Bruce Springsteen is hitting the road again, and he’s bringing his message — loud, defiant, and unapologetically political — along for the ride.
The 76-year-old rock legend and the E Street Band will launch their Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour next month at Minneapolis’ Target Center, kicking off a 20-date North American run. The tour stretches from the Midwest to California, Texas, and Washington, D.C., and promises a finale outdoors at Nationals Park on May 27.
Springsteen’s Minneapolis start comes just weeks after the release of “Streets of Minneapolis,” a protest song condemning Donald Trump’s handling of federal immigration enforcement. The track responds to the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two civilians killed earlier this year by ICE agents in the city.
In a video announcing the tour, Springsteen didn’t mince words.
“We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times,” he said. “But do not despair, the calvary is coming. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be taking the stage this spring from Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington D.C. for the Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour.”
Pointing at the camera, he added: “We will be rocking your town, in celebration and in defense of America, American democracy, American freedom, our American constitution and our sacred American dream — all of which are under attack by our wannabe king and his rogue government in Washington, D.C.”
Springsteen invited everyone to join the shows. “Everyone, regardless of where you stand or what you believe in, is welcome,” he said. “So come on out and join the united free republic of E Street nation for an American spring of rock and rebellion. I’ll see you there.”
Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday via Springsteen’s website. Tour posters feature the slogan “No Kings,” nodding to nationwide protests against Trump.
This isn’t Springsteen’s first public clash with Trump. Last year in Manchester, England, he called the president “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous,” prompting Trump to retaliate with insults, labeling Springsteen “obnoxious” and a “dried out prune of a rocker.”
Springsteen shrugged off the criticism, saying: “I absolutely couldn’t care less what he thinks about me. He’s the living personification of what the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for. If Congress had any guts, he’d be consigned to the trash heap of history.”
With political fire, protest anthems, and decades of rock cred, Springsteen’s 2026 tour is shaping up to be more than a concert series — it’s a defiant statement on the state of the nation, played out on stages across America.
Watch the video below:
