Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard and Joan Baez will headline a star-studded protest festival set for the Washington area a month before the midterm elections.Springsteen and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello announced the festival on Wednesday while performing together at Nationals Park in Washington as Springsteen winds down his Land of Hope and Dreams American tour.At the concert on Wednesday, Springsteen played many of his most political songs, including “American Skin (41 Shots)” about a fatal US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shooting and “Streets of Minneapolis”, in response to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents.
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Bruce Springsteen calls out Trump, announces Maryland protest festival
Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard, and Joan Baez are set to headline a protest festival near Washington, D.C., scheduled a month before the midterm elections. Springsteen and Tom Morello, guitarist for Rage Against the Machine, announced the event on Wednesday during a joint performance at Nationals Park in Washington.
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Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard, and Joan Baez are set to headline a protest festival near Washington, D.C., scheduled a month before the midterm elections. Springsteen and Tom Morello, guitarist for Rage Against the Machine, announced the event on Wednesday during a joint performance at Nationals Park in Washington. This announcement came as Springsteen concluded his "Land of Hope and Dreams" American tour. During the concert, Springsteen performed several politically charged songs, including "American Skin (41 Shots)" and "Streets of Minneapolis," which address specific incidents.
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'Streets of Minneapolis' is in response to killings by ICE agents.
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'American Skin (41 Shots)' is about a fatal US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shooting.
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Springsteen played political songs like 'American Skin (41 Shots)' and 'Streets of Minneapolis' at the concert.
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Springsteen and Tom Morello announced the festival on Wednesday while performing together at Nationals Park.
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Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard, and Joan Baez will headline a protest festival near Washington D.C. before the midterm elections.
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