The Boss is bringing his resistance to D.C., ending a 20-date protest tour that begins in Minneapolis with a final concert at Nationals Park, three miles from the White House.
The North American leg of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s “Land of Hope and Dreams” tour begins on March 31 and will wrap up on May 27, the singer’s representatives said Tuesday.
The locations of the first and last concerts telegraph a pointed political message. In late January, Springsteen released a searing protest song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” which criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Donald Trump, and namechecked Renée Good and Alex Pretti, two protesters killed by federal agents.
“We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming!,” Springsteen was quoted as saying in the tour announcement. “We will be rocking your town in celebration and in defense of America — American democracy, American freedom, our American Constitution and our sacred American dream — all of which are under attack by our wannabe king and his rogue government in Washington, D.C.”
Tickets for the Nationals Park concert go on sale to the public at noon on Saturday, Feb. 21. Ticket prices have not been announced. Springsteen last played at Nationals Park in September 2024, where critic Chris Richards reported that Springsteen appeared “indestructible across a three-hour rain-check gig, surrounded by an E Street Band that sounded every bit as hungry, alert and uncompromised by time.”
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