OK–he actually never left, but Backstreets Magazine is reporting that Springsteen will be releasing two new albums in 2012 and will be doing a solo tour and a tour with the E-Street Band. Here is a taste of the Backstreet’s post:
After 2010 came and went without any new product from Bruce Springsteen (a six-disc box set notwithstanding), the drought is finally coming to an end. Though we’re still awaiting a press release from Shore Fire Media, Springsteen’s plans are now set in stone and Backstreets can confirm that, after a great deal of speculation among fans, every bit of that speculation has proven to be true.
That means we can expect two new albums in the fall: Running Scared, ostensibly a solo record, will be released September 19, in time for Grammy eligibility. A month later, on October 17, another new album titled Cloudburst, featuring players from both the E Street Band and the Sesssions Band, will ensure that Springsteen is up for Grammy nods in 2013 as well.
Although sessions for both records have just begun in New Jersey, Springsteen has already firmly decided exactly what songs he wants on which album, and the precise running order for each.
Touring for the near-simultaneous releases will be a bit trickier, but by taking a cue from the old club days, with an early show and a late show, Springsteen apparently plans on pulling it off. A solo tour is slated to begin in Europe in early October, and with a small combo in tow, a 6:30 solo set will be followed in each city by a separately ticketed band performance. The fall trek, which runs through December, will dovetail with a few select E Street Band dates, as Bruce and his blood brothers dash over to Croatia to play Zagreb’s Maksimir Stadium, and to Australia, for their first trip Down Under since 2003. With Jake Clemons filling in for his uncle, these won’t actually be billed as E Street Band shows — as Max Weinberg has intimated, the E Street Band proper won’t actually be touring until 2012, when their worldwide jaunt truly begins in February, supporting their new album to be released that month. Another new E Street record drops in July, when the band begins their lengthy Giants Stadium stand. Concerts will be interspersed with campaign rallies, presuming Springsteen wins the Democratic nomination for New Jersey state senate. Watch this space for full album details and tour dates, which are all completely locked in.
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