The Rising Tour was a lengthy, worldwide, top-grossing concert tour featuring Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band that took place in arenas and stadiums over 2002 and 2003. It followed the release of their 2002 album The Rising.
The Rising Tour
Springsteen greeting fans around the time of his May 31, 2003, show at Dublin's RDS Arena.
Weather is no barrier to Bruce fans: House lights go up during the last encores, revealing an audience soaked by storms but still happy. Giants Stadium, July 21, 2003.
The festive park scene in the Giants Stadium parking lot for banner-celebrated, 10-night stand of The Rising Tour during July 2003.
The E Street Band is an American rock band that has been the primary backing band for rock musician Bruce Springsteen since 1972. In 2014, the E Street Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For the bulk of Springsteen's recording and performing career, the band included guitarists Steven Van Zandt, Nils Lofgren, and Patti Scialfa, keyboardists Danny Federici and Roy Bittan, bassist Garry Tallent, drummer Max Weinberg, and saxophonist Clarence Clemons.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the end of a performance in 2009
Garry W. Tallent
Roy Bittan
Patti Scialfa performs with the E Street Band, Hartford Civic Center, October 2, 2007
