Bruce Springsteen dedicates 'The Promised Land'
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Springsteen, 76, then pivoted to condemnation, urging the audience inside the Count Basie Center for the Arts to stand against the Trump administration’s deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in American cities, particularly in Minneapolis.
During his set at the Light of Day Festival in New Jersey on Saturday, Jan. 17, the rock icon dedicated his performance of 'The Promised Land' to slain Minneapolis woman Renee Good
Springsteen echoed the Minneapolis mayor's call for ICE to leave the city, citing "gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens."
Introducing what he described as "one of my greatest songs", The Promised Land, Springsteen told the crowd: "I wrote this song as an ode to American possibility. It was about a bo