Phil DeSimone for Rolling Stone
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are five shows on their 2023 world tour, and they’ve just announced dates for a series of late summer stadium shows in North America, followed by arena dates later in the year. The new leg begins August 9th at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois and ends December 8th at Chase Center in San Francisco, California. Advance ticket sales begin this Friday.
The tour kicked off February 1 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. Featuring an expanded E-Street band with a five-piece horn section, four backup singers and a percussionist, Springsteen performed a set that included classics like “Born To Run”, “Badlands” and “The Promised Land” with 2020s selections mixed Letter To You and Deep Cuts, including “The E Street Shuffle”, “Johnny 99” and “Candy’s Room”. The setlist stayed relatively fixed over the next four nights, but he added “Thunder Road”, “Ramrod”, “Darlington County”, “Mansion on the Hill” and “Detroit Medley”.
Guitarist Steven Van Zandt missed the February 10 show in Dallas after collapsing with Covid. Backing vocalist/guitarist Patti Scialfa and violinist/guitarist Soozie Tyrell were also absent. The result was quite a unique show, with Springsteen and Nils Lofgren doing all the guitar parts. Since 1988, Amnesty International Human Rights Now! Trip. After the show, news broke that Lofgren had also contracted Covid.
The tour resumes tonight at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, and the first American leg concludes April 14 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Springsteen and the band will be spending much of the summer in Europe playing stadiums and a handful of festivals.
This tour follows a six-year hiatus from the streets for the E Street Band, the longest since reform in 1999. Ticket prices were significantly higher than previous tours, prompting a huge backlash from fans, although most shows are still sold out were. “You don’t like being criticized,” Springsteen told Rolling Stone last year. “They certainly don’t like being the poster child for high ticket prices. It’s the last thing you’d rather be. But that’s how it went. You have to accept the choices you’ve made and go out there and just keep doing your best. And that was my opinion on it. I think if people come to the show, they’re going to have a good time.”
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Here are the dates for the complete upcoming shows. The messages are in bold.
February 14 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
February 16 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
February 18 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
February 21 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
February 25 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
February 27 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
March 2 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
March 5 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
March 7 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin @ Fiserv Forum
March 9th – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
March 12 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun
March 14 – Albany, NY @ MVP Arena
March 16 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
March 18 – State College, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center
March 20 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
March 23 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center
March 25 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum
March 27 – Washington DC @ Capital One Arena
March 29 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
April 1 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
April 3 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
April 5 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
April 7 – Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Arena
April 9 – Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena
April 11 – Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena
April 14 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
April 28 – Barcelona, Spain @ Estadi Olímpic
May 5th – Dublin, Ireland @ RDS Arena
May 7th – Dublin, Ireland @ RDS Arena
May 13th – Paris, France @ La Défense Arena
May 18 – Ferrara, Italy @ Parco Urbano G. Bassani
May 21 – Rome, Italy @ Circo Massimo
May 25th – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Johan Cruijff ArenA
May 30th – Edinburgh, United Kingdon @ BT Murrayfield Stadium
June 11th – Landgraaf, Netherlands @ Megaland
June 13 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Stadion Letzigrund
June 16 – Birmingham, UK @ Villa Park
June 21 – Dusseldorf, Germany @ Merkur Spiel Arena
June 24th – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Ullevi Stadium
June 26th – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Ullevi Stadium
June 30 – Oslo, Norway @ Voldsløkka Stadion
July 6th – London, UK @ BST Hyde Park
July 8th – London, UK @ BST Hyde Park
July 11 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Parken Stadium
July 13 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Parken Stadium
July 15 – Hamburg, Germany @ Volksparkstadion
July 18 – Vienna, Austria @ Ernst Happel Stadion
July 23 – Munich, Germany @ Olympiastadion
July 25 – Monza, Italy @ Prato della Gerascia, Autodromo di Monza
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8/9 – Chicago, IL @ Wrigley Field
8/16 – Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park
8/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park
8/24 – Foxborough, MA @ Gillette Stadium
August 28 – Washington, DC @ Nationals Park
8/30 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
9/1 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
9/7 – Syracuse, NY @ JMA Wireless Dome
9/9 – Baltimore, MD @ Oriole Park at Camden Yards
September 12 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
9/3 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
9/6 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
9/8 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
9/10 – Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Center
14.9. – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
16.9. – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
September 18 – Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Center
September 20 – Montreal, QC @ Center Bell
September 30 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
4.12. – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forums
6.12. – Inglewood, California @ Kia Forum
12/8 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center