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On January 28th, 2026, Bruce Springsteen released “Streets of Minneapolis,” a protest song he’d written “in response to the state terror being visited on the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. “Streets of Minneapolis” Debuts at No. 1 “Streets of Minneapolis” ...

Bruce Springsteen’s protest song ripping what he calls the “state terror” tactics by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is topping the music sales charts in the United States. “Streets of ...

American rock-and-roll icon Bruce Springsteen released a new single this week, his first original material since 2020’s Letter to You. Inspired by the recent clashes in Minneapolis between federal ...

Former Trump administration strategist Steve Bannon led a chorus of outraged MAGA voices in attacking Bruce Springsteen’s new protest song, using a homophobic barb to deride the Rock and Roll Hall of ...

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"This is for the people of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the people of our good country, the United States of America," Springsteen said before he sang the track. By McKinley Franklin Bruce Springsteen ...

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Bruce Springsteen brought his protest song “Streets of Minneapolis” to the actual streets of Minneapolis Friday afternoon, making an unadvertised appearance at a daytime benefit concert organized by ...

Bruce Springsteen touched down in Minnesota on Friday and performed his protest song “Streets of Minneapolis,” a response to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents, hours after ...