BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ONE OF THE FASTEST SELLING ACTS TO SELL OUT A DOUBLE BILL AT BST

Despite fans outrage at the price of Bruce Springsteen tickets for next years 2023 tour all tickets for Bruce’s UK shows sold out in under 8 hours, almost a full year in advance. Selling 220,000 tickets in under eight hours, the shows at London’s American Express presents BST Hyde Park (6^th & 8^th July), Edinburgh’s BT Murrayfield Stadium (30^th May) and Birmingham’s Villa Park (16^th June) put the total ticket sales for Springsteen’s 2023 tour above 1.5 million in the UK and Europe.

The 2023 summer run also includes more than two dozen shows across Europe, starting 28^th April in Barcelona, Spain and running through to 25^th July in Monza, Italy, with many cities adding second or third stadium shows due to popular demand. The European summer tour follows the North American leg, which begins 1^st February in Tampa, Florida and will mark Springsteen and The E Street Band’s first tour dates since February 2017. At the conclusion of their European run, Springsteen and The E Street Band will return to North American for a second to-be-announced tour leg beginning in August.

The E Street Band’s members are: Roy Bittan – piano, synthesiser; Nils Lofgren – guitar, vocals; Patti Scialfa – guitar, vocals; Garry Tallent – bass guitar; Stevie Van Zandt – guitar, vocals; and Max Weinberg – drums; with Soozie Tyrell – violin, guitar, vocals; Jake Clemons – saxophone; and Charlie Giordano – keyboards. Their most recent tour, The River Tour in 2016-2017, was named 2016’s top global tour by both Billboard and Pollstar.