Bruce Springsteen calls out Trump at beginning of Manchester tour

[Nevilledog]

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Can't see it without clicking, but recommending anyway. . . . nt

[Nevilledog]

2. It's really good....but I understand not wanting to click.

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3. "Bruce Springsteen Calls Donald Trump 'Incompetent and Treasonous' at 2025 Tour Kick-Off "

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bruce-springsteen-donald-trump-incompetent-treasonous-1235339576/

Bruce Springsteen Calls Donald Trump ‘Incompetent and Treasonous’ at 2025 Tour Kick-Off

“Tonight we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experience to rise with us, raise your voices against the authoritarianism, and let freedom ring,” Springsteen told the crowd

By Andy Greene
May 14, 2025

Bruce Springsteen kicked off his 2025 Land of Hope and Dreams European tour Wednesday night at Co-op Live in Manchester, England, by delivering a fiery speech that railed against Donald Trump.

“The mighty E Street Band is here tonight to call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock and roll, in dangerous times,” he told the crowd right after walking onto the stage. “In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, and has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration. Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experience to rise with us, raise your voices against the authoritarianism, and let freedom ring. This is ‘Land of Hope and Dreams.”

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Thank you. Good little read, that. . . . nt

[Nevilledog]

6. Had not seen the article when I posted. Thank you for providing it!

[sl8]

7. And I might not have seen it except for your post. Thanks. nt

[Deuxcents]

5. He's not the Boss for just one reason. He's been consistently telling us in word and song. 👏

[tanyev]

8. Righteous! Bruuuuuuuuuce!

[malaise]

9. Adding my Sunday thread to this and this to that thread

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220306404

[Nevilledog]

10. ...

[malaise]

11. Love him

My kind of human being

[BaronChocula]

12. Glad he's spreading the word

I hope he's been saying the same thing back here in the U.S.A.

[malaise]

14. He never stopped

When Donvict used his classic in the lead up to 2016, he publicly joined Hillary’s campaign. He’s been fighting for more than 50 years

[BaronChocula]

17. Yeah I'm familiar.

I just weaved a bit of "Born in the U.S.A." into my work. I couldn't believe back then it was some people's introduction to him. Can't believe how some were calling him a "sellout" back then either. So many cynics.

I was just coming off a lunch with a friend who just got laid off by a certain newspaper whose publisher (and former neighbor of mine) refused to let his paper endorse in a certain recent presidential election. That publisher just happened to be in Saudi Arabia around the same time as a certain rapist. I thought that things just keep getting worse and the people with the most money are all becoming cowards.

My comments on Bruce were on the footheels of finding all that out. So when he comes back stateside I hope he continues to speak with the same intensity.

[orangecrush]

13. BRAVO

[Meowmee]

15. 👏🏻👏🏻 👍🏻 ty BS

[LoisB]

16. The Boss has spoken.