01/30/2026
Wow !!!!
Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance this afternoon in Minneapolis during a Tom Morello-organized daytime benefit concert for the families of slain protestors Renee Good and Alex Pretti, during which he live-debuted his just-released protest song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” and then dusted off his 1995 track “The Ghost of Tom Joad” for a guitar-solo filled electric version backed by Morello and other musicians.
Morello only announced the Concert of Solidarity & Resistance To Defend Minnesota at the 1,550-capacity First Avenue two days ago, dovetailing with Springsteen having released “Streets of Minneapolis” that same day despite having only written it last Saturday. The event also featured performances by Rise Against, Ike Reilly and jazz guitarist Al Di Meola, while Morello played songs from Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave such as “Killing in the Name” and “Like a Stone.”
It concluded with an all-hands-on-deck run through of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Power to the People,” after which hometown hero Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” blared over the house speakers.
“This is a celebration of resistance, and that one day we’ll create a little bit of the world we want to see,” Morello told the crowd. Earlier this week when announcing the show, he said, “we are coming to Minneapolis where the people have heroically stood up against ICE, stood up against Trump, stood up against this terrible rising tide of state terror,. Where the people have stood up for their neighbors and themselves, for democracy and justice. Ain’t nobody coming to save us except us and it’s now or never.”
More here: https://www.spin.com/2026/01/bruce-springsteen-tom-morello-minneapolis/