Bruce Springsteen has revealed he is working on a new album and is planning to tour next year with the E Street band.

The Boss said he will be getting "back to my day job" and is planning to perform in the UK, which hopefully means, finger crossed, he will be returning to Ireland too.

"For lack of a better word, it’s a singer-songwriter album - more of a solo record," Bruce Springsteen told The Times newspaper.

Springsteen added that the new solo album is "connected to my solo records writing-wise . . . but it’s not like them at all. Just different characters living their lives."

The new as yet untitled album will Springsteen's first new release since High Hopes back in 2014.

Last week, Netflix released the first trailer for Spingsteen On Broadway, the solo acoustic performance written and performed by Tony Award, Academy Award, and 20-time Grammy Award winner Bruce Springsteen.

Based on his worldwide best-selling autobiography Born to Run and nothing short of the theatre event of the year, Springsteen On Broadway is a unique evening with Bruce, his guitar, a piano, and own stories—including a special appearance by Patti Scialfa.

The intimate performance features personal anecdotes and songs including 'Born to Run', 'Thunder Road' and 'Brilliant Disguise'.

Springsteen On Broadway was filmed live for Netflix at Jujamcyn’s Walter Kerr Theatre and directed and produced by Emmy Award-winner Thom Zimny ("Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Live in New York City (2001)").

In addition to Zimny, the Netflix original special is produced by the same team that produced “Springsteen On Broadway”, including Springsteen manager Jon Landau, Springsteen tour director George Travis, and Landau Management partner Barbara Carr.

Springsteen On Broadway will launch on December 16 at 8am (Irish time) simultaneously in over 190 countries.

Check out the trailer for Spingsteen On Broadway here: