{"id":414775,"date":"2026-04-01T10:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/414775\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:46:12","slug":"every-song-from-minneapolis-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/414775\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Song From Minneapolis Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNo musical artist at Bruce Springsteen<\/a>\u2019s level of commercial success, artistic endurance and renown has been as outspoken as he has when it comes to President Donald Trump\u2019s ICE surge in Minnesota. During separate incidents in January, ICE agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens (Ren\u00e9e Good and Alex Pretti) in Minneapolis. Springsteen\u2019s searing folk-rock protest anthem \u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d came out just days after Pretti\u2019s killing at the hands of ICE agents. The Trump administration rushed to portray Good and Pretti as a domestic terrorists<\/a> without providing evidence; eyewitness accounts and video footage from both killings seemed to tell a different story than the one spun by the federal government. \u201cTheir claim was self-defense, sir, just don\u2019t believe your eyes,\u201d sang Springsteen on the song. \u201cIt\u2019s our blood and bones and these whistles and phones against [Stephen] Miller and [Kristi] Noem\u2019s dirty lies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 20-time Grammy winner gave \u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d its live debut at legendary local venue First Avenue during Tom Morello\u2019s fundraiser for the families of Pretti and Good (a mother of three) on Jan. 30 and returned to it on March 28 at the flagship No Kings Rally <\/a>in St. Paul, Minnesota, in front of the Minnesota State Capitol.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Tuesday (March 31) night, Springsteen continued his advocacy for the Minnesota resistance by kicking off his Land of Hopes and Dreams American Tour at Minneapolis\u2019 Target Center. An artist of his stature has more than his fair share of Billboard Hot 100 hits, radio standbys and iconic deep cuts to choose from for a setlist, but in the face of everything Minnesotans have faced in 2026, it seemed likely that the Boss\u2019 opening night setlist would skew more political than usual\u2014which it did, but it was also loaded with crowd-pleasing smashes and a few surprises.<\/p>\n

\n\tBelow, check out Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band\u2019s opening night setlist for the Land of Hopes and Dreams American Tour, which included Tom Morello as a guest on several songs. For a rundown of the best moments (including a Prince cover), click here<\/a>. And to see how locals feel about Springsteen\u2019s protest anthem and advocacy, head here.<\/a><\/p>\n