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Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band Announce 2023 U.S. Tour Dates

The outing is slated to kick off in Florida in February.

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band announced the dates for their 2023 U.S. tour on Tuesday (July 12). The 31-show swing is slated to kick off on Feb. 1 in Tampa, Florida and is currently slated to keep the hard-charging group on the road through a homecoming gig in Newark, New Jersey on April 14.

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Along the way the veteran rockers will hit Atlanta, Orlando, Dallas, Houston, Portland, Seattle, Denver, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit, New York, Cleveland and Baltimore. The shows will be The Boss’ first North American dates with his long-running band since Sept 2016.

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Springsteen announced the dates for his 2023 European tour in May, explaining on SiriusXM’s E Street Radio that after nearly five years off the road it was time for him to get the band back together. “It’s kind of mind boggling to be honest with you… IT doesn’t feel that long, but,  you know, we stayed busy over that time, but still it’s, I’m really, I’ve got the Jones to play live very badly at this point,” Springsteen said of getting back at it with the band for the first time since they recorded 2020’s  Letter to You  album. “So, I’m deeply looking forward to getting out there in front of our fans.”

The group is gearing up to hit the road for the first time since the conclusion of their 14-month global River Tour, which kicked off in 2016. According to a release announcing the new dates, since the 2023 European dates were announced in May more than 1.2 million tickets have already been sold. After the end of the European run — scheduled for April-July 2023 — the band will begin a second as-yet-unannounced string of North American shows in August; tour dates in the UK are also slated for next year, with the details to be announced soon.

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Check out the E Street Band’s 2023 North American tour dates below.

Feb. 1 — Tampa FL @ Amalie Arena

Feb. 3 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena

Feb. 5 — Orlando, FL @ Amway Center

Feb. 7  — Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live

Feb. 10 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center

Feb. 14 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center

Feb. 16 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center

Feb. 18 — Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center

Feb. 21 — Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center

Feb. 25 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center

Feb. 27 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena

March 2 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena

March 5 — St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center

March 7 — Milwaukee, WI @ Fisery Forum

March 9 — Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena

March 12 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun

March 14 — Albany, NY @ MVP Arena

March 16 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center

March 18 — State College, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center

March 20 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden

March 23 — Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center

March 25 — Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum

March 27 — Washington, D.C. @ Capitol One Arena

March 29 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena

April 1 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

April 3 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center

April 5 — Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

April 7 — Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Arena

April 9 — Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena

April 11 — Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena

April 14 — Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Get Loose in Los Angeles

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Three hours into Bruce Springsteen ‘s epic return to Los Angeles on Thursday night with the E Street Band, he stared down the sold-out crowd at the Forum. “Do you have anything left?” he shouted, midway through “Twist and Shout,” the second-to-last song of his first L.A. show in eight years. Five decades in, the magic of a Springsteen show remains: He always seems to have a little bit left in the tank. 

The 2024 version of the tour has been looser than last year’s, which stuck fairly close to a single set list, and Thursday was no exception. Springsteen kicked off with a true rarity, a cover of John Lee Hooker’s “Boom Boom” (most frequently played on the Tunnel of Love Express Tour back in 1988), before jumping into “Lonesome Day” (rarely played last year, but now a staple in the set) and “Prove It All Night,” then his live -favorite arena-rock reworking of Jimmy Cliff’s “Trapped.”

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Six dates into their return to the road, Springsteen and the E Street Band sounded like they had never been interrupted. “Are you having fun yet? Because we haven’t had fun yet,” Springsteen told the crowd just over an hour into his show. “This is our pre-fun. We’re here to wake you up, shake you up, and take you to higher ground. The E Street Band is here to bring the joyous power of rock & roll into your life. But we need your help. We plan on sending you home with your feet hurting, your hands hurting, your ass in paralysis, and your sexual organs stimulated.”

Springsteen maintains a remarkably simple setup and show presentation compared to the other blockbuster live shows currently on the road. The visuals are limited to video screens and elegant stage lights, keeping the focus on the 17 musicians onstage with him. He doesn’t really need much else. 

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From there, the show was all joy and catharsis, with an unbroken string of hits and live favorites, beginning with Nils Lofgren’s jaw-dropping guitar virtuosity on “Because the Night,” and inevitably reaching “Thunder Road” and “Born to Run.” As he has throughout the tour, Springsteen finished the show alone with his meditation on life after death, “I’ll See You in My Dreams.” 

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Looking for the latest on where to buy Bruce Springsteen tickets for his new 2024 tour? We have all the details on upcoming dates and venues across the US, Canada, and Europe. Now the tour is here, many reseller prices have started to come down. 

Springsteen had to cancel the tour with the E Street Band late last year due to coming down with peptic ulcer disease. Those dates have been rearranged, with a range of US dates newly fitted before and after the planned European tour dates. We've updated the table below with the latest information and the cheapest starting prices we've seen tickets listed. On the plus side, we've seen most prices drop.

Springsteen's concert tour includes The Boss performing songs from classic and new albums alike. The setlist so far has included familiar tracks such as "Out in the Street," "No Surrender," and "Letter to You." The members of the E Street Band playing with Bruce include guitarist Steven Van Zandt, drummer Mike Weinberg, bassist Garry Tallent, pianist Roy Bittan, guitarist Nils Lofgren, and vocalist Patti Scialfa.

If you're aiming to buy Bruce Springsteen tickets for the last leg of his 18th headlining tour, here's a breakdown of the remaining tour schedule, purchasing details, and ticket prices. Or you can browse at your leisure the remaining tickets available through StubHub and Vivid Seats .

Bruce Springsteen 2024 tour schedule

The tour dates for Bruce Springsteen resume in March for the US before moving to Europe in May. All concert times are listed for local time zones. We've added links to the cheapest (at the time of writing) ticket site for the remaining tickets in the 'Prices from' column.

How to buy tickets for Bruce Springsteen's 2024 concert tour

You can buy tickets for Bruce Springsteen's 2024 tour online through Ticketmaste r for original tickets, though only a limited number remain for each location. However, ticket prices are generally higher for original tickets than they are on verified resale platforms like StubHub and Vivid Seats .

For standard ticket sales, the lowest prices on StubHub range from $52 to $450 for an individual ticket, depending on location. Vivid Seats offers a similar price range for Bruce Springsteen's concert tour, with cheaper tickets ranging from about $70 to $527 depending on the date and location. 

How much are Bruce Springsteen tickets?

Since the initial Verified Fan sale on Ticketmaster is long over, prices for original tickets have risen due to demand. The cost of original Bruce Springsteen tickets varies depending on location and date.

For example, the cheapest cost for a standard ticket at Springsteen's Rutherford, New Jersey concert back in August last year was $249.50. Meanwhile, the lowest standard price on Ticketmaster for an original ticket at his Columbus, Ohio, show on September 21 is $252.50. Original VIP tickets are even more limited, with some of the cheaper options beginning at $212.50.

Original prices typically come in much higher than resale prices for Bruce Springsteen concerts. Many cheaper tickets are resales for nearer tour dates, suggesting you might find the best prices when it gets closer to the concert date.

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Who is opening for Bruce Springsteen's tour?

No opening acts are confirmed for the remainder of Bruce Springsteen's concert tour. Once the showtime starts, The Boss and the E Street Band will play.

Artists like Sam Fender, Fantastic Negrito, The White Buffalo, The Chicks, Frank Turner, and Tash Sultana opened for Bruce Springsteen on previous tour dates last year.

Yes, Bruce Springsteen tour tickets will also be available for European dates in May, including Italy, France, Netherlands, and more. He'll return to the US for a few catch-up dates in August before heading north to Canada at the end of October and through November.

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Bruce Springsteen concert in Syracuse: Tickets, parking, traffic (what you need to know)

• Updated: Apr. 17, 2024, 7:05 p.m. |
• Published: Apr. 17, 2024, 11:51 a.m.

Bruce Springsteen performs with The E Street Band at MVP Arena on April 15, 2024 in Albany, New York. (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images) Getty Images

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, N.Y., on Thursday, April 18. It will be The Boss’ first concert in Central New York since 2012 and his first in Syracuse with his famous backing band since a 1985 performance at the Dome (then the Carrier Dome).

“First time I came to Syracuse was 1973 and you were looking at the only two members of the E Street Band that were there 51 frickin’ years ago,” Springsteen said in an Instagram video alongside original E Street Band bassist Garry W. Tallent on Monday. “50 years later and guess what? Me, this gentleman Garry W. Tallent, and the rest of the E Street Band have plans to destroy your city and rock you into the ground!”

Thursday’s concert, originally scheduled for September, was postponed after Springsteen was diagnosed with peptic ulcer disease . Tickets purchased for the original date will be honored for the new date.

Pete Sala, Syracuse University’s vice president and chief facilities officer, encouraged fans to follow three simple words: “Get here early.”

Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and the show will begin promptly at 7:30 p.m. Springsteen has no opening act.

Here’s everything you need to know before you go, including ticket information, where to park, and traffic tips:

Tickets purchased for the original Sept. 7, 2023, date will be honored for the rescheduled date of April 18, 2024.

A few thousand tickets are still available through Ticketmaster (prices start at $74.40), as well as VividSeats , StubHub , TicketNetwork or SeatGeek . Attendees are encouraged to download their ticket on their phone before arriving.

Sala said very few people had requested refunds when the show was postponed, so many ticketholders have been waiting about a year since the concert was first announced.

Guests with a General Admission Pit ticket should enter through Gate D. Fans looking to line up for front of the pit entry can also line up outside Gate D beginning at 8:00 a.m.

Bottles and cans are not permitted on the floor. All beverages (including water) must be emptied into a cup prior to accessing the floor seats and the GA pit.

SHOW START TIME / END TIME

The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Springsteen is expected to take the stage promptly as there is no opening act.

There is no end time for the concert, but at Monday’s MVP Arena concert in Albany, Springsteen reportedly played for 2 hours and 45 minutes. If the Syracuse show starts at 7:30, expect the Boss to be rocking until about 10:15 or 10:30 p.m.

PARKING / TRAFFIC

Concertgoers are encouraged to arrive early due to traffic. Syracuse city police will be shutting down Comstock Avenue to one-way traffic to help drivers get in and out as quickly as possible.

If you purchased advance sale parking, please display your parking pass on your rearview mirror so it is easily viewable for the parking attendants and to help with traffic flow. If you purchased a parking pass for the original concert date, that pass is still valid. West Lots by the stadium and Irving Garage will open at 3:30 p.m.

If you don’t have parking passes booked in advance, Sala strongly recommends parking at Skytop (1600 Jamesville Avenue) on SU’s South Campus, and then take the shuttle to the Dome. The Skytop Lot will open at 1 p.m.

Syracuse University also recommends using the Waze app for help with directions and navigating traffic to get to your parking lot. ( See a list of parking lot addresses .)

• On event day, $35 parking will be available at the University Avenue Garage, UAG, (1101 E Adams St) and Comstock Avenue Garage, CAG, (501 Comstock Ave). Additional parking may be available at UNVN, UNVS, Harrison and Waverly. All lots will accept major credit cards, debit cards and mobile payment (Apple Pay, Android Pay and Google Pay). Cash will not be accepted.
• $30 paid parking will be available at the Skytop (1600 Jamesville Avenue ) parking lots. Free shuttle transportation is provided between the College Place shuttle drop off and the Colvin, Comstock and Skytop parking lots. These lots will open at 1 p.m. with shuttle service beginning at 4 p.m.
• Skytop: If you are using I-81 South to get to the SKY or SKYD lots, SU suggests you use Exit 17. At the bottom of the ramp turn LEFT and at the next light head up Brighton Ave., then left onto Ainsley Drive to your lot. If you’re taking I-81 North from south of Syracuse, get off at Exit 16A for I-481 North and then take the first exit for Rock Cut Road.

All lots will accept major credit cards, debit cards and mobile payment (Apple Pay, Android Pay and Google Pay). Cash will not be accepted.

CASH OR CREDIT?

Credit. All official SU parking lots are now cashless (though there may be some cash options near campus). Everything inside the Dome is also cashless, including the merchandise stands. Beverages, including alcohol, will be grab-and-go.

CLEAR BAG POLICY

The Dome’s Clear Bag Policy will be in effect. Therefore, one clear bag and one small clutch or purse is allowed. Fans will be asked to return non-approved bags to their vehicle prior to stadium entry. There will be no check-in location for prohibited bags at the Stadium. Please plan accordingly.

An exception will be made for medically necessary items after proper inspection.

ITEMS NOT ALLOWED

Metal detectors will be in use. The following items are not permitted:

• Audio Recording Devices
• Vinyl Album Covers
• Pocket Knives
• Weapons of any kind
• FOOD & BEVERAGES (excluding items needed for health/special reasons)
• ALCOHOL of any Kind
• BACKPACKS or large purses
• Containers/Coolers (including soft sided)
• Baby Strollers
• Animals (excluding service animals)
• Laser Pointers
• Noise Makers/Air Horns
• Video Recorders (including Go Pros)
• Cameras with a lens 6″ or greater
• Large Chains
• Spiked Bracelets
• Wallet Chains
• Waist Packs
• Selfie Sticks

WIRELESS / WIFI

Sala said Verizon users will see fast 5G service after JMA Wireless installed a new distributed antenna system for cellular service. The same work is in progress for AT&T and T-Mobile, according to Sala, and will be in place by the time football season begins. For Springsteen, that means some cell phone users may see potentially slower speeds especially at peak moments, like when everyone tries to take a photo as soon as Springsteen comes out on stage and tries to send them to friends and family.

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The “Glory Days” singer, who recently turned 74, had previously postponed eight shows during September. The new postponements—affecting stops in Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and throughout Canada—bring the total to 22, according to the Associated Press . Makeup dates are expected to be announced soon. This tour is Springsteen’s first with the E Street Band since 2017.

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Bruce Springsteen began his career by playing the bar circuit in New Jersey while assembling his famous E Street Band. His breakout 1975 record, Born to Run , united arena rock with human-size tales of working-class America. With dozens of awards under his belt, including 20 Grammys, and more than 65 million albums sold in the United States alone, Springsteen is one of the most successful musicians of all time. Also known for his left-leaning political causes, the artist was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama in 2016.

FULL NAME: Bruce Springsteen BORN: September 23, 1949 BIRTHPLACE: Long Branch, New Jersey SPOUSES: Julianne Phillips (1985-1989) and Patti Scialfa (1991-present) CHILDREN: Evan James, Jessica Rae, and Samuel Ryan ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Libra

Born on September 23, 1949, in Long Branch, New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen was raised in a working-class household in Freehold Borough. His father, Doug Springsteen, had trouble holding down a steady job and worked at different times as a bus driver, millworker, and prison guard. Adele, Bruce’s mother, brought in steadier income as a secretary in a local insurance office.

Springsteen and his father had a difficult relationship. “When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house,” the singer later recalled. “One was me, and the other was my guitar.”

Years later, however, Springsteen suggested that his fraught relationship with his father had been important for his art. “I’ve gotta thank him,” Springsteen said upon his induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, “because what would I conceivably have written about without him? I mean, you can imagine that if everything had gone great between us? We would have had disaster. I would have written just happy songs—and I tried it in the early ’90s, and it didn’t work… Anyway, I put on his work clothes, and I went to work. It was the way that I honored him. My parents’ experience forged my own. They shaped my politics, and they alerted me to what is at stake when you’re born in the U.S.A.”

Springsteen first fell in love with rock ’n’ roll when he saw Elvis Presley perform on The Ed Sullivan Show . “[Elvis] was as big as the whole country itself,” Springsteen later remembered, “as big as the whole dream. He just embodied the essence of it, and he was in mortal combat with the thing. Nothing will ever take the place of that guy.” Springsteen’s mother took out a loan to buy him a $60 Kent guitar for his 16 th birthday, and he hasn’t stopped playing the instrument since then.

An outsider and recluse in school, Springsteen frequently got in trouble at his Catholic elementary school. “In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that’s where I belonged,” he said. “I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass.” Several years later, he skipped his own high school graduation because he felt too uncomfortable to attend.

In 1967, an 18-year-old Springsteen was drafted for military service in the Vietnam War. But, as he later told Rolling Stone magazine, the only thought in his head as he traveled to his induction was “I ain’t goin’.” Springsteen failed his physical, largely due to his deliberately “crazy” behavior and a concussion previously suffered in a motorcycle accident. Springsteen’s 4-F classification—unfit for military service—freed him from having to go to Vietnam and allowed him to pursue music full-time.

By the late 1960s, Springsteen was spending most of his time in Asbury Park on the New Jersey Shore, playing in several different bands while he forged his unique sound and introduced audiences to the gravelly baritone voice that later became famous. It was there that he first met the musicians who formed his E Street Band. Around this time, Springsteen also acquired his nickname, “The Boss,” because he had a habit of collecting money earned during shows and then distributing it evenly among his bandmates.

In April 2014, the E-Street Band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Springsteen’s music is often associated with the “heartland rock” genre, which according to the University of Idaho explores themes of isolation in the working-class population. Artists with similar music include John Mellencamp , Tom Petty , and Bob Seger.

A testament to his lasting popularity, Springsteen became the first artist to have a top-five album in six different decades with the 2020 release of Letter to You .

According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Springsteen has had 15 platinum-certified and two diamond-certified albums throughout his career. Statistically, the biggest is 1984’s Born in the U.S.A. , which was sold more than 17 million copies and includes popular songs like “Cover Me,” “Glory Days,” “Dancing in the Dark,” and the titular track. Other top-selling albums include Born to Run (1975), The River (1980), and the compilation Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live 1975-85 (released in 1986).

All together, Springsteen has 12 songs that reached the Billboard top 10, including “Hungry Heart,” “I’m on Fire,” “Tunnel of Love,” and “My Hometown.” Surprisingly, however, none of them ever ascended to the No. 1 spot. The closest was “Dancing in the Dark,” which peaked at No. 2 in 1984.

In 2017, Springsteen made his Broadway debut in Springsteen on Broadway . Held at the Walter Kerr Theatre, the solo effort featured the artist performing some of his hits and sharing stories of his influences and formative years. After receiving a special Tony Award in June 2018, presented by Billy Joel , Springsteen closed out his show at the end of the year.

The following summer, Springsteen’s music was the focal point of the movie Blinded by the Light , about a British teenager of Pakistani descent who draws inspiration from the working-class yearnings of The Boss. According to director Gurinder Chadha, Springsteen expressed his appreciation of the film after a screening, saying, “Thank you for looking after me so beautifully.”

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Springsteen’s total net worth is valued around $650 million as of September 2023.

His net worth was boosted greatly in December 2021, when Springsteen sold his music catalog to Sony for an estimated $550 million—including separate deals for his recorded work and his songwriting rights. Sony owns the Columbia record label under which the singer worked throughout his career. “During the last 50 years, the men and women of Sony Music have treated me with the greatest respect as an artist and as a person. I’m thrilled that my legacy will continue to be cared for by the company and people I know and trust,” the singer said at the time in a statement.

After the whirlwind of commercial success that followed Born in the U.S.A. , Springsteen met and married actor Julianne Phillips in 1985. The marriage quickly began to fall apart, however, and Springsteen began an affair with E Street Band backup singer Patti Scialfa, who shared his working-class New Jersey background. Phillips filed for divorce in 1989.

Springsteen moved in with Scialfa, and they had two children—a son named Evan and a daughter named Jessica—together before officially marrying in 1991. Their third child and younger son, Samuel, was born in 1994.

Jessica is a professional equestrian who began riding horses on the family’s farm in Colts Neck Township, New Jersey. She competed for Team USA at the 2020 Olympics—postponed to the following year because of the COVID-19 pandemic—and won a silver medal in the team jumping competition.

Samuel—a firefighter for Jersey City, New Jersey—and his partner welcomed a daughter, Lily Harper Springsteen, in 2022, making Bruce and Patti grandparents for the first time.

Springsteen’s liberal politics became more pronounced as he became a strong backer of 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama . When Obama won the election, “The Rising” was the first song played at the victory party, and Springsteen went on to open the show at Obama’s inaugural celebration.

Honoring Springsteen at the Kennedy Center in 2009, Obama said, “I may be the President, but he is The Boss.” Springsteen campaigned for Obama’s reelection in 2012, and the president later named the music icon a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. Springsteen was also tapped as one of the performers during a prime-time virtual celebration for Joe Biden ’s presidential inauguration in 2021.

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Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band to Perform Rescheduled Concert on April 18

For those heading to the show, here is the know-before-you-go information to make your travel and concert experience as smooth as possible.

Concessions/Merchandise

Cash is not accepted at any concession locations, the box office or merchandise stands. Major credit cards, debit cards and mobile payment (Apple Pay, Android Pay and Google Wallet) are accepted. For those who just can’t resist buying a tour poster or T-shirt, there will be an outdoor tent located outside of Gate N prior to the show selling artist merchandise. Once the show begins, additional merch booths will open inside the venue as concourse traffic eases.

Clear Bag Policy

As with all events at the JMA Dome, a clear bag policy will be enforced. Each fan is allowed one clear bag and one small clutch or purse, with exceptions for medically necessary items. Please visit the  Clear Bag Policy webpage  for additional information. Being aware of the policy ahead of time will help expedite entry into the venue.

For those who purchased a parking pass in advance for the Sept. 7 show, it is still valid for this show.

If you are a member of our campus community planning to attend the concert, your existing campus parking pass will be honored in University Avenue Garage, Comstock Avenue Garage, University Avenue North and South lots and the Irving Avenue Hill lot, as space allows.

All parking is cashless. Customers may pay via credit card (including tap and pay), or through Google Pay or Apple Pay. Have payment ready for the lot attendants, to ensure an efficient flow of traffic.

Pay parking is available at several locations around campus, including:

• Skytop Lot (opens at 1 p.m.): $25 per car, includes free shuttle service to and from College Place beginning at 4 p.m.
• Limited availability in Comstock/Colvin Lots (opens at 1 p.m.): $25 per car, includes free shuttle service to and from College Place beginning at 4 p.m.
• Limited availability in University Avenue Garage and Comstock Avenue Garage: $35 per car, please note that garages close two hours after the event ends
• Accessible parking for those with a nationally-recognized handicap placard or license plate will be available at the Skytop Lot for $25 per car, which includes free shuttle service to and from Gate A of the JMA Wireless Dome

Those who haven’t purchased a parking permit in advance are encouraged to use the Brighton Avenue exit off 1-81 and take Ainsley Drive to the Skytop Lot.

Those “Born to Run,” “Born in the USA” or who simply want to do “The E Street Shuffle” for a couple of hours are in luck, as tickets are still  available through Ticketmaster , starting at $60.50 including fees.

As a reminder, those who purchased tickets for the September 7, 2023 show are still valid for the April 18, 2024 show.

To avoid delays at the gate, make sure to download your mobile tickets before you arrive to campus.

For those with general admission tickets for the pit, please enter through Gate D.

Campus Travel Before and After the Concert

Regular shuttles to South Campus and other campus and Centro shuttles will continue to run during and after the event, though arrivals and departures may be delayed due to the large amount of vehicular traffic in the University area.

Syracuse University’s Parking and Transportation Services (PTS) will make a temporary change to campus traffic patterns following the conclusion of the concert.

As the concert ends, PTS and the Syracuse Police Department will close Comstock Avenue to all traffic except parking shuttles, which will travel between the College Place bus stop, the Colvin Street and Comstock Avenue Lots and the Skytop Lot.

The concert is anticipated to end between 10:20 and 10:50 p.m., and at that time, PTS will direct all traffic away from Comstock Avenue between Waverly Avenue and East Colvin Street. As a significant crowd is expected for the concert, this will allow for the efficient exit and transportation of the concert attendees from the shuttle stop at College Place to their parking lots on South Campus. The road will reopen as soon as the concert shuttles are cleared. More information about parking is available on the  Parking and Transportation Services website .

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Music + concerts, music + concerts | bruce springsteen dazzles in a marathon 3 hour and 20 minute show at the kia forum on thursday.

Bruce Springsteen has talked of life and mortality as themes of the world tour that he and the E Street Band kicked off a year ago, and in the setlist Thursday, April 4 for the first of two shows at the Kia Forum there were plenty of of songs that reflected those feelings.

But at the end of the night, after 32 songs over three hours and 20 minutes, it’s the living that shined brightest through his time on stage, and the joy — of Springsteen, his band, and fans alike — that lingered after the final notes faded.

It’s been eight years since Springsteen last played Southern California . His long run on Broadway took a few years. The pandemic claimed a few more. And then, when he was scheduled to stop here in December, peptic ulcer disease forced the postponement of the Forum shows, and left Springsteen worried whether he’d ever sing again.

Any doubts about his vim and vigor vanished quickly in a show that ran a half hour longer than most on this tour,  which saw Springsteen at 74 as impossibly energized as ever.

Bruce Springsteen, right, performs with E Street Band members guitarist Nils Lofgren, Jake Clemons on saxophone, Soozie Tyrell on violin and drummer Max Weinberg, rear, during the first of two sold out shows at the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Thursday night April 4, 2024. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Bruce Springsteen, right, performs with E Street Band member saxophonist Jake Clemons during the first of two sold out shows at the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Thursday night April 4, 2024. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform during the first of two sold out shows at the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Thursday night April 4, 2024. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Bruce Springsteen, left, and E Street Band members drummer Max Weinberg and Stevie Van Zandt, right, perform during the first of two sold out shows at the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Thursday night April 4, 2024. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Bruce Springsteen opens his show during the first of two sold out shows at the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Thursday night April 4, 2024. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Bruce Springsteen, right, performs with E Street Band members Jake Clemons on saxophone and drummer Max Weinberg, rear, during the first of two sold out shows at the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Thursday night April 4, 2024. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Bruce Springsteen, left, and E Street Band member Stevie Van Zandt, right, perform during the first of two sold out shows at the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Thursday night April 4, 2024. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg perform during the first of two sold out shows at the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Thursday night April 4, 2024. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

An airliner flies over the Kia Forum that is lit up for the first of two sold out Bruce Springsteen shows in Inglewood on Thursday night, April 4, 2024. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

“Boom Boom” opened the show with a bang, the bluesy John Lee Hooker cover getting Springsteen and the 17 members of his band revved up for the night to come. Two songs later, the opening notes of “Prove It All Night” got a roar from the crowd for the fan favorite off “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” and from that point, the songs flowed one after another, separated only by Springsteen counting off the tempo before each new number.

The E Street Band remains one of the great bands in rock history, with guitarist Steven Van Zandt, bassist Gerry Tallent, pianist Roy Bittan, and drummer Max Weinberg going back 50 years or so with the Boss. Guitarist Nils Lofgren and singer-guitarist Patti Scialfa, Springsteen’s wife, are the new kids with only 40 years in the band.

Their tight, intuitive playing sets the base for Springsteen to go where he likes. Slow it down for “Trapped.” No problem. Pick up the pace on “Two Hearts”? Van Zandt joins Springsteen on a shared microphone, singing harmonies, their faces inches apart, as they have for half a century.

After “The Promised Land,” the second of three “Darkness” tracks in the show, Springsteen announced Scialfa was in the house, and brought her out to sing a pair of songs with him. “Tougher Than the Rest,” a slow-burning romance, saw them harmonizing closely as Springsteen shifted from a low solo on his blonde Telecaster to harmonica for the finish. “Fire” was playful, fun, and a little bit sexy, Springsteen and Scialfa clearly having a blast with the number.

Each night on tour Springsteen plucks a sign from the audience to play an unexpected request. On Thursday, that arrived on the stage in the form of a white bedsheet spray-painted with black letters so hard to read Springsteen made a joke about it. The song, “Jole Blon,” was gorgeous, a Cajun-inflected traditional number that featured Soozie Tyrell on fiddle and Charles Giordano on accordian.

While “Born To Run” provided the most songs in the show with five — we’ll be getting to those soon, be patient! — the oldest songs often prompted the biggest responses from the crowd. “Spirit in the Night,” from Springsteen’s 1973 debut, “Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.” was the first show-stopper of the night, its jazzy R&B giving Springsteen and the band, including saxophonist Jake Clemons, a chance to stretch and vamp a little.

“My City of Ruins,” from “The Rising,” shifted from the ecstasy of “Spirit” to a slower gospel soul, with Springsteen testifying most directly on thoughts of mortality.

“I know there’s a lot of us out there that are missing somebody special,” he said during a mid-song break to address the crowd. “Now I don’t know where we go when all of this is over. I just know what remains. And the only thing we can guarantee tonight is that if you’re here, and we’re here, then those that we are missing are here with us tonight.”

Two songs later, he finished the somber midpart of the show with a mostly solo acoustic guitar performance of “Last Man Standing,” a song inspired by the death of the last member of his first teenage band. “Death brings a certain clarity of mind,” Springsteen said by way of introduction. “And grieving is the price we pay for love.”

At that point, barely halfway through the show, things shifted toward the light and the living. “Backstreets,” from “Born To Run,” still has a melancholy feel, but its protagonist lives with his memories of young love and the places they used to travel, with Bittan’s piano part the secret sauce to its beauty.

“Because The Night,” which Springsteen gave to Patti Smith to record in the late ’70s, was reclaimed as a hard rocker that wrapped up with glorious guitar solo from Lofgren. “She’s The One” walloped its Bo Diddley beat in a primal rock ‘n’ roll rhythm.

The main set climaxed with “Badlands,” a Springsteen classic from the ’70s about a restless young man with dreams bigger than his life, and “Thunder Road,” one of his greatest numbers, which opened with the crowd singing loudly on the slow first verse before Springsteen and the band launched it to a huge finish.

At this point we’ve reached the encore, which Springsteen fans know means another 50 minutes of music, with one hit dropped after another.

After “Land of Hope and Dreams” opened it up, “Born To Run,” symphonic rock ‘n’roll hymn, exploded from the stage, the arena lights up now for fans to sing along. “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight),” another early favorite, remains a joyful song of desire, and a chance for Springsteen and the band to take flight into extended versions. Here it wrapped up with Springsteen, Van Zandt, Lofgren, Tyrell and Clemons dancing and goofing at the end of a short ramp into the pit.

“Dancing In The Dark” is one of the sweetest simple pop songs that Springsteen’s ever written. “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” saw him circle the pit, singing from a ramp at its edge to the fans in the floor seats. And “Twist and Shout” was a rock and roll party.

The 17 musicians walked off the stage then, with Springsteen giving them a pat on the back or handshake, telling them “good job” as if they were punching out at the end of a shift at the factory. He is the Boss, and he’s a good boss, too.

Then, one last encore, solo on stage with his acoustic guitar, singing “I’ll See You In My Dreams.” Or maybe on Sunday night, when he returns to the Kia Forum, as full of life as ever he was.

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Bruce Springsteen previews Syracuse concert with ‘plans to destroy your city’

• Updated: Apr. 16, 2024, 7:06 p.m. |
• Published: Apr. 16, 2024, 8:01 a.m.

(L-R) Nils Lofgren, Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt, Max Weinberg and Garry W. Tallent perform live during a concert at the Olympastadion on June 19, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Frank Hoensch/Redferns) Getty Images

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Bruce Springsteen previewed this week’s Syracuse concert with a special message on social media.

“First time I came to Syracuse was 1973 and you were looking at the only two members of the E Street Band that were there 51 frickin’ years ago,” The Boss said in an Instagram video alongside original E Street Band bassist Garry W. Tallent on Monday.

“It said ‘Welcome Bruce Spring-stine,’” Tallant recalled.

It’s unclear if he was referring to a misspelled name (Springstein?) or a mispronunciation of the bandleader’s surname. A review in the Herald-Journal newspaper of that 1973 concert at the Onondaga County War Memorial misidentified the band opening for Chicago as “a five-member combo from New Jersey called Bris Christy .”

“50 years later and guess what? Me, this gentleman Garry W. Tallent, and the rest of the E Street Band have plans to destroy your city and rock you into the ground!” Springsteen said Monday.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are set to perform at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse on Thursday, April 18. The concert was originally scheduled for September 2023 but was postponed after Springsteen was diagnosed with peptic ulcer disease .

“You sing with your diaphragm. My diaphragm was hurting so badly that when I went to make the effort to sing, it was killing me, you know?,” the 74-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer told E Street Radio host Jim Rotolo last month. “So, I literally couldn’t sing at all, you know, and that lasted for two or three months, along with just a myriad of other painful problems.”

More than 30,000 tickets have been sold for the Dome concert, which will be Springsteen’s first performance in Central New York since playing Vernon Downs in 2012 . Past Springsteen concerts also include performances at the War Memorial in 1973 and 1978, the Landmark Theatre in 1996, and the Carrier Dome in 1985 and 1992.

Here’s what else you need to know, according to Syracuse University’s website:

Tickets purchased for the original Sept. 7, 2023, date will be honored for the rescheduled date of April 18, 2024.

A few thousand tickets are still available for the Syracuse show through Ticketmaster (prices start at $74.40), as well as VividSeats , StubHub , TicketNetwork or SeatGeek . Attendees are encouraged to download their ticket on their phone before arriving.

Guests with a General Admission Pit ticket should enter through Gate D.

PARKING / TRAFFIC

Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Concertgoers are encouraged to arrive early due to traffic as the concert will begin promptly at 7:30 p.m. Springsteen has no opening act.

If you purchased advance sale parking, please display your parking pass on your rearview mirror so it is easily viewable for the parking attendants and to help with traffic flow. ( See a list of parking lot addresses .) If you purchased a parking pass for the original concert date, that pass is still valid.

• On event day, $35 parking will be available at the University Avenue Garage, UAG, (1101 E Adams St) and Comstock Avenue Garage, CAG, (501 Comstock Ave). Additional parking may be available at UNVN, UNVS, Harrison and Waverly. All lots will accept major credit cards, debit cards and mobile payment (Apple Pay, Android Pay and Google Pay). Cash will not be accepted.
• $30 paid parking will be available at the Skytop (1600 Jamesville Avenue ) parking lots. Free shuttle transportation is provided between the College Place shuttle drop off and the Colvin, Comstock and Skytop parking lots. These lots will open at 1 p.m. with shuttle service beginning at 4 p.m.
• Skytop: If you are using Route 81 south to get to the SKY or SKYD lots, SU suggests you use Exit 17. At the bottom of the ramp turn LEFT and at the next light head up Brighton Ave., then left onto Ainsley Drive to your lot.

All lots will accept major credit cards, debit cards and mobile payment (Apple Pay, Android Pay and Google Pay). Cash will not be accepted.

CASH OR CREDIT?

Credit. All official SU parking lots are now cashless (though there may be some cash options near campus). Everything inside the Dome is also cashless, including the merchandise stands. Beverages, including alcohol, will be grab-and-go.

CLEAR BAG POLICY

The Dome’s Clear Bag Policy will be in effect. Therefore, one clear bag and one small clutch or purse is allowed. Fans will be asked to return non-approved bags to their vehicle prior to stadium entry. There will be no check-in location for prohibited bags at the Stadium. Please plan accordingly.

An exception will be made for medically necessary items after proper inspection.

ITEMS NOT ALLOWED

Metal detectors will be in use. The following items are not permitted:

• Audio Recording Devices
• Vinyl Album Covers
• Pocket Knives
• Weapons of any kind
• FOOD & BEVERAGES (excluding items needed for health/special reasons)
• ALCOHOL of any Kind
• BACKPACKS or large purses
• Containers/Coolers (including soft sided)
• Baby Strollers
• Animals (excluding service animals)
• Laser Pointers
• Noise Makers/Air Horns
• Video Recorders (including Go Pros)
• Cameras with a lens 6″ or greater
• Large Chains
• Spiked Bracelets
• Wallet Chains
• Waist Packs
• Selfie Sticks

When will the concert end?

According to Syracuse University, the concert is expected to end between 10 and 11 p.m. At Monday’s MVP Arena concert in Albany, Springsteen reportedly played for 2 hours and 45 minutes. If the Syracuse show starts at 7:30, expect the Boss to be rocking until about 10:15 p.m.

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Concert review: Did Bruce Springsteen deliver a classic show at Mohegan Sun? You bet.

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — I have seen the future of peptic ulcer disease and its name is Bruce Springsteen.

Not to make light of the medical ailment that sidelined the 74-year-old rocker for six months starting back in September, but Springsteen’s twice-rescheduled concert played Friday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena was clearly done by a man who wasn’t hurting from a bellyache.

Quite simply, Springsteen looked great, sounded even greater and was working on all cylinders.

And keeping up with The Boss all night was his “heart-stopping, pants-dropping, earth-shocking, hard-rocking, booty-shaking, earth-quaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, floor-(expletive), history-making, legendary” E Street Band.

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Measuring 17 members strong (18 if you count Springsteen), the E Street Band is a rock 'n' roll juggernaut, featuring three killer guitarists (Springsteen, Little Stevie Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren), bassist Garry W. Tallent, drummer “Mighty” Max Weinberg, keyboardist “Professor” Roy Bittan, keyboardist/accordionist Charlie Giordano and violinist Soozie Tyrell, as well as a five-piece horn section led by Jake Clemons, along with trumpeters Curt Ramm and Barry Danielian, saxophonist Eddie Manion and trombonist Ozzie Melendez; four backup singers — Curtis King Jr., Michelle Moore, Lisa Lowell and Ada Dyer — and percussionist Anthony Almonte.

Springsteen’s performance Friday night at Mohegan Sun was joyous, triumphant, spirited and, in many ways, inspirational and life-affirming. This was not a man on his last leg or ready to throw in the towel on the live concert circuit just yet. This was a man in the prime of his life and at the top of his game. Maybe Springsteen didn’t perform one of his signature marathons of the past, but two hours and 47 minutes, with 27 gems, isn’t shabby either.

Springsteen was rolling nothing but sevens with the set opener “Roll of the Dice,” the same song he opened with the last time he played the Connecticut casino on May 18, 2014.

“We’re back,” Springsteen roared at the crowd before singing a single word. “I don’t care if you lost your money or you won your winnings. Tonight we’re going to make you the luckiest people in the world.”

And Springsteen wasn’t kidding.                   

Wearing a buttoned-up, striped gray vest, a gray, long-sleeved shirt with rolled-up sleeves, a polka-dot black tie (later revealed tucked in his shirt), gray dungarees and leather working boots, Springsteen was dressed more like a card dealer from the casino than a rock star.

But the audience soon found out that Springsteen held all the cards and the cards were stacked in his favor.

And while Springsteen stared at his own mortality straight in its eyes in several numbers — and there were a few moments that he looked a little weak at the knees — Springsteen is still the best ticket rock 'n' roll has to offer.

True, Springsteen’s recent guest-starring stint on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” opposite Larry David showed The Boss has a career in situation comedy if his music career ever peters out. I can see it now, a reboot of “The Odd Couple” with Springsteen as messy Oscar and Steven Van Zandt as fussy clean freak Felix; or better yet, “Who’s The Boss,” with Springsteen and his wife, Patti Scialfa (a no-show Friday night), taking over the Tony Danza and Judith Light roles.

Then again, sitcom TV has to wait because Springsteen shows no signs of slowing down on the live rock front quite yet.

Strengthening the theme that the audience could thank its lucky stars for being there Friday night, Springsteen delivered the tour debut of the underrated gem “Lucky Town,” which featured The Boss wailing on trusty, beat-up Fender Telecaster.

The gritty precursor to “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” “Seeds” started subtle and rough around the edges before erupting into a riveting, band-driven barn-burner.

“The Promised Land” featured a harmonica-playing Springsteen huffing and puffing his belief that there has to be something better out there. Surveying the crowd, Springsteen tossed his mouth harp to one lucky fan in the pit.

In full rock 'n' roll preacher mode, Springsteen cried out, "Can you feel the spirit?" before breaking into the evening's undisputed highlight, "Spirits in the Night."

As he poured out his guts and magically transported himself back to the "Greasy Lake" of his youth, Springsteen initially treated fans sitting behind the stage the best view of the performance, while later taking a playful breather with saxophonist Clemons, first with the two sitting in front of Weinberg’s drum-riser and later with Springsteen stretched out on the floor, singing the lyrics while resting his back on Clemons.

Ten songs in, Springsteen talked about the mission at hand that he shares that night with the E Street Band.

“We’re here tonight to bring the joyous power of rock ‘n’ roll into your life. We’re here to bring some (expletive) fun. We are here to wake you up and shake you up and then take you up to higher ground,” Springsteen said. “We need you to take us where we want to go tonight. Because we plan on sending you home with your feet hurting, your hands hurting, your sexual organs stimulated. It comes with the price of admission.”

Perched in front of the stage, Springsteen explained that the powerful rock ‘n’ roll sermon “My City of Ruins” is “a story about yesterday. It’s a story about tonight and, hopefully, a story about tomorrow. It’s about hellos and goodbyes and the things that leaves us and the things that remains with us.”

During the band's “roll call,” Springsteen asked, “Are we missing anyone tonight?”

At first, the faithful in the audience knew Bruce was addressing E Street Band organist/accordionist Danny Federici and the band’s beloved saxophonist Clarence Clemons, who died in 2008 and 2011, respectively.  

Then Springsteen embraced the spirits of the loved ones that audience members have lost, while offering solace with these inspirational words, “I don’t know where we go when all of this is over, but I know what remains. The only thing I can guarantee tonight is that if you’re here and we’re here, together, they’re here with us.,”

Talk about cover me. Springsteen performed arguably his best cover in his musical repertoire, Jimmy Cliff’s “Trapped,” while the E Street Choir led by Curtis King Jr. channeled the voices and spirits of the soul/R&B greats Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson did during the cover of the Commodores’ “Nightshift.”

Springsteen stood tall and proud and mostly on his own on the poignant guitar ballad “Last Man Standing,” his loving ode to the greatest adventure of his young life, his first real rock ‘n’ roll band. Here, Springsteen reminisced how he was recruited to join his first band, The Castiles, when he was 15 by his sister’s then-boyfriend George Theiss, and how in 2018, Theiss, the only surviving member of the group beside Springsteen, died, hence making Springsteen the subject of the song’s title.

The Boss carried this heavy theme over to “Backstreets,” rattling off the physical mementos he inherited from his old bandmate, including his old records and a faded snapshot, then concluding, “And the rest, the rest, I’m going to carry right here,” as he pats his heart.

By the time Springsteen played the tour debut of “I’m on Fire” in the midway of the set, Springsteen seemed to be stating the obvious.

After inviting the crowd to come on up for “The Rising,” Springsteen ended his main set with the one-two punch of “Badlands” and “Thunder Road.”

And if that wasn’t enough to please the crowd, the roof was raised once again during the timeless rock anthem “Born to Run,” which kicked off the first encore.

Although the Three Stooges-inspired hijinks of late were toned down a bit (a lot of mugging to the camera but no face poking or nose twirling), the always show-stopping "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" was an absolute delight.

After a double shot from “Born in the U.S.A.” (“Bobby Jean” and “Dancing in the Dark”), the first encore ended with the perfect tail-end blowout, “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out."

Springsteen closed out the night with a second encore, a solo acoustic rendition of “I’ll See You in My Dreams.”

Not if we see you first.

This article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: Concert review: Did Bruce Springsteen deliver a classic show at Mohegan Sun? You bet.

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How ‘curb your enthusiasm’ manifested bruce springsteen’s postponed tour — and expect series finale “boomerangs”.

The penultimate episode of the HBO series saw Larry David giving the Boss COVID and endangering his health — which preceded similar real-life events. Executive producer Jeff Schaffer reveals that story and more in a weekly episode chat heading into the series finale.

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[This story contains spoilers from season 12, episode nine of Curb Your Enthusiasm , “Ken/Kendra.”]

Life imitated art again with the latest Curb Your Enthusiasm . Or, if you ask show boss Jeff Schaffer , “life imitated silly art.”

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“That’s Larry David’s middle name: Larry ‘Involvement’ David,” said Springsteen on CNN when making his first Curb cameo.

Now, in the ninth episode of season 12 — the penultimate episode before the Emmy-winning HBO comedy’s series finale this weekend — Springsteen returns. In the show, the Boss is so impressed with Larry’s political stance that he wants to meet the Seinfeld creator in real life.

But when they sit down at a table together in the home of the Greenes (Susie Essman and Jeff Garlin ), several things go awry. First, Springsteen’s manager Ken (played by trans comedian Ian Harvie) identifies himself as being formerly Kendra Morris and recalls how they used to have sex (and always on the floor). This prompts one of the episode’s best lines when Springsteen is aghast at Larry being a “floor fucker,” and Schaffer says that line was all the Boss.

“Bruce telling Larry, ‘I never took you for a floor fucker,’ is one of my favorite moments ever — like, in life,” recalls Schaffer when speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about the episode. “We knew we were going to be talking about floor fucking, but that was all Bruce. That was Bruce chiming in, which was amazing. We were like, ‘What! He’s so funny.'”

Schaffer adds, “If the music thing doesn’t work out, he definitely has a future in comedy.”

This, of course, will not bode well for Larry’s reputation for his upcoming trial, where he faces up to one year in prison and a fine of $10,000 for obstructing the election process in the state of Georgia. He also was threatened in this episode with being “Me Too-ed” after he offended his masseuse.

The COVID Curb plotline was written in 2022, and they filmed the scene with Springsteen in one day in December 2022, on the improv comedy’s final day of shooting that year. “It was a long time to keep that one secret,” says Schaffer.

Then, flash-forward to February 2023, when Schaffer and David were editing the season, and Springsteen in real life ended up postponing three of his shows in one week “due to illness.” Then, in April 2023, Springsteen and wife Patti Scialfa came down with COVID. And in August 2023, the Boss ended up postponing more shows after having “taken ill.” In September, it was then revealed he had been diagnosed with peptic ulcer disease, and he ended up canceling all remaining 2023 dates so he could recover.

Schaffer says when they initially reached out to Springsteen’s manager, they never thought the guest role would materialize. But quickly after the pitch, the Boss said yes; he was a fan of the show. After they wrapped, they sent Springsteen his scenes, because the Curb team was so happy with the final result.

“He loved them, which was great. He was putting a lot of faith in us,” says Schaffer. “He’d seen the show, but a lot of people haven’t worked the way we do, where it’s not all scripted. Lots of things get said. And we kept telling him, ‘We’ll use the best stuff,’ so he could try everything. And he played around. He knew the basic beats, but he was in there adding and slugging around. We showed him the scenes because we were so happy with how they turned out.”

The plot around how Larry likes to have sex ends up circling around when his ex-wife Cheryl ( played by Cheryl Hines ) calls him out for lying to her about why he wanted to have sex on the floor. (“It’s hot, like in the movies,” she says he told her.)

Schaffer still marvels that they got Springsteen to do such a big role and coyly teases that the Boss might make some sort of return in next week’s finale.

“Everyone was so excited that Bruce had that brief cameo in episode two, and Larry and I were sitting there thinking, ‘If you guys only knew that he’s doing all these scenes in show nine.’ We were able to shoot a lot of stuff with Bruce in the one day we had him.”

He adds, “Things come back to haunt Larry every week. His life is a comedy haunted mansion, everything boomerangs.”

Below, with only one episode remaining before Curb signs off for good (maybe, hopefully not), Schaffer takes THR through some more highlights from the penultimate episode in season 12, “Ken/Kendra.”

• Another tidbit on Springsteen: The Don Henley comparison was written by the Curb writers, but the Boss knew the Eagles frontman would “be cool with it.” Schaffer says, “We wrote that as a rock icon kind of mad lib.”
• J.B. Smoove’s Leon “didn’t want to get COVID because he didn’t know what it was going to do to his dick,” says Schaffer of the hilarity that ensues when Larry’s housemate desperately tries to avoid getting sick. “We often like to surprise Larry. I didn’t tell him that J.B. was going to come through the house in a gas mask with an arm full of toilet paper,” says Schaffer, revealing that they often try to catch their star and creator off guard to get his most honest reaction. “Larry interacts with the world, and the world’s against him. So I create the world against him, for maximum surprise. His reactions are so good.”
• A great example of one of those reactions comes in the epic staircase war of words between Larry and his oft-nemesis, Susie Greene (Essman): “That Larry-Susie fight in the stairwell is one for the ages. Them arguing that each other is a virus, capped off by Susie saying, ‘Larry, you cold-hearted, COVID-carrying cocksucker,’ is one of my favorite Larry-Susie arguments of all time.” Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav was actually on set that day of filming. “He got a giant earful of raw Curb ,” says Schaffer, adding that the virus insults were all hurled in one take. But, “You’re seeing on Larry’s side every frame before he laughs. Larry’s reaction to Susie calling him that was taken from a different reaction because he was laughing so hard. Larry is always going to blink first with Susie. Susie screaming at him is his kryptonite.”
• A restaurant being downgraded from an A to a C rating mid-meal is a plot plucked from real life, when Schaffer, David, former writers Alec Berg and David Mandel, and other Curb writers were out for lunch in Palisades Village when filming season six. “We watched them change the letter right in front of us and no one could believe it. They just changed the letter in front of Larry David and the Curb writers, what do they think is going to happen? Talk about low-hanging, probably unwashed fruit. We always wanted to do it. I know it seems impossible, but it really is true.”
• The name of the book written by Young Larry director Les McCrabb (played by Matt Berry), “To Hang a Lantern on It,” originates from Schaffer’s pre- Seinfeld job at Witt/Thomas Productions where he worked on “a show starring an unknown comic named Jeff Garlin and then on Herman’s Head .” Schaffer says the show was filled with idioms that end up showing up in the fictional Curb script, like, “America doesn’t want to see that” and “hang a lantern on it.” Really “hacky sitcom stuff,” he says. “We would do that jokingly when writing, and so when we needed a title for this book written by this sort of journeyman director, I was like, it has to be ‘Hang a Lantern on It.’ I wrote a solid two pages and worked out some feelings of what it’s like working out at a schmaltzy place. ( Laughing .) The exact stuff that Seinfeld and Curb is the antidote for.”
• The fictional “Vonderdonk” cheese from last week’s episode is now actually being sold at The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills (available during store hours). “I’m sure the cheese is excellent, just don’t leave it in your car,” quips Schaffer.
• In other real-life news, Felicity Huffman booked her first TV gig following her role in the college admissions scandal and after Lori Loughlin parodied herself with a Curb cameo earlier this season. “I can’t imagine that anyone is looking to us for hourlong trends, but I’m very happy that Lori got to be the first to come back triumphantly,” says Schaffer.
• With one week left before the finale, Schaffer responds to Garlin recently sharing how emotional he got when the executive producer-director called cut on the final scene. “I remember doing a few extra takes to make sure we got it because it was important,” says Schaffer of next week’s ending. “Once we did, we were done. And, who wants it to be done? Then I realized, someone has to say something! So I looked at Larry, because village was right next to the set, and said, ‘Are you good?’ He said ‘Yeah, I’m good.’ So I said, ‘That’s a wrap on the greatest sitcom ever.’ Everyone applauded and hugged. Then I turned around and Jeff was yeah, just sitting quietly off to the side crying. Very sweet.”
• How will Curb tie it all together in the series finale? “It’s definitely longer than our usual episodes. We have a lot to say,” says Schaffer, always tight-lipped about any spoilers. “I can’t believe that we’ve arrived at this moment. But I think it’s been a really lively season and the finale is a very funny, fitting end to it all.”

Curb Your Enthusiasm  releases its series finale Sunday at 10 p.m. on  HBO  and Max.   Read  THR’ s chats with Schaffer from the season here .

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“Deliver Me From Nowhere,” the upcoming film about the making of Bruce Springsteen ‘s landmark 1982 “Nebraska” album, has landed at 20th Century Studios.

“The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White is in talks to star as the legendary rocker. Scott Cooper (“Crazy Heart,” “Hostiles”) will write and direct the film, which is based on Warren Zane’s 2023 book “Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska.”

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Bruce Springsteen and his longtime manager Jon Landau will be involved with the film. “It is a once-in-a-lifetime honor to be collaborating with Bruce Springsteen, an inspiring and incomparable artist who represents so much to so many,” said Disney Live Action and 20th Century Studios president David Greenbaum. “The deep authenticity of his story is in great hands with my friend Scott Cooper whom I am thrilled to be collaborating with once again.”

“Warren Zanes’ ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’ is one of the best books ever written about Bruce Springsteen and his music,” said Landau. “Bruce and I are thrilled that Scott Cooper has chosen to write and direct the film based on that book — we think he’s the perfect filmmaker for the job. Scott, with producers Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson at The Gotham Group, and Scott Stuber are bringing together a superb team to ensure that this project has the vision and soul that have been the hallmark of Bruce’s 55-year career. We’re thrilled to have the wholehearted commitment and support of the entire team at 20th and Disney.” 

“I once read that ‘Nebraska’ is an album that moves you to the marrow of your bones. I couldn’t agree more,” says Cooper. “Bruce Springsteen, and   ‘Nebraska,’ in particular, have had a profound impact on me and my work. Through themes of despair, disillusionment, and the struggles of everyday Americans, Bruce has formed an unparalleled legacy, painting an unflinching portrait of the human condition. Yet, amidst the darkness, a sense of resilience and a sense of hope shines through, reflecting an indomitable spirit. That’s the Bruce I’ve come to know and love and will honor with this film. Warren Zanes’ wonderful telling of this chapter in Bruce’s life is ripe for cinematic adaptation. This film has the potential to be a transformative cinematic experience, offering audiences a window into the soul of Bruce Springsteen and the universal truths that bind us all together.”

Scott Cooper is repped by CAA and attorney Darren Trattner of Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein. The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson are represented by CAA and attorney George Davis. Bruce Springsteen is repped by Landau, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks; Warren Zanes by CAA. Scott Stuber is repped by attorney Craig Jacobson of Hanson, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller & Gellman. 

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