Bruce Springsteen Tour

damienom · 22-08-2007 03:01PM #1

Working on the basis that he has always been promoted by Aikens and his friendship with the late Jim Aiken I'm presuming it's ok to talk about a rumoured tour?

Springsteen's already confirmed that he's touring with the E-Street Band at the end of the year after announced details of his new album. Talk in the UK media of him doing a rake of nights at The O2 Arena in November as his only British dates. Wondering if there's anywhere over here that realistically stage a show. The Point is gone whack, nobody would be stupid to try and stage an outdoor gig at that time of the year here? Are we faced with a trip to Belfast at the very least?

It's a joke, Celtic Tiger and all that ****e and we're still left with no credible entertainment or conferencing venue.

JJ · 22-08-2007 03:56PM

Maybe he could play Croker and we'll all brave the cold. Anyhoo, it's not as cold here in November as it is in some other places in the Northern Hemisphere.

windowcleaner · 23-08-2007 10:10AM

There is, dont forget, the 10,000 capacity Odyssey in Belfast. I saw Springsteen there last year with the Seeger Sessions Band and it was an amazing show. And apparently, Springsteen's manager said afterwards that it was one of the best shows Springsteen had done in 20 years. He could do a couple of nights there no bother.

nxbyveromdwjpg · 23-08-2007 01:39PM

That'd be terrible having to travel to Belfast.

Maybe Phoenix Park, are the gigs there in October under a tent?

Kali · 23-08-2007 02:37PM

Didn't he play the RDS for a few nights the last time he was over?

damienom · 23-08-2007 05:09PM

Kali wrote:

Didn't he play the RDS for a few nights the last time he was over?

Yeah but Leinster are playing their home games there this year so it's out of the equation.

Driver 8 · 23-08-2007 06:53PM

I reckon he'll do a night or two in croke park, but whether it's this winter or next summer when he does a fuller european tour i don't know.

comet · 24-08-2007 10:37PM

Yeah I'm sure they'll tour it through next summer.

We have Green Glens in Milstreet or the INEC in Killarney, i'd laugh if he played down the country and not in Dublin but I know it ain't going to happen. Cork are in the planning stages of getting approval for an event center in the docklands so at last the city should start drawing down the big guns.

storka · 25-08-2007 11:00AM

He's supposedly playing Belfast before the end of the year and not playing in the Republic at all.

Driver 8 · 26-08-2007 10:16PM

Slane 2008, mark my words

His first show here was Slane 85, what better way to play his last e street ireland show?

storka · 26-08-2007 11:25PM

Driver 8 wrote:

Slane 2008, mark my words

His first show here was Slane 85, what better way to play his last e street ireland show?

But doesn't a certain promoter who shall not be named run the gigs in Slane? And also Springsteen will only go with Aiken.

Driver 8 · 26-08-2007 11:52PM

well if he did slane 85 with aiken, surely it's possible?

Heln · 27-08-2007 11:56AM

Stuart Clarke from Hot Press was on the Last Word last week saying that Bruce loves Ireland so much that he would be sure to come here on his tour, he was saying he'll probably pay the RDS...

yogicolly · 27-08-2007 01:17PM

there were numerous rumours in november that springsteen drove down to slane with his family the day after he played belfast to show his kids. rumour has it he even spent the night there, i think the chances are that at some point slane 2008 as mentioned.
I seriously think he will play there next summer, as for this winter i don't know. of course he could play the rds indoor but we are talking about one of the biggest money grossing live bands in the world, i dont think that he would be very keen to play such a small and poor venue, remember he left off dublin on the arena leg of the rising tour, which I believe was because the point was not big enough for him to play with the e-street band and he tends not to play multiple nights at the same venue when he is with them. I think the point is fine when he is doing his side projects and other stuff but when he is with the e-street band he tends to play the top notch arenas or stadiums, so hopefully belfast is out best option.

JJ · 28-08-2007 02:47PM

Tends not to play multiple nights? I saw him with the E Street Band at the Meadowlands Arena as part of a 15 (I think) night stretch though that might be a bit of an exception as it's in NJ.

yogicolly · 28-08-2007 03:09PM

yeh i think its a new jeresy but in most other areas he tends to only play 1 night, but i dont think its like a strict rule or anything.

anyway looks like its belfast december 15th.

Mr. Presentable · 28-08-2007 04:19PM

According to Backstreets.com, European dates:

November 25 Madrid, SPAIN
November 26 Bilbao, SPAIN
November 28 Milan, ITALY
November 30 Arnhem, NETHERLANDS
December 2 Mannheim, GERMANY
December 4 Oslo, NORWAY
December 8 Copenhagen, DENMARK
December 10 Stockholm, SWEDEN
December 12 Antwerp, BELGIUM
December 13 Cologne, GERMANY
December 15 Belfast, IRELAND
December 17 Paris, FRANCE
December 19 London, UK

nxbyveromdwjpg · 28-08-2007 04:29PM

F*cks sake is that it, no Dublin date?!

Could still be announced for the 14th or 16th I suppose..

Mr. Presentable · 28-08-2007 04:30PM

nm wrote:

F*cks sake is that it, no Dublin date?!

Could still be announced for the 14th or 16th I suppose..

Trouble is, where could it be held?

Mr. Presentable · 28-08-2007 04:31PM

Tour will surely break for Christmas and start again in the new year. I'd expect more dates in Europe in the spring. Hopefully

storka · 28-08-2007 06:03PM

nm wrote:

F*cks sake is that it, no Dublin date?!

Could still be announced for the 14th or 16th I suppose..

Told ya it would be Belfast before end of year with no Dublin date.

indiewindy · 28-08-2007 06:53PM

Can't see them lasting more than a few minutes before being sold out

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Live at the Odyssey Arena Belfast - 15th December 2007

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boringp · 29-08-2007 06:11PM

£60??!?!?! Ouch! And I thought the OTHER concert promoter's prices were high...

Chinafoot · 29-08-2007 10:51PM

I'll put my money Slane 2008 too.

I'll be very, very surprised if he doesn't play somewhere in the Republic. Can't see him doing that considering he played three shows in the Point with the Seeger Sessions.

If he does come I really hope it's not the Point. The Sessions gig I was at was amazing but would have been far, far better in a bigger venue. E Street band is too big for the Point. RDS or Croker ftw!

FitzerP · 30-08-2007 09:37AM

JJ wrote:

Tends not to play multiple nights? I saw him with the E Street Band at the Meadowlands Arena as part of a 15 (I think) night stretch though that might be a bit of an exception as it's in NJ.

Hey JJ Giants Stadium '03? ..I was at one of the shows too....it was incredible eh!

JJ · 30-08-2007 09:59AM

I was actually at the one of the string of shows he did a few years earlier in '99 in the Meadowlands Arena.

big_show · 30-08-2007 03:47PM

i'm going to try and get tickets for the belfast gig just in case he does'nt play the republic, can't miss him with the e-street band.

thedmann · 03-09-2007 10:52PM

i am very very surprised he is not playing dublin , it looks like he is maybe stretched for dates so close to christmas, maybe the fact that he has no place to have a gig of his magnitude known that the point is not operational, but i heard a rumour he might be playing slane for 2008 or the RDS, has anyone heard this also.
i hope to god he doesnt give us in the republic a miss with the E-STREET BAND, after playing dublin 5 times in two years and making a DVD also.
anyone any thoughts on this?

storka · 04-09-2007 03:06PM

thedmann wrote:

i am very very surprised he is not playing dublin , it looks like he is maybe stretched for dates so close to christmas, maybe the fact that he has no place to have a gig of his magnitude known that the point is not operational, but i heard a rumour he might be playing slane for 2008 or the RDS, has anyone heard this also.
i hope to god he doesnt give us in the republic a miss with the E-STREET BAND, after playing dublin 5 times in two years and making a DVD also.
anyone any thoughts on this?

He is not playing in the south as there is no venue. Just buy tickets for Belfast and make a weekend of it!

Driver 8 · 04-09-2007 07:03PM

Look, don't panic, anyone who knows the layout of the last Springsteen tour with the e street band would know he did a european indoor leg that didn't include dublin, then he did the rds on the summer leg. breathe, he'll be back next may or june.

Cremated · 05-09-2007 09:53AM

I have been on a few Brucie forums for the last 5 or so years,

and a lot of information i have recieved there is fairly good,

and they said there would be a small tour around this time,

and a much bigger one after, in the new year,

and it could be a stadium tour,

and the RDS has been mentioned,

Bruce does like Ireland a lot, you dont just make a DVD of a place and never go there again,

he will be back and a much bigger venue, and with the E Street Band,

and if anyone heard the rumours of the E Street Band quiting after this small tour,

they were pretty quickly squashed by Bruce,

he said they never have even thought about such an idea,

and they will be going for a long time to go yet,

so we will all get plenty chance to see Bruce and the E Street Band

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Bruce Springsteen Tour

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