Accommodation prices soar for Bruce Springsteen concerts

Bruce Springsteen will play in Cork on May 16. Picture: Amy Sussman/Getty Images

Accommodation prices have soared in all of the four cities where US rock legend Bruce Springsteen will kick off the Irish part of his European tour.

The New Jersey native and the E Street Band, who will be in Ireland for 10 days, first take to the stage at the Boucher Road in Belfast on Thursday at 7pm; Kilkenny’s UPMC Nowlan Park on Sunday; SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork, on May 16; and his final gig on May 19 in Croke Park.