The Associated Press says Bruce Springsteen calls out the White House and announces a protest festival
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.
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The festival, called “Power to the People,” is scheduled for Oct. 3 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, about a month before the 2026 midterm elections. The lineup announced so far includes Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard, Joan Baez, Tom Morello, Dropkick Murphys, Jack Black, Serj Tankian, and Killer Mike. Proceeds are expected to benefit voting-rights groups VoteRiders and HeadCount.
The announcement came during Springsteen’s concert at Nationals Park with Morello. Springsteen used the show to deliver a strongly anti-Trump and anti-ICE message, performing songs including American Skin (41 Shots) and Streets of Minneapolis.
“Streets of Minneapolis” was released earlier this year after the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti during federal immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis. The song sharply criticizes ICE operations and the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
Springsteen has increasingly framed his current “Land of Hope and Dreams” tour as explicitly political, calling on audiences to oppose what he describes as authoritarianism and abuses of power.