Bruce Springsteen’s 2003 tour itinerary grows
ByDec 12, 2002 11:00 PM
Bruce Springsteen’s 2003 tour itinerary with the E Street Band grew to 31 shows this week with the addition of three U.S. dates prior to the tour’s Australian and European legs.
Bruce Springsteen’s 2003 tour itinerary with the E Street Band grew to 31 shows this week with the addition of three U.S. dates prior to the tour’s Australian and European legs.
Tickets for new dates in Duluth, Ga., on Feb. 28 and Providence, R.I., on March 10 go on sale this Saturday (12/14). Tickets to a new March 11 stop in Rochester, N.Y. are scheduled to go on sale next Saturday (12/21), according to Ticketmaster.
The new shows join a previously scheduled March 2 date in Austin, Texas.
According to the Rochester Democrat, Springsteen representatives had been working with New Jersey-based Metropolitan Entertainment to arrange the winter-spring U.S. run of dates, but that relationship reportedly unwound when Metropolitan was purchased by industry giant Clear Channel this week.
The change in plans has allowed smaller concert promoters to step in and bid on shows, which is how Binghamton, N.Y.-based Magic City Productions was able to bring a Springsteen show to Rochester’s Blue Cross Arena. The concert will mark Springsteen’s first performance in Rochester since 1980.
Springsteen and the E Street Band took over roughly half of Conan O’Brien’s airtime on Wednesday night (12/11), playing a lengthy rendition of 1973’s “Kitty’s Back” and a spirited “Merry Christmas, Baby” that had O’Brien joining the band on guitar.
The band will wrap its 2002 tour supporting “The Rising” on Tuesday (12/17) in Indianapolis.