{"id":831515,"date":"2026-05-30T03:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T03:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/831515\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T03:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T03:57:14","slug":"bruce-springsteen-tom-morello-set-power-to-the-peopel-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/831515\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen, Tom Morello Set Power To The Peopel Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAs more artists drop out of the White House\u2019s Freedom 250 event, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bruce-springsteen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bruce-springsteen\" data-tag=\"bruce-springsteen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Springsteen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/tom-morello\/\" id=\"auto-tag_tom-morello\" data-tag=\"tom-morello\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Morello<\/a> are leading a protest music festival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhile performing together on Wednesday at Nationals Park in Washington DC, they announced the one-day <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/power-to-the-people-festival\/\" id=\"auto-tag_power-to-the-people-festival\" data-tag=\"power-to-the-people-festival\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Power to the People festival<\/a> will take place Oct. 3 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, celebrating \u201cfreedom, justice, equality and rock \u2019n\u2019 roll,\u201d with a portion of proceeds benefitting VoteRiders and HeadCount.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThe Gestapo tactics of this president and this administration will not stand here,\u201d said Springsteen, according to the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bruce-springsteen-trump-music-festival-e25a975c10214bafd855709b0c3125cb\">Associated Press<\/a>. \u201cThis American tragedy can only be stopped by the American people: you. There is no one coming to save us. We\u2019ve got to do it ourselves. So join us and let\u2019s fight for the America that we love. Do you hear me, Washington?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMorello said in a statement, \u201cIt\u2019s about the power everyday human beings have when they come together through music, art, community and action. We\u2019re honored to bring this incredible lineup to the DC area for a day that celebrates the spirit of activism, creativity, and hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTaking place a month before the crucial <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/midterm-elections\/\" id=\"auto-tag_midterm-elections\" data-tag=\"midterm-elections\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">midterm elections<\/a>, the lineup so far includes Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard, Joan Baez, Dropkick Murphys, Jack Black, Serj Tankian, Killer Mike, Taylor Momsen, the Linda Lindas and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMeanwhile, the White House\u2019s Freedom 250 announced its Great American State Fair lineup this week, shortly before Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, Morris Day, Young MC and The Commodores dropped out of the June 25-July 10 event, which will take place on DC\u2019s National Mall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As more artists drop out of the White House\u2019s Freedom 250 event, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":831516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[29],"tags":[4580,171,74652,975,24496,341133,94585,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-831515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-bruce-springsteen","tag-entertainment","tag-midterm-elections","tag-music","tag-music-festivals","tag-power-to-the-people-festival","tag-tom-morello","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116661521358242723","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}