 Further visual evidence of Springsteen and Scialfa becoming a couple emerged as the tour progressed, his separation from Phillips was officially confirmed, and for the first time Springsteen became the subject of a tabloid fervor.Springsteen and Scialfa eventually married, and the Tunnel of Love Express shows were the last full-length ones Springsteen would play with the E Street Band for eleven years.The tour came four and a half months after the release of Springsteen's 1987 album, "Tunnel of Love", which had sold well – although nowhere near the blockbuster levels of its predecessor, "Born in the U.S.A.", which the album was partly a counter-reaction to – and already generated a hit single in "Brilliant Disguise".