Bruce Springsteen will return to Australia in 2017 for his third visit in five years and he is coming to the Hunter.
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The much rumoured tour, with the full E Street Band, will begin in Perth on January 25 and travel to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane with one-off shows at Hanging Rock, Mount Macedon in Victoria, and the Hunter Valley, in NSW.
After Australia, what is being called the Summer '17 Tour, will transfer to New Zealand for shows in Christchurch and Auckland.
As speculated, Australian band Jet will reform and appear as the main support act for the tour, appearing in Melbourne, Hanging Rock, Hunter Valley and New Zealand. Diesel, whose brother-in-law Jimmy Barnes played as the support act when Springsteen performed at Hanging Rock in 2013, will keep that job in the family by joining Jet as the opening performers at the famous rock.
General public tickets also go on sale on September 23. Tour dates:
Perth Arena, January 25
Adelaide Entertainment Centre, January 30
AAMI Park, Melbourne, February 2
Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, February 7
Hanging Rock, Mount Macedon, February 11
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, February 14
Hope Estate, Hunter Valley, February 18
AMI Stadium, Christchurch, February 21
Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, February 25
Springsteen in the Hunter: The 2014 review
BRUCE Springsteen brought thousands to their feet at Hope Estate on Saturday, delivering the first leg of a two-night stand at Hope Estate.
Starkly different to Wednesday’s Sydney show, where Springsteen played album Darkness on the Edge of Town in its entirety, the first Hunter show delivered a smattering of hits from almost every era of his storied career.
Dressed in a simple black t-shirt and jeans, Springsteen hit the ground running with a rocked-up version of Electric Flag’s Wine, Wine, Wine amended to include Hunter lyrics.
The rollicking opener quickly gave way to torrents of hits and fan favourites including Badlands, Born to Run, Because the Night and The River.
Playing for about three hours, the show also covered deeper cuts including American Skin (41 Shots) and Workin’ on the Highway.
Springsteen hand-picked signs from the audience as he danced through the crowd at several points, delivering two songs requested in writing - Murder Incorporated and The Wish, a song written for his mother.
The two Hunter shows were linked with versions of Thunder Road, with a full E Street Band version on Saturday replaced with a devastating pared-back version for Sunday.
While the second Hunter show began more slowly than the first, it quickly began to brim with crowd favourites including Brilliant Disguise, Rosalita (Come Out Tonight), The Rising and Human Touch.
Springsteen also delivered Born in the USA, arguably his signature song, for the first time on Sunday.
It was the only time the song was played during his three NSW shows this week.
