Friday, August 09, 2002

Springsteen's Columbia Records CD, 'The Rising,' his first album of new songs with the E Street Band since 1984, was released July 30, 2002 with 524,976 sales in its first week, according to SoundScan.

The record debuted at number one on the album charts in eleven different countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, Finland, Denmark and Norway and has been certified double platinum by the RIAA. The band is currently on the European leg of its world tour, and will return to the U.S. with a November 3 show in Dallas, TX.