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Bruce Springsteen First Dates of Tour Announced

Well, things are starting to heat up down on E Street.

A lot of you have been hearing that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be on tour in 2012. That is absolutely correct. The European dates run from the middle of May until end of July and are being announced this week. Info on the US dates and the World tour dates will coming up shortly.

In addition, 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.

The first dates to be announced are:

Date City Venue On Sale
21 June Sunderland, England Stadium of Light 3 Dec
22 June Manchester, England Etihad Stadium TBA
24 June Isle of Wight, England Isle of Wight Festival 25 Nov
14 July London, England Hard Rock Calling 3 Dec

Via: brucespringsteen.net


Rock Memorabilia in auction

Ultimateclassicrock.com

Memorabilia from the Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, the Who and other classic rockers earned big money at the Julien’s Auctions Music Icons sale over the weekend in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Among the items that scored the highest winning bids were Ringo Starr’s cape from the movie ‘Help’ ($37,500); an autographed Vox Sidewinder IV electric bass that late Who member John Entwistle purportedly played on an episode of ‘The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour’ ($25,000); and Bruce Springsteen’s denim vest from his ‘Born in the U.S.A.’ tour ($20,480).

Additional Beatles items, as well as memorabilia from Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, U2 and Slash, also sold at the auction. The most prized item at the auction was Michael Jackson’s red ‘Thriller’ jacket, which sold for an incredible $1.8 million. Click here to check out the full list of items.