“Got lucky with an exceptional hospital”: Bruce Springsteen guitarist undergoes emergency surgery on tour
With just three dates left of Bruce Springsteen’s Land of Hope and Dreams tour, guitarist Steven Van Zandt has announced that he will be temporarily out of action in the wake of emergency appendix surgery.
The 74 year old E Street Band member underwent the emergency surgery in the Spanish city of San Sebastian, where Springsteen performed last night. Zandt, understandably, did not perform. “Got a sharp pain in my stomach, thought it was food poisoning, turned out to be appendicitis,” Zandt explains on Instagram.
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While the guitarist is resting up, he hopes to be back on stage soon. “Got lucky with an exceptional hospital in San Sebastian,” he continues. “Operation was a complete success and I’m hoping to get back on stage for at least one of the shows in Milan. Thank you all for all the good vibes. See you soon.”
The show in question would be the tour’s grand finale at the San Siro Stadium on 3 July. Alongside marking the end of the Land of Hope and Dreams tour, Zandt’s return to the stage will surely be another cause for celebration.
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Springsteen’s tour has certainly been one for the history books. The singer sparked outrage in the White House due to a speech at Manchester’s Co-op Live arena on 14 May, leading him to release the cutting speech on an impromptu EP, Land of Hope and Dreams. He then changed the name of the entire tour too, just to cement his defiance.
“My home – the America I love, the America I’ve written about that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years – is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration,” he explained at the Manchester show.
“Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experience to rise with us,” he urged. “Raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring.” He then kicked into a triumphant performance of Land of Hope and Dreams.
Alongside the tour, Springsteen has also just released a mammoth, career-spanning boxset of seven previously unreleased records. Tracks II: The Lost Albums is rammed with Springsteen cuts recorded between 1983 and 2018, showing his full breadth as an artist across a span of 35 years.
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