Steven Van Zandt is recovering from an emergency surgical procedure and can sit out a number of upcoming reveals with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as he recuperates.
The longtime guitarist and “Little Steven” bandleader shared the information through X on Monday (June 23), revealing that what initially felt like meals poisoning turned out to be appendicitis. He was handled in San Sebastián, Spain, following a present within the metropolis and praised the medical group for his or her swift care.
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“Received a pointy ache in my abdomen, thought it was meals poisoning, turned out to be appendicitis. Received fortunate with an distinctive hospital in San Sebastian,” Van Zandt wrote. “The operation was a whole success.”
Springsteen and the E Road Band are within the midst of a European stadium run, with the following cease scheduled for Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Friday (June 27), adopted by back-to-back dates at Milan’s San Siro Stadium on June 30 and July 3.
“I’m hoping to get again on stage for at the very least one of many reveals in Milan,” Van Zandt added. “Thanks all for all the nice vibes. See you quickly.”
The guitarist final carried out onstage with Springsteen in San Sebastián on Tuesday (June 24). No formal announcement has been made relating to a fill-in, although the band has adjusted their lineup up to now to accommodate health-related absences.
Springsteen and the E Road Band proceed their 2025 world tour by Europe this summer time earlier than returning to North America later within the 12 months.
In different Springsteen-related information, the Boss will quickly be dropping Tracks II: The Misplaced Albums field set, an 83-track assortment to be launched on June 27 by Sony Music, which can “fill in wealthy chapters of Springsteen’s expansive profession timeline — whereas providing invaluable perception into his life and work as an artist.”
In a statement in April, Springsteen stated, “The Misplaced Albums had been full data, a few of them even to the purpose of being blended and never launched. I’ve performed this music to myself and sometimes shut mates for years now. I’m glad you’ll get an opportunity to lastly hear them. I hope you get pleasure from them.”
The field will embrace the lo-fi LA Storage Classes ’83, described as a “essential hyperlink” between the bare-bones Nebraska and the full-throated Born in the united statesA., in addition to the drum loop and synthesizer experimentation for the Streets of Philadelphia Classes. The mission protecting the years 1983-2018 is a peek into 35 years of house recording and songwriting that the Rock and Roll Corridor of Famer stated supplies perception into work that nobody has heard earlier than.