Over here on E Street, it’s pretty quiet now that a Jersey Shore bar owner questioned whether No Surrender, a Bruce Springsteen cover band, should perform at his establishment after the real Springsteen openly criticized Donald Trump. The group had booked a gig at Riv’s Toms River Hub, in Toms …
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If you’re even mildly curious about why Donald Trump is big mad at lil ol’ Bruce Springsteen lately, just listen to the artist’s newly released EP, Land of Hope & Dreams — a live recording from Manchester, England, earlier this month. You don’t even have to listen to Springsteen’s music …
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President Donald Trump has a lot on his plate. He hasn’t been able to end any of the wars, Congress can’t get his “big, beautiful bill” passed, and the courts keep stalling his governance-by-executive-order agenda. But for days now, the president has been obsessing over Bruce Springsteen. Today — as …
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Early Monday morning, when much of the White House press corps was fast asleep, President Donald Trump demanded the federal government conduct a “major investigation” into singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, a Trump critic, and his presidential endorsement last year. On Friday, the sitting American president had already warned Springsteen that he …
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Donald Trump‘s relentless practice of picking fights with musicians has allowed him to deflect focus and bury more important conversations about the failures of his administration. His more recent tirades have targeted the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift — but Neil Young has had enough of his distractions. …
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President Donald Trump has demanded an investigation into Bruce Springsteen and other artists who supported former Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, after the singer has repeatedly told crowds at his concerts that the president is an “unfit” man running “a rogue government.” The president — who is scheduled to …
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Donald Trump took a break from serving as the leader of the free world on Friday to write a borderline incoherent screed against Bruce Springsteen, just after the songwriter blasted him at the inaugural date of his 2025 European tour. “Springsteen is ‘dumb as a rock,’” Trump wrote, “and couldn’t …
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Bruce Springsteen was undaunted by President Donald Trump’s threatening social media tirade to “keep his mouth shut” as, during his second concert in Manchester, England, the rocker once again delivered a three-minute speech critical of “an unfit president and a rogue government.” “Things are happening right now that are altering …
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On the same day Donald Trump unleashed a social media tirade aimed at Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam showed solidarity with the E Street rocker with a cover of “My City of Ruins” during the band’s concert Friday in Pittsburgh. The encore portion of Pearl Jam’s Dark Matter Tour shows typically …
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Donald Trump, who had “Born in the U.S.A.” on his 2016 campaign rally soundtrack, insisted he’s “never liked” Bruce Springsteen or his music after the musician called the president “incompetent and treasonous” at his 2025 European tour kickoff. Such biting words from such a famous and revered rock star unsurprisingly …
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