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Listen to Bruce Springsteen’s Land Of Hope And Dreams EP

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Bruce Springsteen has released a new, six-track digital EP, the Land Of Hope & Dreams EP. Listen to it below.

Bruce Springsteen has released a new, six-track digital EP, the Land Of Hope & Dreams EP. Listen to it below.

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Drawn from recordings made in Manchester on May 14, the EP opens with Springsteen’s address from the start of the show.

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“In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, and has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.

“Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experience to rise with us, raise your voices against the authoritarianism, and let freedom ring.”

Springsteen’s comments due ire from President Trump, who described him as “highly overrated” and “dumb as a rock”, later accusing him of participating in an “illegal election scam” for Kamala Harris.

The tracklisting for the EP is:

Land Of Hope And Dreams (introduction)
LAnd Of Hope And Dreams
Long Walk Home
My City Of Ruins (introduction)
My City Of Ruins
Chimes Of Freedom

You can find the EP here.

Springsteen returns to the UK to play Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium on June 4 and 6. You can find his full run of European tour dates here.

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Bruce Springsteen Releases EP With Trump-Bashing Speeches

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Bruce Springsteen’s pre-song speeches bashing Donald Trump at the E Street Band’s European tour opener last week are immortalized on the new digital EP Land of Hope & Dreams, which also includes four full live performances.

At the May 14 show in Manchester, England, Springsteen labeled Trump as “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous” before he and his bandmates had even struck a note. “In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration,” the Boss said prior to “Land of Hope and Dreams.” “Tonight we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring!”

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Land of Hope & Dreams includes that sequence plus the song itself, as well as “Long Walk Home,” another anti-Trump speech prior to “My City of Ruins” and a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Chimes of Freedom,” which the E Street Band hadn’t performed live since 1988.

Trump’s social media post in response to Springsteen’s comments called the rock legend a “dried out prune of a rocker” and a “pushy, obnoxious jerk.” Trump has since called for an “investigation” into payments made to artists like Springsteen to perform at rallies for 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

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Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band, Co-Op Live, Manchester, May 14, 2025

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Bruce Springsteen has spoken recently about the responsibility of the artist in a turbulent world and he wastes no time putting those words into action tonight. He opens with an extraordinary monologue in which he calls on “the righteous spirit of art, of music, of rock ’n’ roll in dangerous times”, rails against how the country that he loves has fallen into “the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration” and concludes by asking “all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring!” Then the 18-piece E Street Band hurtle into the title track of this two-year tour, now on its final leg, with a righteously impassioned “Land Of Hope And Dreams”.

Bruce Springsteen has spoken recently about the responsibility of the artist in a turbulent world and he wastes no time putting those words into action tonight. He opens with an extraordinary monologue in which he calls on “the righteous spirit of art, of music, of rock ’n’ roll in dangerous times”, rails against how the country that he loves has fallen into “the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration” and concludes by asking “all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring!” Then the 18-piece E Street Band hurtle into the title track of this two-year tour, now on its final leg, with a righteously impassioned “Land Of Hope And Dreams”.

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Springsteen, a stadium veteran of over 40 years, rarely plays indoor venues in Europe now, but the relative intimacy of the first of three nights at this 23,500 seater allows an unusually closer quarters view of a performer on a mission, delivering what must surely be the most politically-charged show of his career. As he stands just feet from the front rows, video screens show the singer’s face furrow with concentration as he delivers every line with passion, precision and often venom. Springsteen is 75 years old now. His hair is greyer and wirier. He no longer plays guitar on his back or does knee slides across the stage like he did in his youth, but he’s still more than capable of helming a powerhouse two and a half hour show which never once loses fire, brimstone or focus. The main members of the E Street Band are now in their 70s too, but with saxophonist Jake Clemons replacing his late, legendary uncle Clarence, they roar away as inimitably as ever.

The song choices reflect Springsteen’s prevailing mood and theme. Delivered with barely a pause for each “wun-two-three-fah!” between them, the likes of “Death To My Hometown”,  “Youngstown” and “Darkness On The Edge Of Town” are songs about ordinary lives or livelihoods crushed by situations beyond their control. Springsteen pointedly dedicates 2020’s “Rainmaker” – receiving its live debut – to “our dear leader”. It’s the story of Charles Hatfield, an early 20th century sewing machine salesman who claimed to be able to produce rain but who was exposed as a conman. Springsteen never once mentions Donald Trump by name, but during an acoustic “House Of A Thousand Guitars” the line “The criminal clown has stolen the throne/He steals what he can never own” triggers spontaneous cheering.

The singer previews a gospel-tinged “My City Of Ruins” with another angry monologue about the “weird, strange and dangerous shit going on in America”, detailing events from the “rolling back of historic civil rights legislation” to “siding with dictators”. However, he urges “we’ll survive this moment” as the show’s life-affirming second half gradually becomes a hope-filled celebration of the power of music to protest and inspire.

Although a rousing “Hungry Heart” appears early on, the floodgates open with “Because The Night“, an epic singalong “Badlands” and a furiously rejuvenated “Born In The USA”, which sees gravel creep into Springsteen’s vocals as he roars the chorus with the crowd. “Dancing In The Dark” is pure gleeful pop and “Born To Run” sounds so enormous one fears the roof will blow off and it won’t be an indoor venue any more. By now, the house lights are up, guitarist Nils Lofgren is spinning round during solos, the audience’s  hands are in the air and Springsteen is down in the crowd for “the bit that really matters”.

By the end, for a closing cover of Bob Dylan’s rallying cry “Chimes Of Freedom”, he looks emotionally and physically drained, but euphoric. The message of this incredible show is that however bad things may seem people have the power. As Springsteen puts it, “I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said: ‘In this world there’s isn’t as much humanity as people would like, but there’s enough.’ Let’s pray.” Amen.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played:

Land Of Hope And Dreams
Death To My Hometown
Lonesome Day
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Rainmaker
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
The Promised Land
Hungry Heart
My Hometown
Youngstown
Murder Inc.
Long Walk Home
House Of A Thousand Guitars
My City Of Ruins
Letter To You
Because The Night
Human Touch
Wrecking Ball
The Rising
Badlands
Thunder Road
Born In The U.S.A.
Born To Run
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Chimes Of Freedom

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Bruce Springsteen Unloads On Trump At Summer Tour Kickoff

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Bruce Springsteen slammed U.S. president Donald Trump as “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous” last night (May 14) before he and the E Street Band had even struck a note at their summer European tour opener in Co-Op Live in Manchester, England.

“In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration,” the artist said prior to “Land of Hope and Dreams.” “Tonight we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring!”

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Later, before “House of a Thousand Guitars,” he noted that “the last check on power after the checks and balances of government have failed are the people” is “you and me. It’s in the union of people around a common set of values now that’s all that stands between a democracy and authoritarianism. At the end of the day, all we’ve got is each other.”

The Boss then spoke at length when introducing “My City of Ruins” about the “very weird, strange and dangerous shit going on out there right now. In America they are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. This is happening now.”

“In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world’s poorest children to sickness and death,” he added. “This is happening now. In my country they’re taking sadistic pleasure in the pain they inflict on loyal American workers. They’re rolling back historic civil rights legislation that has led to a more just and plural society. They are abandoning our great allies and siding with dictators against those struggling for their freedom. They are defunding American universities that won’t bow down to their ideological demands. They are removing residents off American streets and, without due process of law, are deporting them to foreign detention centers and prisons. This is all happening now.”

“A majority of our elected representatives have failed to protect the American people from the abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government,” he said. “They have no concern or idea for what it means to be deeply American. The America l’ve sung to you about for 50 years is real and, regardless of its faults, is a great country with a great people. So, we’ll survive this moment. Now, I have hope, because I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said: ‘in this world there isn’t as much humanity as one would like, but there’s enough.’ Let’s pray.”

The Springsteen tour continues through early July. Last night’s show wrapped with a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Chimes of Freedom,” which the artist hadn’t played live since 1988.

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Hear the title track of Bruce Springsteen’s lost film soundtrack, Faithless

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On June 27, Sony Music will release Tracks II: The Lost Albums – a 9-LP or 7-CD collection comprising seven previously unreleased full-length albums by Bruce Springsteen.

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One of those albums is Faithless, a soundtrack recorded in 2005-6 for a movie that was never made. Hear the title track below:

“This was a really unusual collection of songs,” Springsteen remembers. “You could recognise details and maybe a character or two. But for the most part, I just wrote atmospheric music that I thought would fit.” The album was recorded primarily as a solo pursuit, with appearances throughout by producer Ron Aniello, touring members of The E Street Band — Soozie Tyrell, Lisa Lowell, Curtis King Jr, Michelle Moore and Ada Dyer — as well as contributions from Patti Scialfa, Evan Springsteen and Sam Springsteen.

See the full tracklisting and pre-order Tracks II: The Lost Albums here. Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band return to the UK later this month for five more shows, details below:

14th May Manchester Co-op Live
17th May Manchester Co-op Live
20th May Manchester Co-op Live
4th June Liverpool Anfield Stadium
7th June Liverpool Anfield Stadium

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