BRUCE Springsteen fans have been left furious as they struggled to get tickets to his UK tour today.
The 75-year-old rock legend has been branded ‘disgraceful’ and has been accused of ripping off his fans as chaos ensued.
Springsteen and the E Street Band announced their 2025 concert tour, set to take in four UK appearances in both Manchester and Liverpool, earlier this year.
The shows are set to take place at Co-op Live in Manchester on May 17 and 20, 2025 and at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium on June 4 and 7, 2025.
However with general ticket sales going live at 10am this morning, Friday 11 October, fans were left fuming at the ‘extortionate’ ticket cost, taking to social media in their droves to vent their fury.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, one fumed: “Bruce Springsteen sold out within a minute – absolute joke @seetickets.”
Another fan exclaimed: “Were the cheapest tickets available for Bruce Springsteen today really £170? At Anfield? Going to gigs has become one expensive as fook hobby!”
Another fuming fan added a screenshot of the VIP package prices showing £338.95 with the comment: “Logged on at 10:00 exactly to this. F******g disgraceful.”
It’s not the first time the tour has caused controversy. When tickets went on pre-sale on Ticketmaster angry fans called it out as a ‘fiasco.’
CO-OP LIVE MANCHESTER:
Saturday May 17
Tuesday May 20
ANFIELD STADIUM LIVERPOOL:
Wednesday June 4
Saturday June 7
Unhappy fans also took to X then to rant about the pre-sale fail.
One fan commented: “A s**tshow of a pre-sale this morning. Followed all instructions, got to the front of the queue several times only to be met with this screen and nowhere to select tickets.”
The ageing USA rocker has enjoyed a six-decade-year career.
Boasting 21 studio albums, he has sold 71 million albums in the US and 140 million globally, most of which feature his backing band, the E Street Band, who are accompanying him on his tour.
With an impressive 20 Grammy awards to his name, the rock and roll legend and Streets of Philadelphia singer was officially declared a billionaire in 2021 after selling his music catalogue to Sony for an estimated $500-$550m.
The sale made history as the largest transaction ever made for a single artists body of work, according to Variety.
In 2023, Springsteen’s world tour generated nearly $380m in ticket revenue from more than 3.4 million tickets sold.
