MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 31 — Rock icon Bruce Springsteen took to the stage in Minneapolis yesterday to perform his new song written in tribute to two protesters shot dead by federal...
Springsteen’s tribute to Alex Pretti and Renee Good echoes the emotional weight of his earlier classic ‘Streets of Philadelphia,’ but with a sharper political edge. — Reuters picand enjoy FREE RM10 & when you sign up using code VERSAMM10 with min.
cash of RM100 today! T&Cs apply.MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 31 — Rock icon Bruce Springsteen took to the stage in Minneapolis yesterday to perform his new song written in tribute to two protesters shot dead by federal agents in the city.in 24 hours, in what he said was a response to “state terror” in the city, where President Donald Trump’s administration has sent thousands of heavily armed agents as part of an immigration clampdown. Those agents killed two US citizens, Alex Pretti and Renee Good, within a few weeks of each other, sparking widespread anger across the country, and accusations that the masked agents are out of control. The Boss said after he had written the anthem, he sent it to former Rage Against The Machine frontman Tom Morello to see what he thought. “Tom is an excitable man,” Springsteen told the audience to laughter as he took to the stage yesterday.“And he says: ‘Bruce, nuance is wonderful, but sometimes you have to kick them in the teeth.’” Springsteen’s song calls the immigration agents “King Trump’s private army” wearing “occupiers’ boots” and with “guns belted to their coats.” “There were bloody footprints where mercy should have stood, and two dead left to die on snow-filled streets: Alex Pretti and Renee Good,” he sings in the opening verse. “This is for the people of Minneapolis, the people of Minnesota and the people of our good country, the United States of America,” he told the audience.For decades, Springsteen has been revered by rock fans in the United States and beyond for his man-of-the-people guitar music and socially conscious, working-class anthems likeDuring the 2024 election campaign that led to Trump’s second presidency, Springsteen threw his support behind Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, and said Trump was running to be an “American tyrant.” At the time he said of Trump: “He does not understand this country, its history or what it means to be deeply American.” Trump has in recent days sought to tamp down the furore over the violence in Minneapolis and has shuffled the leadership of immigration officials overseeing the operation, putting a less confrontational figure in charge. — AFP From Kevin’s mum to Moira Rose: Catherine O’Hara, star of ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’, dies at 71 ‘Album of the Year’ goes nuclear: Can Bad Bunny make Grammys history — or will Kendrick and Gaga crash the party?
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