Bruce Springsteen breaks silence after health concerns postponed concerts
Days after Bruce Springsteen announced he was postponing his European performances due to “vocal issues,” he broke his silence on social media to share a message with fans.
On Sunday, Springsteen, 74, posted a video of himself on Instagram from Marseille, France.
“We will be back,” he wrote in the caption of the post in which he speaks to the camera: “Hey, this is Bruce Springsteen. I’m in Marseille. Unfortunately, I could not sing for you but we will be back to Marseille, to Prague and to Milan to give you the show of your life. That I promise you.”
“In the meantime, I’d like to thank our Irish fans, our British fans, and our fans in Wales for giving us a series of shows that were deeply memorable and we just had great times there,” he continued. “We’ll be back, coming back to Madrid and Barcelona where we plan to rock you into the ground! Alright, be seeing you soon. Bye-bye.”
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Springsteen first postponed his May 25 performance with the E Street Band in Marseille, but then had to postpone three more dates on doctor’s orders.
“Further examination and consulting has led doctors to determine that Bruce should not perform for the next 10 days,” the posts said.
The shows that were scheduled on May 28 in Prague, and June 1 and 3 in Milan, will be rescheduled. New dates for the shows will be “announced shortly,” the posts said.
Springsteen’s next performance will be on June 12 in Madrid, his social media accounts said.
In March, Springsteen said his 2023 bout with peptic ulcer disease, which forced him to postpone more than 20 performances last year, was so severe he feared he’d never sing again.
“You’re thinking like, ‘Hey, am I going to sing again?’ This is one of one of the things I love to do the best, the most, and right now I can’t do it,” he said on a call with SiriusXM’s E Street Radio channel. “I found some great doctors and they straightened me out, and I can’t do anything but thank them.”