It's official. Bruce Springsteen's first tour with the E Street Band since 2003 kicks off October 2nd in Hartford, Connecticutt. The tour will hit the Detroit area on November 5th, with a show at the Palace in Auburn Hills. Tickets go on sale September 21st. As previously reported here, the group's new album, Magic, Springsteen's first with the E Streeters in five years, will be released on October 2nd. "Radio Nowhere," the first single, is available exclusively and for free on the iTunes Store for one week starting today. As in the past, the E Street Band will be comprised of Roy Bittan - keyboards; Clarence Clemons - saxophone, percussion; Danny Federici - keyboards; Nils Lofgren - guitars; Patti Scialfa - vocals, guitar; Garry Tallent - bass; Steven Van Zandt - guitars; Max Weinberg - drums. The full tour itinerary is as follows:
October 2 Hartford, CT Hartford Civic Center
On sale September 8
October 5 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
On sale September 8
October 9-10 East Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena
On sale September 10
October 14 Ottawa, ONT Civic Centre
On sale September 17
October 15 Toronto, ONT Air Canada Centre
On sale September 17
October 17-18 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
On sale September 10
October 21 Chicago, IL United Center
On sale September 8
October 26 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
On sale September 15
October 28 Los Angeles, CA Venue TBA
On sale TBA
November 2 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
On sale September 22
November 4 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
On sale September 15
November 5 Auburn Hills, MI Palace Of Auburn Hills
On sale September 21
November 11 Washington, D.C. Verizon Arena
On sale September 21
November 14 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
On sale September 14
November 15 Albany, NY Times Union Center
On sale September 8
November 18 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
On sale September 22
November 25 Madrid, SPAIN Palacio De Deportes
On sale October 2
November 26 Bilbao, SPAIN Bilbao Exhibition Centre
On sale October 9
November 28 Milan, ITALY Datchforum
On sale September 10
November 30 Arnhem, NETHERLANDS Geldredome
On sale September 8
December 2 Mannheim, GERMANY SAP Arena
On sale August 31
December 4 Oslo, NORWAY Oslo Spektrum
On sale September 3
December 8 Copenhagen, DENMARK Forum Copenhagen
On sale September 3
December 10 Stockholm, SWEDEN Globe Arena
On sale September 1
December 12 Antwerp, BELGIUM Sports Paleis
On sale September 8
December 13 Cologne, GERMANY Koln Arena
On sale August 31
December 15 Belfast, IRELAND Odyssey Arena
On sale September 6
December 17 Paris, FRANCE Palais Omnisports De Bercy
On sale September 7
December 19 London, UK O2 Arena
On sale August 30
A blast from the past...
