Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band announce UK shows for 2025

1 October 2024, 09:52

The Boss is coming to Manchester and London.

Bruce Springsteen turned 75 last month but shows absolutely no sign of slowing down any time soon.

He played a full UK and Ireland tour earlier this year, and has now announced a return for next summer to pick off a couple of cities he missed on his last jaunt.

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As part of their planned European tour for 2025, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will play shows in Manchester and Liverpool.

The UK tour dates are as follows:

• May 17 - Co-op Live, Manchester
• May 20 - Mo-op Live, Manchester
• June 4 - Anfield Stadium, Liverpool

Tickets for the concerts go on sale this Friday, October 11 at 10am via LiveNation.

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These are the only UK dates so far announced for 2025.

During a live show in August, Springsteen shrugged off any suggestion that he was going to wind up his live performances, despite his recent health struggles with a peptic ulcer.

"We've been around for fifty f**kin' years, and we ain't quitting!" he said in Philadelphia.

"We ain't doing no farewell tour bulls**t! Jesus Christ! No farewell tour for the E Street Band! Farewell to what? A thousand people screaming your name? Get the hell out. I ain't going anywhere!"

It's worth noting that The Boss and his band will play in Spain on June 21, Germany on June 27 and Italy on June 30.

The 2025 Glastonbury Festival will take place on June 25 to 29, with major performances happening on June 27-29, which leaves open the possibility of a Springsteen headline set on June 28 or 29.

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Bruce headlined the festival back in 2009, and made a surprise appearance in 2022 as a special guest for two songs at the end of Paul McCartney's set.

Springsteen's last studio album was 2022's Only the Strong Survive, a collection of R&B and soul covers.

His last record of newly-written material was 2020's Letter to You, itself a swift follow-up to the previous year's Western Stars album.