By Bob Grossweiner and Jane Cohen
Bruce Springsteen plans to hit the ground running in 2008. Joined by his E Street Band, the rock legend has booked 54 domestic and international concerts starting Feb. 28 in Hartford, CT and winding down with three concerts July 27-28 and 31 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.
The European leg of the tour will consist of 18 dates between May 22 and July 20. As Springsteen normally does, more shows are likely to be added, especially at Giants Stadium.
Columbia Records has released a “Girls In Their Summer Clothes” music bundle exclusively through the iTunes Store that marks the premiere of Springsteen’s “Girls In Their Summer Clothes” video and also includes a “Winter Mix” of the song and a live rendition. Directed by Mark Pellington (Springsteen’s “Lonesome Day,” Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy”), the video was shot in Ocean Grove and Asbury Park, NJ.
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band itinerary:
February 28 Hartford, CT HCC Arena
March 2 Montreal, PQ Bell Centre
March 3 Hamilton, ONT Copps Coliseum
March 6 Rochester, NY Blue Cross Arena
March 7 Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena
March 10 Nassau, NY Nassau Coliseum
March 14 Omaha, NE Qwest Center
March 16 St. Paul, MN Xcel Center
March 17 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
March 20 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
March 22 Cincinnati, OH U.S. Bank Arena
March 24 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
March 28 Portland, OR The Rose Garden
March 29 Seattle, WA Key Arena
March 31 Vancouver, BC GM Place
April 4 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena
April 5 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose
April 7-8 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
April 13 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
April 14 Houston, TX Toyota Center
April 18 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center
April 19 Orlando, FL Amway Arena
April 21 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
April 25 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
April 27 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Bobcat Arena
April 28 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
April 30 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena
May 22-23 Dublin, IRE RDS Arena
May 25 Dublin, IRE RDS Arena
May 28 Manchester, UK Old Trafford Stadium
May 30-31 London, UK Emirates Stadium
June 14 Cardiff, UK Millenium Stadium
June 16 Dusseldorf, GER LTU Arena
June 18 Amsterdam, NET Amsterdam Arena
June 21 Hamburg, GER HSH Nordbank Arena
June 23 Brussels, BE Koning Boudewijnstadion
June 25 Milan, ITA Stadio San Siro
June 27 Paris, FRA Parc Des Princes
June 29 Copenhagen, DEN Parken
July 4-5 Gothenburg, SWE Ullevi
July 7-8 Oslo, NOR Valle
July 11 Helsinki, FIN Olympia Stadium
July 15 San Sebastian, SPA Estadio De Anoeta
July 17 Madrid, SPA Santiago Bernabeu
July 19-20 Barcelona, SPA Camp Nou
July 27-28 E. Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium
July 31 E. Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium
(The image accompanying this story is from USInfo.state.gov)
