It’s go time.
Tickets for six Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 2023 U.S. arena tour concerts go on sale the morning of Wednesday, July 20. Fans are waiting to receive their codes as provided by the Ticketmaster Verified Fan system, which will be provided on the evening of Tuesday, July 19. Registering, which ended Sunday, July 17, did not guarantee you will receive a code or have the ability to initially purchase tickets.
A big question remains: How much will tickets cost? The topic has caused consternation among fans, with speculation that they will be more in line with “Springsteen on Broadway” run, which saw pricing in the hundreds of dollars, instead of the “River Tour,” where prices were $68 to $150 for the 2016 show at the Prudential Center in Newark.
Prices for the upcoming European stadium shows ranged from approximately $65 to $165, when the European currency is converted to U.S. dollars.
“We’re going to know on Wednesday – that’s it,” said Pete Maimone of Howell. Maimone, aka “Outlaw Pete,” is known among Boss fans for his ticket expertise.
Another big question, the floor plan, has seemingly been answered in the last few hours. The Amalie Arena in Tampa released the floor plan for the Feb. 1 tour opener, and it’s a smaller General Admission pit surrounded by seats instead of GA for the whole floor.
A Bruce Springsteen Verified Fan FAQ shared by Ticketmaster last week did not include floor plans or ticket prices, but it was helpful nevertheless, Maimone said. This time there’s a five show option for fans.
“You may use multiple tabs on the same device when shopping for more than one show (if you received an invitation to multiple shows),” said Ticketmaster in the FAQ.
“Be close to your WiFi router or direct connect,” Maimone said. “You can use public WiFi but it’s not going to be as fast as you need it to be to get the tickets you want. My advice is recruit the kids.”
Tickets for the Tampa, Fla., Orlando, Fla., Hard Rock Live at Hollywood, Fla., Tulsa, Okla.; Denver and Boston shows go on sale July 20. If tickets remain to a show after a Verified Fan onsale, they’ll go on sale to fans with no code required.
Shows at the Toyota Center in Houston, Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Barclays Center in Brooklyn and Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland are not being sold on a later date through Ticketmaster, and no Verified Fan code is required.
Area shows also include Madison Square Garden in New York City on April 1; two at the new USB Arena in Belmont Park, New York, on April 9 and 11; and the Prudential Center in Newark on April 14 to close the run.
A second North American tour leg will start in August 2023 after stadium shows in Europe. So far, more than 1.2 million tickets to the European shows have been sold.
The last time the E Street Band performed together on a concert stage was Feb. 25, 2017, for the final night of “The River Tour” in New Zealand. The band, minus Garry Tallent and Suzie Tyrell due to COVID protocols, played the new songs “Ghosts” and “I’ll See You In My Dreams” in December 2020 on “Saturday Night Live.”
The new songs were from the Springsteen and E Street Band hit album, “Letter to You,” released in 2020.
The E Street Band is Roy Bittan, piano, synthesizer; Nils Lofgren, guitar, vocals; Patti Scialfa, guitar, vocals; Garry Tallent, bass guitar; Stevie Van Zandt, guitar, vocals; and Max Weinberg, drums; with Soozie Tyrell, violin, guitar, vocals; Jake Clemons, saxophone; and Charlie Giordano, keyboards.
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2023 U.S. arena tour
Feb 1, Tampa, Amalie Arena (tickets on sale 10 a.m. July 20)Feb. 3, Atlanta, State Farm Arena (10 a.m. July 27)Feb. 5, Orlando, Fla., Amway Center (10 a.m. July 20)Feb. 7, Hollywood, Fla., Hard Rock Live (10 a.m. July 20)Feb. 10, Dallas, American Airlines Center (10 a.m. July 22)Feb 14, Houston, Toyota Center* (10 a.m. July 22)Feb. 16, Austin, Texas, Moody Center (10 a.m. July 22)Feb. 18, Kansas City, Mo., T-Mobile Center (10 a.m. July 27)Feb. 21, Tulsa, Okla., BOK Center (10 a.m. July 20)Feb. 25, Portland, Ore., Moda Center (10 a.m. July 22)Feb. 27, Seattle, Climate Pledge Arena (10 a.m. July 27)March 2, Denver, Ball Arena (10 a.m. July 20)March 5, St. Paul, Minn., Xcel Energy Center (10 a.m. July 21)March 7 Milwaukee, Fiserv Forum (10 a.m. July 27)March 9, Columbus, Ohio, Nationwide Arena (10 a.m. July 27)March 12, Uncasville, Conn., Mohegan Sun (10 a.m. July 22)March 14, Albany, N.Y., MVP Arena (10 a.m. July 22)March 16, Philadelphia, Wells Fargo Center* (10 a.m. July 26)March 18, State College, Pa., Bryce Jordan Center (10 a.m. July 26)March 20, Boston, TD Garden (10 a.m. July 20)March 23, Buffalo, N.Y., KeyBank Center (10 a.m. July 27)March 25, Greensboro, N.C., Greensboro Coliseum (10 a.m. July 22)March 27, Washington, D.C., Capital One Arena (10 a.m. July 26)March 29, Detroit, Little Caesars Arena (10 a.m. July 27)April 1, New York, Madison Square Garden (10 a.m. July 29)April 3, Brooklyn, Barclays Center* (10 a.m. July 29)
*General onsale: no Ticketmaster Verified Fan access code required
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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; cjordan@app.com.
