Bruce Springsteen

brendanbelfast wrote: »

I have only ever been as far afield as Paris, a one off, one show trip on the Rising Autumn tour, 2002. I did that through a travel agency which organised the tickets etc.

I would love to go to Barcelona or Milan, and if I did I would just book a flight directly, pick up tickets on Ticketmaster etc. But ££ is the issue with that kind of trip.

London is an easy trip so if Hyde Park rumour comes to pass I'll go there too.

Should have gone to Hyde Park last time....Paris is always an easy ticket - been there three times. Went to Cardiff, Mannheim and Santiago de Compostela as well.
Definitely will go somewhere, but usually like to make it a good-value weekend away with my wife, book early, cheap flights etc., so it's not just a Bruce weekend.......makes things easy at home as well that way!!

http://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/springsteen-to-tour-new-album-in-europe-and-us-529175.html

21/11/2011 - 10:21:51
Bruce Springsteen has announced a new album and tour for 2012.

The 'Born to Run' hitmaker and his E Street Band have almost completed work on their latest as-yet-untitled record and are planning to play a series of European and US dates next summer.

The Boss will hit Irish shores on July 11 and 12 at Dublin's RDS.
In a message to fans on his website Brucespringsteen.net, he wrote: "We want you to know that the music is almost done (but still untitled), we have almost settled on the release date (but not quite yet), and that we are all incredibly excited about everything that we're planning for 2012. That's all the info we have for right now, but we'll get back to you - real soon.”

Ron Aniello – who has previously worked with Gavin DeGraw and Bruce's wife Patti Scialfa - produced the new record.

This will be the first tour for Bruce and the E Street Band since 2009's 'Working on a Dream' concerts and also since the band's saxophonist Clarence Clemons died this summer.

Although the US dates have not yet been announced, the European leg of the tour which will run from the middle of May until end of July and include headlining slots at the Hard Rock Calling festival in London on July 14 and the UK's Isle of Wight festival on June 24.

John Giddings, Isle of Wight Festival promoter, said, “It's taken years to get him here, but it will have been worth the wait - he is one of the greatest acts of all time, it's going to be a classic year.”

Toby Leighton-Pope, promoter for Hard Rock Calling, said: "It's great to welcome Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band back to Hyde Park. They always put on a fantastic show and 2012 is set to be a special one."

Other dates announced so far in the UK include Sunderland on June 21 and Manchester on June 22.

Kara123 wrote: »

Well done for getting this up and running, should hear about tickets later this week

Timing seems to have been pretty lucky!

MerryLegs wrote: »

He has released his dates for UK so they presume he might come here too, hopefully! Fingers crossed.. il be stying up the night before they go on sale apparently his last tour in Ireland in 2009 he sold them out in 15 minutes.

There were tkts avilable for all in the end if I remember. However, possible tkt scarcity makes it all the more reason to have a little irish 'community' on boards.....

13 MAY - SEVILLA - Estadio Olímpico
17 MAY - BARCELONA - Estadi Olimpic
25 MAY - FRANKFURT - Commerzbank-Arena
27 MAY - KÖLN - Rhein Energie Stadion
30 MAY - BERLIN - Olympiastadion
2 JUNE - SAN SEBASTIÁN - Anoeta
3 JUNE - LISBOA [festival] - Rock in Rio
7 JUNE - MILAN - San Siro
10 JUNE - FIRENZE - Stadio Franchi
11 JUNE - TRIESTE - Nereo Rocco
19 JUNE - MONTPELLIER
21 JUNE - SUNDERLAND - Stadium of Light
22 JUNE - MANCHESTER - City of Manchester Stadium
24 JUNE - ISLE OF WIGHT [festival]- Isle of Wight
4/5 JULY - PARIS bercy
12 JULY - VIENA - Ernst Happel Stadium
14 JULY - LONDON [festival] - Hyde Park
17 JULY - DUBLIN - RDS Arena
21 JULY - OSLO
23 JULY - BERGEN
27 JULY - GOTHENBORG

dixiefly wrote: »

Me first Damian.

Will they do the usual and let the first night sell out first before releasing another night?

Think they'll give it the usual 10-15 mins......:D