High Hopes Tour
| Tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band | |
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| Associated album | High Hopes |
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| Start date | January 28, 2014 |
| End date | May 18, 2014 |
| Legs | 3 |
| No. of shows | 34 |
| Box office | $65 million |
| Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert chronology | |
The High Hopes Tour was a concert tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band with special guest Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello. The tour was seen as a continuation of his previous tour and was in support of eighteenth studio album, High Hopes, which was released in January 2014.
Guitarist Steven Van Zandt was forced to miss almost the entire North American leg due to the filming of his television series, Lilyhammer while Patti Scialfa appeared on a few North American dates. 182 songs were performed on the High Hopes Tour and Springsteen announced at the tour's conclusion the band would be taking a break for the remainder of the year.
Springsteen's manager, Jon Landau, said in a statement that the band's shows in Australia earlier in 2013 were among the best and most satisfying of the 128-date Wrecking Ball Tour. Landau further stated the 2014 tour had been in the works since the previous Australian leg, in large part due to its success and huge response from younger fans. A goal was to expand the number of places the band performed to include Perth and Adelaide, two places Springsteen had never performed, and Auckland, where Springsteen had not performed in over a decade. During the previous Australian tour, Tom Morello stood in for Steven Van Zandt, who was absent due to filming of his television series, Lilyhammer. Springsteen told Rolling Stone that he had written and recorded a substantial amount of new music with the E Street Band and Morello. That material, along with others, would eventually make up the High Hopes album.
Initial tour dates in Australia and New Zealand were announced on August 15, 2013, with additional dates announced over the ensuing months. Subsequently, on October 28, 2013, Springsteen's management announced additional concerts in South Africa. The tour was the first time Springsteen and the E Street Band played in South Africa; their only prior performances in Africa occurred during the Human Rights Now! Tour in 1988, which visited Zimbabwe and Ivory Coast.
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