NEW YORK \u2014 Tickets for the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band\u2019s \u201cLand of Hope & Dreams American Tour\u201d stop in Brooklyn went on sale Friday for as much as $2,957.10 through a link on his website directing fans to Ticketmaster.<\/p>\n
Seats for many of the Boss\u2019s gigs, including his two Madison Square Garden appearances in May and his April 20 performance in New Jersey go on sale Saturday.<\/p>\n
At least one observer at NJ.com<\/a> expressed sticker shock<\/a> over the ticket prices already posted as well as what\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n \u201cHe knows how deeply it hurts many lifelong fans,\u201d Springsteen\u2019s hometown outlet wrote.<\/p>\n Springsteen once again<\/a> finds himself in a position of particular social relevance.<\/p>\n On Jan. 28, his newly released protest song \u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d<\/a> became a rallying cry against ICE tactics being employed in Minnesota\u2019s capital, where protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti were killed by federal officials.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair \u2014 the cavalry is coming!\u201d Springsteen said in a statement announcing the tour while denouncing the nation\u2019s \u201crogue government.\u201d<\/p>\n The White House reacted to word of Springsteen\u2019s tour with a statement<\/a> calling the 76-year-old Academy Award<\/a> and multiple Grammy Award<\/a> winner a \u201closer\u201d whose fans will abandon him because of his distaste for the Trump administration.<\/p>\n