The tickets for the show at Turku arena were sold out almost as soon as they were released on Monday morning.
Due to the demand, the Boss and his band announced they will play a second gig in Turku. The additional show will be on 8 May, the evening after the first one. As of early Monday afternoon, tickets were still available for the second show.
Many fans were clearly stationed at their computers when tickets for the first concert went on sale at 9 am, as most of tickets were quickly sold over the internet. However, queues formed at many Turku ticket vendors an hour before these opened for business.
The concerts offer a rare opportunity to see Springsteen in a more intimate setting – by his own standards. For the past years, the American rock-legend has played giant open air stadiums. Last summer Springsteen drew a crowd of 44,000 at Helsinki’s Olympic stadium.
The Turku arena holds an audience of just 9,000.
Last July's concert, the last of his European tour, set a record as his longest ever, stretching to more than four hours.
Smith sells out too
Meanwhile, Springsteen's former songwriting partner Patti Smith's July 9 concert at the Helsinki Music Centre also sold out quickly on Monday morning. That venue holds some 1700 spectators. Smith becomes the first international rock star to appear at the high-tech hall since it opened in August 2011.
There are still some seats available for her show the previous night in Tampere.