Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band announce UK tour

Virgin Radio

14 Jul 2022, 08:58

The Boss is heading to these shores! Yes, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will return to the UK in 2023 for a string of stadium and outdoor shows.

The UK leg of Bruce’s tour will see the iconic musician and The E Street Band perform in Edinburgh, Birmingham, and London. It will be the first time that Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band have played on these shores since 2016. 

Bruce and band’s 2023 UK tour will start in Scotland on Tuesday 30th May, when they will play at the BT Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. Then, on Friday 16th June, The Boss will head to Birmingham, where he will take to the stage at Villa Park - home of Premier League side Aston Villa. 

The tour then rolls on to London, with two special back-to-back dates for American Express presents BST Hyde Park, on Thursday 6th July and Saturday 8th July.

If you want to try to get tickets (and, let’s face it, we’re all going to try to get tickets, aren’t we?), then the date for your diary is next Thursday, 21st July, when they will go on sale. Tickets for Edinburgh will be available at LiveNation.co.uk, Birmingham tickets will go on sale at AXS.com and tickets for BST Hyde Park will be over at bst-hydepark.com.

Bruce has released 20 studio albums in his career spanning over six decades and has been awarded 20 Grammys, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Special Tony Award, in addition to being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The E Street Band’s members are Roy Bittan on piano and synthesiser, Stevie Van Zandt, Nils Lofgren and Patti Scialfa on guitar and vocals, bassist Garry Tallent, and Max Weinberg on drums, as well as Soozie Tyrell on violin, guitar, and vocals; saxophonist Jake Clemons, and Charlie Giordano on keys.

So, be sure to set an alarm for 21st July and get ready to attempt to get yourself a ticket!