Bruce Springsteen used to tell a story about a particular post-9/11 encounter when he was in alone in a parking lot and someone yelled, “We need you now!” That, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer said, was the impetus for his 2002 album The Rising.

"When this loser Springsteen comes back home to his own City of Ruins in his head, he'll realize his Glory Days are behind him," spokesperson Steven Cheung insisted

Bruce Springsteen is coming back to Minneapolis. Sooner than you think. On March 31, he will kick off the Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour with the E Street Band at Target Center.