Springsteen, Steve Van Zandt operated: shows in Milan at risk

On the stage of the San Siro stadium in Milan on June 30 and 3 July Bruce Springsteen could perform with a guitarist other than Steven Van Zandt. In the middle of the European tour, and when six days are missing from the first of the two Milanese dates, Little Steven was in fact forced to stop: the musician ended up under the irons for an emergency operation and is not clear, at the moment, if he recovered from the convalescence in time for the two shows at the Meazza with whom the Boss and the and Street Band will celebrate their forty years of love with Italy (it was June 1985 (was June 1985. When Springsteen performed for the first time in San Siro and the show marked his debut in our country).

Steven Van Zandt himself gave the news of the operation, via Social. The guitarist revealed that what initially seemed to be a food intoxication proved to be an appendicitis. Van Zandt has been hospitalized In San Sebastián, Spain, after a concert in the city and praised the medical team for the timeliness of the treatments.

“I had severe stomach pain, I thought it was a food poisoning, but then it was discovered that it was appendicitis. I had luck with an exceptional hospital in San Sebastian. The operation was a total success,” wrote Van Zandt.

The guitarist will certainly skip the date to Gelsenkirchen, in Germany, June 27: “I hope to return to the stage at least for one of the concerts in Milan,” said Van Zandt.