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Magic Tour (Bruce Springsteen)
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<p>The Magic Tour was <a href="/facts/Bruce_Springsteen/PEQnPnm8">Bruce Springsteen</a> and the <a href="/facts/E_Street_Band/f4PsQbn2">E Street Band</a>'s 2007–08 <a href="/facts/Concert_tour/QISSIPAD">concert tour</a> of North America and Western Europe. </p><p>The tour began October 2, 2007, in Hartford, Connecticut, and concluded August 30, 2008, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This was his first tour with the E Street Band since 2004's <a href="/facts/Vote_for_Change/DQXnugXL">Vote for Change</a> shows and the first prolonged outing with them since the 2002–2003 <a href="/facts/The_Rising_Tour/5CuWnc8t">Rising Tour</a>. </p><p>After the conclusion of the tour's first leg on November 19, 2007, organist <a href="/facts/Danny_Federici/XJPcRPSf">Danny Federici</a> took a leave of absence from the tour to pursue treatment for <a href="/facts/Melanoma/qdT7E97Y">melanoma</a>. He was replaced by <a href="/facts/Charles_Giordano/U7UfMhyF">Charles Giordano</a>, who had played with Springsteen on the 2006 <a href="/facts/Bruce_Springsteen_with_The_Seeger_Sessions_Band_Tour/1TxGjYab">Sessions Band Tour</a>. Federici made his only return to the stage on March 20, 2008, during the tour's third leg, when he appeared for portions of a show in <a href="/facts/Indianapolis/r8BQof9G">Indianapolis</a>. He died on April 17, 2008; the next two shows of the tour were postponed. </p><p>The Magic Tour was one of the biggest tours of the year and won the 2008 <a href="/facts/Billboard_Touring_Awards/69Yv0BHu">Billboard Touring Awards</a> for Top Tour, Top Draw, and Top Manager (for <a href="/facts/Jon_Landau/g39s5TJF">Jon Landau</a>). The Magic Tour had the second-highest gross worldwide for 2008 in Billboard's rankings, with $204.5 million and trailing only <a href="/facts/Bon_Jovi/7f9T2aCU">Bon Jovi</a>'s <a href="/facts/Lost_Highway_Tour/9DH1FvNl">Lost Highway Tour</a>. In <a href="/facts/Pollstar/6V2KMog6">Pollstar</a>'s calculus for <a href="/facts/North_America/djNjCQIl">North America</a>, the Magic Tour had the sixth-highest gross for 2008 at $69.3 million. In any case, in total over its two years, the Magic Tour grossed more than $235 million. </p>