Last year, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played 16 shows across Europe for their Land of Hope and Dreams Tour. Being the patriot he is, Bruce didn’t shy away from reading Trump for filth while performing abroad. Bruce spoke the truth about a callous, criminal regime, and Trump had a predictable meltdown on social media, in which he had the gall to criticize Bruce’s skincare. If that’s not the pot calling the kettle orange, but I digress… Lucky for those of us born in the USA, Bruce and the E Street Band just announced this week that the American leg of the tour will hit 20 US venues starting on March 31 in, significantly, Minneapolis. Beginning the tour there is a definite political statement, but just to drive it home, the tour announcement pointedly called the upcoming concerts a “defense of America—American democracy, American freedom, our American Constitution and our sacred American dream—all of which are under attack by our wannabe king and his rogue government in Washington DC.” Trump hasn’t lashed out — yet — instead dispatching his comms director Steven Cheung to issue an unhinged response that the Boss’s tour will flop:
“We are living through dark, disturbing, and dangerous times,” Springsteen said in the statement, eliciting a cringeworthy tantrum from Steven Cheung, the White House communications director.
“When this loser Springsteen comes back home to his own City of Ruins in his head, he’ll realize his Glory Days are behind him and his fans have left him Out in the Street, putting him in a Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out because he has a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has rotted his brain,” he said in a statement to Politico’s Playbook, referencing a series of Springsteen hits.
The tour also includes a D.C. date, at Nationals Park on May 27. Many Republicans profess their love for Springsteen, even though he has endorsed every Democratic nominee since 2004.
“I don’t think it matters that he is a liberal,” Chris Pack, a longtime Republican operative, told The Washington Post last year. “I can compartmentalize his politics.”
Trump clearly can’t. After the rocker endorsed Trump’s presidential opponent Kamala Harris in 2024, then blasted the eventual winner, the president responded on Truth Social.
“Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy — Just a pushy, obnoxious JERK, who fervently supported Crooked Joe Biden, a mentally incompetent FOOL, and our WORST EVER President, who came close to destroying our Country,” Trump wrote.
“This dried out ‘prune’ of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country, that’s just ‘standard fare,’” Trump added. “Then we’ll all see how it goes for him!”
Springsteen, who last month released anti-ICE protest song ‘Streets Of Minneapolis,’ said in a statement announcing his tour, “We will be rocking your town in celebration and in defense of America—American democracy, American freedom, our American Constitution, and our sacred American dream—all of which are under attack by our wannabe king and his rogue government in Washington, D.C.”
Yeah, cause nothing says, “I think you’re a has-been loser who’s gonna flop on tour!” like a press statement teeming with deliberately-crafted references to said “loser’s” body of work. “I think you’re so pathetic that I’ll name a string of your hits to show how lame you are, so there!” Also, the term Trump Derangement Syndrome never ceases to startle me. It’s so epically bad, so ill-conceived from a PR perspective. I know this administration is the very definition of a sadistic clownshow, but I still can’t believe NO ONE voiced a concern about putting the words “Trump” and “Derangement” side-by-side. That just seems like branding 101. Don’t get me wrong, I personally believe the two words belong together, but of course these guys can only tell the truth through sheer accident and incompetence.
More importantly, big round of applause to Bruce and the E Street Band for kicking off the tour in Minneapolis. Obviously the eyes of the world have been on the city, with ICE and CBP murdering innocent US citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Can you imagine all the feels that will be going on in that arena when they perform their new song “Streets of Minneapolis” there for the first time?! Chills. Again, that first concert is March 31, three days after our next big No Kings March, which Bruce & the Band shout out on their website. Tickets go on sale today!
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It doesnt matter how much the tickets cost, thisbtour, as always, will sell out. As it should. I caught a show years ago and it is one of my top 5 concerts ever. Trump is, as always, a flaming dumpster fire of an idiot.
Exactly! I saw him in the 80s when Patti first joined the tour andto this day best concert ever. It was fortunately in a small venue and I was right at the front. Incredible show.
I had nosebleed tickets in a stadium….still one of the best shows I’ve ever seen and experienced!
I’ve been to at least one show on every tour since the BITUSA tour when I was in high school. I think the best show of his that I ever attended was “the birthday show” at Giants Stadium in 2012. Thunderstorms in the area meant he hit the stage two hours late and he still played for four hours – he finished at 2am and could have kept going. The energy was just amazing.
He is the only artist I can say that about – I’ve skipped plenty of U2 and Foo Fighters tours in my time, but never Bruce. Nothing but respect for his music and his politics.
I will be trying my best to get tickets today.
I’ve never been the one to pine for rock stars, but damn this guy is hot! Not because of his looks but his actions. I need to cool down.
As a pre-teen, I used to watch the Dancing in the Dark video and envy Courtney Cox like she was the luckiest girl in the world. Dude is HOT and still is. That’s the thing about being a genuinely good human. Your glow is eternal.
First – Springsteen could sell out MetLife or Madison Square Garden just if he was reading the phone book. He could show up with a guitar and a microphone and sell out MSG for nights on end (kind of like he did on broadway.) So I dont think Springsteen is worried about this tour not selling out. I mean my husband sent me a text yesterday that was like WHAT CONCERTS ARE WE GOING TO. ConcertS. Plural.
Second, Springsteen is one of those artists who yes, has sold millions and millions of albums, but so much of his money comes from touring. His tours are relatively low key as these things go – no huge elaborate sets, no huge entourages of backup dancers, no costume changes, etc. They still cost money to put on obviously, but I imagine in terms of profit, his tours are probably some of the most profitable large scale tours out there. So I think he and his team are feeling pretty good about Bruce bringing in some more millions in his late 70s.
And he already premiered Streets of Minneapolis in Minneapolis – at a concert with Tom Morello no less.
Anyway just waiting for my husband to tell me which show I’m going to lol.
Buying my tickets today. All the stadiums he plays at on this tour will be sold out just like all his other tours.
Sold out in MINUTES!!!!! There’s no doubt in my mind.
Waaahhh who picked these tour dates?? Nothing anywhere near me and only two Saturday night shows I could have possibly flown in for (and one is already on my call weekend, boo). I would love to see him in concert again, and I bet that Minneapolis show is going to be epic.
First of all: I saw him in 2006.
Still one of the best concerts I have ever seen.
Second point: Bruce Springsteen concerts don’t even need advertising at this point. There’s a reason why he is called The Boss. And yes: Minneapolis will be epic.
Tickets go on general sale tomorrow and they’re going to go in a blink.
I’ve seen Bruce in concert 7 or 8 times — including his last tour and including twice in England — and he’s absolute fire, every time. This tour is going to be INSANE.
Of all the songs written in response to Minneapolis (by U2, Billy Bragg, etc.), I think Bruce’s “Streets of Minneapolis” is the most powerful. And the video is incredible.
Trump and Cheung are deranged.
I hope Washington DC sells out and I hope it’s loud enough for Trump to hear it, all the love for The Boss he will never know.
My husband has probably been to about two dozen bruce shows, including one at Nationals Park, and he said that was probably the worst one he’s been to – Bruce was still Bruce, but so many people there clearly had tickets as a job perk or something or just went because they felt they should and he said it was just flat. Maybe this would be different though.
(I’ve only been to about 8 myself.)
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) has seen 152 Springsteen shows, according to Wikipedia.
Don’t come for me, but I am not a fan of Springsteen’s music. That said they don’t call him THE BOSS for no reason. Yes, every single show is gonna be sold out in under a nano second not only because he is who he is, but because it’s the biggest F off to the orange waste of oxygen who is jealous of the pull Springsteen has.
I have a friend who is ride or die for Bruce and has traveled when he can to see his shows and has never been disappointed. Probably cashing in his miles as we speak 😃
Trashing the Boss? yeahhhhhhh that’s gonna fly. 🙄
Just when you think the Trumpies couldn’t get any stupider they come out with gems like this. You can’t make this up, it’s so inane. I saw Springsteen and the E Street Band in November 2024 after missing many prior opportunities. Sold out show, nearly 3 hours, that guy has so much energy, the band was tight. Incredible show. This tour will sell out fast.
Please post about Alysa Liu! Teen Olympic gold is worth a post.
Cheung is incredibly vile inside and out. He total obnoxiousness stands out even among the other swamp creatures around trump.
Trump is an idiot. Probably half of Bruce’s older American audience are Trumpers or Republicans. They will never quit Springsteen and his band. They grew up to his music and have gone through adulthood with his music. Also, there are so few great rockers and rock bands left. Very few in the same rarefied air he exists in: still creative, still loving the thrill of performing, not going through the motions for a paycheck. He gives it his all for three or more hours on stage. That’s why he still plays to packed audiences.
I read a rock board. You read many comments saying they aren’t in agreement with his politics or that he is a vocal artist regarding his views often on stage. He is still making social commentary music. But they understand that is who he is and certainly aren’t giving up going to see him perform the decades of music from a musician they love. Bruce Springsteen fans are going nowhere, no matter if differing politics or views on specific issues. He is a brilliant songwriter/performer.
I was listening to cnn and one of their reporters was saying he talked to a republican congressman. He’d told him that a bunch of gop want to see Springsteen when he comes to the area but also don’t want to be seen there. 😆