LONDON, December 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
- Online searches for rocker's 2013
tour three times higher in Ireland
than the US
- Legendary singer to hit the UK and Ireland in summer 2013 for round two of
the Wrecking Ball tour
- Tickets available on fan-to-fan marketplace StubHub
UK
Bruce Springsteen is prepping for
round two of a massive stadium tour in support of 2012's
chart-topping Wrecking Ball, the rock superstar's
17th studio release. Having caused something of a frenzy
among UK and Irish fans during his summer 2012 outing - which saw
Springsteen hit major cities throughout Europe and play London's Hyde
Park - he is poised to replicate his live success in the new
year.
It's fair to say that The Boss is especially boss among Irish
fans, with searches for 'Bruce Springsteen tickets' nearly tripling
those in the US, and doubling those in the UK. Fans in Ireland and Northern
Ireland have expressed exceptionally high interest in the
2013 Springsteen tour: tickets for the artist's 18 July Cork
concert and 20 July show in Belfast were rapidly snapped up upon official
release on 7 December 2012.
Excitement in the wider UK is expected to match - and perhaps top -
that witnessed in 2012, with his legion of devotees on this side of
the pond excitedly ambling to get their hands on tour tickets.
Springsteen's round of the UK and Ireland is set to kick off on 15 June at
London's Wembley Stadium, followed
by an 18 June stop at Glasgow's
Hampden Park before moving on to
Cork's Páirc Uí Chaoimh on 18 July and finishing off at
Belfast's King's Hall.
Wrecking Ball was yet another colossal hit for
Springsteen, who now matches Elvis
Presley's record for Number One albums achieved over the
course of a career. Having long served as the musical spokesperson
for a generation, Springsteen crafted yet another soil-to-the-earth
production with the release, its songs speaking to today's shaky
economic climate.
2012 saw the Boss perform some of his latest hits to audiences
the world over, including the cutting 'Shackled and Drawn' and
'Death to My Hometown' - these, in addition to perennial
Springsteen classics such as 'Born to Run' and 'Thunder Road'. The
Wrecking Ball tour also marked impressively lengthy
performances for Springsteen and his E Street Band, with some
marathon concerts lasting upward of three-and-a-half hours.
Fan-to-fan ticketing website StubHub UK saw an uptick in concert
ticket inventory soon after the official sale opened on 7 December.
Soon after official tickets were released to the public, StubHub UK
saw an influx of inventory on their fan-to-fan online ticketing
marketplace.
StubHub, the largest secondary ticket marketplace in the US,
officially launched in the UK in March
2012, allowing users to buy and sell tickets to the hottest
entertainment events spanning music, sport and theatre. In a first
for the industry, StubHub does not charge fans additional fees on
top of the price they first see on the site. Avid Springsteen fans
can visit the site to try their hand at securing tickets to one of
the 2013 Bruce Springsteen tour dates.
StubHub runs a UK-based call centre opened from 09:00 - 21:00 BST, seven days a week, to handle
any and all customer queries (0800 358 8585).
Bruce Springsteen tickets on
StubHub UK: http://www.stubhub.co.uk/bruce-springsteen-tickets/
The StubHub UK site: http://www.stubhub.co.uk
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