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BumRushDaShow

(172,710 posts)
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:55 PM 3 hrs ago

Bruce Springsteen calls out the White House and announces a protest festival

Source: AP

Updated 12:54 PM EDT, May 28, 2026


WASHINGTON (AP) — Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard and Joan Baez will headline a star-studded protest festival set for the Washington, D.C., area a month before the midterm elections.

Springsteen and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello announced the festival Wednesday while performing together at Nationals Park in Washington as Springsteen winds down his Land of Hope and Dreams American tour.

At the concert Wednesday, Springsteen played many of his most political songs, including “American Skin (41 Shots)” about a fatal police shooting and “Streets of Minneapolis,” in response to the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents. “The Gestapo tactics of this president and this administration will not stand here,” Springsteen said.

“This American tragedy can only be stopped by the American people: you. There is no one coming to save us. We’ve got to do it ourselves,” he said. “So join us and let’s fight for the America that we love. Do you hear me, Washington?”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/bruce-springsteen-trump-music-festival-e25a975c10214bafd855709b0c3125cb

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Bruce Springsteen calls out the White House and announces a protest festival (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago OP
Yeah ! dave99 2 hrs ago #1
Joan Baez! She just announced her retirement I thought... I'm glad to see her joining for this event! liberalla 1 hr ago #2
I remember thinking PatSeg 59 min ago #6
This message was self-deleted by its author PatSeg 59 min ago #7
I hope this festival brings a lot more of our friends..like Patti Smith, Neil Young and our younger friends Deuxcents 1 hr ago #3
Great lineup senseandsensibility 1 hr ago #4
That's a very powerful statement and excellent timing. Martin68 1 hr ago #5
oh my Skittles 19 min ago #8
Merriweather Post Pavilion Deep State Witch 15 min ago #9

liberalla

(11,244 posts)
2. Joan Baez! She just announced her retirement I thought... I'm glad to see her joining for this event!
Thu May 28, 2026, 04:25 PM
1 hr ago

PatSeg

(53,633 posts)
6. I remember thinking
Thu May 28, 2026, 05:09 PM
59 min ago

when she announced her retirement, "I wonder how long that will last". People like Baez never really retire, they can't help themselves - "Just this one more...."

Response to liberalla (Reply #2)

Deuxcents

(27,802 posts)
3. I hope this festival brings a lot more of our friends..like Patti Smith, Neil Young and our younger friends
Thu May 28, 2026, 04:48 PM
1 hr ago

Who are behind the movement. Let there be no doubt that we’ve had enough and it’s time for them to take their ill gotten gains and leave.

senseandsensibility

(25,634 posts)
4. Great lineup
Thu May 28, 2026, 04:49 PM
1 hr ago

Good on them. I anticipate that even more will join. One mistake that I think Dems have made is to inch away from celebrities in fear of being called "Hollywood Elite". Embrace them. You know how I know they're effective? The whining and screaming from Rs when celebrities speak out, that's how.

Deep State Witch

(12,763 posts)
9. Merriweather Post Pavilion
Thu May 28, 2026, 05:54 PM
15 min ago

In Columbia, MD. More in the Baltimore suburbs than DC. But not that far from me!

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