Bruce Springsteen Tour 2012: Schedule, Dates, Locations for U.S. + Europe [FULL LIST]

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have an extensive tour planned for 2012 in the U.S. and in Europe. The tour will begin on Mar. 18 in Atlanta, Ga. and end in Helsinki, Finland at the end of July 2012.

The Wrecking Ball World Tour will commemorate Springsteen's 17th studio album Wrecking Ball, which is set for release on Mar. 6 by Columbia Records. The new album will feature eleven new Springsteen songs with two bonus tracks and exclusive artwork and photography.

Bruce has dug down as deep as he can to come up with this vision of modern life. The lyrics tell a story you can't hear anywhere else and the music is his most innovative in recent years. The writing is some of the best of his career and both veteran fans and those who are new to Bruce will find much to love on 'Wrecking Ball,' Springsteen's long-time manager wrote on the site.

The Wrecking Ball World Tour will make stops in 16 cities in the U.S., playing 19 shows total. Springsteen will make his last U.S. stop in Newark, N.J. before making his way to Europe for May, June and July. The New Jersey-born rock star last played in 2006 at Jazz Fest in La.

The E Street Band's members include Roy Bittan on piano, synthesizer; Nils Lofgren on guitar, vocals; Patti Scialfa on guitar, vocals; Garry Tallent on bass guitar; Stevie Van Zandt on guitar, vocals; and Max Weinberg on drums; with Soozie Tyrell on violin, guitar, vocals and Charlie Giordano on keyboards. The tour will be the first since saxophonist Clarence Clemons passed away last summer at 69 years old.

Here are the complete tour dates for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's 2012 U.S. tour.

March 18 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena (on sale Feb 4) March 19 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum (on sale Feb 3) March 23 - Tampa, FL - Tampa Bay Times Forum (on sale Jan 28) March 26 - Boston, MA - TD Garden (on sale Jan 28) March 28 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center (on sale Jan 28) March 29 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center (on sale Jan 28) April 1 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center (on sale Jan 28) April 3 - East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center (on sale Jan 27) April 4 - East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center (on sale Jan 27) April 6 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden (on sale Jan 27) April 9 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden (on sale Jan 27) April 12 - Detroit, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills (on sale Jan 28) April 13 - Buffalo, NY - First Niagara Center (on sale Jan 28) April 16 - Albany, NY - Times Union Center (on sale Jan 28) April 17 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena (on sale Jan 28) April 24 - San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion (on sale Feb 3) April 26 - Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (on sale Feb 3) April 29 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (on sale now) May 2 - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center (on sale Jan 27)

Here are the complete tour dates for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's 2012 Europe tour.

May 13 - Seville, Spain - Estadio Olimpico (on sale now) May 17 - Barcelona, Spain - Estadio Olimpico Lluis (on sale now) May 18 - Barcelona, Spain - Estadio Olimpico Lluis (on sale now) May 25 - Frankfurt, Germany - Commerzbank Arena (on sale now) May 27 - Cologne, Germany - RheinEnergieStadion (on sale now) May 28 - Landgraaf, Netherlands - Pinkpop (on sale 3 March) May 30 - Berlin, Germany - Olympia Stadion (on sale now) June 2 - San Sebastian, Spain - Estadio Anoeta (on sale now) June 3 - Lisbon, Portugal - Rock in Lisbon (on sale now) June 7 - Milan, Italy - Stadio Meaza (on sale now) June 10 - Florence, Italy - Stadio Francesco (on sale now) June 11 - Trieste, Italy - Stadio Trieste (on sale now) June 17 - Madrid, Spain - Estadio Santago Bernabu (on sale now) June 19 - Montpellier, France - Park & Suites Arena (on sale now) June 21 - Sunderland, UK - Stadium of Light (on sale now) June 22 - Manchester, UK - Etihad Stadium (on sale now) June 24 - Isle of Wight, UK - Isle of Wight Festival (on sale now) July 4 - Paris, France - Bercy (on sale now) July 5 - Paris, France - Bercy (on sale now) July 7 - Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival (on sale now) July 9 - Zurich, Switzerland - Stadium Letzigrund (on sale now) July 11 - Prague, Czech Republic - Synot Tip Arena (on sale now) July 12 - Vienna, Austria - Ernst Happel Stadium (on sale now) July 14 - London, UK - Hard Rock Calling (on sale now) July 17 - Dublin, Ireland - RDS (on sale now) July 18 - Dublin, Ireland - RDS (on sale now) July 21 - Oslo, Norway - Valle Hoven (on sale now) July 23 - Bergen, Norway - Koengen (on sale now) July 24 - Bergen, Norway - Koengen (on sale now) July 27 - Gothenberg, Sweden - Ullevi (on sale now) July 28 - Gothenberg, Sweden - Ullevi (on sale now) July 31 - Helsinki, Finland - Olympic Stadium (on sale Jan 25)