Bruce Springsteen Postpones More Shows with the E Street Band

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were forced to postpone two more shows on their current tour.

Tour stops on March 12 in Uncasville, CT and March 14 in Albany, NY were both postponed due to illness. The postponements were confirmed via a statement shared on Springsteen’s social media channels. Each postponement statement let fans know, “We are working on rescheduling the date so please hold on to your tickets as they will be valid for the rescheduled show.” The first date of The Boss’s new tour with the E Street Band to be postponed was their March 9 show in Columbus, Ohio.

Details as to who was ill were not shared. However, it may be safe to assume The Boss might be under the weather. Various E Street Band members have tested positive for COVID-19 since the tour kicked off on February 1. Among them were guitarist Steven Van Zandt and saxophonist Jake Clemons. Despite them taking some nights off to rest and recoup, the shows have gone on as scheduled.

The next show on the tour is set for March 16 in Philadelphia. As of publishing, the show is still going on as scheduled.

5 Opening Act and Headliner Combos That Actually Happened

• Jimi Hendrix Experience Opening For The Monkees (1967)

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  In 1967, the Jimi Hendrix Experience opened for The Monkees. Frankly, it's still amazing this bill was made official, but it is simply one of the strangest bills ever.  Considering most of the crowd was there to see The Monkees and likely not old enough to appreciate Hendrix, the group exited the tour after only seven shows, because they were booed every…single…night. (Yes, seriously!)

• The Who Opening For Herman’s Hermits (1967)

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  In a similar vein as the Jimi Hendrix Experience/The Monkees, The Who during their first tour of the United States ended up opening for Herman’s Hermits.  Coincidentally, a young Bruce Springsteen attended a stop on this tour which he fondly remembered at the 2015 MusiCares MAP Fund benefit honoring Pete Townshend.  It was the first rock show The Boss had ever attended, and he said it was a game-changer for him.

• Bruce Springsteen Opening for Anne Murray (1974)

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  This infamous moment happened in August 1974 at the Schaefer Music Festival in New York City’s Central Park.  While Springsteen’s star was on the rise, Murray was tearing up the singles charts, so it was decided that Murray would headline, and Springsteen would get an opening 80-minute set. Yeah…big mistake. Imagine going on *after* Bruce Springsteen.  We wouldn’t wish that on even our greatest enemies.
• The Beatles Opening for Brenda Lee (1962)

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  While just a one-off show, Brenda Lee's performance at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany now lives in infamy, because of her opening act:  The Beatles. In an interview with CNN, Lee said after the show, she took a Beatles demo to her label, Decca Records, and tried to score them a record deal.  The label reps told her, “That look will never make it, and that sound will never happen.” Oh…how those label reps were kicking themselves a year later.

• Lynyrd Skynyrd Opening For Strawberry Alarm Clock (1968)

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  Psychedelic rock and southern rock are definitely two genres we can’t imagine together on a double bill, but on select dates of a Strawberry Alarm Clock tour in 1968, Lynyrd Skynyrd provided support. As history would have it, Ed King, founding member of Strawberry Alarm Clock, would later join Skynyrd in 1972 and play on the band’s first three albums until his departure in 1975.