The Bruce Springsteen Australian Tour 2014 has added extra dates.
Following on from Michael Gudinski of Frontier Touring telling fans of The Boss that more dates were being secured for the Bruce Springsteen Australian Tour 2014 and urging punters to hold out from seeking tickets from third party sellers and risking falling victim to fraud, saying “don’t be duped by these unscrupulous sellers;” dates for the hottest tour in town have now expanded.
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band will continue their love affair with Australia, with three new shows now confirmed for Perth, Adelaide, and Hunter Valley.
The new concerts will take the show tally to thirteen across Australia and New Zealand, with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band now confirmed to play three indoor shows in Perth, two indoor shows in Adelaide, two stadium shows in Melbourne, one indoor show in Sydney, two Hunter Valley outdoor shows, one indoor show in Brisbane, and two stadium shows in Auckland.
Tickets to many of those dates have already been exhausted for what is set to be a super sequel from The Boss’ recent visit to Australia in April, marking his first visit in more than a decade and becoming one of the most successful tours of 2013, raking in grosses of $25 million.
The Bruce Springsteen Australian Tour 2014 will see the American music icon returning with his legendary E Street Band to deliver his trademark three-hour marathon sets. Joining the heroic live outfit for an Australian return is Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, as well as E Street Band’s regular guitarist Stevie Van Zandt.
Demand for the Bruce Springsteen Australian Tour 2014 has seen tickets springing up for sold out dates online at ridiculously marked up prices, from scalpers and touts looking to capitalise on fans desperate for a chance to catch The Boss; particularly in Adelaide and Perth, which were snubbed for Springsteen’s recent April visit.
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The issue has been enough to prompt Gudinski and Frontier Touring’s cautionary warning over seeking tickets from illegitimate sources. “Fans should be aware that turning to scalpers is not a wise solution,” cautioned Gudinski. “I appreciate that people are concerned they may have missed out on tickets but aside from the sheer cost of some of these tickets, the dangers of purchasing from an unauthorised outlet are considerable and I cannot tell you how many stories I’ve heard of fans being badly burnt by scalpers.”
The Mushroom honcho adds: “When you buy tickets from scalpers, often at greatly inflated prices, there is absolutely no guarantee that you are purchasing a legitimate ticket. Some of these sites can look quite official but unless you’re buying from the official outlets of Ticketek or Ticketmaster on this tour, you’re playing with fire.”
The Springsteen ticketing issue even prompted Ticketek and Ticketmaster to admit that ticketing bots had indeed been used to snaffle up a large proportion of ticket sales for the Springsteen Australian Tour 2014, but could not (or would not) divulge specifics about how many tickets fans had lost out to online ticket touts and purchasing syndicates – armies of cheap hired labour tasked with snapping tickets in bulk and on-selling them at inflated prices.
The news of newly added dates then, will come at a great relief for fans. Tickets for the new shows will go on general on-sale on Thursday 26 September.
Pre-sale tickets will be available from Monday 23 September via www.frontiertouring.com/brucespringsteen
Bruce Springsteen Australian Tour 2014
Pre-sale tickets available via www.frontiertouring.com/brucespringsteen
Monday 23 September to Tuesday 24 September
Perth – 2pm local | Adelaide – 2.30pm local | Hunter Valley – 12 noon local (or ends earlier if pre-sale allocation is exhausted)
General public on sale from Thursday 26 September (staggered times, refer below)
Wed 5 Feb – Perth | Perth Arena (All Ages) – NEW SHOW!Fri 7 Feb – Perth | Perth Arena (All Ages) – SOLD OUTSat 8 Feb – Perth | Perth Arena (All Ages) – SOLD OUT
Ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849 [On sale at 9am local time]
Tue 11 Feb – Adelaide | Entertainment Centre (All Ages) – SOLD OUT
Wed 12 Feb – Adelaide | Entertainment Centre (All Ages) – NEW SHOW!
Ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849 [On sale at 9.30am local time]
Sat 15 Feb – Melbourne | AAMI Park (All Ages) – SELLING FAST
Sun 16 Feb – Melbourne | AAMI Park (All Ages) – SELLING FAST
with special guests Hunters & Collectors and Dan Sultan
Ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849
Wed 19 Feb – Sydney | Allphones Arena(All Ages) – SELLING FAST
Ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849
Sat 22 Feb – Hunter Valley | Hope Estate (All Ages) – SOLD OUT
Sun 23 Feb – Hunter Valley | Hope Estate (All Ages) – NEW SHOW!`
with special guests The Rubens and Dan Sultan
Ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100
Wed 26 Feb – Brisbane | Entertainment Centre (All Ages) – SOLD OUT
Ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849
Sat 1 Mar – Auckland | Mt Smart Stadium (All Ages) – SOLD OUT
Sun 2 Mar – Auckland | Mt Smart Stadium (All Ages)
with special guest Jimmy Barnes
Ticketmaster.co.nz | Ph: 0800 111 999
Frontier Members pre-sale via www.frontiertouring.com/brucespringsteen
2pm NZST Thursday 5 September – 2pm NZST Friday 6 September
(or until pre-sale allocation is exhausted). Visit the website for more details
General public on sale from 9am NZST Monday 9th September
