After rumors began to swirl that a world tour was in Bruce Springsteen’s future, The Boss has set the record straight, denying the possibility of a new tour in the coming year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“While we hope to be back with you soon, the E Street Band won’t be touring in 2019,” Springsteen shared<\/a> on Twitter. “Before I go back to my day job, the year will be consumed with a break after our Broadway run and various recording projects I’ve been working on. We do hope to see you soon, and until then, we have some mighty E Streeters out there regularly performing with their own projects who’d love and deserve your support.”<\/p>\n The musician, who has been at the center of the smash\u00a0Springsteen on Broadway<\/em> residency, sent the rumor mill spinning when he confirmed he was working on new music in an interview with The Times <\/em>and implied a future U.K. tour was in the cards for 2019.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Despite a wave of excitement from Springsteen fans immediately following the publication’s release, confusion began to mount when a few members of the iconic E Street Band denied a tour was in the works. Guitarist Nils Lofgren commented<\/a> on Twitter that “Only the Boss knows.” Bandmate Stevie Van Zandt chimed in too, tweeting<\/a> “There are no plans for E Street Touring in 2019 right now. Could that change at any moment ? Yes. We will try and get an official statement. Maybe that would help.”<\/p>\n Although a tour may not be in Springsteen’s immediate future, new music certainly is. The Boss shared with The Times<\/em> that he’s working on “more of a solo record,” and added that “for lack of a better word, it’s a singer-songwriter album.” The project marks Springsteen’s first studio album since 2014’s High Hopes<\/em>.<\/p>\n For now, The Boss will focus on wrapping up his record-shattering<\/a> Springsteen on Broadway<\/em> series, which is slated to fold on December 15 after 236 sold-out performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre. A filmed version of the intimate concert will be available for streaming the following day on Netflix, while an official Springsteen on Broadway<\/em> album will be released December 14.<\/p>\n See the official statement Bruce Springsteen below.<\/p>\n A statement from Bruce Springsteen… pic.twitter.com\/bMqCPWmSaW<\/a><\/p>\n — Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) December 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n