Overview
- Bruce Springsteen opened his U.S. tour in Minneapolis with a political address that accused the president of detaining migrants without due process and leaving the U.S. seen as a ruthless, unpredictable rogue state.
- The sold-out Target Center show began with anti-war songs, starting with Edwin Starr’s War and a charged Born in the U.S.A.
- He said the Justice Department had surrendered its independence under Attorney General Pam Bondi, who he claimed takes orders from a corrupt White House.
- He performed Streets of Minneapolis with the E Street Band, invoking local deaths linked to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and led the crowd in the chant “ICE — out now!”
- He urged fans to choose democracy over authoritarianism and cast the tour as a movement that builds toward a March on Washington on May 27.