FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May, 22, 2009
SPRINGSTEEN PROCLAIMS RETURN TO NJ AS FINAL MAJOR
MUSICAL ACT TO PLAY GIANTS STADIUM SEPT 30, OCT 2, & OCT 3
Bruce Springsteen announced from the stage tonight at his Izod Center
concert in East Rutherford, NJ that he and the "legendary" E Street
Band will return as the final major musical act to play Giants Stadium
on September 30, October 2, and October 3. Tickets go on sale June 1
at 10am Eastern. Springsteen holds the record as the number one selling
artist at the Meadowlands (which includes Giants Stadium) in New Jersey,
having sold out 56 concerts to date with the E Street Band.
The Working on a Dream tour has earned rave reviews, with Shawn Courchesne
of the Hartford Courant proclaiming, "It just got better and better...
perfect, simply perfect." Rolling Stone Online proclaimed of a rehearsal
concert, "Springsteen seemed to offer a renewed sense of purpose and
optimism onstage... rejuvenating and uniting a people in danger of losing
their faith."
"He's the best there is," exclaimed Melissa Baron of SF Weekly, "Springsteen
played so hard that sweat dripped off his whole body." Ricardo Baca
of The Denver Post wrote, "Springsteen is a better showman today than
in 1984," while Mike Ragogna said in the Huffington Post, "If you haven't
been to one of Springsteen's shows in a while, you need to catch this
tour." Meanwhile Sarah Rodman of the Boston Globe writes, "Bruce Springsteen
and the E Street Band don't have to play for two hours and 40 minutes.
Nor, when they play, is it a requirement that Springsteen fall to his
knees, shimmy and shake, attack his guitar like he's still discovering
new sounds it can make, or take audience requests that he and his band
don't know how to play... Springsteen and his band did all of that and
more." Martin Cizmar of The Phoenix New Times had never seen Springsteen
live. "I'm not from Jersey, I didn't grow up with The Boss and I'd never
seen him play before," Cizmar admits, "but I will say that nearly everything
you've heard or read about a Springsteen show is true. The fans are
rabid, the set marathon, Springsteen a first-rate showman."
'Working on a Dream' (Columbia Records) debuted at #1 in the U.S., Canada,
U.K., Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Holland, Ireland,
Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and New Zealand and received
exemplary reviews in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, People, and
elsewhere.
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