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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced their “Wrecking Ball” tour schedule for 2012 for the first Springsteen concerts without Clarence Clemons. The 2012 Bruce Springsteen tour will kick off in the US on March 18 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia and will hit several cities for multiple nights including The Wells Fargo Center, the Izod Center and Madison Square Garden.

This is only the first leg of the US Bruce Springsteen tour and the second leg of the tour should be added after the European tour finishes up in late July. Bruce Springsteen tickets go on sale to the general public from January 28 through February 4th.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will release a new album “Wrecking Ball” on March 6 and will be touring in support of that album. The first single for the album is out and it’s called “We Take Care of Our Own” and will be one of many performed live along with hits from the past Bruce Springsteen albums. Bruce Springsteen tickets can be found at the usual outlets and premium seats for Bruce Springsteen will be on sale at Preferred Seating Tickets.

2012 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band US Tour Dates

March 18 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena (on sale Feb 4)
March 19 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum (on sale Feb 3)
March 23 – Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Times Forum (on sale Jan 28)
March 26 – Boston, MA – TD Garden (on sale Jan 28)
March 28 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center (on sale Jan 28)
March 29 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center (on sale Jan 28)
April 1 – Washington, DC – Verizon Center (on sale Jan 28)
April 3 – East Rutherford, NJ – Izod Center (on sale Jan 27)
April 4 – East Rutherford, NJ – Izod Center (on sale Jan 27)
April 6 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden (on sale Jan 27)
April 9 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden (on sale Jan 27)
April 12 – Detroit, MI – The Palace of Auburn Hills (on sale Jan 28)
April 13 – Buffalo, NY – First Niagara Center (on sale Jan 28)
April 16 – Albany, NY – Times Union Center (on sale Jan 28)
April 17 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena (on sale Jan 28)
April 24 – San Jose, CA – HP Pavilion (on sale Feb 3)
April 26 – Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (on sale Feb 3)
April 29 – New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (on sale now)
May 2 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center (on sale Jan 27)

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced European tour dates for 2012 for the first concerts without Clarence Clemons who died earlier this year. The Bruce Springsteen tour will kick off on May 13 in Sevilla, Spain and run through July 27. The US tour dates are rumored to be starting in March with a number of outdoor stadium concerts including Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Bruce Springsteen ticket prices have not been announced yet for the US tour and the on sale date for tickets for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band has not been set yet. Bruce Springsteen last toured in 2009 and was on tour for the four previous years as well but without Clarence Clemons this will be a first for Bruce and the band. Bruce Springsteen tickets and premium seats will be available at PreferredSeat.com.  

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Tour 2012

The big winners of this years Grammy Awards were Robert Plant and Allison Kraus with five Grammys including Album of the Year for Raising Sand. Some of the Grammy performers included U2, Jennifer Hudson, Coldplay, Carrie Underwood, Kid Rock, Katy Perry and then the pairings of Paul McCartney and David Grohl, Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus, and the Jonas Brothers and Stevie Wonder.

Many of these artists are currently on tour in support of the songs and albums they were nominated for including:

Coldplay Tour Schedule – Coldplay took home three awards including Best Rock Album and Song of the Year for” Viva La Vida”


Bruce Springsteen Tour Schedule – “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” earned Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band, Best Rock Song

Adele Tour Schedule – Adele beat out the Jonas Brothers for Best New Artist and Katy Perry for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Brad Paisley Tour Schedule – Brad Paisley won for Best Male Country Vocal Performance

George Strait Tour Schedule – George won Best Country Album for “Troubadour”

Check out these Grammy winning artists and more tour dates at our Concert Tour page.