Rick Springfield is widely known for his lengthy career which began in the early 70s in Australia, extending to his 1st big hit in the US with “Jessie’s Girl,” and great success for earning a Grammy Award for ‘Best Male Rock Vocal Performance that year’ in 1981.
Here are three things you may not have known about this star – his real name is Richard Springthorpe. Sadly, he did try to kill himself twice as a teenager while battling depression; thankfully he found his way. Finally, as a doctor on the soap ‘General Hospital’ he confesses that he never found either romance or love. Here’s the latest dates and cites for the upcoming 2017 Rick Springfield tour…
April 27th, Milwaukee, WI
April 28th, Milwaukee, WI
April 29th, Larchwood, IA
May 5th, Kansas City, MO
May 6th, St. Louis, MO
May 11th, Charleston, SC
May 12th, Florence, SC
May 27th, Riverside, IA
June 24th, Hot Springs, AR
July 15th, Oklahoma City, OK
July 22nd, Sunbury, PA
August 15th, Seattle, WA
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