{"id":8376,"date":"2026-01-28T17:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/bruce-springsteen-minneapolis\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T17:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:39:43","slug":"bruce-springsteen-minneapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/bruce-springsteen-minneapolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen Salutes Slain Protesters In New Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2023\/02\/BRUCE_ESTREET_ANNOUNCE_photo2.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" alt=\"Bruce Springsteen\"><figcaption>(photo: Rob DeMartin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bruce Springsteen has quickly written, recorded and released a new song, \u201cStreets of Minneapolis,\u201d in response to the shooting deaths of two civilians, Alex Pretti and Renee Good, who were protesting the actions of ICE agents during immigration raids in the state. The track appears to be available only on YouTube and Instagram at the moment; stream it below.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis,\u201d Springsteen says. \u201cIt\u2019s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free, Bruce Springsteen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/01\/noah-kahan-new-album\/\">Noah Kahan Will \u2018Divide\u2019 And Conquer On New LP<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/01\/paul-dianno-documentary-iron-maiden\/\">New Doc Spotlights Original Iron Maiden Singer Paul Di\u2019Anno<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/01\/paul-mccartney-wings-documentary\/\">Paul McCartney\u2019s Wings Doc Heads To Theaters<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In his most full-throated rebuke yet of the Donald Trump administration, Springsteen blasts the \u201cfederal thugs\u201d who killed Pretti and Good and vows, \u201cwe\u2019ll remember the names of those who died on the streets of Minneapolis.\u201d \u201cCitizens stood for justice \/ Their voices ringing through the night,\u201d he sings. \u201cAnd there were bloody footprints \/ Where mercy should have stood \/ And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets \/ Alex Pretti and Renee Good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d was produced by Springsteen with longtime collaborator Ron Aniello, with additional production by his wife and E Street bandmate, Patti Scialfa. Springsteen plays guitar, harmonica and tambourine, while Aniello handles drums, bass, piano and organ. E Street Band Choir singers Ada Dyer, Curtis King, Lisa Lowell and Michelle Moore round out the ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>Springsteen is no stranger to writing songs inspired by real-time events, including 2001\u2019s \u201c(American Skin) 41 Shots,\u201d which decried the killing of Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo by New York police. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/05\/bruce-springsteen-new-ep-trump\/\">Last May<\/a>, he collected pre-song speeches\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/05\/bruce-springsteen-unloads-on-trump\/\">bashing Trump<\/a>\u00a0at the E Street Band\u2019s European tour opener for a digital EP, <em>Land of Hope &amp; Dreams<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"wWKSoxG1K7w\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\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; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(photo: Rob DeMartin) Bruce Springsteen has quickly written, recorded and released a new song, \u201cStreets of Minneapolis,\u201d in response to the shooting deaths of two civilians, Alex Pretti and Renee&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,6,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bruce-springsteen","category-news","category-pushly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}