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Bruce Springsteen on 'critical patriotism' and the power of protest music

12 June 2026 at 22:25
The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music at Monmouth University features exhibits dedicated to one of New Jersey's most famous sons while also exploring the broader story of American music. Geoff Bennett met with "The Boss" to discuss the center, his musical legacy, and how the outspoken artist is approaching this moment in civic life. It's part of our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

Bruce Springsteen Jabs Donald Trump And The Ellisons As He Performs On Stephen Colbert’s Second-To-Last Show

21 May 2026 at 13:43
Bruce Springsteen made a few jabs at Donald Trump and David and Larry Ellison before he performed on Stephen Colbert’s second-to-last The Late Show on CBS. “I’m here in support tonight for Stephen, because you’re the first guy in America who has lost his show because we got a president who can’t take a joke,” […]

Bruce Springsteen, Tom Morello Announce Power To The People Festival Ahead Of Midterms

30 May 2026 at 02:14
As more artists drop out of the White House’s Freedom 250 event, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello are leading a protest music festival. While performing together on Wednesday at Nationals Park in Washington DC, they announced the one-day Power to the People festival will take place Oct. 3 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, […]

Bruce Springsteen Honored At Tribeca Festival, Rocks Out With Bono, Patti Smith In ‘People Have The Power’

13 June 2026 at 23:37
Bruce Springsteen brought a taste of his Land of Hopes And Dreams Tour to downtown Manhattan Saturday, hitting the Tribeca Festival to accept the Harry Belafonte Voices For Social Justice Award that he dedicated to “all the citizens of Minneapolis and Los Angeles and Portland who stood against the federal invasion of their cities this […]

Minneapolis mayor, six months after Trump’s takeover of his city: ‘The danger of a new invasion still exists’

13 June 2026 at 04:00
Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis, on May 19 in Washington.

Six months ago, Jacob Frey, 44, went from being mayor of Minneapolis to governing an occupied city. Between 3,000 and 4,000 agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), dispatched by Donald Trump, descended on the state of Minnesota in December of 2025. This was under the pretext of combating fraud within the burgeoning local Somali community.

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Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis, pictured during his interview with EL PAÍS.Faces of the Minneapolis protests. Top row, from left: Sarah Chargin, Mike Camilleri, Abe Eversman, Josiah Myeog, Julie Prokes and Lesley Ernst. Bottom row, also from left: Nekima Levy Armstrong, Jim Winterer, Una Rana Cualquiera (“Any Frog”), Cathy Anderson, Joey Keillor and Rogelio Aguilar.

Bruce Springsteen Apologizes for Refusing to Allow His Song in Bono’s Gap Commercial, Tells U2 Frontman: ‘I Should Have F—ing Done It!’

13 June 2026 at 22:27
Bono gave Bruce Springsteen a hard time for refusing to license his song “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” for a commercial for the clothing brand Gap in partnership with Bono’s AIDS foundation (RED). While presenting Springsteen with the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award at Tribeca Festival, Bono started to praise the Boss’ ability […]

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