Springsteen set for Belfast show

Bruce Springsteen last played Belfast in November 2006

Bruce Springsteen is to play Belfast's Odyssey Arena in December, as part of a tour reuniting him with his E Street Band for the first time in four years.

The 15 December concert is one of 31 dates on a tour which takes in much of Europe and North America.

Tickets go on sale next Thursday, costing between £49 and £60.

Springsteen last played to a packed Belfast audience in November 2006, on the closing night of his Seeger Sessions tour.

His third Belfast appearance will be in support of the forthcoming album Magic, which will be released in October.

The concert is being organised by Aiken Promotions, whose founder Jim Aiken died earlier this year.

He was a friend of Springsteen, who wrote a letter read out at his funeral.