Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are launching a long-awaited world tour in February 2023.
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This is the longest break the E Street Band have taken from the road since reforming in 1999. The band’s sole recent public performance took place on Dec. 20, 2020, when they played two songs on— but bassist Garry Tallent and violinist/guitarist Soozie Tryell sat it out due to Covid restrictions.
Springsteen and the E Street Band were originally slated to tour this year, and planning was so far along that an advertisement for a June 2022 show at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt, Germany was — but the tour was ultimately delayed a year. While no official reason was given for the postponement, the decision came just as Covid numbers were spiking due to the Omicron variant.