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Bruce Springsteen 1992-1993 World Tour

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The tour was preceded by a June 5, 1992 U.S. "dress rehearsal" radio broadcast of the new band. Springsteen said, "I missed playing. I missed getting out. I missed the fans. I've been home a while. I've worked hard on the records."

The tour's first leg was conducted in arenas in Western Europe, opening on June 15, 1992 at the Globen in Stockholm. Springsteen said, "It's nice to start the tour here. It's nice to be back among people who have always been hospitable." [2]  After 15 dates there, including five at London's Wembley Arena, the tour came home to the United States.

There, the second leg began in late July with a then-record 11 consecutive dates in New Jersey's Meadowlands Arena. It continued in arenas through the U.S. and Canada, for a total of 61 shows through mid-December.

Springsteen then took a three-month winter break, before starting up again in late March for the third leg, a longer stint in Western Europe that played 31 dates there, some in outdoor stadiums. The tour proper ended on June 1, 1993 in Oslo's Valle Hovin.

• 1 The backing band
• 2 Broadcasts and recordings
• 3 Tour dates
• 4 Postponed dates

The backing band [ ]

Springsteen had dissolved his long-time backing E Street Band in 1989, and had not used them on  Human Touch  and  Lucky Town . This tour was his first time out with another group. Looking for a somewhat different sound, he assembled an outfit that gave him both more guitar-based arrangements and a more R&B-based feel with more backup singers; gone were the organ and saxophone key elements of the traditional E Street sound.

Keyboardist Roy Bittan was the only E Street Band member retained. Most of the rest of the touring band were experienced session musicians who were not well known to the general music audience. Better-known ace session drummer Jeff Porcaro, who had played on  Human Touch , was supposedly offered $1 million to join the tour, but instead stayed with his band Toto

Springsteen's new wife and previous E Street backup singer Patti Scialfa was not a regular member of this band, but made guest appearances at many shows to duet with Springsteen on some combination of "Brilliant Disguise", "Tougher Than The Rest", and "Human Touch".

Broadcasts and recordings [ ]

As previously mentioned, a national radio rehearsal show and the abortive  MTV Plugged  show, the latter of which as  In Concert/MTV Plugged  was released in audio on CD and in video on VHS and later DVD formats.

Several shows have been released as part of the Bruce Springsteen Archives:

• Brendan Byrne Arena, New Jersey June 24, 1993 , released January 5, 2018
• Meadowlands, July 25, 1992 , released May 3, 2019
• Boston, 12/13/92, released May 7, 2021
• Waldbhune, Berlin, Germany, May 14, 1993 released April 1, 2022

Tour dates [ ]

Postponed dates [ ].

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band touched down in Uncasville, Connecticut, on Friday night for an intimate show at the 10,000-seat Mohegan Sun Arena. It’s the tiniest venue they’ve hit since returning to the road in February 2023, and one of the few casino gigs Springsteen has played in his entire career.

“We’re back!” Springsteen said when taking the stage. “Somebody lost their money! Somebody lost their money or we wouldn’t be back. We’ve got to get paid. But I don’t care if you lost your money or you won your money, tonight we’re going to make you the luckiest people in the world!”

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