Bruce Springsteen performs “preventing prayer” for US after Trump victory

Bruce Springsteen opened his reside present with a “preventing prayer” for the US final evening (November 6) following Donald Trump‘s victory within the 2024 presidential election.

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The Boss, who had beforehand endorsed Kamala Harris, carried out on the Scotiabank Area in Toronto, Canada yesterday as a part of his present North American tour with the E Avenue Band.

To start the 29-song set, Springsteen delivered a well timed rendition of 2007’s ‘Lengthy Stroll Dwelling’ – a political track about how America had modified within the period of President George W. Bush.

Introducing the observe, the singer-songwriter declared: “This can be a preventing prayer for my nation!”

He then aired a rendition of 1999’s ‘Land Of Hope And Desires’ – which carries a extra optimistic message, and is commonly described as a celebration of America. “Go away behind your sorrows/ Let this present day be the final/ Tomorrow there’ll be sunshine/ And all this darkness previous,” Springsteen sang.

You possibly can watch fan-shot footage of the 2 performances right here:

Chatting with the New York Times across the launch of ‘Lengthy Stroll Dwelling’, Springsteen defined: “In that exact track a man comes again to his city and recognises nothing and is recognised by nothing.

“The singer in ‘Lengthy Stroll Dwelling,’ that’s his expertise. His world has modified. The issues that he thought he knew, the individuals who he thought he knew, whose beliefs he had one thing in frequent with, are like strangers.

He added: “The world that he knew feels completely alien. I believe that’s what’s occurred on this nation prior to now six years.”

In 2021, The Boss carried out a solo model of ‘Land Of Hope And Desires’ throughout a Joe Biden inauguration TV particular titled Celebrating America. On the time, he described the track as “a small prayer for our nation”.

Springsteen lately starred in a strong marketing campaign advert for Democratic nominee Harris, known as ‘Hope And Desires’.

Within the video, the musician mentioned: “This election is a few group of parents who need to essentially undermine our American lifestyle. Donald Trump doesn’t perceive this nation, its historical past, or what it means to be deeply American.

“I need a President who reveres the Structure, who desires to guard and information our nice democracy, who believes within the rule of regulation and the peaceable switch of energy, who will combat for ladies’s rights and a lady’s proper to decide on, and who desires to create a middle-class economic system that serves all our residents.”

He added: “There’s just one candidate who holds these rules pricey, that’s Kamala Harris. That’s why on November 5, I’m casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz – and I urge all of you who imagine within the American option to be a part of me.”

Final month noticed The Boss carry out at Harris’ rally in Atlanta, Georgia – the place he performed ‘Land Of Hope And Desires’ and extra – and hit out at Trump for “operating to be an American tyrant”.

Elsewhere, Springsteen known as Trump “mentally unwell” forward of what he described as “probably the most consequential elections in our nation’s historical past”.

Trump’s victory will make him the primary former President to return to the White Home in additional than 130 years.

Many figures from the leisure world have been reacting to Trump’s win, together with Billie Eilish, Cardi B, Jack White and Moby. Moreover, quite a few late-night US discuss present hosts and former hosts have shared their ideas on the outcome.