Springsteen returns to WFC

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform two shows at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia  on Wednesday, March 28 and Thursday, March 29, as part of the first US leg of the 2012 ‘Wrecking Ball’ World Tour.

Springsteen’s 17th studio album ‘Wrecking Ball’ will be released on Columbia Records on Tuesday, March 6.

Tickets will go on sale on Saturday, January 28 at 9 a.m. exclusively through ComcastTIX on line at ComcastTIX.com, the Wells Fargo Center box office or charge by phone at 800-298-4200. Tickets are $98 and $68.

Springsteen last performed in Philadelphia during the Final Farewell Shows at the legendary Spectrum on October 13-14, and October 19-20, 2009.

“We Take Care Of Our Own,” the album's first single, is “classic Springsteen” with “anguish and challenge [that] run thick and fast” (Rolling Stone); a “richly orchestrated Wall of Sound... that nods to the ‘Born to Run’ era” (Billboard).

The E Street Band’s members are: Roy Bittan - piano, synthesizer; Nils Lofgren - guitar, vocals; Patti Scialfa - guitar, vocals; Garry Tallent - bass guitar; Stevie Van Zandt - guitar, vocals; and Max Weinberg - drums; with Soozie Tyrell - violin, guitar, vocals and Charlie Giordano - keyboards.