In addition to serving as the Keynote Speaker, Bruce Springsteen will deliver an exclusive performance at this year’s South by Southwest. According to the festival’s website, Springsteen and the E Street Band will play at an undisclosed “intimate” venue on the evening of Thursday, March 15th.



Entrance into the show will be determined by a ticket lottery, which is open to badge and wristband holders only. We’ll let SXSW take it from here:

From Monday, March 12th through Wednesday, March 14th, eligible badge and wristband holders can go to any of the four Connection Centers in the Austin Convention Center to enter the drawing. Badges and wristbands will have their RFID tags scanned to enter each person into a random drawing. After entry in the drawing ends on March 14th, the individual winners will be sent an email with further instructions at 10am on Thursday, March 15th. Those who are not selected will also be notified by email at this time. Winners will be instructed where to go to obtain their tickets for the show.

Below, check out Springsteen and co.’s entire upcoming tour schedule, and head to Mashable to hear a stream of the title track to his upcoming LP, Wrecking Ball, due March 6th via Columbia.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 2012 Tour Dates:

03/09  New York, NY @ Apollo Theater

03/15 – Austin, TX @ South by Southwest

03/18  Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena

03/19  Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum

03/23  Tampa, FL @ Tampa Bay Times Forum

03/26  Boston, MA @ TD Garden

03/28  Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center

03/29  Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center

04/01  Washington, DC @ Verizon Center

04/03  E. Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center

04/04  E. Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center

04/06  New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

04/09  New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

04/12  Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills

04/13  Buffalo, NY @ First Niagara Center

04/16  Albany, NY @ Times Union Center

04/24  San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion

04/26  Los Angeles, CA @ Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena

04/29  New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz Festival

05/02  Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center

05/13  Seville, ES @ Estadio Olimpico

05/17  Barcelona, ES @ Estadio Olimpico

05/18  Barcelona, ES @ Estadio Olimpico

05/25  Frankfurt, DE @ Commerzbank Arena

05/27  Cologne, DE @ Energie Stadion

05/28  Landgraaf, NL @ Pinkpop

05/30  Berlin, DE @ Olympia Stadion

06/02  San Sebastian, ES @ Anoeta

06/03  Lisbon, PT @ Rock in Rio Lisbon

06/07  Milan, IT @ Stadio Meaza

06/10  Florence, IT @ Stadio Francesco

06/11  Trieste, IT @ Stadio Trieste

06/17  Madrid, ES @Estadio Santago Bernabu

06/19  Montpellier, FR @ Park and Suites Arena

06/21  Sunderland, UK @ Stadium of Light

06/22  Manchester, UK @ Eithad Stadium

06/24  Isle of Wight, UK @ Isle of Wight Festival

07/03  Lisbon, PT @ Rock Rio Lisbon

07/04  Paris, FR @ Bercy

07/05  Paris, FR @ Bercy

07/07  Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival

07/09  Zurich, CH @ Stadium Letzigrund

07/11  Prague, CH @ Synotip Arena

07/12  Vienna, AT @ Ernst-Happel Stadium

07/14  London, UK @ Hard Rock Calling

07/17  Dublin, IE @ RSD Showgrounds

07/18  Dublin, IE @ RSD Showgrounds

07/21  Oslo, NO @ Valle-Hovin

07/23  Bergen, NO @ Koengen

07/24  Bergen, NO @ Koengen

07/27  Gothenburg, SE @ Ullevi

07/28  Gothenburg, SE @ Ullevi

07/31  Helsinki, FI @ Olympic Stadium