Suffering from a stomach ulcer, the “Boss” of American rock indicated in a press release that he was postponing all of his upcoming concerts. Rescheduled dates should be announced soon.
American singer Bruce Springsteen, immense rock star, announced on Wednesday September 27 the postponement until 2024 of his concerts planned for this year in the United States in order to “recover from an ulcer” to the stomach. The Boss, who has just turned 74 and had already postponed his September concerts, “continues to recover well from a gastric ulcer in recent weeks and will continue his treatment for the rest of the year” 2023, according to a press release on X (formerly Twitter).
It is stipulated that “all remaining concert dates in 2023 will be postponed to 2024. Thank you to all my friends and fans for their well wishes, encouragement and support.”writes Bruce Springsteen on his social media accounts, promising: “I’m feeling better and can’t wait to see you all next year.”
New dates to come
His regular guitarist, the American songwriter and actor Steven Van Zandt, met Wednesday evening September 27 in Manhattan during the preview of the new film by Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moontold AFP that Springsteen would “every day getting better and better.” New concert dates in 2024 will be announced soon, concerts for which the 2023 tickets will obviously be valid or refunded if necessary within 30 days, specifies the megastar’s press release.
The American artist with a worldwide reputation as a stage beast has been on tour with his musicians, the “E Street Band”, since the beginning of the year. He also canceled concerts planned for August. A stomach or peptic ulcer, caused by bacteria, manifests itself as pain, cramps or burning in the abdomen.
Just before revealing his health problems, the septuagenarian played for three hours at his home in New Jersey, under the light of a beautiful late summer moon, even unbuttoning his shirt to the delight of some of his fans. In 2023, he crossed the United States before playing in Europe and then returning to his country this summer. The Boss is no stranger to marathon concerts, with a record of more than four hours in Helsinki in 2012.
A popular singer
The singer from New Jersey, bordering New York, whose impressive gallery of hits includes Streets of Philadelphia Or Dancing in the Dark, is extremely popular in the United States and Europe. Born into a Neapolitan-Irish family of working-class origins, he puts American everyday life to music, with rock, country, blues and even soul influences. Oscar winner for Streets of Philadelphia, he has accumulated awards over the course of a long career, and sold more than 150 million records. The album alone Born in the USA has sold 30 million copies.
Classified on the left, Bruce Springsteen also published podcasts in 2021 and 2022 with former US President Barack Obama. In years of the series Renegades: Born in the USA the two men, who say to each other “friends”discuss the major societal issues of their country: racism, multiculturalism, socio-economic inequalities, housing, family and even patriarchy.