Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band launch The River Tour, a nine-week US trek, on Jan. 16 in Pittsburgh. The announcement of the tour coincides with today’s release of “The Ties That Bind: The River Collection,” a comprehensive look at the era of the 1980 “The River” album that “Rolling Stone” calls “Springsteen’s best archival release yet.”
Springsteen precedes the tour with a Dec. 19 performance on “Saturday Night Live,” his third appearance on the NBC show.
The River Tour (#TheRiverTour) is the first for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band since the 2014 High Hopes Tour.
Each night of the tour will be mixed for release on Live.BruceSpringsteen.net as high-quality downloads and CDs. Recordings will be available within days of each performance.
The original The River Tour began Oct. 3, 1980, two weeks before the release of Springsteen’s fifth album, and continued through Sept. 4, 1981. With sets that regularly approached the four-hour range, the 140-date international tour firmly established a reputation for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as marathon performers.
“The Ties That Bind: The River Collection” includes 52 tracks on four CDs with a wealth of unreleased material and four hours of never-before-seen video on three DVDs. It contains the original “The River” double album; the first official release of “The River: Single Album”; a CD of 1979/80 studio outtakes; a brand-new documentary about “The River”; and a coffee-table book of 200 rare or previously unseen photos and memorabilia, with a new essay by Mikal Gilmore. The set also includes a two-DVD film of never-released, newly edited multi-camera footage from a Nov. 1980 show in Tempe, AZ, described by NPR as a “holy grail.”
Tickets to The River Tour go on sale Dec. 11.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 2016 US Tour Dates:
January 16       Pittsburgh, PA             Consol Energy Center
January 19Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Chicago, ILÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â United Center
January 24 & 27 New York, NYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Madison Square Garden
January 29Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Washington, DCÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Verizon Center
January 31Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Newark, NJÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Prudential Center
February 2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Toronto, ONÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Air Canada Centre
February 4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Boston, MAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TD Garden
February 8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Albany, NYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Times Union Center
February 10Â Â Â Â Â Â Hartford, CTÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â XL Center
February 12Â Â Â Â Â Â Philadelphia, PAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Wells Fargo Center
February 16Â Â Â Â Â Â Sunrise, FLÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â BB&T Center
February 18Â Â Â Â Â Â Atlanta, GAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Philips Arena
February 21Â Â Â Â Â Â Louisville, KYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â KFC Yum! Center
February 23Â Â Â Â Â Â Cleveland, OHÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Quicken Loans Arena
February 25Â Â Â Â Â Â Buffalo, NYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â First Niagara Center
February 27Â Â Â Â Â Â Rochester, NYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Blue Cross Arena
February 29Â Â Â Â Â Â St Paul, MNÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Xcel Energy Center
March 3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Milwaukee, WIÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â BMO Harris Bradley Center
March 6           St Louis, MO                Chaifetz Arena
March 10          Phoenix, AZ                 Talking Stick Resort Arena
March 13          Oakland, CA                Oracle Arena
March 15 & 17Â Â Los Angeles, CAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena