'The Boss' Announces 'The River Tour' With Bay Area Stop
(CBS SF/AP) — Bruce Springsteen will kick off a 9-week U.S. tour next year. On Friday the 66-year-old icon announced The River Tour with the E Street Band, which starts Jan. 16, 2016, in Pittsburgh. Springsteen will play 24 dates including a stop at the Oracle Arena in Oakland on March 13, a day before they wrap the tour at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.
Tickets go on sale December 11. The tour will also visit Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta and New York's Madison Square Garden.
Friday's announcement of the tour was made the day he released the four-disc "The Ties That Bind: The River Collection," which includes unreleased songs, the original 1980 "The River" album and more.
Before the tour, Springsteen will perform on "SNL" on December 19.
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