{"id":1386,"date":"2025-05-21T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/bruce-springsteen-new-ep-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T13:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:02:00","slug":"bruce-springsteen-new-ep-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/bruce-springsteen-new-ep-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen Releases EP With Trump-Bashing Speeches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1246730930-scaled.jpg\" width=\"1290\" height=\"860\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Bruce Springsteen\u2019s pre-song speeches <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/05\/bruce-springsteen-unloads-on-trump\/\">bashing Donald Trump<\/a> at the E Street Band\u2019s European tour opener last week are immortalized on the new digital EP <em>Land of Hope &amp; Dreams<\/em>, which also includes four full live performances.<\/p>\n<p>At the May 14 show in Manchester, England, Springsteen labeled Trump as \u201ccorrupt, incompetent and treasonous\u201d before he and his bandmates had even struck a note. \u201cIn my home, the America I love, the America I\u2019ve 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,\u201d the Boss said prior to \u201cLand of Hope and Dreams.\u201d \u201cTonight 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!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/05\/gorillaz-construct-house-of-kong\/\">Gorillaz Construct \u2018House Of Kong\u2019 For London Exhibit<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/05\/the-kooks-go-back-to-the-beginning\/\">The Kooks Go Back to the Beginning<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/05\/twenty-one-pilots-enter-the-breach\/\">Twenty One Pilots Enter The \u2018Breach\u2019<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Land of Hope &amp; Dreams<\/em> includes that sequence plus the song itself, as well as \u201cLong Walk Home,\u201d another anti-Trump speech prior to \u201cMy City of Ruins\u201d and a cover of Bob Dylan\u2019s \u201cChimes of Freedom,\u201d which the E Street Band hadn\u2019t performed live since 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s social media post in response to Springsteen\u2019s comments called the rock legend a \u201cdried out prune of a rocker\u201d and a \u201cpushy, obnoxious jerk.\u201d Trump has since called for an \u201cinvestigation\u201d into payments made to artists like Springsteen to perform at rallies for 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1wWm7MPHSIpBX7Wiw8LAAq?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; 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