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Bruce Hits Road Solo

Forget stadiums and the E Street Band--Bruce Springsteen is downscaling his act for a spring tour.

The Boss will go it alone later this month as he kicks off his Devils & Dust tour Apr. 25 at the Fox Theater in Detroit.

The mini-promotional jaunt will hit 13 cities and conclude May 20 in Boston, with stops in Los Angeles and Denver along the way.

After hitting select American cities, the legendary performer will head to Europe to play a string of dates in cities including Dublin and Stockholm.

Springsteen's upcoming gigs represent his first official solo shows since 1996-1997's Ghost of Tom Joad tour.

"I was so excited after playing on that tour, I'd get off the stage and go write," the New Jersey-born songwriter told the Associated Press in February.

Of course, the Grammy-winning (Springsteen just collected number 12 this year) musician most recently reminded fans of his ability to dazzle crowds with nothing more than a guitar at unofficial gigs in support of John Kerry's failed presidential bid.

The Boss, who was one of the bigger names attached to the Vote For Change tour, elicited controversy in some circles for his support of Kerry.

Now, with the election behind him, the Boss hopes to put the focus back on his music.

His highly anticipated Devils & Dust is already garnering glowing reviews. The new disc, due Apr. 26, is expected to take Springsteen fans back to the Boss' singer-songwriter roots with understated and sparse guitar-driven songs, sometimes augmented by harmonica and strings.

Earlier this week, in another promotional endeavor to push Devils, Springsteen taped an episode of VH-1's Storytellers in New Jersey.

"Talking about music is like talking about sex," he told the 350 fans who attended the concert. "Can you describe it? Are you supposed to?"

The 55-year-old told the AP two months ago that the disc will be reminiscent of his acclaimed Nebraska and Tom Joad albums, stating that the sparse, country-influenced set is "about people working through their confusions, sometimes well and sometimes tragically."

The Boss' last offering, 2002's The Rising, sold more than 2 million copies domestically and earned three Grammy Awards. The subsequent tour grossed more than $220 million from 121 North American shows.

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