PLAY MUSIC BOSS BORN TO RUN BROADWAY

Springsteen is doing four more months of intimate concerts on Broadway after his initial run triggered massive interest — and wide disappointment among fans who couldn’t get tickets.

The rock legend, who for decades has sold out arenas with his adrenaline- fuelled marathon performances, said this week he would extend his residency at the 960- seat Walter Kerr Theatre from February 28 to June 30.

Springsteen opened the shows on October 3 and already extended once, until February 3, with tickets selling out nearly instantly.

The 68- year- old balladeer of working- class America set prices at $ 75 to $ 800 — but tickets immediately reappeared on resale sites at much higher prices.

This week the cheapest ticket on resale site StubHub was $ 1449 — significantly higher than Broadway’s most coveted theatre seats including those for Hamilton and Bette Midler’s revival of Hello, Dolly! Springsteen has tried to reduce scalping through a new verification system by Ticketmaster, which asks fans to sign up and uses algorithms to determine the likelihood that they will attend before providing a code to allow purchases. In light of the number of fans who were unable to buy tickets initially, the ticketing company said it would not start a new verification round, instead sending codes to fans who already signed up.

Springsteen has said he was inspired to create a more intimate concert experience after he played a sombre private show at the White House as a gift from departing president Barack Obama to staff.

Instead of Springsteen’s high- octane arena shows with his E Street Band the Broadway concerts feature the rocker alone on piano and guitar and a standard setlist.