With the Super Bowl three, count ’em three, days away, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band are gearing up for their halftime performances with press conferences and dress rehearsals, all of which should make any music fan pretty excited.
Well, everyone aside from the betting folks. As we learned in a recent article by Rolling Stone and which appeared to be further validated by a dress rehearsal, when the band takes the stage during halftime of Super Bowl XLIV, Bruce and Co. will not perform one of the seven playlists offered by Vegas, but instead 
something rumored to look a bit something like this:
“Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out”
“Born to Run”
“Working on a Dream”
“Glory Days”
Needless to say, they’ll be offering something for everyone.
That recently released Walmart-only Greatest Hits album also offered something for everyone. Only as Springsteen noted in an interview with The New York Times, he’s having second thoughts on the whole release:
“We were in the middle of doing a lot of things, it kind of came down and, really, we didn’t vet it the way we usually do,” he said. “We just dropped the ball on it.” Instead of offering the exclusive collection to Wal-Mart, “given its labor history, it was something that if we’d thought about it a little longer, we’d have done something different.” He added, “It was a mistake. Our batting average is usually very good, but we missed that one. Fans will call you on that stuff, as it should be.”
In other words, with the Greatest Hits controversy behind us, fans don’t have much to complain about these days. Between the recently released, unbelievably awesome Working on a Dream, Sunday’s performance, and the upcoming worldwide tour, which Springsteen revealed during today’s press conference, will include a TBA second U.S. leg, things couldn’t get much better these days…
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band 2009 Tour Dates:
04/01 – San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
04/03 – Gelndale, CA @ Jobing.com Center
04/05 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center
04/07 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
04/08 – Houston, TK @ Toyota Center
04/10 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Arena
04/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ LA Memorial Sports Arena
04/21 – Boston, MA @ TD Banknorth Garden
04/22 – Boston, MA @ TD Banknorth Garden
04/24 – Hartford, CT @ XL Center
04/26 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arnea
04/28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Spectrum
04/29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Spectrum
05/02 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum
05/04 – Hempstead, NY @ Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
05/05 – Charlottesville, VA @ John Paul Jones Arena
05/07 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
05/08 – University Park, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center
05/11 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
05/12 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
05/14 – Albany, NY @ Times Union Center
05/15 – Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
05/18 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
05/19 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mellon Arena
05/21 – E. Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
05/23 – E. Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
05/30 – Landgraaf, NL @ Pinkpop Festival
06/02 – Tampere, FI @ Ratinan Stadion
06/04 – Stocholm, SE @ Stockholm Stadion
06/05 – Stocholm, SE @ Stockholm Stadion
06/07 – Stocholm, SE @ Stockholm Stadion
06/09 – Bergen, NO @ Bergenhus Festning
06/10 – Bergen, NO @ Bergenhus Festning
07/02 – Munich, DE @ Olympiastadion
07/03 – Frankfurt, DE @ Commerzbank Arena
07/05 – Vienna, AS @ Ernst-Happel-Stadion
07/08 – Herning, DK @ MHC Messecenter
07/11 – Dublin, IE @ RDS Arena
07/16 – Carhai, FR @ Festival des Vielles Charrue
07/19 – Roma, IT @ Stadio Olimpico
07/21 – Torino, IT @ Stadio Comunale
07/23 – Udine, IT @ Stadio Fruli
07/26 – Bilbao, ES @ Estadio San MÃ mes
07/28 – Benidorm, ES @ Estadio Municipal de Foietes
07/30 – Sevilla, ES @ La Cartuja Olympic Stadium
08/01 – Valladolid, ES @ Estadio Jose Zorrilla
08/02 – Santiago, ES @ Monte Del Gozo
