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Bruce Springsteen's "We Take Care of Our Own" from 'Wrecking Ball'

Monday, Jan 23, 2012

The Boss has an announcement. Bruce Springsteen is releasing a new album (his 17th), Wrecking Ball on Columbia Records in March (5th March UK, 6th March US). The album will was produced by Ron Aniello with Springsteen and includes appearances from Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello and former Pearl Jam member, Matt Chamberlain as well as members of the E Street Band.


To coincide with the album, Springsteen has also announced a European Tour with plans for a US tour to come. He’ll be stopping by SXSW as a keynote speaker before then. And out now, is the lyric video for the first single, “We Take Care of Our Own”.
  


Wrecking Ball tracklist:


01 We Take Care of Our Own
02 Easy Money
03 Shackled and Down
04 Jack of All Trades
05 Death to My Hometown
06 This Depression
07 Wrecking Ball
08 You’ve Got It
09 Rocky Ground
10 Land of Hope and Dreams
11 We Are Alive
12 Swallowed Up (Bonus Track)
13 American Land (Bonus Track)


Europe Tour Dates:


13 May Sevilla - Estadio Olimpico
17 May Barcelona - Estadio Olimpico Lluis
18 May Barcelona - Estadio Olimpico Lluis
25 May Frankfurt - Commerzbank Arena
27 May Cologne - Energie Stadion
28 May Landgraf - Pink Pop 3 Mar
30 May Berlin - Olympia Stadion
2 June San Sebastian - Estadio Anoeta
3 June Lisbon - Rock in Lisbon
7 June Milan - Stadio Meaza
10 June Florence - Stadio Francesco
11 June Trieste - Stadio Trieste
17 June Madrid - Estadio Santago Bernabu
19 June Montpellier - Park & Suites Arena
21 June Sunderland - Stadium of Light
22 June Manchester - Etihad Stadium
24 June Isle of Wight - Isle Of Wight Festival
4 July Paris - Bercy
5 July Paris - Bercy
7 July Roskilde - Roskilde Festival
9 July Zurich Stadium - Letzigrund
11 July Prague - Synot Tip Arena
12 July Vienna - Ernst Happel Stadium
14 July London - Hard Rock Calling
17 July Dublin - RDS
18 July Dublin - RDS
21 July Oslo - Valle Hoven
23 July Bergen - Koegen
24 July Bergen - Koegen
27 July Gothenberg - Ullevi
28 July Gothenberg - Ullevi

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