeles, CA Venue TBA TBA
11/2 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center 9/22
11/4 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena 9/15
11/5 Auburn Hills, MI Palace Of Auburn Hills 9/21
11/11 Washington, D.C. Verizon Arena 9/21
11/14 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena 9/14
11/15 Albany, NY Times Union Center 9/8
11/18 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden 9/22
11/25 Madrid, SPAIN Palacio De Deportes 10/2
11/26 Bilbao, SPAIN Bilbao Exhibition Centre 10/9
11/28 Milan, ITALY Datchforum 9/10
11/30 Arnhem, NETHERLANDS Geldredome 9/8
12/2 Mannheim, GERMANY Sap Arena 8/31
12/4 Oslo, NORWAY Oslo Spektrum 9/3
12/8 Copenhagen, DENMARK Forum Copenhagen 9/3
12/10 Stockholm, SWEDEN Globe Arena 9/1
12/12 Antwerp, BELGIUM Sports Paleis 9/8
12/13 Cologne, GERMANY Koln Arena 8/31
12/15 Belfast, UK Odyssey Arena 9/6
12/17 Paris, FRANCE Palais Omnisports De Bercy 9/7
12/19 London, UK O2 Arena 8/30

I'll be there hopefully. havnt seen bruce since the Born In The USA tour, before that the River tour, its been too long, especially with the e-street band. tempted by Lucinda williams as well.

O2 Date is deffo, tiks should be on sale by end of week. pre sales tomorrow.

I'll be in ther like a buttered pig

Gazza Wrote:
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> Things seem to be falling into place. This list
> appears to be pretty much all but confirmed. Paris
> is apparently on sale 5th September.
>
> BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E ST BAND Tentative TOUR
> Dates:
> (Rehearsals: Sept.8 - 21, & Sept. 23 - 30)
> Oct 2 Hartford
> Oct 5,6 Philadelphia
> Oct 9,10 Meadowlands- E. Rutherford,NJ
> Oct 14 Ottawa
> Oct 15 Toronto
> Oct 17 Nassau Coliseum- Uniondale,NY
> Oct 18 MSG, NYC
> Oct 21,22 Chicago
> Oct 26 Oakland
> Oct 28,29 LA
> Nov 2 St Paul
> Nov 4 Cleveland
> Nov 5 Detroit
> Nov 11,12 Wash DC
> Nov 14 Pittsburgh
> Nov 15 Albany
> Nov 18,19 Boston
> Nov 25 Madrid
> Nov 26 Bilbao
> Nov 28 Milan
> Nov 30 Arnham
> Dec 2 Mannheim
> Dec 4 Oslo
> Dec 8 Copenhagen
> Dec 10 Stockholm
> Dec 12 Antwerp
> Dec 13 Cologne
> Dec 15 Belfast *
> Dec 17 Paris
> Dec 19 London
>
>
> * Much pooping of pants Chez Gazza


Gazza, I sorta toldja didn't I?

Anyway, my wife and I are going to see him at the O2. I'll meet you at the Pilot Inn. Drinks on me. For real.

Yes!!! Awesome news. When the greatest band ever has just finished touring, the next greatest band is about to hit the road.
I gotta score tix for the Stockholm show. It's gonna be hard, but I'll try my very best to get standing tickets this Saturday at 10.00

[www.iorr.org]

check UNCUT site for details and when tiks go on sale

[www.uncut.co.uk]

Nikolai Wrote:
> Gazza, I sorta toldja didn't I?
>
> Anyway, my wife and I are going to see him at the
> O2. I'll meet you at the Pilot Inn. Drinks on
> me. For real.


well the dates were a week off but you were pretty much in there.

Personally I'm delighted that the Point in Dublin was unavailable. The first ever ESB show in my own city. The post-Stones tour depression has just been offset with this one.

Doubt I'll make London though. Midweek doesnt really suit to be honest,

Nanker Phlegm Wrote:
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> check UNCUT site for details and when tiks go on
> sale
>
> [www.uncut.co.uk]
> /10186


erm..its on the list of official dates I posted this afternoon, mate!

~do you think there will be more dates on spring ?

Would someone be really kind and post the O2 presale code. Thanks

28877393

Thanks Gazza!

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> ~do you think there will be more dates on spring ?


US arena dates spring '08 (secondary markets)
probably Australia just after
European stadium tour - summer
US stadium tour to finish

Do you think there will be VIP/Gold tickets for this or will it be first come, first served?

Great news. Finally. I hope he adds more west coast arena dates. Just heard the new single today and it rocks.

thunderball Wrote:
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> Do you think there will be VIP/Gold tickets for
> this or will it be first come, first served?


Bruce doesnt tend to do that. Seems to just be two levels of ticket prices from what ive seen listed. Both of them reasonable.