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Springsteen Marks 40th San Siro Performance With Scathing Critique of Trump

Using a stripped-down three-hour set, the 75-year-old rocker urged the crowd of 58,131 to defend democratic values against perceived authoritarian threats

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Overview

  • Springsteen played a sold-out concert for 58,131 fans at Milan’s San Siro on June 30, delivering a nearly three-hour performance supported only by three megascreens
  • The show commemorated the 40th anniversary of his first San Siro appearance and was his ninth visit to the stadium on the “Land of Hope and Dreams” tour
  • He denounced the Trump administration as “corrupt, incompetent and treacherous” and called on attendees to raise their voices against authoritarianism
  • Steven Van Zandt returned to the stage just ten days after an appendectomy, underscoring the E Street Band’s solidarity
  • The setlist opened with “No Surrender” and featured politically framed highlights like “Land of Hope and Dreams,” “Rainmaker,” and “Long Walk Home