Bruce Springsteen has shot down the recent rumours that he’ll be retiring soon
Bruce Springsteen: "We ain't doing no farewell tour bullshit! Farewell to what? A thousand people screaming your name? Get the hell out. I ain't goin anywhere!"pic.twitter.com/eQGKM3aGVT
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While performing at the Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on Friday (August 23), Springsteen told the passionate crowd that he’s not “goin’ anywhere” and isn’t planning for “no farewell tour bullshit.” Per a clip shared by Consequence, he said: “We’ve been around for 50 fuckin’ years, and we ain’t quitting! We ain’t doing no farewell tour bullshit! Jesus Christ! No farewell tour for the E Street Band!”
He continued: “Farewell to what? A thousand people screaming your name? Get the hell out. I ain’t going anywhere!”
Springsteen’s affirmation comes after rumours began to spread earlier this year that The Boss’ current tour could be his last. In late July, his guitarist Steven Van Zandt teased more shows for the E Street Band: “I don’t see the end anywhere in sight, to be honest, especially in Europe, where we’re bigger than we’ve ever been. I think we can play every summer for evermore, man.
“I love that the Stones are still out there. Because as long as they’re out there, man, we’re still the new kids on the block, right? So I’m good with that,” Van Zandt added.
For two nights leading into the weekend, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band mightily and loudly made amends to Philadelphia for cancelling its 2023 stadium shows at Citizens Bank Park due to illness.
And yes, The Boss even told the sold-out crowd at South Philly’s CPB just what happened with his disabling peptic ulcer, the cause of his 2023 cancelation.
“My belly was fu**ing killing me,” he said, laughing, during a take on ‘Growin’ Up,’ one of his humbly uplifting classics, and a particularly beloved song in the Philly area. “Anything I did, my belly hurt. Trying to sing, my belly hurt. If I tried to play the guitar, my belly hurt. If I went to kiss my baby, my belly hurt. I was laying there thinking, ‘I’d rather be in Philadelphia.’”
