Springsteen sets major E Street Band tour,

Springsteen sets major E Street Band tour,

Springsteen tour includes dates at Meadowlands, Madison Square Garden

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

By MIKE KERWICK
STAFF WRITER




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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will play 16 dates in the U.S. this fall.


Bruce Springsteen will kick off his “Magic” tour with the E Street Band on Oct. 2, a tour that includes stops at both Continental Airlines Arena and Madison Square Garden.

Springsteen will play the Meadowlands on Oct. 9 and 10, then will return to the area for shows at the Garden on Oct. 17 and 18. Tickets for all four shows will go on sale Sept. 10.

The Jersey rocker’s new CD “Magic” is due out on Oct. 2. The first single off the album – “Radio Nowhere” – is now available as a free download on iTunes.

All told, Springsteen will play 16 North American cities before capping the tour with a series of European dates. He opens the tour at the Hartford Civic Center on Oct. 2 and plays Philadelphia’s Wachovia Center on Oct. 5 before returning home for the two Jersey dates.

E-mail: kerwick@northjersey.com

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Springsteen tour dates
Oct. 2: Hartford, Conn. (Civic Center)
Oct. 5: Philadelphia (Wachovia Center)
Oct. 9-10: East Rutherford, N.J. (Continental Airlines Arena)
Oct. 14: Ottawa, Ontario (Civic Centre)
Oct. 15: Toronto (Air Canada Centre)
Oct. 17-18: New York (Madison Square Garden)
Oct. 21: Chicago (United Center)
Oct. 26: Oakland, Calif. (Oracle Arena)
Oct. 28: Los Angeles (TBA)
Nov. 2: St. Paul, Minn. (Xcel Energy Center)
Nov. 4: Cleveland (Quicken Loans Arena)
Nov. 5: Auburn Hills, Mich. (Palace of Auburn Hills)
Nov. 11: Washington, D.C. (Verizon Arena)
Nov. 14: Pittsburgh (Mellon Arena)
Nov. 15: Albany, N.Y. (Times Union Center)
Nov. 18: Boston (TD Banknorth Garden)
Nov. 25: Madrid (Palacio De Deportes)
Nov. 26: Bilbao, Spain (Exhibition Centre)
Nov. 28: Milan (Datchforum)
Nov. 30: Arnhem, Holland (Geldredome)
Dec. 2: Mannheim, Germany (Sap Arena)
Dec. 4: Oslo (Spektrum)
Dec. 8: Copenhagen (Forum)
Dec. 10: Stockholm (Globe)
Dec. 12: Antwerp, Belgium (Sportspaleis)
Dec. 13: Cologne, Germany (Koln Arena)
Dec. 15: Belfast (Odyssey Arena)
Dec. 17: Paris (Palais Omnsiports De Bercy)
Dec. 19: London (O2 Arena)