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The Boss in Belfast: Bruce Springsteen announces Irish stadium shows

Bruce Springsteen performs during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Picture by Evan Vucci, AP.
Bruce Springsteen performs during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Picture by Evan Vucci, AP. Bruce Springsteen performs during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Picture by Evan Vucci, AP.

Bruce Springsteen has announced his highly anticipated return to Ireland with a series of stadium shows in May 2024.

The legendary rockstar will be joined by the E Street Band for the four Irish dates, which form part of a wider 22-date European tour.

The tour kicks off in Belfast on May 9 at Boucher Road.

Springsteen then heads to Nowlan Park in Kilkenny on May 12, followed by a stop at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork on May 16.

The Irish leg concludes with a show at Croke Park in Dublin on May 19.

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Tickets for the Irish concerts go on sale November 6 at 8am via Ticketmaster.

The Boss last performed in Ireland in May with a sold out three-night run at Dublin's RDS Arena.

He was scheduled to complete the rest of his European tour in 2023 but was forced to postpone after being diagnosed with peptic ulcer disease.

Springsteen has since confirmed he is "steadily recovering" and "can't wait to see you all next year."

The 2024 European tour will also include shows in the UK, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway.

The concerts in May were part of a larger European summer tour that saw the Boss deliver what Billboard called "the greatest show on earth" and went on to sell over 1.6 million tickets across the continent.

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Known for his legendary live performances, Springsteen has won 20 Grammys, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award over his decades-long career.

The E Street Band’s most recent studio album ‘Letter to You’ was released in 2020.