Finally Bruce Springsteen's management found out that there's a European tour happening in the fall. After most of the shows have been announced locally and tickets gone on sale weeks ago, the official press release came out today. To be fair, it did include four shows that hadn't been made public before, including three shows in the UK (Birmingham, London, Sheffield) and a third show at Dublin's The Point. You can read the press release... no, not on the official website as of this moment (their webmaster - if there is one - must be on summer vacation), but on Greasy Lake and I reckon most other Bruce sites worth their salt.

One of the interesting things is that for the first time since 1997 Bruce is going to play three nights in a row on a couple of occassions. Back in 1997 it was on the subdued Ghost of Tom Joad solo acoustic tour, which probably wasn't as straining on the voice as these Seeger shows (not that I know a thing about singing), so this is the first time probably since the early Seventies that he's going to do 2½ hours of loud singing three nigths in a row. Let's hope his voice is up to it. I mean, there must be a reason he doesn't usually do it.