{"id":352778,"date":"2026-03-28T21:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T21:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/352778\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T21:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T21:44:08","slug":"michael-stipe-joins-bruce-springsteen-at-political-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/352778\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Stipe Joins Bruce Springsteen At Political Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Patti Smith Joined by Springsteen at NYC Event <\/p>\n

Patti Smith took the stage in New York this week for a high-profile performance that turned into a rare multi-artist moment, as the legendary singer was joined by Bruce Springsteen and R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe during a celebratory night for the long-running news programme Democracy Now!<\/p>\n

Democracy Now!\u2019s 30th anniversary event was held Monday at Riverside Church, and Democracy Now!<\/a> reported that the night closed with Smith performing \u201cPeople Have the Power\u201d with Springsteen, Stipe, Hurray for the Riff Raff and The National\u2019s Aaron Dessner also joining in.<\/p>\n

Host Ms. Amy Goodman introduced the performance as a \u201crare joint appearance,\u201d naming additional musicians involved, including Alynda Segarra and Smith\u2019s bandmates Tony Shanahan and Jesse Paris Smith. The segment capped the broadcast\u2019s anniversary programming, with the outlet noting it would share more material from the celebration in the days ahead.<\/p>\n

The event underscored Smith\u2019s continued role as a galvanising live presence, with \u201cPeople Have the Power\u201d serving as an especially pointed closer given its long history as a political anthem and rallying cry.<\/p>\n

With Springsteen and Stipe both appearing alongside Smith in a single performance, the collaboration is likely to stand out as one of the more talked-about moments from Democracy Now!\u2019s anniversary festivities, especially for fans tracking rare cross-generational rock team-ups in New York\u2019s live circuit.<\/p>\n

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Brett previously hosted the BWR wrestling and MMA podcast, interviewing pro wrestling and MMA stars like Kurt Angle, Seth Rollins, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Bruce Buffer, AJ Styles, Rob Van Dam, Jeff Hardy, Edge, and DDP. After ending BWR, Brett opened GrungeReport.net in May 2009. The site changed its name to AlternativeNation.net in June 2013.\u00a0 Brett ran Scott Weiland’s social media accounts for his final ‘Master Blaster’ tour in fall 2015 and continued to run the accounts after Weiland’s death until July 2016. On Alternative Nation, Brett controls all aspects of the website and reports the day to day news.\u00a0 He has interviewed members of Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Imagine Dragons, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Stone Temple Pilots, and The Smiths. Brett has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal and on the Reelz Channel. You can reach Brett at contact @alternativenation.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Patti Smith Joined by Springsteen at NYC Event Patti Smith took the stage in New York this week…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[2375,156,147880,157,111,139,69,80781],"class_list":["post-352778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-bruce-springsteen","tag-entertainment","tag-michael-stipe","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-patti-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}