Bruce Springsteen Shuts Down Retirement, Farewell Tour Rumors: 'I Ain't Going Anywhere'

Mar. 15, 2025

Bruce Springsteen walks out onto the stage to perform at Barclays Center in April 2023.Photo:Mike Coppola/Getty

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The Boss doesn’t plan to say farewell anytime soon.

On Friday, Aug. 23,Bruce Springsteenshut down retirement and farewell tour rumors during a gig at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, when he reminded his crowd that the E Street Band has “been around for 50 f—ing years.”

“We ain’t doing no farewell tour bulls—," Springsteen, 74, said in a clip shared toX (formerly Twitter). “Jesus Christ. No farewell tour for the E Street Band!”

While speaking to the enthusiastic crowd, Springsteen smiled as he reiterated that his current world tour — next set to stop in Washington, D.C. at the top of September — isn’t the last one fans will be seeing him on.

“Hell no… Farewell to what? Thousands of people screaming your name? Yeah, I wanna quit that,” Springsteen added. “That’s it. That’s all it takes. I ain’t goin’ anywhere.”

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Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt appear on stage with the E Street Band at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria in July 2023.HANS KLAUS TECHT/APA/AFP/Getty

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Guitarist Steven Van Zandt also shut down retirement talk during a conversation withThe Telegraphlast month, explaining that stepping back is not on the horizon for the E Street Band.

“I don’t see the end anywhere in sight, to be honest, especially in Europe, where we’re bigger than we’ve ever been,” he said at the time. “I think we can play every summer for evermore, man.”

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The 20-time Grammy winner previously postponed several tour dates in September 2023due to peptic ulcer disease.

Springsteen now has a string of dates set for the remainder of the year, and has even played a few surprise gigs here and there this summer — like when he showed up at aZach Bryanthis month to sing a duet of his 1982 song “Atlantic City” as well as their collaboration “Sandpaper” at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

After his Sept. 7 stop at the nation’s capital, Springsteen will make his way to Baltimore, Asbury Park, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary and beyondin the fall. He’ll also be taking his talents to Milan, Prague and Marseille next summer to make up for lost time earlier this year.

source: people.com