{"id":482568,"date":"2026-02-18T07:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482568\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T07:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:59:13","slug":"bruce-springsteen-and-e-street-band-announce-new-20-date-u-s-tour-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482568\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band announce new 20-date U.S. tour for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bruce Springsteen performs in Asbury Park, N.J., in September, 2024.Charles Sykes\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Bruce Springsteen is bringing his pointed political commentary back to American stages this spring.<\/p>\n

The rock icon and the E Street Band announced Tuesday the launch of their Land of Hope and Dreams American tour starting March 31 in Minneapolis, kicking off a 20-date run that blends arena rock with a message centred on democracy, freedom and what Springsteen calls the defence of the American ideal. The tour concludes May 27 with an outdoor performance at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair \u2013 the cavalry is coming!\u201d Springsteen said in a statement. \u201cWe will be rocking your town in celebration and in defence of America \u2013 American democracy, American freedom, our American Constitution and our sacred American dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month, Springsteen dedicated his song Streets of Minneapolis<\/a> to the people of Minneapolis, criticizing President Donald Trump\u2019s ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city.<\/p>\n

Bruce Springsteen hits out at \u2018King Trump\u2019 in new song, Streets of Minneapolis<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbours and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good,\u201d he wrote, naming the two people who were fatally shot by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

The upcoming shows mark Springsteen and the E Street Band\u2019s first performances in North America since 2024. In 2025, they played to more than 700,000 fans across Europe on the initial leg of the Land of Hope and Dreams tour and released a live EP recorded on opening night in Manchester, England.<\/p>\n

Springsteen has increasingly leaned into political themes during recent performances. On last year\u2019s European tour, he told audiences that the band was calling upon \u201cthe righteous power of art, of music, of rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, in dangerous times.\u201d<\/p>\n

The E Street Band lineup includes Roy Bittan, Nils Lofgren, Patti Scialfa, Garry Tallent, Stevie Van Zandt and Max Weinberg, along with Soozie Tyrell, Jake Clemons and Charlie Giordano. They will be joined by the E Street Horns, the E Street Choir and percussionist Anthony Almonte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Bruce Springsteen performs in Asbury Park, N.J., in September, 2024.Charles Sykes\/The Canadian Press…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,75,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,341,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-482568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-entertainment","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-music","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}