Bruce Springsteen's anti-Trump tour draws insults and threats from Donald Trump
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Updated · The New York Times · May 3
Bruce Springsteen's anti-Trump tour draws insults and threats from Donald Trump
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 3
On stops from Minnesota to California, Springsteen has repeated attacks on Trump's second-term administration, including at a recent New Jersey show with the E Street Band.
The set pairs monologues with songs such as "My City of Ruins", portraying the US as a "reckless, unpredictable, predatory rogue nation" under Trump.
The tour marks an unusually overt political turn in Springsteen's five-decade career, making resistance to Trump more central than most major popular music acts have done.
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