Bruce Springsteen Kicks Off US Tour in Minneapolis with Calls for "Hope Over Fear, Democracy Over Authoritarianism"

ya, The Boss could've turned off dynamic pricing for this and just made ticket prices be whats needed for the tour...

I agree with your sentiment. Someone in another thread was calling him punk… actually, more punk than “real” punks. Last I checked a punk show wasn’t $400.00.

Digging a bit on this, I found that he traditionally [donates to food banks](https://www.letterstoyou.net/post/on-the-front-lines-springsteen-s-longtime-support-of-anti-hunger-groups-like-fulfillnj-org#:~:text=It%20was%20thirty%2Dnine%20years,thereafter%20on%20his%20concert%20tours.) in every city he visits. He doesn’t announce it so maybe his donations usually go unnoticed.

He works with local charities every show, and promotes giving them prime placement in the entrances and in the main body of the show. Last night in MN he shouted out a non-profit legal group that helps immigrants, ICE detainees, etc. In NY he always shouts out Long Island Cares and the Harry Chapin Food Bank.

I got roasted HARD for asking these exact questions in the Springsteen sub and how I felt conflicted. Yes, I know he donates to progressive causes. But that isn't good enough in this scenario with how he is billing this tour. I have like 700 hours of tapes of his shows from my tape trading days in the 1990s, almost all his albums, and been a flaming progressive liberal most of my life. Apparently now I'm a MAGA Trump loving Bruce hater now which is news to me. I (very) naively thought this tour would be like a Jack White or Cure tour where tickets were all priced very reasonable, enough to cover his costs, and resales blocked. Nope, all the dynamic pricing and whatnot shuts out a lot of Americans. Had Bruce billed the tour as "I need a new house in the Bahamas" tour I probably would have plunked down $500 to go. He can set the prices, it's his money, great. If he had said that the money from the $3000 tickets was going to a list of specific organizations then I would have gone. It just feels a bit disingenuous to me to bill the tour as he has. I don't know who this guy is but he has my sentiments exactly, he could have gone down as a legend on this tour: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6FMZQqeyIqs

It's not a Down with Capitalism tour, it's a Hope Over Fear, Democracy Over Authoritarianism tour.

> You have people calling him punk That's a new development. Maybe what they're trying to say is that he's willing to push back against things that are manifestly corrupt and hateful, and do so from atop a really high platform? The more the merrier, I guess? 'Punk' seems to mean different things to different generations. From the perspective of people who were there for the early days of Punk, it's almost a knee-jerk reflex to say '*as if!!*' Bruce is certainly not that. Cynicism aside, he's a great and uniquely American musician, and there's a certain part of our society that respects him enough to listen to what he has to say - even if it's counter to what they normally spew.

And you call the other side sheep. You’re exactly the same.

Not at all. This act is just tired.

Democracy over, authoritarianism! It was just missing the proper punctuation.

It’s not your fault Kid Rock had to cancel those tour dates. I mean, the only ticket sold was to your king, who thought kid rock was code for Epstein island

Tell me you don’t know anything about his music without telling me you don’t know anything about his music.

Don't ever listen to Leonard Cohen or Rosalind Russell

For real tho. If he wasnt anti trump he would never get talked about here. Good business strategy on his part though

Bruce Springsteen studio albums to chart at #1 in the USA: - The River - Born in the U.S.A. - Tunnel of Love - The Rising - Devils & Dust - Magic - Working on a Dream - Wrecking Ball - High Hopes Including other countries, the following studio albums have also charted at #1: - Human Touch - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions - Western Stars - Letter to You - Only the Strong Survive