More Springsteen Gigs Down Under

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s 2014 schedule just got a teeny bit busier thanks to the addition of a few more shows in Australia. Today’s announcement brings the band’s total gigs Down Under to a lucky No. 13.

With more than half of the previously announced gigs already sold out, fans should be pretty pleased with the news.

Photo: Jonathan Short / Invision / AP

Hard Rock Calling, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, UK

When the initial dates were announced in August, Springsteen manager Jon Landau promised that the upcoming adventure would be the band’s “most far reaching tour of Australasia ever” and that The Boss and the gang were “planning to make it their finest.” Landau said that after playing Australia earlier this year, the band wanted its return trip in 2014 “to expand the number of places we play to include the Hunter Valley, Perth and Adelaide, with a trip to Auckland as well.”

Well, what do you know – the new dates feature additional nights in Perth, Hindmarsh (a suburb of Adelaide), and Pokolbin *the centre of the Lower Hunter Valley wine region).

Here’s the itinerary, with the new gigs bolded:

Feb. 5 – Perth, Australia, Perth Arena
Feb. 7 – Perth, Australia, Perth Arena
Feb. 8 – Perth, Australia, Perth Arena
Feb. 11 – Hindmarsh, Australia, Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Feb. 12 – Hindmarsh, Australia, Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Feb. 15 – Melbourne, Australia, AAMI Park
Feb. 16 – Melbourne, Australia, AAMI Park
Feb. 19 – Sydney, Australia, Allphones Arena
Feb. 22 – Pokolbin, Australia, Hope Estate Winery
Feb. 23 – Pokolbin, Australia, Hope Estate Winery
Feb. 26 – Boondall, Australia, Brisbane Entertainment Centre
March 1 – Auckland, New Zealand, Mt Smart Stadium
March 2 – Auckland, New Zealand, Mt Smart Stadium

Pre-sale tickets for the new dates will be available Sept. 23, followed by the general public onsale Sept. 26.

For more information visit BruceSpringsteen.net.