After his much-noticed protest performance in Minneapolis, US rock legend Bruce Springsteen returns to the city in the state of Minnesota for the opening concert of his North American tour.
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The tour with the E Street Band under the title “The Land of Hopes and Dreams” is scheduled to begin on March 31st and end in the capital Washington DC, as announced on the artist’s website – including a new broadside against US President Donald Trump.
Bruce Springsteen stirs up sentiment against Donald Trump.Image: keystone
“We will rock your city in celebration and defense of America, American democracy, American freedom, our Constitution and our sacred American dream, all of which are under attack by our would-be king and his rogue government in Washington DC,” Springsteen said in a video released to announce the tour.
The 76-year-old recently wrote a protest song in response to the fatal shooting of two US citizens during the controversial deportation raids in Minneapolis and also sang it during his performance in the city at the end of January. In it he describes the federal officers deployed as “King Trump’s private army” that is “trampling on our rights” and sings about a burning city “under the boots of the occupiers”.
The operations and raids are part of the US immigration authorities’ rigorous deportation policy at the behest of the Trump administration. The deaths of two US citizens, Alex Pretti and Renée Good, sparked a wave of outrage across the country. For weeks there have been protests in Minneapolis against the raids on migrants and the violent suppression of protests. (sda/dpa)