Music Bruce Springsteen postpones 2 shows with the E Street Band due to illness Baby, we were born to rest. By Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies, Ms. Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books. The author of EW's quarterly romance review column, "Hot Stuff," Maureen holds Master's degrees from both the University of Southern California and the University of Oxford. Her debut novel, It Happened One Fight, is now available. Follow her for all things related to classic Hollywood, musicals, the romance genre, and Bruce Springsteen. EW's editorial guidelines Published on August 16, 2023 08:20PM EDT Even the Boss needs to take a break sometimes. Bruce Springsteen has postponed two of his tour dates with the E Street Band due to illness. The rock star's team announced on social media that Wednesday and Friday's scheduled concerts in Philadelphia will be rescheduled for later dates. "Due to Bruce Springsteen having been taken ill, his concerts with the E Street Band at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on Aug. 16 and 18 have been postponed," the post said. "We are working on rescheduling the dates, so please hold on to your tickets as they will be valid for the rescheduled shows." Bruce Springsteen. No details were provided about the nature of Springsteen's illness, and his representatives didn't immediately respond to EW's request for comment. Springsteen, 73, is in the midst of his first world tour since 2016's The River Tour. He kicked things off stateside back in February, and he and the E Street Band recently returned from the summer leg of their tour in Europe, which included stops in the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, and Germany. The second half of the North American tour began in Chicago earlier this month. Future dates include stops in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and several cities in Canada. Back in May, Springsteen stumbled over some steps and fell on stage during a concert in Amsterdam. But he quickly recovered and continued the show, as well as the remainder of his European tour dates. Though Springsteen hadn't been on tour in some years, he has been keeping busy. In 2017, he launched his solo show Springsteen on Broadway, a mix of musical performance and biographical monologue, for which he won a special Tony Award. He reprised the show for a limited run in 2021 as part of Broadway's reopening following the COVID-19 shutdown. Springsteen also released three albums in the intervening years: the 2019 solo effort Western Stars and two E Street Band records, 2020's Letter to You and 2022's Only the Strong Survive. Related content: Bruce Springsteen falls on stage at Amsterdam concert, band rushes to help Watch Michelle Obama sing backup — and play tambourine! — for Bruce Springsteen at a concert in Spain Bruce Springsteen's manager finally settles 'Thunder Road' lyric debate