The rumour had been circulating for a while — actually, pretty much since Paul McCartney announced his BC Place concert this summer — that Bruce Springsteen would likely be joining Macca at BC Place Sunday evening, but now the hype machine has gone into overdrive following a tweet by radio station CKNW.

Just confirmed. Bruce Springsteen is flying in a day early to perform with Paul McCartney Sunday night at BC Place. Show’s already sold out. —

(@CKNW) November 23, 2012

Though CKNW did not originally divulge its sources and phone calls to promoter Live Nation yielded no official confirmation, the station aired an interview clip with Vancouver legend Red Robinson at 3 p.m. Friday afternoon in which he said the rumour was true and that Springsteen was flying in to Vancouver one day early to join McCartney at BC Place.

Springsteen and McCartney are good friends, and the two were seen sharing the stage at London’s Hyde Park in July, a gig that became infamous after London police shut it down for running past curfew.

Springsteen is performing at Rogers Arena Monday night. Sunday night’s concert is sold out.

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