Just got the info on why Los Angeles is still venue TBA. Apparently, the Forum is a IATSE union stagehand house, and they've been on strike for a while. While Bruce would strongly prefer the Forum (he hates Staples- he opened the venue with the first shows there on the original E Street '99 reunion tour, and by the end of the run of shows, he was openly and blatantly trashing it in monologues on stage), its still, for now, TBA.
He'll probably end up playing Staples, as Anaheim is booked that day and the new Nokia venue is too small. I don't think Landau wants to have to deal with spin control regarding a scenario where the champion for the blue collar people is crossing the picket line for a million dollar rock show.
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