NEW YORK, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- The E Street Band is again missing from New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen's next album.
"Devils & Dust," which is scheduled for an April 26 release, is billed solely to Springsteen, his first "solo" album since "The Ghost of Tom Joad" in 1995. Members of the E Street Band do contribute to the album, however, which features 12 new songs recorded in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Rumson, New Jersey.
"The nice thing about where we're at this point is we're pretty free to do whatever we want. It gives you a lot of freedom to just make your music," Springsteen says of his relationship with the E Street Band, which he formed in the early '70s, disbanded it in 1989, regrouped briefly in 1995 and has been working with steadily since 1999 -- including last fall's Vote For Change Tour.
Springsteen will support "Devils & Dust" with a tour that is expected to include solo dates as well as small ensemble and full band concerts.
