{"id":2255157,"date":"2026-01-28T20:31:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2255157"},"modified":"2026-01-28T20:31:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:31:48","slug":"bruce-springsteen-dedicates-new-song-to-minneapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bruce-springsteen-dedicates-new-song-to-minneapolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen dedicates new song to Minneapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/bruce-springsteen\">Bruce Springsteen<\/a><\/span> is dedicating his new song to the people of Minneapolis, criticizing President Donald Trump\u2019s ongoing <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/shooting-minneapolis-protests-ice-immigration-lawsuit-5bd12d70d3c76bfe5eacd802ce7480a7\">immigration enforcement operations<\/a><\/span> in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The lyrics of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wWKSoxG1K7w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cStreets of Minneapolis,\u201d<\/a><\/span> released Wednesday, describe how \u201ca city aflame fought fire and ice \u2019neath an occupier\u2019s boots,\u201d which Springsteen calls \u201cKing Trump\u2019s private army.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Springsteen in a statement said he wrote and recorded the song over the weekend and released it in response to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/shooting-minneapolis-protests-ice-immigration-41437baa4b349279cf8abfaf1076162c\">a second deadly shooting<\/a><\/span> by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good,\u201d he wrote, naming the two victims.<\/p>\n<p>Abigail Jackson, a White House spokesperson, responded: \u201cThe Trump Administration is focused on encouraging state and local Democrats to work with federal law enforcement officers on removing dangerous criminal illegal aliens from their communities \u2014 not random songs with irrelevant opinions and inaccurate information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The slow-burning song builds from just acoustic guitar and voice to a fuller band tune, including a harmonica solo, and ends with chants of \u201cICE Out!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice,\u201d The Boss sings. \u201cSinging through the bloody mist\/We\u2019ll take our stand for this land\/And the stranger in our midst.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The title echoes Springsteen\u2019s \u201cStreets of Philadelphia,\u201d which served as a title song for the Tom Hanks-led 1993 film \u201cPhiladelphia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/springsteen-trump-politics-new-jersey-3bbeb077e9e5de03f9d47c2121933f26\">Springsteen has long been critical of the president,<\/a><\/span> who in turn has called the rock icon \u201coverrated.\u201d They last publicly clashed last year, when Springsteen on tour in England told his audience that America \u201cis currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.\u201d Trump responded by calling Springsteen a \u201cdried out prune of a rocker.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source apnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Springsteen is dedicating his new song to the people of Minneapolis, criticizing President Donald Trump\u2019s ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city. 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