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Perth Now
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Bruce Springsteen release new live EP from Manchester with anti-Donald Trump speeches
Bruce Springsteen has released a new live EP 'Land of Hope and Dreams' featuring his anti-Donald Trump speeches. The 'Born To Run' legend has completed a three show run at the Co-Op Live arena in Manchester on May 14, 17 and 20, and now he's made four songs available digitally along with the introductions from the concerts. The listing on his official website reads: "On May 14, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope and Dreams Tour in Manchester, England. "Highlights from that first night are now available digitally as the 'Land of Hope and Dreams' EP – including the title track, 'Long Walk Home,' 'My City of Ruins' and the band's cover of Bob Dylan's 'Chimes of Freedom.' " At one point during the concert, he described Trump's administration as "corrupt, incompetent and treasonous". He told the audience: "In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about, that 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 experiment to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring!' The rocker – who has been a staunch critic of Trump – made another attack on the White House chief and his political ideology as he introduced 'City of Ruin'. He said: "There's some very weird, strange and dangerous s*** going on out there right now. In America they are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. This is happening now. "In America the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world's poorest children to sickness and death. This is happening now. "In my country they're taking sadistic pleasure in the pain they inflict on loyal American workers. They're rolling back historic civil rights legislation that has led to a more just and plural society. "They are abandoning our great allies and siding with dictators against those struggling for their freedom. "They are defunding American universities that won't bow down to their ideological demands. They are removing residents off American streets and without due process of law, are deporting them to foreign detention centres and prisons. This is all happening now." Trump responded with a lengthy rant via the social media platform Truth Social. Describing The Boss as "dumb as a rock", he 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'. Then we'll all see how it goes for him! He added: '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.'
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Eddie Vedder Covers 'My City of Ruins' Following Trump's Attack on Springsteen
The post Eddie Vedder Covers 'My City of Ruins' Following Trump's Attack on Springsteen appeared first on Consequence. During Pearl Jam's concert in Pittsburgh on Friday, frontman Eddie Vedder performed a solo cover of Bruce Springsteen's 'My City of Ruins,' a pointed response to Donald Trump's Truth Social rant threatening to keep Springsteen out of the country following the conclusion of his own European tour. Watch Vedder's acoustic rendition of The Rising song below. Vedder didn't make any direct reference to Springsteen before covering his 2002 song, but on Springsteen's current tour, the track has been preceded by a vehement speech that lambasts the Trump administration for corruption and its attack on civil liberties. Get Pearl Jam Tickets Here '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,' Springsteen proclaimed during The E Street Band's tour's kick-off on May 14th. Trump subsequently took to Truth Social on Friday, May 16th, to attack Springsteen for his remarks, calling him 'dumb as a rock' and threatening to bar him from returning to the US after finishing his tour. 'I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States…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,' he wrote in his post. 'Springsteen is 'dumb as a rock,'… 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.' Then we'll all see how it goes for him!' Springsteen, for his part, seems unfazed by Trump's threat, continuing to deliver the same blistering speeches denouncing the former president and his administration during a concert on Saturday night. 'In America, they are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent,' Springsteen said in his speech prior to performing 'My City of Ruins.' 'A majority of our elected representatives have failed to protect the American people from the abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government. They have no concern or idea for what it means to be deeply American.' 'The America l've sung to you about for 50 years is real and regardless of its faults is a great country with a great people. So we'll survive this moment.' Popular Posts Trump Warns Springsteen: "He Ought to Keep His Mouth Shut Until He's Back Into the Country" New Reality TV Show That Sees immigrants Compete for US Citizenship Has Backing of Trump Administration: Report Holy Shit, You Have to See Footage from System of a Down's Concert in Brazil First Look at Nicolas Cage and Christian Bale in Madden Movie Morris, Alligator in Happy Gilmore, Dead at Over 80 Years Old Bruce Springsteen Gives Trump the Middle Finger with Another Defiant Concert Subscribe to Consequence's email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.
The Sun
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
I watched as angry Bruce Spingsteen shocked his UK fans with savage swipe at Donald Trump during concert
LET'S face it, The Boss and The Prez will never see eye to eye. Both say they love their country and both, from vastly differing standpoints, want to make America great again. But has Bruce Springsteen ever delivered a more withering indictment of anyone or anything than his demolition of Donald Trump and his administration? 5 5 5 Springsteen chose the UK — namely Manchester's cavernous new Co-op Live arena — to launch a stinging tirade for 'dangerous times'. 'My home, the America I love, the America I've written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration,' he raged. It seemed as if Springsteen was stretching every sinew in his 75-year-old frame to articulate his beef with the sandy-haired incumbent at The White House — by turns angry, confrontational, despairing, horrified and afraid. On the first night of his 2025 European tour with The E Street Band — the third time in three years that he's visited these shores — he shell-shocked his 23,500 devotees with his stark political messages. He continued: 'Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring!' Make no mistake, this was a pre-prepared, carefully worded exercise designed to achieve maximum impact. Shortly after the two-and-a-half-hour show ended, a press release approved by Springsteen's manager Jon Landau was put out with full transcripts. Rallying cry There were three mini-monologues, serving as introductions to the opening Land Of Hope And Dreams, the solo acoustic House Of A Thousand Guitars, and the sombre My City Of Ruins. Springsteen adopted an intimate, conversational tone for the second of these, directly addressing the sea of faces surrounding him. 'The last check on power, after the checks and balances of government have failed, are the people — you and me,' he said, hunching over his microphone, talking slowly and solemnly. 'It's in the union of people around a common set of values now — that's all that stands between a democracy and authoritarianism. At the end of the day, all we've got is each other.' Backing up his stance was a setlist loaded with meaning — and ending with Bob Dylan 's 1964 rallying cry for the underdog, Chimes Of Freedom. That song was written as Dylan turned his back on his unwanted role as the 'voice of a generation' protest singer — but here was a fellow music icon employing it to full protest effect. Springsteen hadn't sung Chimes Of Freedom since 1988 but he made it abundantly clear why he revisited lines such as: 'Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight / Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight / An' for each an' ev'ry underdog soldier in the night.' In Bruce's autobiography — Born To Run, naturally — he talked about his humble childhood in Freehold, New Jersey, where he smelled the coffee from the nearby Nescafe factory and climbed to the upper branches of a 'monster' copper beech. He remembered being 'near poor', and helping his beloved grandfather retrieve broken transistor radios from overflowing trash heaps. These, his grandfather — 'the radio man' — would repair and sell to migrant workers, who lived in camps on nearby farms, for five dollars apiece. Springsteen's past helps explain why he's hard-wired politically, why he's always been the blue-collar rock star — and perhaps why Trump, a millionaire in inflation-adjusted dollars by the age of eight, has become such an adversary. It should come as no surprise that Freehold featured in two songs last night — My Hometown, about his troubled father Doug's pride in the place despite its problems, and Death To My Hometown, a reflection on the devastating impact of the 2008/09 financial meltdown. The third of Springsteen's speeches preceded another song about one of his early stomping grounds, My City Of Ruins, from his 2002 album The Rising. It started out as an elegy for Asbury Park, the beachfront city where he made his first rock 'n' roll forays but later fell on hard times. However, it then took on a whole new meaning, appearing so soon after the 9/11 attacks on New York City. Last night, Springsteen put My City Of Ruins into an even wider context, alluding to the situation in Gaza and Putin 's invasion of Ukraine — but mostly addressing matters closer to home. 'There's some very weird, strange and dangerous s**t going on out there right now,' he said in his rasping New Jersey drawl. 'Rogue government' 'In America, they are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. This is happening now! In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world's poorest children to sickness and death. "This is happening now! In my country, they're taking sadistic pleasure in the pain they inflict on loyal American workers. "They're rolling back historic civil rights legislation that has led to a more just and plural society.' And in a clear reference to Trump's 'new world order' — which raises questions about the US/UK Special Relationship — he added: 'They are abandoning our great allies and siding with dictators against those struggling for their freedom.' Then came a salvo directly aimed at the Donald, as Springsteen claimed: 'A majority of our elected representatives have failed to protect the American people from the abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government. They have no concern or idea for what it means to be deeply American.' But Springsteen is also a man of hope. His concerts are (mostly) euphoric occasions — and he finished on a more optimistic note. 'The America I've sung to you about for 50 years is real and, regardless of its faults, is a great country with a great people,' he said. 'So we'll survive this moment. Now, I have hope, because I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said: 'In this world, there isn't as much humanity as one would like, but there's enough.' Let's pray.' 5 5 It should be noted Springsteen turned up the volume and the joy for large parts of last night's show. Thousands of arms were aloft for crowd-pleasers including Badlands, Thunder Road, Born To Run and Dancing In The Dark. They mingled with welcome rarities like Murder Incorporated, Human Touch, and a live debut for Letter To You album song Rainmaker, dedicated to 'our dear leader'. And he DID sing anti-war (specifically Vietnam) anthem Born In The USA — yes, the one he once banned Donald Trump's Republican Party from using! SET LIST 1. Land Of Hope And Dreams 2. Death To My Hometown 3. Lonesome Day 4. My Love Will Not Let You Down 5. Rainmaker 6. Darkness On The Edge Of Town 7. The Promised Land 8. Hungry Heart 9. My Hometown 10. Youngstown 11. Murder Incorporated 12. Long Walk Home 13. House Of A Thousand Guitars (solo, acoustic) 14. My City Of Ruins 15. Letter To You 16. Because The Night 17. Human Touch 18. Wrecking Ball 19. The Rising 20. Badlands 21. Thunder Road ENCORE 22. Born In The USA 23. Born To Run 24. Bobby Jean 25. Dancing In The Dark 26. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out 27. Chimes Of Freedom
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bruce Springsteen Opens His Tour With Rant About ‘Treasonous' Trump
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band began their Land of Hope & Dreams tour with forceful messages about the 'treasonous' Trump administration. In Manchester, England, Springsteen summoned the 'righteous power of art, of music, of rock 'n roll in dangerous times.' 'In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration,' he told the crowd before performing the tour's namesake song. 'Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring!' Springsteen, a vocal opponent of both Trump administrations who performed at a rally for Kamala Harris last year, had a similar message later in the show. 'The last check on power after the checks and balances of government have failed are the people, you and me,' he said. 'It's in the union of people around a common set of values now that's all that stands between a democracy and authoritarianism. At the end of the day, all we've got is each other.' Springsteen's lengthiest comments on the Trump administration occurred before the 2002 track 'My City of Ruins.' 'There's some very weird, strange, and dangerous s--t going on out there right now. In America they are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. This is happening now,' he said. 'In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world's poorest children to sickness and death,' he went on. 'In my country, they're taking sadistic pleasure in the pain they inflict on loyal American workers. They're rolling back historic civil rights legislation that has led to a more just and plural society. They are abandoning our great allies and siding with dictators against those struggling for their freedom. They are defunding American universities that won't bow down to their ideological demands. They are removing residents off American streets and without due process of law, are deporting them to foreign detention centers and prisons. This is all happening now.' Springsteen continued: 'A majority of our elected representatives have failed to protect the American people from the abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government. They have no concern or idea for what it means to be deeply American.' 'The America l've sung to you about for 50 years is real, and, regardless of its faults, is a great country with a great people,' he concluded. 'So we'll survive this moment. Now, I have hope, because I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said. He said, 'In this world there isn't as much humanity as one would like, but there's enough.' Let's pray.' Springsteen and company haven't had a tour date in the U.S. after the presidential election, as they wrapped up their North American leg with several shows in Canada in November. After Wednesday's show, the band is scheduled to make their way through Europe, ending in Milan in early July.
