Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band to Play Madison Square Garden

MSG Entertainment announced today that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will take the stage at Madison Square Garden for two shows on Sunday, January 24, 2016 and Wednesday, January 27, 2016. Tickets go on-sale to the general public on Friday, December 11, 2015 at 10:00AM.

The River Tour (#TheRiverTour) is the first tour for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band since the 2014 High Hopes Tour. The announcement of the tour coincides with today's release of "The Ties That Bind: The River Collection," a comprehensive look at the era of the 1980 "The River" album that Rolling Stone calls "Springsteen's best archival release yet."

Each night of the tour will be mixed for release on Live.BruceSpringsteen.net as high-quality downloads and CDs. Recordings will be available within days of each performance.

The original The River Tour began October 3, 1980, two weeks before the release of Springsteen's fifth album, and continued through September 4, 1981. With sets that regularly approached the four-hour range, the 140-date international tour firmly established a reputation for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as marathon performers.

"The Ties That Bind: The River Collection" includes 52 tracks on four CDs with a wealth of unreleased material and four hours of never-before-seen video on three DVDs. It contains the original "The River" double album; the first official release of "The River: Single Album"; a CD of 1979/80 studio outtakes; a brand-new documentary about "The River"; and a coffee-table book of 200 rare or previously unseen photos and memorabilia, with a new essay by Mikal Gilmore. The set also includes a two-DVD film of never-released, newly edited multi-camera footage from a Nov. 1980 show in Tempe, AZ, described by NPR as a "holy grail." "The Ties That Bind: The River Collection" is available at Amazon ( 4CD/3DVD or 4CD/2Blu-ray - http://smarturl.it/tiesthatbind_amz ) and iTunes ( http://smarturl.it/tiesthatbind_itunes ).

Tickets go on sale on Friday, December 11 at 10:00am and will be available through Ticketmaster Charge By Phone (1-866-858-0008) and all Ticketmaster Outlets. Tickets are will also be available in person at MSG, Radio City Music Hall and the Beacon Theatre Box Offices beginning Saturday, December 12 at 11:00am.