New album in the spring - tour to follow
According to a usually reliable source Bruce has finished recording a new album. If true, the release date is expected to be in March or April. The album is described as The Ghost of Tom Joad'ish, but with more instrumentation. The E Street Band has been involved in the recordings, but mostlly individually. A tour lasting at least 18 months is being planned. In a unique move, the tour is expected to start out low-key with only Bruce and a couple of the E Street Band members, but as it progresses more and more E Streeters will join the lineup and add their touch to the new music. As the source says, "The focus of the tour will be to emphasize Bruce as a solo performer and how his music and message are enhanced by the E Street Band". The tour will start out in small venues, but as the band joins in, larger venues willl be used. The smaller shows will mostly be in the US, with perhaps a few in Europe, but a full world tour is expected along the way. Take this information for what it is: unofficial and unconfirmed, but from a source that has been right before. And even if this is what the plan looks like now, it could be subject to change.