Magic Tour (Bruce Springsteen)

Magic Tour
Tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Location
  • North America
  • Western Europe
Associated albumMagic
Start dateOctober 2, 2007
End dateAugust 30, 2008
Legs5
No. of shows100
Box officeUS $235 million ($332.56 in 2023 dollars)[1]
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert chronology

The Magic Tour[2] was Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's 2007–08 concert tour of North America and Western Europe.

The tour began October 2, 2007, in Hartford, Connecticut, and concluded August 30, 2008, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[3] This was his first tour with the E Street Band since 2004's Vote for Change shows and the first prolonged outing with them since the 2002–2003 Rising Tour.[4]

After the conclusion of the tour's first leg on November 19, 2007, organist Danny Federici took a leave of absence from the tour to pursue treatment for melanoma.[5] He was replaced by Charles Giordano, who had played with Springsteen on the 2006 Sessions Band Tour.[5] Federici made his only return to the stage on March 20, 2008, during the tour's third leg, when he appeared for portions of a show in Indianapolis.[6] He died on April 17, 2008; the next two shows of the tour were postponed.[7]

The Magic Tour was one of the biggest tours of the year and won the 2008 Billboard Touring Awards for Top Tour, Top Draw, and Top Manager (for Jon Landau).[8] The Magic Tour had the second-highest gross worldwide for 2008 in Billboard's rankings, with $204.5 million and trailing only Bon Jovi's Lost Highway Tour.[9] In Pollstar's calculus for North America, the Magic Tour had the sixth-highest gross for 2008 at $69.3 million.[10] In any case, in total over its two years, the Magic Tour grossed more than $235 million.[9]

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  2. ^ Kym Kilgore (July 7, 2008). "Bruce Springsteen offers 'Highlights' for charity". LiveDaily. Archived from the original on October 28, 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2008.
  3. ^ "Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Announce Series Of New Jersey Shows In 2008". Shore Fire Media. December 7, 2007. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2007.
  4. ^ "Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band Announce First Full Scale Tour Of US & Europe Since 2003" Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Shore Fire Media, August 28, 2007. Accessed August 28, 2007.
  5. ^ a b "Statement" Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Shore Fire Media, November 21, 2007.
  6. ^ "March 20, Indianopolis: Return of the Phantom", Backstreets.com. Accessed March 21, 2008.[failed verification]
  7. ^ Sean Piccoli (April 17, 2008). "Springsteen concert postponed over bandmate's death". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved April 17, 2008. [dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Springsteen, Chesney Rule Billboard Touring Awards". Billboard. November 20, 2008. Archived from the original on March 27, 2009. Retrieved April 12, 2009.
  9. ^ a b Waddell, Ray (December 11, 2008). "Bon Jovi Scores 2008's Top-Grossing Tour". Billboard. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
  10. ^ "Madonna biggest 2008 North American tour attraction". Yahoo! News. Reuters. December 30, 2008. Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. Retrieved December 31, 2008.