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Bruce Springsteen<\/a> wants law enforcement to prevent the sale of bootleg merchandise \u201cin the vicinity\u201d of his Newark show at the Prudential Center later this month, a new report has claimed.<\/p>\n According to Complete Music Update<\/a>, \u2018The Boss\u2019 has asked the courts in New Jersey to allow law enforcement to \u201cseize and impound any and all infringing merchandise\u201d sold outside of the show set to take place on April 20th.<\/p>\n Springsteen\u2019s merch partner,\u00a0Live Nation\u2019s\u00a0Merch Traffic, reportedly made the legal filing, which asks the local \u201cUnited States Marshal\u201d and \u201clocal and state police\u201d to instigate a crackdown on the rogue merch sellers.\u00a0<\/p>\n No specific sellers were named; rather, the filing asked that any \u201ct-shirts, jerseys, caps and\/or other merchandise\u201d that make use of Bruce Springsteen or E Street Band<\/a> trademarks without permission be removed.<\/p>\n It adds that the bootleg merch is \u201cof the same general appearance\u201d as authorised merchandise, but it is \u201cnot authorised\u201d by Springsteen and \u201cis generally of inferior quality\u201d.<\/p>\n Merch Traffic also wants an injunction prohibiting bootleggers from selling the lesser-quality goods, as well as law enforcement action on the evening of the event.<\/p>\n Springsteen isn\u2019t the first musician to make this move; recently, Dua Lipa, Tate McRae, and backflip-connosseiur Benson Boone have requested similar injunctions to stop unofficial merch sales outside of their shows.<\/p>\n Springsteen is currently embarking upon his US leg of his Land of Hope and Dreams tour in Minneapolis, which began on March 31st. Springsteen is dedicating a large proportion of the concert to criticising the Trump administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are living through some very dark times,\u201d the singer declared on stage, \u201cour American values that have sustained us for 250 years are being challenged as never before. We\u2019ve got our young men and women\u2019s lives at risk in an unconstitutional and illegal war.\u201d<\/p>\n
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