former President of the United States, Barack Obama, and his wife, Michelle, are expected to travel to Barcelona to attend a Bruce Springsteen concert. According to El País, the former president will be in the city next Friday for the event at the Olympic Stadium. During this brief visit, the Obama family is said to stay at a luxury five-star hotel in Barcelona. The visit will be accompanied by a security perimeter, and while Barack Obama travels with his own security detail, local authorities from Mossos d’Esquadra will also monitor the schedule to help ensure safety and avoid any incidents.
Springsteen, fondly known as The Boss, is slated to perform at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on April 28 and 30. Fans have already started lining up for the shows. A camping option to secure prime standing space is not necessary this time around, but there is a system in place to organize entry. Fans must check in multiple times and place themselves on a daily queue list. This approach helps bring The Boss and the E Street Band as close as possible to their admirers for the first concert on the 28th.
Coinciding with the Barcelona concerts, Palau Robert is hosting an exhibition recalling the first Springsteen show at the Palau d’Esports in the Catalan capital on April 21, 1981. The European leg of Springsteen’s tour is delivering a robust lineup across multiple cities, including Dublin, Paris, Ferrara, Rome, Amsterdam, Landgraaf, Zurich, Gothenburg, Oslo, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Vienna, and Monza. The current tour marks Springsteen’s live return with The E Street Band after a long hiatus since the 14-month global run of The River Tour, which wrapped up in Australia in February 2017.