Springsteen on Tour with New Sax Men

When his saxophone player an friend of many years = Clarence Clemons – died last year “The Boss” Bruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen was unsure as to whether he wanted to continue; but continue he did. This Sunday Springsteen and his E Street Band will perform at the annual Grammy Awards presentation and in March he will kick off a world tour with a new saxophone player.

Springsteen is replacing his old friend with not one but two saxophone players; one of them is a member of the family – Clarence Clemons’ nephew Jake Clemons. The son of a Marine Corps bnd director, Clemons’ first professional gig was playing at one of the inaugural celebrations for President Bill ClintonBill Clinton in 1992. The other sax man is an E Street Band alumni of sorts; Eddie Manion has been a part of the band in an on and off fashion for a number of years.

Also joining “The Boss” and the E Street Band on tour are trumpet players Curt Ramm and Barry Danielien, vocalists Cindy Mizelle and Curtis King, and trombone player Clark Gayton.

Springsteen is launching his tour in March in support of his seventeenth album “Wrecking Ball” which will be released on March 6.

“Wrecking Ball” tour dates…

March 18 at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, GA

March 19 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC

March 23 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, FL

March 26 at the TD GardenTD Garden in Boston, MA

March 28 & 29 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA

April 1 at the Verizon Center in Washington DC

April 3 & 4 at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, NJ

April 6 & 9 at the Madison Square Garden in New York City

April 12 at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit, MI

April 13 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, NY

April 16 at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY

April 17 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH

April 24 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA

April 26 & 27 at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, CA

April 29 at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans, LA

May 2 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ

May 13 at he Estadio Olimpico in Seville, Spain

May 15 at the Estadio de Gran Canaria in Las Palmas, Spain

May 17 & 18 at the Estadio Olimpico Lluis in Barcelona, Spain

May 25 at the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt, Germany

May 27 at the Rein Energie Stadion in Cologne, Germany

May 28 at the Pinkpop in Landgraaf, Netherlands

May 30 at the Olympia Stadion in Berlin, Germany

June 2 at the Estadio Anoeta in San Sebastian, Spain

June 3 at the Rock in Rio Lisboa in Lisboa, Portugal

June 7 at the Stadio Meaza in Milan, Italy

June 10 at the Stadio Francesco in Florence, Italy

June 11 at the Stadio Trieste in Trieste, Italy

June 17 at the Estadio Santago Bernadbu in Madrid, Spain

June 19 at the Park & Suites Arena in Montpellier, France

June 21 at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, England

June 22 at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England

June 24 at the Isle of Wight Festival on the Isle of Wight, England

July 4 & 5 at the Bercy in Paris France

July 7 at the Roskilde Festival in Roskilde, Denmark

July 9 at the Stadium Letzigrund in Zurich, Switzerland

July 11 at the Synot Tip Arena in Prague, Czech Republic

July 12 at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria

July 14 at Hard Rock Calling in London, England

July 17 & 18 at the RDS in Dublin, Ireland

July 21 at the Valle Hoven in Oslo, Norway

July 23 & 24 at the Koengen in Bergen, Norway

July 27 & 28 at the Ullevi in Gotherberg, Sweden

July 31 at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland