ICE CUBES: Tid-bits taken from the Springsteen tour announcement

There are a few things to note after this morning's announcement about the Bruce Springsteen E Street Band tour for his ragged and radically diverse (lots of loops, bits of hip-hop inspiration) album, Wrecking Ball, which is out March 6.

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ICE CUBES: Tid-bits taken from the Springsteen tour announcement

POSTED: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 11:00 AM

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There are a few things to note after this morning’s announcement about the Bruce Springsteen E Street Band tour for his ragged and radically diverse (lots of loops, bits of hip-hop inspiration) album, Wrecking Ball, which is out March 6. After the tour’s March 18 start in Atlanta, The Boss will play two Philly dates, on March 28 and March 29 at the Wells Fargo Center (tix on sale Jan. 28) before going on to an April 3 date at East Rutherford, N.J.’s Izod Center (on sale Jan. 27).

Not-so-new news is that the E Street Band's members include Springsteen vets Roy Bittan (piano, synthesizer) Nils Lofgren (guitar) Garry Tallent (bass) Silivio Stevie Van Zandt (guitar, schmatah) and Max Weinberg (drums). Newer E-Street-er Soozie Tyrell is on board playing violin and guitar as is even newer member Charlie Giordano, playing keyboards. The biggest surprises come with the announcement that Patti Scialfa (guitar, vocals) is back, absent as Mrs. Springsteen was for most of the last E Street Band tour. And with the 2011 passing of Springsteen’s long-time sideman/saxophonist/brother-in-arms Clarence Clemons, rumors swirled about a possible replacement by nephew Jake Clemons, an able-bodied sax man who played last year with Eddie Vedder during the Pearl Jam-ers solo tour. This morning’s press notice said zip about Jake. Shame. Hope it changes.

"We Take Care Of Our Own," the album's first single, can be streamed at the same dot net where you can pre-order Wrecking Ball — brucespringsteen.net. Tickets will be available through all the usual Wells Fargo Center webs.

(a_amorosi@citypaper.net) (@ADAmorosi)

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