Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Announce North American Tour

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced "The River Tour", a North American tour in support of Springsteen's The Ties That Bind: The River Collection box set, which is out today via Columbia Records. The tour kicks off in Pittsburgh on January 16. Each show will be recorded and made available on Live.BruceSpringsteen.net for download or physical purchase. Check out the dates below.

The box set includes his 1980 double album The River, the first official release of The River: Single Album (an unreleased 10-track album that Springsteen recorded in 1979), and The River: Outtakes (a CD of studio outtakes from 1979-1980). It also includes 3 DVDs of never-before-seen concert footage and a documentary about The River.

Springsteen will play "Saturday Night Live" on December 19.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:

01-16 Pittsburgh, PA - Consol Energy Center
01-19 Chicago, IL - United Center
01-24 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
01-27 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
01-29 Washington, DC - Verizon Center
01-31 Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
02-02 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
02-04 Boston, MA - TD Garden
02-08 Albany, NY - Times Union Center
02-10 Hartford, CT - XL Center
02-12 Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
02-16 Sunrise, FL - BB&T Center
02-18 Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
02-21 Louisville, KY - KFC Yum! Center
02-23 Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
02-25 Buffalo, NY - First Niagara Center
02-27 Rochester, NY - Blue Cross Arena
02-29 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
03-03 Milwaukee, WI - BMO Harris Bradley Center
03-06 St. Louis, MO - Chaifetz Arena
03-10 Phoenix, AZ - Talking Stick Resort Arena
03-13 Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
03-15 Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
03-17 Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena

Watch the lyric video for "Party Lights" from The River: Outtakes: 

via Matthew Strauss