Bruce Springsteen cancels tour dates amid illness

This month, Springsteen has upcoming dates at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts

Bruce Springsteen (James Manning/PA)

Bruce Springsteen has cancelled several tour dates after being taken ill.

The 73-year-old US singer-songwriter was due to play with The E Street Band at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday and Friday before the gigs were postponed.