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Raymond J. de Souza: Bruce Springsteen's lifetime of cultural protest

The Boss's latest tour follows a career of standing up to communists, mayors, police officers and presidents

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“Thank you for a lifetime,” says Bruce Springsteen toward the end of the concerts on his recent tour, Land of Hope and Dreams. In New York City, it was particularly poignant.

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At 76, the Boss has been on the road for a lifetime — at his May 11 show at Madison Square Garden, he recalled that he played a club in Greenwich Village in 1966, at age 16. Sixty years later, his concerts are closer to three hours than to four, but the high-octane intensity of the E Street Band is only slightly diminished. The exuberant virtuosity of Max Weinberg on the drums or Nils Lofgren on guitar would exhaust men a third their age.

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A fervent critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, Springsteen was galvanized by the ICE operation in Minneapolis this winter, which met with widespread resistance among the citizenry. In response, he announced this short tour, beginning March 31 in Minneapolis and planned to conclude in Trump’s shadow in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Arena conflicts meant it will now conclude on Saturday in Philadelphia, fittingly in the city of America’s founding.

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