Bruce Springsteen Australian Tour 2014

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Australia 2014

Legendary Bruce Springsteen and the hard rocking, heart stopping E Street Band are returning to Australia - and heading over to New Zealand, as well - in February and March of 2014! 

Unbelievably, these dates come less than  12 months since the incredible and critically-acclaimed Wrecking Ball Tour shows in March '13. That's almost unprecedented for such a big-time act returning to this part of the world. Tour dates are as follows:

Perth: February 7
Adelaide: February 11
Melbourne: February 15
Sydney: February 19
Hunter Valley: February 22
Brisbane: February 26

There are some gaps in between most of those shows, so that, potentially, second (and maybe even third) shows can be added. You can safely assume that all of these shows will sell out, so Frontier Touring and Springsteen's people might pull the trigger on additional dates, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne, where there were multiple shows this year.

Apparently, Springsteen loved Australia so much that, on a handshake deal with promoter Michael Gudinski, to return here. The promoter said, "I am seriously knocked out to get him back, I didn't expect it to happen even though they were so excited after the shows in March but it all came together last month."

That there's to be a second Springsteen tour so soon (and especially after a 10-year wait between The Rising and Wrecking Ball tours) is beyond awesome. Perth, Adelaide and New Zealand get in on the party - the Boss was apparently impressed that so many West and South Australians (estimated at about 5000 people) traveled to the east coast shows this year. Many Kiwis came across, too, so both sets of fans have been rewarded for that dedication.

Key Points

1. This will not be a part of the mammoth and hugely successful Wrecking Ball Tour, but a special set of shows added on because of popular demand (and probably because of such amazing reviews) in Australia this year.

2. AAMI Park in Melbourne will be an outdoor gig. Springsteen will only be the second artist to play that city's newest sporting event, following on from the Foo Fighters.

3. According to Gudinski (and this article), both Stevie Van Zandt, who was absent filming the TV show Lillyhammer in March, and Tom Morello will be in the E Street Band. Morello, of Rage Against The Machine fame, was a revelation in March. Great singer, incredible guitarist. His duet with Springsteen on "The Ghost of Tom Joad" was exhilarating! Morello and Van Zandt on the same stage for the entire show as never happened before. If Patti Scalfia tours, too, it'll be just about as perfect an E Street Band line-up as can be, with the obvious and notable (and sad) absences of The Big Man Clarence Clemons and Phantom Danny Federici .

4. The iconic and much-celebrated Hanging Rock show in rural Victoria is substituted on the 2014 tour for an outdoor show in the Hunter Valley of NSW, at the picturesque Hope Estate. It should be just as spectacular as the Easter weekend shows were this year at Hanging Rock.

5. TICKETS ON-SALE FROM AUGUST 26!!

Cannot wait! Roll on February!!