Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Bring Their Fiery, Trump-Slamming Set to Washington, D.C.: ‘Let ‘Em Hear You in the F—in’ White House!’: Concert Review

By Caryn Rose

Caryn Rose

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On Wednesday night at a sold-out Nationals Park in this nation’s capital, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band had just reached the end of “Streets of Minneapolis,” the song the Boss wrote about the ICE murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and the resistance put forth by the citizens of Minneapolis and St. Paul in reaction to “Operation Metro Surge” (it was no accident that this tour opened in the Twin Cities). As recorded, it’s a fine folk ballad. But when performed live by the E Street Band, the song flips from black and white to technicolor, with Springsteen opening the song solo acoustic and the band swinging in on the chorus.

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